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William B. Cyr has been a member of our Board and our Chief Executive Officer since September 2016. Before assuming his role at Freshpet, Mr. Cyr served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sunny Delight Beverages Co. (SDBC) from August 2004 to February 2016. Prior to joining SDBC, Mr. Cyr spent 19 years at Procter & Gamble, where he ultimately served as the Vice President and General Manager of the North American Juice Business and Global Nutritional Beverages. Mr. Cyr serves as a Board and Executive Committee Member of the Consumer Brands Association, a position he has held since 2002. Additionally, during his time as President and Chief Executive Officer of SDBC, Mr. Cyr was a member of the board of directors of American Beverage Association from 2007 until 2016 and served on the Executive Committee from 2012 to 2016. Mr. Cyr holds an A.B. from Princeton University.

Scott Morris is a co-founder of Freshpet and has served as our President since March 2016. Mr. Morris served as our Chief Operating Officer from July 2015 to August 2024, Chief Marketing Officer from January 2014 to July 2015, and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing from 2010 to 2013. Mr. Morris is involved in all aspects of Company development and day-to-day operations. Prior to joining Freshpet, Mr. Morris was Vice President of Marketing at The Meow Mix Company from 2002 to 2006. Previously, Mr. Morris worked at Ralston Purina from 1990 to 2002, holding various leadership positions in Sales and Marketing, most recently Pet Food Group Director. Mr. Morris also works as an advisor and investor in several small startup consumer packaged goods companies with strong social missions and a focus to improve food and the world. Additionally, in 2020, Mr. Morris co-founded Hive Brands, an eco-friendly e-commerce retail platform for sustainable food and household goods. On June 22, 2026, Freshpet, Inc. announced that Scott Morris, co-founder and President of the Company, will retire effective as of October 20, 2026.

Nicola Baty joined Freshpet as Chief Operating Officer in September 2024. She previously served as President and General Manager of Hills Pet Nutrition from August 2020 to May 2024 where she created a 5-year strategic plan, and oversaw marketing, sales, Professional Vet, Digital and Data, Finance, Demand Planning, Service & Logistics and HR. She was SVP Global Sales and General Manger for Latin America and Asia for Hills Pet Nutrition from July 2019 to August 2020. Prior to Hills, Ms. Baty was General Manager of the Nordic Region of Colgate Palmolive from October 2017 to June 2019, and General Manager of the Netherlands for Colgate Palmolive from October 2014 to October 2017. She began her career at Colgate in various customer-focused roles in Europe. Nicola Baty, the Company's Chief Operating Officer since September 2024, will assume the additional role of President effective on October 20, 2026.

Thembeka Machaba has served as the Chief Human Resources Officer since March 2024, having joined Freshpet as Senior Vice President of Human Resources in August 2020. Ms. Machaba has over 20 years' experience in the Manufacturing, Food & Beverage industries. Prior to joining Freshpet, Ms. Machaba was a Vice President of Global Human Resources and Organization Development at Molson Coors, a multinational beverage brewing company, from January 2019 to August 2020 and Senior Director of Global Human Resources from October 2016 to December 2018. Ms. Machaba held various roles within Human Resources at Miller Coors, the North American Business unit of Molson Coors from August 2012 to October 2016. Prior to moving to the United States, Ms. Machaba served in a number of senior Human Resource roles in SABMiller, a global brewing company in South Africa beginning in 2003 to 2011. Prior to joining SABMiller, Ms. Machaba worked in a training role at AFROX, a chemical manufacturing company in South Africa. Prior to that Ms. Machaba worked at Unilever SA in various Human Resources roles.

The Company's board of directors has appointed Ivan Garcia, the Company's current Vice President- Finance, as interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective October 17, 2025. As interim Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Garcia will be the Company's principal financial officer and principal accounting officer on an interim basis. Mr. Garcia has served as Vice President - Finance since July 2023. Previously, he served as VP Corporate Controller from October 2020 to June 2023, VP of Financial Reporting from March 2017 to September 2020 and held a number of roles since joining the Company in February 2014 as Manager-financial reporting. Prior to joining Freshpet, he worked at KPMG in their auditing function. Mr. Ivan Garcia will step down from his position as Interim Chief Financial Officer but will continue to serve the Company as Senior Vice President, Finance, effective as of February 9, 2026.

