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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Flowers Foods (FLO)

Flowers Foods CFO Steve Kinsey to retire December 31, 2025, after 36 years

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Flowers Foods said its chief financial officer, R. Steve Kinsey, will retire effective December 31, 2025, after 36 years with the company, and will remain CFO until then. The company has started a search for a successor with an executive search firm, and Mr. Kinsey is expected to stay on in an advisory role for a period to support the transition.

Key points

  • Mr. Kinsey notified the company of his retirement on September 19, 2025, and will serve as CFO through December 31, 2025, or an earlier date set by him or the company.
  • Mr. Kinsey served as CFO for the last 18 of his 36 years with the company.
  • The company has initiated a search for a successor with a leading executive search firm; the filing does not name a successor.
  • The announcement was made in an 8-K and press release dated September 24, 2025.

The filing

CompanyFlowers Foods (FLO)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 24, 2025, 9:06 AM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-214305

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 6:57 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 24, 2025.

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