0001209191-16-153131.txt : 20161202 0001209191-16-153131.hdr.sgml : 20161202 20161202174316 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-16-153131 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161201 FILED AS OF DATE: 20161202 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161202 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: Tanner Gregg A CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001370002 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12755 FILM NUMBER: 162032213 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: DEAN FOODS COMPANY STREET 2: 3400 N. HASKELL AVE., SUITE 3400 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75204 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2016-12-01 0 0000931336 DEAN FOODS CO DF 0001370002 Tanner Gregg A 2711 NORTH HASKELL AVENUE SUITE 3400 DALLAS TX 75204 1 1 0 0 Chief Executive Officer Common Stock 2016-12-01 4 M 0 5775 A 360389 D Common Stock 2016-12-01 4 F 0 2423 19.15 D 357966 D Common Stock 2016-12-01 4 M 0 17326 A 375292 D Common Stock 2016-12-01 4 F 0 7269 19.15 D 368023 D Restricted Stock Units (DU005847) 2016-12-01 4 M 0 5775 0.00 D 2016-12-01 2025-12-01 Common Stock 5775 0 D Restricted Stock Units (DU005846) 2016-12-01 4 M 0 17326 0.00 D 2016-12-01 2025-12-01 Common Stock 17326 0 D Restricted Stock Units (DU005879) 2016-12-01 4 A 0 5775 0.00 A 2017-12-01 2026-12-01 Common Stock 5775 5775 D Restricted Stock Units (DU005880) 2016-12-01 4 A 0 28878 0.00 A 2017-12-01 2026-12-01 Common Stock 28878 28878 D The Reporting Person received a total of 5,775 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer pursuant to the vesting provisions in the award of restricted stock units (RSUs). A total of 2,423 shares were surrendered to satisfy tax obligations of the Reporting Person, resulting in the issuance of a total of 3,352 net shares of Common Stock. RSUs convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis. The Reporting Person received a total of 17,326 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer pursuant to the vesting provisions in the award of RSUs. A total of 7,269 shares were surrendered to satisfy tax obligations of the Reporting Person, resulting in the issuance of a total of 10,057 shares of Common Stock. On 12/01/2015, the Reporting Person 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. The RSUs fully vest on the first anniversary of the grant date. This award of RSUs was approved by the Compensation Committee on 11/06/2007. These RSUs have been adjusted (a) to preserve the intrinsic value of awards existing prior to the spin-off of a portion of the Issuer's ownership interest in The WhiteWave Foods Company on 05/23/2013, and (b) to reflect the reverse stock split on 08/26/2013. On 12/01/2016, the Reporting Person 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. The RSUs fully vest on the first anniversary of the grant date. This award of RSUs was approved by the Compensation Committee on 10/06/2010. These RSUs have been adjusted (a) to preserve the intrinsic value of awards existing prior to the spin-off of a portion of the Issuer's ownership interest in The WhiteWave Foods Company on 05/23/2013, and (b) to reflect the reverse stock split on 08/26/2013. Kay F. Stockler, Attorney-in-Fact 2016-12-02 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/ Gregg A. Tanner
(Signature)

Gregg A. Tanner
Typed Name