Performance Food Group Enters into Information Sharing Arrangement with US Foods

Performance Food Group Company (“PFG” or the “Company”) (NYSE: PFGC) today announced that it has entered into a clean team agreement with US Foods Holding Corp. (“US Foods”) (NYSE: USFD) that enables the companies to share information in order to evaluate regulatory considerations and the synergies related to a potential business combination.

In recent weeks, members of the PFG Board and management team engaged with several of PFG’s large stockholders to hear their perspectives, and the Company is committed to continuing that dialogue. The Company also engaged with US Foods on how the two companies could most effectively explore a potential business combination while safeguarding confidential information. Following these conversations, the PFG Board, along with its independent financial and legal advisors, concluded that there was sufficient basis to begin information sharing. The companies are therefore initiating a clean team process consisting of a group of independent lawyers, economists and consultants who will perform analysis using more detailed confidential information.

There can be no assurance that this information sharing will result in any transaction proposal, or any assurance as to its outcome or timing. PFG does not intend to make additional comments regarding this matter unless and until a definitive agreement is executed or PFG and US Foods terminate discussions.

Advisors

JP Morgan and BofA Securities are serving as financial advisors, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is serving as legal advisor to the Company.

About Performance Food Group Company

Performance Food Group is an industry leader and one of the largest food and foodservice distribution companies in North America with more than 150 locations. Founded and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, PFG and our family of companies market and deliver quality food and related products to over 300,000 locations including independent and chain restaurants; businesses, schools and healthcare facilities; vending and office coffee service distributors; and big box retailers, theaters and convenience stores. PFG’s success as a Fortune 100 company is achieved through our approximately 43,000 dedicated associates committed to building strong relationships with the valued customers, suppliers and communities we serve. To learn more about PFG, visit pfgc.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to our expectations regarding the performance of our business, our financial results, our liquidity and capital resources, and integration of our acquisition of Cheney Bros., Inc. (the “Cheney Brothers Acquisition”) and other nonhistorical statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “projects,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words.

Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. The following factors, in addition to those discussed under the section entitled Item 1A. Risk Factors in PFG’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 28, 2025 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 13, 2025, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, could cause actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements:

• costs and risks associated with a potential cybersecurity incident or other technology disruption;
• our reliance on technology and risks associated with disruption or delay in implementation of new technology, including artificial intelligence;
• economic factors, including inflation or other adverse changes such as a downturn in economic conditions, geopolitical events, tariff increases, or a public health crisis, negatively affecting consumer confidence and discretionary spending;
• our reliance on third-party suppliers;
• labor relations and cost risks and availability of qualified labor;
• competition in our industry is intense, and we may not be able to compete successfully;
• we operate in a low margin industry, which could increase the volatility of our results of operations;
• we may not realize anticipated benefits from our operating cost reduction and productivity improvement efforts;
• our profitability is directly affected by cost inflation and deflation, commodity volatility, and other factors;
• we do not have long-term contracts with certain customers;
• group purchasing organizations may become more active in our industry and increase their efforts to add our customers as members of these organizations;
• changes in eating habits of consumers;
• extreme weather conditions, including hurricane, earthquake and natural disaster damage and extreme heat or cold;
• volatility of fuel and other transportation costs;
• our inability to adjust cost structure where one or more of our competitors successfully implement lower costs;
• our inability to increase our sales in the highest margin portion of our business;
• changes in pricing practices of our suppliers;
• our growth and innovation strategy may not achieve the anticipated results;
• risks relating to acquisitions, including the risk that we are not able to realize benefits of acquisitions or successfully integrate the businesses we acquire or that we incur significant integration costs;
• a portion of our sales volume is dependent upon the distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products, sales of which are generally declining;
• negative media exposure and other events that damage our reputation;
• impact of uncollectibility of accounts receivable;
• the cost and adequacy of insurance coverage and increases in the number or severity of insurance and claims expenses;
• the potential impacts of shareholder activists or potential bidders;
• the integration of artificial intelligence into our processes;
• environmental, health, and safety costs, including compliance with current and future environmental laws and regulations relating to carbon emissions and climate change and related legal or market measures;
• our inability to comply with requirements imposed by applicable law or government regulations, including increased regulation of e-vapor products and other alternative nicotine products;
• increase in excise taxes or reduction in credit terms by taxing jurisdictions;
• the potential impact of product recalls and product liability claims relating to the products we distribute and other litigation;
• adverse judgments or settlements or unexpected outcomes in legal proceedings;
• risks relating to our outstanding indebtedness, including the impact of interest rate increases on our variable rate debt;
• our ability to raise additional capital on commercially reasonable terms or at all;
• the possibility that the expected synergies and other benefits from the Cheney Brothers Acquisition will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period; and
• actions due to activist stockholders or unsolicited bidders, including as a result of any proxy contest or potential changes on the Board.

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