Hostess Brands WARN NotificationHostess Brands
November 13. 2012
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Extension Of Conditional Notice Pursuant to the Worker Adjustment and
Retraining Notification Act
Dear Madams and Sirs:
We are writing to update you on the conditional WARN notice that you received from the
Company last month regarding the potential occurrence of certain events that could lead to employee
separations from the Company in your geographic area.
The Company's bankruptcy proceedings remain ongoing. Several of the unions representing
Company employees obtained member ratification of the modified collective bargaining agreements the
Company negotiated with those unions necessary to allow the Company to emerge from bankruptcy
successfully. The Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union
("BCTGM") members and members of some of the other unions representing Company employees did not
ratify the modified collective bargaining agreements applicable to them. The BCTGM began picketing at
certain facilities on November 9, 2012 and has initiated strikes at many of our bakeries.
As we stated in previous notices, in the event of a failure to ratify the modified collective bargaining
agreements or a strike, the Company will likely not be able to emerge successfully from bankruptcy and will
have to begin to sell all or portions of its business and /or wind down its operations and liquidate, which
would lead to employment separations shortly thereafter. As of the date of this letter, the Cincinnati,
Ohio, Seattle, Washington, and St. Louis, Missouri plants have been closed because ongoing strikes
have crippled production at these locations. Other facilities may be shutdown in the future as a result of
the impact the strike has had on production at those facilities.
Our primary focus continues to be on completing a restructuring of the Company and emerging
from chapter 11 as a viable company. It also remains possible that, despite our best efforts, the Company
may be required to sell all or portions of its business and /or wind down its operations and liquidate because
of the occurrence of any of the events identified in the notices sent to you, including but not limited to the
ongoing strike.
Based on the best information available to the Company at this time, we believe that the Company
should know by on or about December 1, 2012 whether the Company will have to begin selling portions of
its business and/or wind down its operations and liquidate, which would lead to employment separations
within 14 days thereafter. Employees employed by one of the closed facilities identified above will be
notified prior to December 1 of their termination dates. If you have any questions, or would like further
information, please contact our ASKHR call center at 1 -800- Hostess (1- 800 -467- 8377).
Very truly yours,
Jeff Parlato
Vice President, Human Resources and Labor Relations
Hostess Brands, Inc.
6031 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039 - (972) 532 -4500
Hostess Brands, Inc.
c/o KCC
2335 Alaska Ave
El Segundo, CA 90245
PRF 53621 197
Mayor Roy D. Buol
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