SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Riordan Dennis F

(Last) (First) (Middle)
2021 SPRING ROAD
SUITE 600

(Street)
OAK BROOK IL 60523

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. [ THS ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Executive VP & CFO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/15/2015
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 06/15/2015 M(1)(2) 10,000 A $18.6 54,698 D
Common Stock 06/15/2015 S(2) 5,100 D $69.6038(3) 49,598 D
Common Stock 06/15/2015 S(2) 4,900 D $70.0826(4) 44,698 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Non-qualified Stock Option (right to buy) $18.6 06/15/2015 M(1)(2) 10,000 (1) 01/03/2016 Common Stock 10,000 $0.00 10,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. The stock options have a ten year term, expire in January 2016, and vested in three approximately equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date.
2. Options exercised and underlying shares sold pursuant to a pre-established 10b5-1 trading plan.
3. The price reported in Column 4 is an average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $69.01 to $70.01, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to TreeHouse Foods, Inc., any security holder of TreeHouse Foods, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.
4. The price reported in Column 4 is an average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $70.015 to $70.27, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to TreeHouse Foods, Inc., any security holder of TreeHouse Foods, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.
Remarks:
/s/Thomas E. O'Neill, as attorney-in-fact 06/16/2015
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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