SEC FORM 4

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^*

LEIGHTON JAMES

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O BOULDER BRANDS, INC.,

1600 PEARL STREET, SUITE 300

(Street)

BOULDER

80302

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BOULDER BRANDS, INC. [ BDBD ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	COO and Interim CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/30/2014

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock⁽¹⁾	06/30/2014		F		47,205	D	⁽¹⁾	109,492	D
Common Stock⁽²⁾	01/15/2016		D		109,492	D	$11	0	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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Option to Purchase	$15.19	01/15/2016		D			150,000	⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	01/15/2024	Common Stock	150,000	$15.19	0	D
Option to Purchase	$15.91	01/15/2016		D			250,000	⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	10/07/2023	Common Stock	250,000	$15.91	0	D
Option to Purchase	$7.69	01/15/2016		D			45,000	⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	08/07/2018	Common Stock	45,000	$7.69	0	D
Option to Purchase	$9	01/15/2016		D			90,000	⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	08/14/2017	Common Stock	90,000	$9	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reporting previously unreported activity regarding the withholding of 47,205 shares, in the aggregate, of common stock of the issuer used to satisfy the reporting person's tax obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock units previously granted to the reporting person pursuant to the terms of the Company's Second Amended and Restated Stock and Awards Plan. The vesting events occurred on the following dates at each of the following share prices: 6/30/14 ($14.18); 12/5/14 ($10.21); 1/15/15 ($10.06); 6/29/15 ($6.91); 10/7/15 ($8.76); 12/7/15 ($10.95) and 12/29/15 ($10.97).

2. On January 15, 2016, Pinnacle Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Pinnacle"), acquired the issuer pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 24, 2015, by and among Slope Acquisition Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser"), Pinnacle and the issuer (the "Merger Agreement"). In accordance with the Merger Agreement, Purchaser was merged with and into the issuer (the "Merger"), with the issuer surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Pinnacle. Under the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), each outstanding share of the issuer's common stock (including the shares of common stock relating to previously unvested restricted stock units) was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $11.00 in cash (the "Merger Consideration").

3. The stock options granted in January 2014, October 2013, August 2008 and August 2007, respectively, each were scheduled to vest ratably over four years or are already vested. The Merger Agreement provided that each stock option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether or not then exercisable or vested, be cancelled and that each stock option with an exercise price that is less than the Merger Consideration be converted automatically into the right to receive promptly after the Effective Time an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the applicable per share exercise price of the stock option multiplied by (ii) the number of shares subject to the stock option immediately prior to the Effective Time, less applicable taxes required to be withheld with respect to such payment.

4. (Continued From footnote 3) As provided in the Merger Agreement, any stock option with an exercise price that is greater than the Merger Consideration was cancelled for no consideration at the Effective Time.

Remarks:

	/s/ James Leighton, by Timothy Kraft, Attorney-in-fact	01/15/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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