Walter N. George III has been a member of our Board since 2014, and Chair of the Board since 2023. Mr. George is the President of G3 Consulting, LLC, a boutique advisory firm specializing in value creation in small and mid-market consumer products companies, a company he founded in 2013. Mr. George served as President of the American Italian Pasta Company and Corporate Vice President of Ralcorp Holdings from 2010 until its sale to Conagra Foods in 2013. Mr. George served as Chief Operating Officer at American Italian Pasta Company from 2008 to 2010. From 2001 to 2008, Mr. George served in other executive roles with American Italian Pasta Company, including as Senior Vice President-Supply Chain and Logistics and Executive Vice President-Operations and Supply Chain. From 1988 through 2001, Mr. George held a number of senior operating positions with Hill's Pet Nutrition, a subsidiary of Colgate Palmolive Company, most recently as Vice President of Supply Chain.

David B. Biegger has been a member of our Board since May 17, 2023. Mr. Biegger is an accomplished supply chain leader with over 40 years of experience in the consumer package goods industry. Mr. Biegger currently serves as an Operating Partner of Shore Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm specializing in investments across food & beverage, healthcare and business services sectors. He previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer of Conagra Brands, a leading food and beverage services company, from 2015 until his retirement in May 2021. Prior to joining Conagra Brands, he worked at Campbell Soup Company, providing leadership across the company's complex Global Supply Chain and Operations functions between 2005 and 2015. He also spent time in his early career building his foundational Manufacturing experience at Procter & Gamble Company.

Craig D. Steeneck has been a member of our Board since November 2014. Mr. Steeneck served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Foods Inc., a packaged foods company, from July 2007 to January 2019, where he oversaw the company's financial operations, treasury, tax, investor relations, corporate development and information technology and was an integral part of the integration team for several of its acquisitions. From June 2005 to July 2007, Mr. Steeneck served as Executive Vice President, Supply Chain Finance and IT of Pinnacle Foods, helping to redesign the supply chain to generate savings and improved financial performance. Pinnacle Foods was acquired by Conagra Brands in October 2018. From April 2003 to June 2005, Mr. Steeneck served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Cendant Timeshare Resort Group (now Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Inc.), playing key roles in wide-scale organization of internal processes and staff management. From March 2001 to April 2003, Mr. Steeneck served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Resorts Condominiums International (now Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Inc.). From October 1999 to February 2001, Mr. Steeneck was the Chief Financial Officer of International Home Foods Inc. which was acquired by ConAgra Brands in 2000. Prior to its acquisition by The J.M. Smucker Company in November 2023, Mr. Steeneck previously served as a board member and as a member of the Audit Committee of Hostess Brands, Inc., and as lead independent director from January 2019 to December 2019. Mr. Steeneck also previously served as Chairman of the Hostess Brands, Inc. Audit Committee from November 2016 to June 2022. Mr. Steeneck has served as a board member of Utz Brands, Inc. (formerly Collier Creek Holdings) (NYSE: UTZ) since November 2018, where he is Chairman of the audit committee. Mr. Steeneck served on the board of directors of Kind, Inc. from May 2019 to July 2020. Other Public Boards Utz Brands, Inc.

Leta D. Priest has been a member of our Board since September 2018. Ms. Priest has over 30 years of executive and senior leadership experience in the retail and consumer packaged goods industries. Ms. Priest was a key leader in food for Walmart from May 2003 to November 2015 during Walmart's expansion of grocery, including serving as Senior Vice President and General Merchandising Manager, Fresh Food from 2009 to 2015. Ms. Priest also served as Senior Vice President, General Merchandising Manager in other key areas of food for Walmart from January 2007 through 2015. Ms. Priest began her career with Walmart as Vice President of Food Development. Ms. Priest joined Walmart from Safeway, where she served as Vice President Corporate Brands, North America from January 1998 to April 2003. Prior to her time at Safeway, Ms. Priest had 11 years of consumer products experience in senior leadership roles across brand management and product development with The Torbitt & Castleman Company and Dole Food Company. Ms. Priest serves as a director on the private company board of Milo's Tea Company since April 2018 and served on the private company board of Gehl Foods from November 2019 until June 2024.

