Cal-Maine Foods Inc.

03/27/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/27/2023 07:09

Management Change - Form 8-K

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Contacts:
ShermanMiller,PresidentandCEO
MaxP.Bowman,VicePresidentandCFO
(601)948-6813
CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC. NAMES TODD WALTERS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
MATT WHITEMAN NAMED VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS
RIDGELAND,Miss.(March27,2023)
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Cal-MaineFoods,Inc.(NASDAQ:CALM)today
announcedthatToddWaltershasbeennamedChiefOperatingOfficerandMattWhitemanhas
beennamedVicePresident,Operations,botheffectiveMarch27,2023.
WaltersjoinedCal-MaineFoodsin1997.Since2011,hehasservedasVicePresidentof
OperationsfortheCompany'soperationsinSouthTexas,aswellastheWhartonCountyFoods
facilityinBoling,Texas.HehaspreviouslyservedinmanagementpositionsattheCompany'sother
locationsinMississippi,Kansas,NewMexico,andOhio.WaltershasservedontheBoardofThe
OhioPoultryAssociationandTheTexasPoultryFederationwhereheiscurrentlyex-officio.Heis
alsoanactivememberoftheUnitedEggProducers.WaltersisagraduateofMississippiState
Universitywithabachelor'sdegreeinpoultryscience.
WhitemanhasbeenemployedwithCal-MaineFoodssince2011.Hemostrecentlyserved
asGeneralManageroftheWaelder,Texas,operations.Priortothis,heservedinmanagement
positionsatvariouslocationsincludingEdwards,Mississippi;Bremen,Kentucky;Guthrie,
Kentucky;andBoling,Texas.WhitemanisactiveintheTexasPoultryindustryandiscurrentlythe
PresidentoftheTexasEggCouncil,alongwithservingasaBoardMemberoftheTexasPoultry
Federation.WhitemanisagraduateofMississippiStateUniversitywithabachelor'sdegreein
poultryscience.
Commentingontheannouncements,ShermanMiller,presidentandchiefexecutiveofficer
ofCal-MaineFoods,Inc.,stated,"Wearepleasedtoannouncetheseimportantnewleadership
changes.ToddWaltersiswellqualifiedtoassumethisrole,havingextensiveexperiencewiththe
variousaspectsofouroperationsacrossdifferentlocationsandmarketregions.Hehasdonean
exceptionaljobateverystageofhis26-yearcareerwithCal-MaineFoods.Heisalsoarecognized
leaderoutsidetheCompanyasanactivememberofindustryassociations.Wewillcontinueto
benefitfromhisvaluableinsightandexperienceaswepursueourgoaltobeanefficientand
sustainableproducer.
"MattWhitemanbringsover12yearsofdedicatedservicetotheCompanyandhasplayed
animportantroleinmanagingourTexasoperations.Hispreviousexperienceworkingatourother
locationsandknowledgeofothermarketsbringsanaddedperspectivetothisleadershiprole.We
welcomehimtoouroperationsmanagementteam,andwelookforwardtoworkingwithMattas
wecontinuetoserveourvaluedcustomersintheTexasmarkets,"addedMiller.
Cal-MaineFoods,Inc.isprimarilyengagedintheproduction,grading,packing,marketing
andsaleoffreshshelleggs,includingconventional,cage-free,organic,pasture-raised,free-range
andnutritionallyenhancedeggs.TheCompany,whichisheadquarteredinRidgeland,Mississippi,
isthelargestproduceranddistributoroffreshshelleggsintheUnitedStatesandsellsthemajority
ofitsshelleggsinstatesacrossthesouthwestern,southeastern,mid-westernandmid-Atlantic
regionsoftheUnitedStates.