{"url_path":"/sec/flo/10-q/2026/item-6","section_key":"item-6","section_title":"Item 6 EXHIBITS","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-Q","doc_date":"2026-05-21","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/0001193125-26-234437-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-234437","cik":"0001128928","ticker":"FLO","issuer_name":"FLOWERS FOODS INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/0001193125-26-234437-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001128928","primary_entity_name":"FLOWERS FOODS INC"},"word_count":593,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"ITEM 6. EXHIBITS\n\nThe following documents are filed as exhibits hereto:\n\n \n\nExhibit\n\nNo\n\nName of Exhibit\n\n2.1\n\n \n\n \n\n—\n\n \n\n[Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 7, 2025, by and among Flowers Foods, Inc., Daffodil Acquisition Sub, LLC, Daffodil Merger Sub, Inc., Purposeful Foods Holdings, Inc., and the Equityholders' Representative named therein (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.7 to Flowers Foods’ Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated February 18, 2025, File No. 1-16247).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000095017025022243/flo-ex2_7.htm)\n\n3.1\n\n—\n\n[Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Flowers Foods, Inc., as amended through May 21, 2020 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Flowers Foods’ Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 28, 2020, File No. 1-16247).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312520154110/d936480dex31.htm)\n\n3.2\n\n—\n\n[Amended and Restated Bylaws of Flowers Foods, Inc., as amended through August 18, 2023 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Flowers Foods’ Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August 21, 2023, File No. 1-16247).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312523216740/d510159dex31.htm)\n\n10.1\n\n \n\n—\n\n \n\n[Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2026, by and among by and among Flowers Foods, Inc., the financial institutions party thereto as lenders, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Flowers Foods’ Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 7, 2026, File No. 1-16247).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312526145638/d144410dex101.htm)\n\n10.2\n\n \n\n—\n\n \n\n \n\n[First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2026, by and among Flowers Foods, Inc., the financial institutions party thereto as lenders, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Flowers Foods’ Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 7, 2026, File No. 1-16247).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/000119312526145638/d144410dex102.htm)\n\n10.3\n\n*\n\n \n\n—\n\n \n\n \n\n[Amendment No. 3 to Master Framework Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2026, by and among Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch (“Rabobank”), and the other financial institutions listed on the signature pages hereof as “Buyer Funding Parties”; Rabobank, as repo counterparty (“Buyer”), on behalf of itself and the other Buyer Funding Parties; the subsidiaries of Flowers listed on the signature pages hereof; and Flowers Foods, Inc., a Georgia corporation (“Flowers”), as repo seller.](flo-ex10_3.htm)\n\n10.4\n\n+*\n\n \n\n \n\n[Settlement, General Release and Severance Agreement by and between Terry Thomas and Flowers Bakeries, LLC, dated April 23, 2026.](flo-ex10_4.htm)\n\n31.1\n\n*\n\n—\n\n[Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.](flo-ex31_1.htm)\n\n31.2\n\n*\n\n—\n\n[Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.](flo-ex31_2.htm)\n\n32\n\n*\n\n—\n\n[Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by A. Ryals McMullian, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and D. Anthony Scaglione, Chief Financial Officer, for the quarter ended April 25, 2026.](flo-ex32.htm)\n\n101.INS\n\n*\n\n—\n\nInline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.\n\n101.SCH\n\n*\n\n—\n\nInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema With Embedded Linkbase Documents.\n\n104\n\n—\n\nThe cover page from Flowers Foods' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 25, 2026 has been formatted in Inline XBRL.\n\n \n\n* Filed herewith\n\n+ Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement\n\n40\n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n \n\nFLOWERS FOODS, INC.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nBy:\n\n \n\n/s/ A. RYALS MCMULLIAN\n\n \n\nName:\n\n \n\nA. Ryals McMullian\n\n \n\nTitle:\n\n \n\nChairman and Chief Executive Officer\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n(Principal Executive Officer)\n\n \n\n \n\nBy:\n\n \n\n/s/ D. ANTHONY SCAGLIONE\n\n \n\nName:\n\n \n\nD. Anthony Scaglione\n\n \n\nTitle:\n\n \n\nChief Financial Officer\n\n(Principal Financial Officer and\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nPrincipal Accounting Officer)\n\n \n\n \n\nDate: May 21, 2026\n\n41"}