Sec Form 13D Filing - JANA PARTNERS LLC filing for TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC. (THS) - 2021-08-31

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  
   
Washington, D.C. 20549  
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SCHEDULE 13D/A
 
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
RULE 13d-2(a)
 
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)
 

Treehouse Foods, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)
 

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)
 

89469A104

(CUSIP Number)
 

Eleazer Klein, Esq.

Marc Weingarten, Esq.

919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022

(212) 756-2000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
 

August 27, 2021

(Date of Event which Requires
Filing of this Schedule)

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box. [ ]

 

NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

(Continued on following pages)

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The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

CUSIP No. 89469A104SCHEDULE 13D/APage 2 of 4 Pages

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

JANA PARTNERS LLC

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ¨

(b) ¨

3 SEC USE ONLY
4

SOURCE OF FUNDS

AF

5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ¨
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

5,156,863 Shares

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

0

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

5,156,863 Shares

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON

5,156,863 Shares

12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) (see Item 5)

9.3%

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IA

         

 

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The following constitutes Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned (“Amendment No. 2”). This Amendment No. 2 amends the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined in this Amendment No.2 have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D.

 

Item 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

 

Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby and amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

The 5,156,863 Shares reported herein by JANA were acquired at an aggregate purchase price of approximately $212.9 million. Such Shares were acquired with investment funds in accounts managed by JANA and margin borrowings described in the following sentence. Such Shares are held by the investment funds managed by JANA in commingled margin accounts, which may extend margin credit to JANA from time to time, subject to applicable federal margin regulations, stock exchange rules and credit policies. In such instances, the positions held in the margin accounts are pledged as collateral security for the repayment of debit balances in the account. The margin accounts bear interest at a rate based upon the broker’s call rate from time to time in effect. Because other securities are held in the margin accounts, it is not possible to determine the amounts, if any, of margin used to purchase the Shares reported herein.

 

Item 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY.

 

Items 5(a), (b), and (c) of the Schedule 13D are hereby and amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

 

(a) The aggregate percentage of Shares reported to be beneficially owned by the Reporting Person is based upon 55,740,548 Shares outstanding as of July 30, 2021, as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2021.

As of the close of business on the date hereof, JANA may be deemed to beneficially own 5,156,863 Shares, representing approximately 9.3% of the Shares outstanding.

(b) The Reporting Person has sole voting and dispositive power over the 5,156,863 Shares, which power is exercised by the Principal.

(c) Information concerning transactions in the Shares effected by the Reporting Person in the past sixty (60) days is set forth in Exhibit F hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. All of the transactions in Shares listed hereto were effected in the open market through various brokerage entities.

 

Item 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

 

Exhibit F: Transactions in the Shares of the Issuer During the Last 60 Days.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: August 31, 2021

 

 

  JANA PARTNERS LLC
     
     
  By: /s/ Jennifer Fanjiang
  Name:   Jennifer Fanjiang
  Title: Partner, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
   
 
 

 

EXHIBIT F

 

Transactions in the Shares of the Issuer During the Last Sixty (60) Days

 

The following tables set forth all transactions in the Shares effected in the past sixty days by the Reporting Person. All such transactions were effected in the open market through brokers and the price per share includes commissions. Where a price range is provided in the column Price Range ($), the price reported in that row’s column Price Per Share ($) is a weighted average price. These Shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices between the price ranges indicated in the column Price Range ($). The Reporting Person will undertake to provide to the staff of the SEC, upon request, full information regarding the number of Shares sold at each separate price.

 

JANA

 

Trade Date Shares Purchased (Sold) Price Per Share ($) Price Range ($)
7/2/2021 (47,193)* 45.31 45.22-45.37
7/6/2021 (45,335)* 44.80 44.64-45.01
8/5/2021 62,677 38.09 38.00-38.22
8/19/2021 200,000 36.23  
8/20/2021 200,000 36.15  
8/23/2021 250,000 35.92  
8/24/2021 250,000 35.73  
8/25/2021 25,000 36.38  
8/27/2021 174,969 35.08  
8/30/2021 300,000 35.45 35.22-35.61
8/31/2021 18,877 36.91 36.44-37.05

 

* Transactions were effected for the purpose of rebalancing the holdings of funds and accounts managed by JANA.