0001193125-14-335662.txt : 20140908 0001193125-14-335662.hdr.sgml : 20140908 20140908170829 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-335662 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140903 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20140908 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140908 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DEAN FOODS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000931336 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ICE CREAM & FROZEN DESSERTS [2024] IRS NUMBER: 752559681 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12755 FILM NUMBER: 141091643 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 8-K 1 d785983d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): September 8, 2014 (September 3, 2014)

 

 

 

LOGO

Dean Foods Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-12755   75-2559681

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 3400

Dallas, TX 75204

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

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

Not Applicable.

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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:

 

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

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On September 8, 2014, Dean Foods Company (the “Company”) announced that Rachel A. Gonzalez has resigned from her position as the Company’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary effective as of September 12, 2014. The press release announcing Ms. Gonzalez’s resignation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1    Dean Foods Company press release dated September 8, 2014.

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: September 8, 2014  

DEAN FOODS COMPANY

  By:   /s/ Chris Bellairs
   

Chris Bellairs

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description

99.1    Dean Foods Company press release dated September 8, 2014.
 EX-99.1 2 d785983dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

Dean Foods General Counsel to Depart

Dallas, TX – September 8, 2014 – Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) announced today that Rachel A. Gonzalez has resigned as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company to accept a similar position at a publicly traded company.

Ms. Gonzalez’s resignation will be effective September 12. Dean Foods is launching a search for a new general counsel and expects to consider candidates in the coming months.

Ms. Gonzalez joined Dean Foods in 2008 as Chief Counsel, Corporate & Securities and served as the Deputy General Counsel prior to her promotion in November 2012.

Gregg Tanner, Chief Executive Officer, stated, “I would like to thank Rachel for her dedication and contributions to the Company over the past six years, including the successful spin-off and separation of The WhiteWave Foods Company and the sale of our former Morningstar business. She has been a strong leader within the organization and a key advisor to me. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors.”

ABOUT DEAN FOODS

Dean Foods® is a leading food and beverage company in the United States and is the nation’s largest processor and direct-to-store distributor of fluid milk. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the Dean Foods portfolio includes TruMoo®, the leading national flavored milk brand, along with well-known regional dairy brands such as Alta Dena®, Berkeley Farms®, Country Fresh®, Dean’s®, Garelick Farms®, LAND O LAKES® milk and cultured products*, Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms®, Mayfield®, McArthur®, Meadow Gold®, Oak Farms®, PET®**, T.G. Lee®, Tuscan® and more. In all, Dean Foods has more than 50 local and regional dairy brands and private labels. Dean Foods also makes and distributes ice cream, cultured products, juices, teas, and bottled water. Nearly 18,000 employees across the country work every day to make Dean Foods the most admired and trusted provider of wholesome, great-tasting dairy products at every occasion. For more information about Dean Foods and its brands, visit www.deanfoods.com.

 

* The LAND O LAKES brand is owned by Land O’Lakes, Inc. and is used by license.
** PET is a trademark of The J.M. Smucker Company and is used by license.

 

CONTACT: Corporate Communications, Jamaison Schuler, +1-214-721-7766; or Investor Relations, Chris Bellairs, +1-214-303-3713
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