{"url_path":"/sec/flo/8-k/2026-06-02/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-02","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/0001193125-26-253700-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-253700","cik":"0001128928","ticker":"FLO","issuer_name":"FLOWERS FOODS INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128928/0001193125-26-253700-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001128928","primary_entity_name":"FLOWERS FOODS INC"},"word_count":306,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nOn May 29, 2026, Flowers Foods, Inc. (the “Company”), held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders for the following purposes and with the following voting results:\n\n(1)\n\n Election of Nine Director-Nominees to Serve for One-Year Terms:\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDirectors:\n\nFor\n\nAgainst\n\nAbstain\n\nBroker\nNon-Votes\n\nA. Ryals McMullian\n\n131,625,472\n\n20,619,671\n\n8,359,111\n\n26,624,894\n\nThomas C. Chubb, III\n\n134,099,044\n\n17,304,078\n\n9,201,132\n\n26,624,894\n\nRhonda O. Gass\n\n152,329,138\n\n7,881,956\n\n393,160\n\n26,624,894\n\nBrigitte H. King\n\n152,515,671\n\n6,689,987\n\n1,398,596\n\n26,624,894\n\nMargaret G. Lewis\n\n139,188,826\n\n20,898,531\n\n516,897\n\n26,624,894\n\nW. Jameson McFadden\n\n154,580,891\n\n4,941,083\n\n1,082,280\n\n26,624,894\n\nJoanne D. Smith\n\n152,390,849\n\n6,814,855\n\n1,398,550\n\n26,624,894\n\nSterling A. Spainhour\n\n130,270,854\n\n29,879,129\n\n454,271\n\n26,624,894\n\nJames T. Spear\n\n154,135,892\n\n5,179,401\n\n1,288,961\n\n26,624,894\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n(2)\n\n Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Company’s Named Executive Officer Compensation:\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nFor\n\n127,244,767\n\nAgainst\n\n23,492,424\n\nAbstain\n\n9,867,063\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n26,624,894\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n(3)\n\n Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nFor\n\n183,308,988\n\nAgainst\n\n3,174,835\n\nAbstain\n\n745,325\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n0\n\n \n\n(4)\n\n Approval of the Flowers Foods, Inc. 2026 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan:\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nFor\n\n137,124,283\n\nAgainst\n\n21,826,012\n\nAbstain\n\n1,653,959\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n26,624,894\n\n \n\nWith respect to Proposal 1, each of the nominees for director received a majority of votes cast in the election of directors, and each was elected to serve for a term of one year until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.\n\nWith respect to Proposals 2, 3 and 4, the votes cast within the voting group favoring each proposal exceeded the votes cast opposing each proposal and therefore passed.\n\n \n\n \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 hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\nFLOWERS FOODS, INC.\n\n \n\nBy:\n\n/s/ D. Anthony Sacglione\n\n \n\n \n\nName:\n\nD. Anthony Sacglione\n\n \n\n \n\nTitle:\n\nChief Financial Officer\n\n \n\n \n\nDate: June 2, 2026"}