0001209191-16-148430.txt : 20161104 0001209191-16-148430.hdr.sgml : 20161104 20161104163556 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-16-148430 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161103 FILED AS OF DATE: 20161104 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161104 ISSUER: 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 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 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SCOZZAFAVA RALPH P CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001163220 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12755 FILM NUMBER: 161975612 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL STREET 2: 1 N BRENTWOOD BLVD CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63105 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2016-11-03 0 0000931336 DEAN FOODS CO DF 0001163220 SCOZZAFAVA RALPH P 2711 NORTH HASKELL AVENUE SUITE 3400 DALLAS TX 75204 0 1 0 0 EVP, Chief Operating Officer Common Stock 2016-11-03 4 M 0 5675 0.00 A 22070 D Common Stock 2016-11-03 4 F 0 2381 18.40 D 19689 D Restricted Stock Units (DU005789) 0.00 2016-11-03 4 M 0 5675 0.00 D Common Stock 5675 5675 D The Reporting Person received a total of 5,675 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer pursuant to the vesting provisions in the award of restricted stock units (RSUs). A total of 2,381 shares were surrendered to satisfy tax obligations of the Reporting Person, resulting in the issuance of a total of 3,294 net shares of Common Stock. The Reporting Person previously received an award of RSUs, which represents the right to receive shares of Common Stock of the Issuer in the future, subject to the terms and conditions of the related award agreement. This RSU award vests annually, on a pro rata basis, over a 3-year period beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date. Kay F. Stockler Attorney-in-Fact 2016-11-04 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT

POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Russell F. Coleman, Kristy N. Waterman, Yuki P. Whitmire, Kay
F. Stockler, and Rita A. Townsend the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

1.	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an executive officer and/or director of Dean Foods Company (previously known
as Suiza Foods Corporation) (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

2.	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4 or 5
and file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done, or shall lawfully have already done or caused to be done, by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

      This 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 respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 9th day of August, 2016.

/s/ Ralph P. Scozzafava
(Signature)

Ralph P. Scozzafava
Typed Name