UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 10, 2014 (November 10, 2014)

Dean Foods Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-12755	75-2559681
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2711 North Haskell Avenue, Suite 3400

Dallas, Texas 75204

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 303-3400

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition	2
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits	2
SIGNATURES	3
EXHIBIT INDEX	4
Earnings Release

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is the registrant’s earnings release for the third quarter of 2014, issued November 10, 2014. This release shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise incorporated by reference into any filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1     Earnings Release issued November 10, 2014

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	DEAN FOODS COMPANY
Dated: November 10, 2014	By:	/s/ SCOTT K. VOPNI
		Scott K. Vopni
		Senior Vice President Investor Relations and Chief Accounting Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NUMBER	DESCRIPTION
99.1	Earnings Release issued November 10, 2014

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