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Utz Brands, Inc. filings document the reporting record of a branded salty-snack manufacturer with Class A common stock listed on the NYSE. The company’s Form 8-K disclosures cover quarterly and annual operating results, Regulation FD presentation materials, guidance-related updates, liquidity, leverage, cash flow, and capital-allocation actions such as dividends and share repurchases.
Proxy and annual-meeting filings describe board elections, advisory executive-compensation votes, auditor ratification, director classes, equity compensation disclosures, and voting power across the company’s Class A and Class V common stock. Other filings address accounting presentation matters, including the classification of logistics, direct-store-delivery distribution center, and outbound shipping and handling costs within the company’s statements of operations.
Insider purchase via ESPP: Mitchell Andrew Arends, listed as an officer with title EVP Chief Integr Supply Chain at Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ), acquired 1,650 shares of Class A Common Stock on 06/30/2025 at a price of $11.92 per share through the Utz Brands, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The filing states the acquisition was exempt under Rule 16b-3(c) and 16b-3(d). After the purchase, Mr. Arends beneficially owned 64,356 shares of Class A Common Stock. The Form 4 was signed by an attorney-in-fact on behalf of Mr. Arends.
Theresa Robbins Shea, EVP and Chief Legal Officer of Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ), reported acquiring 1,040 shares of the issuer's Class A Common Stock on 06/30/2025 at a purchase price of $11.92 per share under the Utz Brands, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. After the transaction she beneficially owns 54,000 shares directly. The filing is a Form 4 signed by the reporting person on 08/29/2025. The acquisition was disclosed as exempt under Rule 16b-3(c) and Rule 16b-3(d), indicating it was made pursuant to a company employee plan.
William J. Kelley, Jr., EVP & Chief Financial Officer of Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ), reported the acquisition of 127 restricted stock units on 08/29/2025. The award carries a $0 purchase price and increases his reported beneficial ownership to 13,281 shares of Class A Common Stock. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to one share under the Utz Brands, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan and vests 100% on December 31, 2027, subject to the reporting person's continuous service and the Plan's conditions. The filing was signed by an attorney-in-fact on behalf of Mr. Kelley.
Insider gift of Utz Brands shares reduced reported beneficial ownership. Lissette Dylan, a director of Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ), reported on Form 4 that on 08/20/2025 she disposed of 74,145 shares of Class A Common Stock by gift to trusts for her children at $0 price, reducing her direct holdings to 114,033 shares. An additional 14,829 shares are shown as indirectly owned in a trust for a child living in her household; the reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of those trust-held shares. The Form 4 was signed by an attorney-in-fact on 08/21/2025.
Ryan Patrick Tewey filed an Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership on behalf of Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ) reporting a total of 9,587 shares of Class A Common Stock as of the 08/15/2025 event date. The reporting person is identified as an officer (Principal Accounting Officer). The 9,587 shares include 1,594 vested shares and multiple restricted stock unit (RSU) awards that vest in scheduled tranches between 12/31/2025 and 12/31/2027, subject to continuous service and Plan conditions. The filing was signed by an attorney-in-fact on 08/20/2025.
Utz Brands, Inc. director Jason K. Giordano exercised 1,920,000 warrants to purchase Class A Common Stock on August 7, 2025 on a cashless basis under a Warrant Agreement. The exercise produced 1,920,000 shares, and 1,570,190 shares were withheld to settle exercise-related obligations. Following these transactions, he and his spouse directly hold 3,823,366 shares of Class A Common Stock.
CC Collier Holdings, LLC reported transactions in Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ) showing an insider exercise of warrants on 08/07/2025. The filing states CC Collier exercised 2,880,000 warrants to purchase Class A common stock on a cashless basis under the Warrant Agreement, with the number of shares determined by the agreement's formula.
As part of the cashless exercise, 2,355,284 shares were withheld and 524,716 shares remain beneficially owned following the transaction. The reporting parties note that Chinh E. Chu holds voting and dispositive power over the securities held by CC Collier.
Roger K. Deromedi, a director of Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ), exercised 2,400,000 warrants on a cashless basis on 08/08/2025 under the Warrant Agreement, generating shares determined by the agreement's formula. As part of the cashless exercise, 1,966,653 shares were withheld to satisfy consideration. Following the reported transactions, the filing shows 4,483,389 shares beneficially owned indirectly through the Roger K. Deromedi Revocable Trust.
The filing lists additional holdings: 1,000,000 shares in a 2024 GRAT, 461,401 in a 2021 GRAT, 409,369 in a 2024 GRAT 1, and 360,000 held by an irrevocable generation-skipping trust (for which the reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership). The exercised warrants were exercisable immediately and expire on 08/28/2025.
Q2 FY25 (13 weeks ended 29 Jun 25): Net sales grew 2.9 % YoY to $366.7 m on 3.9 % volume/mix, partially offset by 1.0 % lower pricing. Gross profit edged up 1.7 % to $126.8 m, but gross margin slipped 40 bp to 34.6 % as capacity-expansion costs and higher delivery & marketing outpaced productivity gains.
Operating income dropped 71.6 % to $6.4 m after selling, distribution & administrative expense rose 14 % to $119.5 m. Net income attributable to Class A holders fell 46.9 % to $10.5 m; diluted EPS declined to $0.12 from $0.23. A non-cash $12.5 m warrant remeasurement gain largely offset $11.4 m interest expense.
H1 FY25 (26 weeks): Sales increased 2.3 % to $718.8 m; operating income fell 62 % to $12.1 m. Diluted EPS improved to $0.21 (vs $0.19) as a $23.5 m warrant gain masked weaker operations.
Balance sheet & liquidity: Cash $54.6 m (-$1.5 m YTD). Total debt rose to $865.9 m; leverage remains high at ~3.5× gross debt/annualised sales. Term Loan B was refinanced on 29 Jan 25, cutting the SOFR spread by 25 bp and extending maturity to 2032; a $0.5 m extinguishment loss recorded. Operating cash flow used $3.9 m; capex absorbed $65.7 m, while $73.7 m was raised via net financing.
Capital & shares: 86.1 m Class A and 55.3 m Class V shares outstanding. Q2 dividends paid totalled $5.2 m.