Chairman and Chief Executive Officer · FLOWERS FOODS INC (FLO)

A. Ryals McMullian

A named executive officer of FLOWERS FOODS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$7,776,698

FY2024: $7,944,533

1st of 6 named executive officers at Flowers Foods by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for FLOWERS FOODS, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 14, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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A. Ryals McMullian compensation by year

FLOWERS FOODS Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as FLOWERS FOODS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$640,577$726,452$896,490$917,654$954,289$987,884$1,041,730
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,599,513$2,600,146$3,599,802$4,360,518$4,452,212$5,492,059$5,735,842
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$363,720$1,674,293$1,341,360$737,843$674,469$1,193,915$733,524
Pension and deferred compensation$21,542$31,380$38,286$53,851$53,133$50,135$55,811
All other$40,565$54,499$103,967$185,493$258,937$220,540$209,791
Total$3,665,917$5,086,770$5,979,905$6,255,359$6,393,039$7,944,533$7,776,698

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: FLOWERS FOODS INC DEF 14A filed April 14, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-043025, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the FLOWERS FOODS INC filed document, accession 0001104659-26-043025. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 14, 2026.

$3.7M
$5.1M
$6.0M
$6.3M
$6.4M
$7.9M
$7.8M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU137,340$1,481,899—
PSU121,380$1,309,690—
PSU89,387$964,486—
RSU78,480$846,799—
RSU46,472$501,433—
PSU11,445$123,492—
PSU10,115$109,141—
PSU9,475$102,236—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in FLOWERS FOODS INC's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments FLOWERS FOODS discloses, by trigger · FY2026
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control, no termination$0$0—$0
Change in control and involuntary termination$6,952,493$3,548,886—$11,906,890
Death$0$5,602,843—$5,602,843
Disability$0$5,602,843—$5,602,843
Retirement$0$2,739,912—$2,739,912

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in FLOWERS FOODS INC's FY2026 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

FLOWERS FOODS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
A. Ryals McMullian · this pageChairman and Chief Executive Officer$7,776,698
R. Steve KinseyFormer Chief Financial Officer$2,461,356
Heeth Varnedoe IVPresident and Chief Operating Officer$2,419,656
Terry ThomasChief Growth Officer$2,110,057
Stephanie TillmanChief Legal Counsel$1,839,636
D. Anthony ScaglioneChief Financial Officer$1,461,142

Board service

FLOWERS FOODS board · FY2022–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: FLOWERS FOODS pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $155,000 in Deferred Stock. As stated in FLOWERS FOODS's FY2025 proxy.

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