FLOWERS FOODS INC filed this DEF 14A on Apr 11, 2023

FLOWERS FOODS INC - DEF 14A - 20230411 - PROXY_CARD

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           FLOWERS FOODS, INC.

           SHAREHOLDER RELATIONS DEPT.

           1919 FLOWERS CIRCLE

           THOMASVILLE, GA 31757

 

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VOTE BY INTERNET

Before The Meeting - Go to www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above

 

Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on May 24, 2023 (May 23, 2023 for 401(k) plan participants). Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

 

During The Meeting - Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FLO2023

 

You may attend the meeting via the Internet and vote during the meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions.

 

VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903

Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on May 24, 2023 (May 23, 2023 for 401(k) plan participants). Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the simple instructions the Vote Voice provides you.

 

VOTE BY MAIL

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Flowers Foods, Inc., c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

 

 

TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:  
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THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

 

 

  FLOWERS FOODS, INC.        
           THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS YOU VOTE “FOR” ALL DIRECTOR-NOMINEES IN PROPOSAL 1, “FOR” PROPOSALS 2, 4 AND 5, AND “1 YEAR” ON PROPOSAL 3.        
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Elect as directors of the company the 11 nominees identified in the proxy statement, each to serve for a term of one year:

  

 

  

 

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 Abstain 

    1a.       George E. Deese     ☐   ☐   ☐
    1b.   Edward J. Casey, Jr.     ☐   ☐   ☐
    1c.   Thomas C. Chubb, III     ☐   ☐   ☐
    1d.   Rhonda Gass     ☐   ☐   ☐
    1e.   Margaret G. Lewis     ☐   ☐   ☐
    1f.   W. Jameson McFadden     ☐   ☐   ☐
    1g.   A. Ryals McMullian     ☐   ☐   ☐
    1h.   James T. Spear     ☐   ☐   ☐
    1i.   Melvin T. Stith, Ph.D.     ☐   ☐   ☐
    1j.   Terry S. Thomas     ☐   ☐   ☐
    1k.   C. Martin Wood III     ☐   ☐   ☐

 

           

 

       For       Against     Abstain  
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Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the company’s named executive officers;

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     1 Year       2 Years     3 Years     Abstain  
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Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes to approve the compensation of the company’s named executive officers;

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             For       Against     Abstain  
4.   Approve the amendment and restatement of the Flowers Foods, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan; and      ☐   ☐  

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5.   Ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for Flowers Foods, Inc. for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2023.      ☐   ☐  

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NOTE: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote on any other matters that may properly come before the annual meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.        
 

 

       Please date this Proxy and sign it exactly as your name or names appear(s) on the stock certificates or on a label affixed hereto. When shares are held jointly, EACH joint owner should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, corporate officer, etc., give full title as such. If shares are held by a corporation, please sign in full the corporate name by its president or other authorized officer. If shares are held by a partnership, please sign in the partnership name by an authorized person.  

 

            

 

      Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX]

  

 

Date

  
              

 

 Signature (Joint Owners)

  

 

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Table of Contents

FLOWERS FOODS, INC.

Dear Shareholder,

Please take note of the important information enclosed with this Proxy. Your vote is important, and we encourage you to exercise your right to vote these shares. Please mark the boxes on the reverse side of this proxy card to indicate your vote. Then sign the card and return it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope, or follow the instructions on the reverse side of this proxy card for Internet or telephone voting. Your vote must be received prior to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 25, 2023.

If you are a participant in the Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, you have the right to direct Great-West Trust Company, LLC, the Trustee of the 401(k) plan, how to vote the Flowers Foods, Inc. common shares allocated to the account. Any unvoted or unallocated shares will be voted by the Trustee in the same proportion on each proposal as the Trustee votes the shares of stock credited to the 401(k) plan participants’ accounts for which the Trustee receives voting directions from the 401(k) plan participants. The number of shares that are eligible to vote is based on the balance in the 401(k) plan on March 21, 2023, the record date for the Annual Meeting. Because all of the shares in the 401(k) plan are registered in the name of Great-West Trust Company, LLC, as Trustee, you will not be able to vote these shares in the 401(k) plan in person at the Annual Meeting on May 25, 2023.

If stock is owned directly in your own name as well as in the 401(k) plan, separate share totals are indicated on the reverse side of this voting instruction form. If you own stock indirectly through a bank or broker, as well as in the 401(k) plan, you will receive a separate voting instruction form from the bank or broker.

 

 

 

Thank you.

 

 

Flowers Foods, Inc.

The 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held virtually via the Internet at

www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FLO2023 on May 25, 2023 at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting:

The Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com.

 

 

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FLOWERS FOODS, INC.

1919 Flowers Circle

Thomasville, Georgia 31757

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON MAY 25, 2023

 

The undersigned hereby appoints A. Ryals McMullian, R. Steve Kinsey and Stephanie B. Tillman as proxies, with power to act without the other, and with full power of substitution, and hereby authorizes them to represent and vote, as designated on the reverse side, all the shares of common stock of Flowers Foods, Inc. held of record on March 21, 2023, by the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held virtually via the Internet at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FLO2023 on May 25, 2023 at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. The above-named proxies of the undersigned are authorized to vote, in their discretion, upon such other matters as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

 

If you are a participant in the Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, you have the right to direct Great-West Trust Company, LLC, the Trustee of the 401(k) plan, how to vote the Flowers Foods, Inc. common shares allocated to the account. This proxy card also acts as a voting instruction form to provide voting directions to the Trustee.

 

The proxies will vote on the proposals set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement as specified on the reverse side and are authorized to vote, in their discretion, on any other matters that may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

 

WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS INDICATED ON THE REVERSE SIDE. IF NO INDICATION IS MADE, ANY EXECUTED PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE ELECTION OF ALL OF THE DIRECTOR-NOMINEES LISTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE,”FOR” PROPOSALS 2, 4 AND 5, “1 YEAR” FOR PROPOSAL 3, AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES AS TO ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF.

 

PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN ON THE REVERSE SIDE AND RETURN THE PROXY

 

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