0000950103-21-008146.txt : 20210601 0000950103-21-008146.hdr.sgml : 20210601 20210528200528 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950103-21-008146 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 15-12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210601 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210528 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20210601 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DEAN FOODS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000931336 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: DAIRY PRODUCTS [2020] IRS NUMBER: 752559681 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12755 FILM NUMBER: 21982429 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2711 N. HASKELL AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 3400 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75204 BUSINESS PHONE: 2143033400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2711 N. HASKELL AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 3400 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75204 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DEAN FOODS CO/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20011221 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SUIZA FOODS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941013 15-12B 1 dp152022_1512b.htm FORM 15-12B

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549 

 

FORM 15

 

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

Commission File Number: 001-12755

 

DEAN FOODS COMPANY  

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400

Dallas, TX
(214) 303-3400 

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Common Stock, $.01 par value  

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

 

None

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains) 

 

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

 

  Rule 12g-4(a)(1) ☒
  Rule 12g-4(a)(2) ☐ 
  Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) ☒
  Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) ☐ 
  Rule 15d-6 ☐ 
  Rule 15d-22(b) ☐ 

 

 

 

 

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: None1

 

  

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Dean Foods Company has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

 

      Dean Foods Company
         
Date:   May 28, 2021   By: /s/ Daniel H. Golden
      Name:   Daniel H. Golden
      Title: Authorized Officer
 
     

1 On November 12, 2019, Southern Foods Group, LLC, Dean Foods Company, and their debtor affiliates (collectively, the “Debtors”), filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Bankruptcy Court”). On March 17, 2021, the Bankruptcy Court entered the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order Confirming the First Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Liquidation of Southern Foods Group, LLC, Dean Foods Company, and Their Debtor Affiliates [D.I. 3565], and on May 28, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), the Plan became effective pursuant to its terms. All previously issued and outstanding equity interests in Dean Foods Company (which include Dean Foods Company’s prior common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”)) were automatically cancelled and extinguished as of the Effective Date. This Form 15 is being filed for the purpose of terminating the registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and suspending the Registrant’s reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.