NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that there will be heard before the presiding, Judge of the Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia, at 10:00 A.M. on the 29th day of December, 2025, at the Government Center in Columbus, Georgia, the case of the State of Georgia vs. Development Authority of Columbus, Georgia, Hostess Brands, LLC, and in the Superior Court for that County, the same being a proceeding to confirm and validate an issue of $120,600,000 in aggregate principal amount of Development Authority of Columbus, Georgia Taxable Revenue Bond (Hostess Brands Project), Series 2025 (the "Bond") and the security therefor. The proceeds of the Bond are to be used to finance the costs of (i) additional improvements to and renovation of the manufacturing operations at 1969 Victory Drive, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia ("Facility") of Hostess Brands, LLC (the "Company"), and (ii) the acquisition and installation of certain machinery, equipment, and other personal property (the "Business Personal Property"), in connection with the Facility's manufacturing operations (the "Project"), and paying certain expenses relating thereto. The Project will be leased to the Company under a Lease and Financing Agreement, anticipated to the dated as of December 1 ,2025 (the "Lease"). The Court in such proceeding will also pass upon the validity and legality of the Lease and Financing Agreement, a Bond Purchase Agreement under which the Bond will be sold, a Deed to Secure Debt, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement securing repayment of the Bond, and a Tax Letter Agreement between the Authority, the Company and the Muscogee County Tax Assessor, confirming the taxation of the Project. Any citizen of the State of Georgia residing in Columbus, Georgia, or any other person wherever residing, who has a right to object, may intervene and become a party to these proceedings. THE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA WILL NOT CONDUCT ANY "PERFORMANCE AUDIT" OR "PERFORMANCE REVIEW" WITH RESPECT TO THE BOND AS SUCH TERMS ARE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 36-82-100,OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED.