1 As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 1996 Registration No. 33-55084 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 -------------------------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-4 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 -------------------------------- DEAN FOODS COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 2026 36-0984820 (State or other jurisdiction of (Primary standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.) 3600 N. RIVER ROAD FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS 60131 (708) 678-1680 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) ERIC A. BLANCHARD GENERAL COUNSEL DEAN FOODS COMPANY 3600 N. RIVER ROAD FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS 60131 (708) 678-1680 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of agent for service) 2 DEREGISTRATION This Registration Statement, which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 28, 1992, registered 1,000,000 shares of the Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of Dean Foods Company (the "Common Stock"). Of this amount, Dean Foods Company (the "Company") issued 679,975 shares of Common Stock to the shareholders of W.B. Roddenbery Company, Inc. ("Roddenbery") pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 21, 1992. Accordingly, the Company hereby deregisters 320,025 shares of Common Stock originally covered by the Registration Statement. 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Franklin Park, State of Illinois, on the 16th day of January, 1996 DEAN FOODS COMPANY By: /s/ Howard M. Dean ------------------------- Howard M. Dean Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of the 30th day of October, 1995. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ Howard M. Dean Chairman of the Board and - ---------------------- Chief Executive Officer and Director Howard M. Dean (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Thomas L. Rose President and Director - ---------------------- Thomas L. Rose /s/ Dale I. Hecox Treasurer (Principal - ---------------------- Accounting and Financial Officer) Dale I. Hecox /s/ Lewis M. Collens * Director - ---------------------- Lewis M. Collens /s/ Paula H. Crown * Director - ---------------------- Paula H. Crown 4 /s/ William D. Fischer * Director - -------------------------- William D. Fischer /s/ John P. Frazee, Jr. * Director - -------------------------- John P. Frazee, Jr. /s/ Bert A. Getz * Director - -------------------------- Bert A. Getz /s/ John S. Llewellyn, Jr. * Director - -------------------------- John S. Llewellyn, Jr. /s/ Andrew J. McKenna * Director - -------------------------- Andrew J. McKenna /s/ Thomas A. Ravencroft Director - -------------------------- Thomas A. Ravencroft /s/ Alexander J. Vogl * Director - -------------------------- Alexander J. Vogl *By: Howard M. Dean ---------------- Attorney-In-Fact