Daryl G. Brewster has been a member of our Board since January 2011. Since 2013, Mr. Brewster has served as the Chief Executive Officer of CECP, a coalition of chief executive officers from over 200 large cap companies focused on driving sustainable business and improving communication with strategic investors. Since 2008, Mr. Brewster has also been the founder and chief executive officer of Brookside Management, LLC, a boutique consulting firm that provides C-level consulting and support to consumer companies and service providers to the industry. Mr. Brewster previously served as an Operating Advisor to The Carlyle Group and as a Management Advisor to MidOcean Partners. Mr. Brewster served as the Chief Executive Officer of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. from March 2006 through January 2008. From 1996 to 2006, Mr. Brewster was a senior executive at Nabisco, Inc. and Kraft, Inc. (which acquired Nabisco in 2000), where he served in numerous senior executive roles, most recently as Group Vice President and President, Snacks, Biscuits and Cereal. Before joining Nabisco, Mr. Brewster served as Managing Director, Campbell's Grocery Products Ltd.-UK, Vice-President, Campbell's Global Strategy, and Business Director, Campbell's U.S. Soup. Mr. Brewster serves on the boards of The Bazooka Companies, LLC and Mother Administered Nutritive Assistance (MANA) and previously served on the board of E*Trade Financial Services, Inc., and several private equity-backed firms.

David J. West has been a member of our Board since July 21, 2023. Mr. West is an accomplished pet food and consumer products executive who brings over three decades of experience leading a range of blue-chip consumer companies and well-known brands. Mr. West has served as a partner of Centerview Capital Consumer since May 2016. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Del Monte Foods from August 2011 to March 2015. During that time, Mr. West led the Del Monte Foods' Consumer Products business through its rebrand to Big Heart Pet Brands and oversaw its sale to The J.M. Smucker Company in March 2015. He then worked for The J.M. Smucker Company as President of Big Heart Pet Food and Snacks until March 2016 and as a Senior Advisor until April 2016. Mr. West previously served as CEO, President and director of The Hershey Company (Hershey) from 2007 to May 2011. Prior to Hershey, Mr. West held a range of senior positions at the Nabisco Biscuit and Snacks group, including Senior Vice President, Finance, and Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Planning. Mr. West is also currently a member of the board of directors of Advantage Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: ADV) and The Simply Good Foods Company (Nasdaq: SMPL) and was a member of the board of directors of Hershey (from 2007 to 2011), Del Monte Foods (from 2011 to 2014), Big Heart Pet Brands (from 2014 to 2015) and The J.M. Smucker Company (from 2015 to 2016).

Jacki S. Kelley has been a member of our Board since February 2019. Ms. Kelley has over 25 years of executive and senior leadership experience in the media and digital industries. Ms. Kelley currently serves as EVP, Chief Client Officer & Chief Business Officer at IPG. Prior to her current role she served as CEO/Americas at Dentsu, Inc. from January 2020 to September 2023. Ms. Kelley spent five years at Bloomberg, first joining as Chief Operating Officer of Bloomberg Media in 2014 and then moving to Bloomberg LP in 2017 after being appointed Deputy Chief Operating Officer. Before joining Bloomberg, Ms. Kelley was the CEO, North America, and President of Global Clients for IPG Mediabrands as well as Global CEO, Universal McCann. Ms. Kelley was also a Vice President, Worldwide Strategy & Solutions, at Yahoo! and worked with USA Today for 18 years, leaving the company as a Senior Vice President. Ms. Kelley also serves on the board of directors and as Vice Chair of the American Advertising Federation and is an Executive Board member of the Ad Council.

