Chief Executive Officer · Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ)

Howard Friedman

A named executive officer of Utz Brands in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 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

$4,391,269

FY2024: $4,907,657

1st of 6 named executive officers at Utz Brands by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for Utz Brands, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 12, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Howard Friedman compensation by year

Utz Brands Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Utz Brands reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$22,885$850,000$923,558$968,289
Bonus$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$4,229,682$2,375,116$2,845,185$2,699,044
Option awards$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$776,050$1,027,583$609,936
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$0$112,278$111,331$114,000
Total$4,252,567$4,113,444$4,907,657$4,391,269

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Utz Brands, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 12, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-103020, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Utz Brands, Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-103020. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 12, 2026.

$4.3M
$4.1M
$4.9M
$4.4M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU950,000$7,372,000—
PSU62$481—

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

Utz Brands’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Howard Friedman · this pageChief Executive Officer$4,391,269
Ajay KatariaFormer Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Accounting Officer$1,767,038
William Kelley Jr.Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$1,586,004
Theresa SheaExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary$1,269,322
Mitchell ArendsExecutive Vice President, Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer$1,171,024
Jennifer BentzExecutive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer$1,098,325

Board service

Utz Brands board · FY2022–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Utz Brands pays directors a $87,500 cash retainer and $130,000 in equity. As stated in Utz Brands's FY2025 proxy.

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