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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): August 28, 2012
 
 

 
H.J. HEINZ COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 
 
         
Pennsylvania
 
1-3385
 
25-0542520
(State of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 
 
One PPG Place, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
 
15222
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
412-456-5700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 

 
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ITEM 5.03.
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Record Date
 
Effective August 28, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company amended Article II, Section 5 of the Company By-Laws to change the permissible window for the record date from not less than ten or more than seventy days to not more than ninety days prior to the applicable shareholders meeting.  The amendment was adopted to attain consistency with Section 1763 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law. 
 

ITEM 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d) Exhibits
 
         
Exhibit Number
(Referenced to
Item 601 of
Regulation S-K)
  
Description of Exhibit              
  
   
         
3.2
  
H.J. Heinz Company By-Laws
  
 

 
 

 

SIGNATURE
 
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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
H.J. HEINZ COMPANY
     
 
By
 
/s/ Theodore N. Bobby
     
Theodore N. Bobby
     
Executive Vice President,
     
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
 
Dated: August 31, 2012

 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
         
Exhibit No.
   
Description                                
  
   
       
3.2
 
H. J. Heinz Company By-Laws