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Flowers Foods announces 2026 annual meeting results; all items passed
All nine director nominees elected; Sterling Spainhour received 130.3M for, 29.9M against.
Flowers Foods Q1 net income down 20.6%, resets dividend to $0.50 annual; reaffirms FY guidance
Net sales up 1.1% to $1.572B, but net income fell 20.6% to $42.1M; adjusted diluted EPS $0.29 vs $0.35 YoY.
Flowers Foods enters $400M term loan facility to refinance 2026 Notes due Oct 2026
$400M senior unsecured delayed draw term loan facility with a 3-year maturity (from funding date).
Flowers Foods chief growth officer Terry Thomas to depart; role dissolved effective April 24
Thomas will step down; his chief growth officer role, created in 2023, is being dissolved.
Two Flowers Foods directors retiring; board to shrink from 11 to 9
George E. Deese retiring after 61 years; not standing for re-election at 2026 annual meeting.
Flowers Foods Q4 2025: net loss $67.1M, revenue +11%; FY2026 adj. EPS guidance $0.80-$0.90
Q4 net sales $1.233B (+11% YoY); net loss $67.1M vs prior-year income of $43.1M, due to $136M impairment.
CFO R. Steve Kinsey retires, enters consulting agreement until Feb 28, 2026
CFO R. Steve Kinsey retired effective Dec 31, 2025; consulting agreement signed Dec 31 for transition.
Flowers Foods amends Change of Control Plan for NEOs; adds prorated bonus, revised COBRA payment
Amended Plan adds prorated target bonus for year of termination as severance payment.
Flowers Foods Q3 net income down 39.2%; narrows FY2025 guidance
Net sales $1.227B, up 3.0% YoY, driven by Simple Mills acquisition (+5.9%).
Flowers Foods names D. Anthony Scaglione CFO, effective Jan 1, 2026
Scaglione previously CFO at Total Wine & More, ODP Corp, and ABM Industries.
Flowers Foods elects Sterling A. Spainhour to board; effective Oct 1, 2025
Spainhour is EVP and chief legal officer of Southern Company; will serve on Audit and Finance Committees.
Flowers Foods CFO R. Steve Kinsey to retire Dec 31, 2025 after 36 years
Kinsey notified company Sept 19, 2025; retirement effective Dec 31, 2025.
Flowers Foods director Melvin T. Stith to retire Dec. 31, 2025 after 21 years
Melvin T. Stith notified board of retirement effective Dec. 31, 2025.
Flowers Foods reports Q2 EPS $0.28, cuts FY2025 outlook on soft bread sales
Net sales +1.5% to $1.243B; core volume -2.4%, pricing/mix -1.2%; diluted EPS $0.28 vs $0.32.
Flowers Foods shareholders elect all 11 directors, reject independent chair proposal
All 11 director nominees elected; Ryals McMullian received 173.4M for, 5.1M against.
Flowers Foods Q1 net income down 27% to $53M; lowers FY2025 guidance
Net sales $1.554B, down 1.4% YoY; net income $53M (-27.4%); diluted EPS $0.25 vs $0.34.
Flowers Foods completes $795M cash acquisition of Simple Mills
Acquired Simple Mills for $795M cash, subject to post-closing adjustments.
Flowers Foods issues 5.75% and 6.20% senior notes to fund Simple Mills acquisition
Issued two series of senior notes (5.750% due 2035 and 6.200% due 2055) with undisclosed principal amounts.
Flowers Foods Q4 net income +20.9%, adj EPS $0.22; FY2025 guidance includes Simple Mills dilution
Q4 net sales $1.111B (-1.6% YoY); net income $43.1M (+20.9%); diluted EPS $0.20 vs $0.17.
Flowers Foods to acquire Simple Mills for $795 million in cash
Flowers Foods (FLO) entered definitive agreement to acquire Simple Mills (Purposeful Foods Holdings) for $795 million cash.
Flowers Foods approves new Code of Conduct combining prior ethics and conduct codes
Board approved new Code on Nov 15, 2024; applies to all officers, directors, employees.
Flowers Foods Q3 adj. EPS $0.33 vs $0.29; narrows FY guidance higher
Q3 net sales $1.191B (-0.7%); net income $65.0M vs loss of $46.7M LY; adj. EPS $0.33 vs $0.29.
Flowers Foods Q2 net income up 5%; adjusted EBITDA up 7.8%; FY guidance reaffirmed
Sales $1.225B (-0.2% YoY); pricing/mix +1.0%, volume -1.2% from business exits.
All 12 director nominees elected with majority votes; broker non-votes ~20M for each.
Flowers Foods Q1 record sales $1.577B; branded retail volumes grow 0.3%, reaffirms FY guidance
Q1 sales $1.577B (+2.8% YoY); net income $73.0M (+3.3%); diluted EPS $0.34.
On February 14, 2025, C. Martin Wood III notified the board of directors (the “Board”) of Flowers Foods, Inc. (the “Company”) that he does not wish to stand for re-election as a director and will retire from the Board at the end of his current term at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”).
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