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0001181431-13-019265.txt : 20130327 0001181431-13-019265.hdr.sgml : 20130327 20130327213904 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-13-019265 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130327 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130327 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130327 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MELWANI PRAKASH CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001276331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35844 FILM NUMBER: 13721381 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O BLACKSTONE GROUP STREET 2: 345 PARK AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10154 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Pinnacle Foods Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001564822 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FOOD & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2000] IRS NUMBER: 352215019 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1224 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 399 JEFFERSON ROAD CITY: PARSIPPANY STATE: NJ ZIP: 07054 BUSINESS PHONE: 973-541-6620 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 399 JEFFERSON ROAD CITY: PARSIPPANY STATE: NJ ZIP: 07054 3 1 rrd375253.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2013-03-27 1 0001564822 Pinnacle Foods Inc. PF 0001276331 MELWANI PRAKASH C/O THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. 345 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10154 1 0 0 0 Mr. Melwani, a Senior Managing Director of The Blackstone Group ("Blackstone"), is a member of the board of directors of Pinnacle Foods Inc. (the "Issuer"). Certain affiliates of Blackstone have filed a separate Form 3 reporting securities of the Issuer that they may be deemed to beneficially own. Mr. Melwani disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities of the Issuer that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by affiliates of Blackstone. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ M. Kelley Maggs, by power of attorney 2013-03-27 EX-24. 2 rrd337269_380971.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd337269_380971.html

                                                                      Exhibit 24

                               Power of Attorney

Know all by these presents that Prakash A. Melwani, does hereby make, constitute
and appoint each of M. Kelley Maggs and John F. Kroeger or any one of them, as a
true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the undersigned with full powers of
substitution and revocation, for and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned (in the undersigned's individual capacity), to execute and deliver
such forms that the undersigned may be required to file with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission as a result of the undersigned's ownership of or
transactions in securities of Pinnacle Foods Inc. (i) pursuant to Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without
limitation, statements on Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 (including any amendments
thereto) and (ii) in connection with any applications for EDGAR access codes,
including without limitation the Form ID. The Power of Attorney shall remain in
full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4, and 5 with regard to his ownership of or transactions in securities of
Pinnacle Foods Inc., unless earlier revoked in writing. The undersigned
acknowledges that M. Kelley Maggs and John F. Kroeger are not assuming any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.


                                        By:   /s/ Prakash A. Melwani
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                                              Prakash A. Melwani

                                        Date: March 21, 2013