Lauri Kien Kotcher has been a member of our Board since April 9, 2024. Ms. Kien Kotcher's experience includes serving as a member of the board of directors and as Chief Executive Officer of Quip NYC Inc. since August 2023. Prior to this role, Ms. Kien Kotcher served as Chief Executive Officer of The Shade Store from October 2021 to May 2022, and as Chief Executive Officer of Hello Products from January 2015 to January 2021, as well as Chief Marketing Officer of Godiva Chocolatier from 2009 to 2013. Earlier in her career, she held marketing leadership roles at Lehman Brothers and Pfizer Consumer Healthcare and was a Partner at McKinsey & Company during her 15-year tenure there. Ms. Kien Kotcher also served on the board of directors of Farmer's Fridge and previously served as a director of LXRandCo, Inc.

Ms. Olufunlayo Olurinde Fajemirokun-Beck has been a member of our Board since October 2019. Since January 2013, Ms. Beck has been the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Beck Group NJ, a boutique strategic and management consulting firm. Ms. Beck also served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Wholesome Sweeteners, Inc., a maker of consumer-packaged natural and organic sweeteners and snacks, from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, Ms. Beck served as Head of Global & U.S. Marketing (Shopper) & Health and Wellness for Johnson and Johnson, Inc. from 2010 to 2012. Prior to Johnson and Johnson, Inc., Ms. Beck served in various executive leadership roles in Finance and Sales at Mars Incorporated from 1989 to 2009, including serving as Chief Financial Officer of Ben's Original (formerly Uncle Ben's Rice) (Ben's Original). Ms. Beck also serves on the boards of directors of Denny's Corporation (Nasdaq: DENN), Saputo Inc. (TSX: SAP) and Tropicana Brand Group, and served on the board of directors and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Hostess Brands, Inc. until its acquisition by The J.M. Smucker Company in November 2023. Ms. Beck has more than 25 years of experience in finance, portfolio business management and general management, including direct experience in transformational and strategic growth-both organically and through mergers and acquisitions. Other Public Boards Denny's Corporation Saputo Inc.

Cathal Walsh is a co-founder of Freshpet and has served as Managing Director of Europe, previously titled Senior Vice President of Cooler Operations, since January 2011 and previously served as our Chief Operating Officer from October 2006 to January 2011. Prior to founding Freshpet, Mr. Walsh was Zone Marketing Manager at Nestle Worldwide from 2000 to 2005 and was Marketing Manager at Nestle Pet Care from 1996 to 2000. Mr. Walsh has over 25 years' experience in packaged goods marketing, sales, and management, including in international food markets.

Nishu Patel has served as Chief Accounting Officer since April 2024. Previously, Ms. Patel served as Vice President, Corporate Controller, from June 2023 to March 2024. Prior to joining Freshpet, Ms. Patel accumulated fifteen years of experience in public and private company financial statement audits from her tenure at Ernst & Young LLP. Ms. Patel is a CPA, holds an MBA in Accounting and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

Lisa Alexander has served as General Counsel of Freshpet since December 2023 and Corporate Secretary since April 2024. Prior to joining Freshpet she was General Counsel of Perfect Day, a food technology start-up, from February 2022 to January 2023, and VP, Sr Transactions Counsel of Amyris, a Nasdaq-listed synthetic biology company from May 2019 to February 2022. Ms. Alexander served as General Counsel to the Americas of Firmenich, a major flavor and fragrance house, from March 2007 to December 2018, and prior to that held various senior legal roles at InterDigital from January 1995 to March 2007. She began her career as a securities and M&A attorney in major New York City and Philadelphia law firms.

On February 4, 2026, Freshpet, Inc. announced the appointment of Mr. John O'Connor to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of February 9, 2026. Mr. O'Connor joins the Company after having previously served as Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Finance of Zoetis Inc., a global animal health company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, in 2025, and as Senior Vice President, US Commercial Finance Lead of Zoetis from 2023 to 2025. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of Thrive Pet Healthcare from 2021 to 2023. Prior to that he held various roles at Zoetis from 2012 to 2021, including as Senior Vice President and Head, Finance, U.S. Operations from 2020 to 2021 and Senior Vice President, Finance, Investor Relations and Treasury from 2016 to 2020.