Freshpet Inc

Freshpet, Inc.

Annual Report on Form 10-K

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Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements discuss our current expectations and projections relating to our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements may include words such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “potential,” “project,” “projection,” “plan,” "target," “intend,” “seek,” “may,” “could,” “would,” “will,” “should,” “can,” “can have,” “likely,” the negatives thereof and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of the timing or nature of future operating or financial performance or other events. They appear in a number of places throughout this report and include statements regarding our intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the industry in which we operate. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those that we expected, including:

•our ability to meet our sustainability targets, goals, and commitments, including due to the impact of climate change;

•changes in global and domestic economic and business conditions, and financial market conditions, such as continued inflation, interest rate increases, tariffs, trade wars, recession, government or regulator shutdowns or defunding, regulatory delays or uncertainty, supply chain disruptions or agricultural labor shortages;

•the impact of various worldwide or macroeconomic events, such as the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the continued effects of conflict in the middle east, on U.S. and global economics, our employees, suppliers, customers and end consumers, which could adversely and materially impact our business, financial condition and results of operations;

•our ability to successfully implement our growth strategy, including related to implementing our marketing strategy and continuing to build our capacity to meet demand, such as through the timely expansion of certain of our Freshpet Kitchens (collectively, our Freshpet Kitchens Bethlehem, Freshpet Kitchens South and Freshpet Kitchens Ennis);

•our ability to successfully implement new processes and systems as we continue to stabilize and improve our Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP");

•our ability to timely complete the construction at our Freshpet Kitchens Ennis and achieve the anticipated benefits therefrom;

•the loss of key members of our senior management team;

•allegations that our products cause injury or illness or fail to comply with government regulations;

•the loss of a significant customer or supplier;

•the entrance of new competitors into our industry;

•the effectiveness of our marketing and trade spending programs;

•our ability to introduce new products and improve existing products;

•our ability to match our manufacturing capacity with demand;

•the impact of government regulation, scrutiny, warning and public perception;

•the effect of false marketing claims;

•adverse weather conditions, natural disasters, pestilences and other natural conditions affecting our operations or those of our suppliers;

•sustained disruptions within the agricultural industry, including diseases affecting livestock (such as highly pathogenic avian influenza (“HPAI”)), or agricultural labor shortages, including as a result of U.S. immigration policy;

•our ability to develop and maintain our brand;

•the effect of potential price increases and shortages on the inputs, commodities and ingredients that we require, including those effects caused by sustained inflation;

•our ability to manage our supply chain effectively;

•global or local pandemics and epidemics;

•the failure of our information technology systems to perform adequately, including as a result of any interruptions, intrusions, cyber attacks or physical or electronic security breaches of such systems;

•actions of activist stockholders;

•volatility in the price of our common stock; and

•other factors discussed under the headings “Risk Factors,” “Business,” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this report.

While we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, we caution that it is very difficult to predict the impact of known factors, and it is impossible for us to anticipate all factors that could affect our actual results. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations, or cautionary statements, are disclosed under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this report. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. You should evaluate all forward-looking statements made in this report in the context of these risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law.