ths-8k_20170803.htm

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

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 3, 2017

 

TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Commission File Number: 001-32504

 

Delaware

20-2311383

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

2021 Spring Road

Suite 600

Oak Brook, IL

60523

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (708) 483-1300

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 

 


 

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On August 3, 2017, TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE: THS) issued a press release announcing its financial and operating results for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2017 and providing information relating to its previously announced webcast being held to discuss such results. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Form 8-K under Item 2.02 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific referencing in such filing.

 

Item 2.05. Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities

On August 3, 2017, TreeHouse issued a press release announcing its intention to close facilities in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and Plymouth, Indiana and transition non-peanut packaging operations out of Dothan, Alabama. Production in the Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and Plymouth, Indiana facilities is expected to cease by the end of 2017 and the Dothan, Alabama production transition will begin in November 2017 and occur over a 10-month period. A copy of the press release, including initial estimates of the financial impact to TreeHouse, is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 


 

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01. Other Events

(d)

Exhibits:

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Exhibit Description 

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated August 3, 2017, announcing financial results for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

99.2

 

Press Release dated August 3, 2017, announcing plans to close Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and Plymouth, Indiana facilities and remove non-peanut packaging operations from Dothan, Alabama facility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date: August 3, 2017

 

By:

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill 

 

 

 

Thomas E. O’Neill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Counsel, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and officer duly authorized to sign on behalf of the registrant

 


 

Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Exhibit Description 

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated August 3, 2017, announcing financial results for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

99.2

 

Press Release dated August 3, 2017, announcing plans to close Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and Plymouth, Indiana facilities and remove non-peanut packaging operations from Dothan, Alabama facility