| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | ||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BOULDER BRANDS, INC. [ BDBD ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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| 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/15/2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 01/15/2016 | U | 91,098 | D | $11 | 25,000 | D | |||
| Common Stock(1) | 01/15/2016 | D | 25,000(2) | D | $11 | 0 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 01/15/2016 | U | 19,000 | D | $11 | 0 | I | By Spouse | ||
| Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Option to Purchase | $7.69 | 01/15/2016 | D | 45,000 | (3) | 08/07/2018 | Common Stock | 45,000 | $7.69 | 0 | D | ||||
| Option to Purchase | $9.85 | 01/15/2016 | D | 90,000 | (3) | 05/21/2017 | Common Stock | 90,000 | $9.85 | 0 | D | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. On January 15, 2016, Pinnacle Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Pinnacle"), acquired the issuer pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 24, 2015, by and among Slope Acquisition Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser"), Pinnacle and the issuer (the "Merger Agreement"). In accordance with the Merger Agreement, Purchaser was merged with and into the issuer (the "Merger"), with the issuer surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Pinnacle. Under the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), each outstanding share of the issuer's common stock (including the shares of common stock relating to previously unvested restricted stock units) was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $11.00 in cash (the "Merger Consideration"). |
| 2. This amount reflects shares of common stock relating to previously unvested restricted stock units that were cancelled as described above. |
| 3. The stock options granted in August 2008 and May 2007, respectively, vested ratably over four years. The Merger Agreement provided that each stock option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether or not then exercisable or vested, be cancelled and that each stock option with an exercise price that is less than the Merger Consideration be converted automatically into the right to receive promptly after the Effective Time an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the applicable per share exercise price of the stock option multiplied by (ii) the number of shares subject to the stock option immediately prior to the Effective Time, less applicable taxes required to be withheld with respect to such payment. As provided in the Merger Agreement, any stock option with an exercise price that is greater than the Merger Consideration was cancelled for no consideration at the Effective Time. |
| Remarks: |
| /s/ Gerald J. Laber, by Timothy Kraft, Attorney-in-fact | 01/15/2016 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
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