Cozen O’Connor Advises Rice and Lissette Family Entities in Connection with Definitive Agreement for Intersnack Group GmbH & Co. KG to Take Utz Brands, Inc. Private

PHILADELPHIA, July 22, 2026 - Cozen O'Connor advised the Rice and Lissette Family Entities, descendants of Utz's founding family, in connection with the definitive agreement of Utz Brands, Inc. (NYSE: UTZ) (Utz), a leading U.S. manufacturer of branded salty snacks, and Intersnack Group GmbH & Co. KG (Intersnack Group), a family-founded, privately owned, multinational snack company, pursuant to which Intersnack will acquire all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock of Utz for $14.25 per share in cash. The transaction, which will take Utz private, estimates the company at an enterprise value of $2.9 billion and reflects a premium of approximately 91% over Utz's closing stock price on July 20, 2026. Upon closing, the Rice and Lissette Family Entities and Intersnack Group will each own 50% of Utz.

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions. The Cozen O'Connor team is led by Larry P. Laubach and includes Seth Popick, Richard J. Silpe, Eileen T. Salimbene, Gregory P. Cunningham, Jonathan M. Grossman, Benjamin A. Bomrind, Rikisha Collins, Paul D. Hallgren, and John E. Ludlum.

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