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

Flowers Foods CFO Steve Kinsey retires Dec. 31; to consult at $50,000 a month

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Flowers Foods said its chief financial officer, R. Steve Kinsey, retired effective December 31, 2025, as previously announced in September 2025. The company entered into a consulting agreement with him to provide advisory services from January 1, 2026, through February 28, 2026, unless extended.

Key points

  • Kinsey retired as chief financial officer effective December 31, 2025; he first notified the company on September 19, 2025.
  • Consulting fee is $50,000 per month, paid in monthly installments in arrears.
  • Either party may end the consulting agreement on 30 days' written notice; the agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1.

The filing

CompanyFlowers Foods (FLO)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 6, 2026, 4:30 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-26-004576

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 6:58 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits 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 January 06, 2026.

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