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| EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - PINNACLE FOODS INC. | ex991pressreleasewittmanre.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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ý | CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 31, 2017
Commission File Number 001-35844
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Pinnacle Foods Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | 35-2215019 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
399 Jefferson Road Parsippany, New Jersey | 07054 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (973) 541-6620
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Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Pinnacle Foods Inc.’s (the “Company”) Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, D. Michael Wittman, informed the Company of his desire to retire and, on December 31, 2017, the Company and Mr. Wittman came to an agreement on the terms and timing of his retirement, whereby Mr. Wittman will retire during the second quarter of 2018.
The Company appointed Mr. Daniel Poland, 54, as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, effective January 22, 2018, to replace Mr. Wittman. Mr. Wittman will assist the Company in the transition of its new Chief Supply Chain Officer.
Mr. Poland joins the Company from The DanoneWave Food Company where he was the Chief Supply Chain Officer of North America.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number | Description | |
99.1 | Press release issued by Pinnacle Foods Inc., dated January 5, 2018. | |
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 thereto duly authorized.
PINNACLE FOODS INC.
By: | /s/ CRAIG STEENECK | |
Name: | Craig Steeneck | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: | January 5, 2018 | |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number | Description | |
99.1 | ||