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        <issuerName>Whole Earth Brands, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FREE</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Cohen Steven Michael</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>360 FURMAN ST, APT 215</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>BROOKLYN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>11201</rptOwnerZipCode>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On August 5, 2024, the parties to the agreement of merger, dated February 12, 2024 (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), by and among Whole Earth Brands, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;), Ozark Holdings, LLC (&quot;Parent&quot;) and Sweek Oak Merger Sub, LLC (&quot;Merger Sub&quot;), completed the transactions contemplated thereby, pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the &quot;Merger&quot;), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the &quot;Effective Time&quot;), each share of the Company's common stock (&quot;Common Stock&quot;) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to $4.875 per share, without interest, and subject to any applicable withholding taxes.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 15,971 shares of Common Stock subject to a restricted stock award. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each share of Common Stock subject to a restricted stock award became immediately fully vested (and subject to any applicable tax withholding on such acceleration) and treated as a share of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Steven Michael Cohen, by Ira W. Schlussel, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-08-05</signatureDate>
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