UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 orOR 15(d) of ~~the~~The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of ~~report~~Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 25, 2026 (~~May~~June 294, 2026)

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FLOWERS FOODS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Georgia(State or other jurisdictionof incorporation)	1-16247(Commission File Number)	~~58-2582379(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)~~	58-2582379(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1919 Flowers Circle, Thomasville, GA(Address of principal executive offices)		31757(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (229) 226-9110

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	FLO	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.~~07.~~02 ~~Submission~~Departure of ~~Matters~~Directors toor aCertain ~~Vote~~Officers; Election of ~~Security~~Directors; ~~Holders~~Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On ~~May~~June 294, 2026, Thomas C. Chubb, III notified the board of directors (the “Board”) of Flowers Foods, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to resign from the Company, ~~held~~effective ~~its~~immediately. ~~Annual~~Mr. ~~Meeting~~Chubb’s decision to resign was due to competing professional demands as chairman, president and chief executive officer of ~~Shareholders~~Oxford Industries, Inc., and was not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Board or the Company. The Company and the Board extend their sincere gratitude to Mr. Chubb for his six years of service on the ~~following~~Board ~~purposes~~and for his contributions during his tenure as a director, including his contributions as independent presiding director and ~~with~~chair of the ~~following~~Nominating/Corporate ~~voting~~Governance ~~results:~~Committee.

(1) Election of Nine Director-Nominees to Serve for One-Year Terms:

Directors:	For		Against		Abstain		BrokerNon-Votes
A. Ryals McMullian		131,625,472		20,619,671		8,359,111		26,624,894
Thomas C. Chubb, III		134,099,044		17,304,078		9,201,132		26,624,894
Rhonda O. Gass		152,329,138		7,881,956		393,160		26,624,894
Brigitte H. King		152,515,671		6,689,987		1,398,596		26,624,894
Margaret G. Lewis		139,188,826		20,898,531		516,897		26,624,894
W. Jameson McFadden		154,580,891		4,941,083		1,082,280		26,624,894
Joanne D. Smith		152,390,849		6,814,855		1,398,550		26,624,894
Sterling A. Spainhour		130,270,854		29,879,129		454,271		26,624,894
James T. Spear		154,135,892		5,179,401		1,288,961		26,624,894

(2) Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Company’s Named Executive Officer Compensation:

For			127,244,767
Against			23,492,424
Abstain			9,867,063
Broker Non-Votes			26,624,894

(3) Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:

For			183,308,988
Against			3,174,835
Abstain			745,325
Broker Non-Votes			0

(4) Approval of the Flowers Foods, Inc. 2026 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan:

For			137,124,283
Against			21,826,012
Abstain			1,653,959
Broker Non-Votes			26,624,894

With 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.

With 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.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant 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.

FLOWERS FOODS, INC. By: /s/ D. Anthony Sacglione Name: D. Anthony Sacglione Title: Chief Financial Officer



	FLOWERS FOODS, INC.

Date: June 5, 2026	By:	/s/ D. Anthony Scaglione
	Name:	D. Anthony Scaglione
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Date: June 2, 2026

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