Pinnacle Foods Form 4 PINNACLE FOODS / Craig D. Steeneck ownership change

SEC Form 4

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Steeneck Craig D.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O PINNACLE FOODS INC.

399 JEFFERSON ROAD

(Street)

PARSIPPANY NJ 07054-3707

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PINNACLE FOODS INC. [ PF ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP, CFO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/05/2017

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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, par value $0.01	04/05/2017		M(1)		33,858	A	$0.00(2)	210,872	D
Common Stock, par value $0.01	04/05/2017		F(3)		17,556	D	$57.87(4)	193,316	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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
Performance Shares	(2)	05/05/2017		M			33,858	04/05/2017	04/05/2017	Common Stock, par value $0.01	33,858	$0.00	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. On April 1, 2014 the Reporting Person was awarded 16,929 target performance share units ("PSUs") with a three-year performance period ending March 31, 2017 pursuant to the Pinnacle Foods Inc. (the "Company") 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan. On April 5, 2017, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved a payout of 200% of the target PSUs under the performance standards set in 2014, based on the relative Total Shareholder Return ("TSR") of the Company as compared to the TSR of each of the companies in the Company's peer group over the period beginning April 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2017. On April 5, 2017, the Reporting Person acquired 33,858 shares of the Company's common stock ("shares") upon the vesting of the PSUs.

2. Each PSU represents a contingent right to receive one share. The Reporting Person received one share for each PSU that vested.

3. 17,556 shares were withheld automatically in order to satisfy the tax liability that arose upon vesting of the PSUs.

4. Reflects the closing price of the shares on March 31, 2017.

Remarks:

	/s/ Uche Ndumele, by Power of Attorney	04/07/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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