0001353605-12-000105.txt : 20120821 0001353605-12-000105.hdr.sgml : 20120821 20120821162124 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001353605-12-000105 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120818 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120821 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120821 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Mara Shaun CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001358316 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12755 FILM NUMBER: 121047957 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 410 N. MICHIGAN AVE CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60611 ISSUER: 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 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 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2012-08-18 0000931336 DEAN FOODS CO DF 0001358316 Mara Shaun 2711 NORTH HASKELL AVENUE SUITE 3400 DALLAS TX 75204 0 1 0 0 Executive Vice President Common Stock 2012-08-18 4 M 0 4121 0 A 20471 D Common Stock 2012-08-18 4 F 0 1091 16.31 D 19380 D Restricted Stock Units (DU005593) 0 2012-08-18 4 M 0 4121 0 D 2011-08-18 2020-08-18 Common Stock 4121 4121 D The reporting person received a total of 4,121 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer pursuant to the vesting provisions in the award of restricted stock units. A total of 1,091 shares were surrendered to satisfy tax obligations of the reporting person, resulting in the issuance of a total of 3,030 net shares of Common Stock. The reporting person has received an award of restricted stock units which is the right to receive shares of Common Stock of the Issuer in the future, subject to the terms and conditions of the award agreement. The restricted stock units vest annually, on a pro rata basis, over a three year period beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date. Katherine K. Connell, Attorney-In-Fact 2012-08-21 EX-24 2 attach_1.htm

POWER OF ATTORNEY



      Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Steven J. Kemps, Rachel A. Gonzalez, Brian J. Willey, Katherine K. Connell, Denise Ebeling and Carman M. Callahan 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 4th day of May 2012.



  /s/ Shaun Mara

(Signature)



Shaun Mara

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