Pinnacle Foods Announces that the Condition for the Redemption of All of Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC and Pinnacle Foods Finance Corp.’s Outstanding $350,000,000 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 Has Not Yet Been Satisfied


PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pinnacle Foods Inc. (NYSE: PF) (“Pinnacle Foods”) previously announced its election to redeem (the “Redemption”) all outstanding 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) of Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC and Pinnacle Foods Finance Corp. (together, the “Issuers”) pursuant to a notice of conditional full redemption dated October 5, 2018 (the “Notice of Redemption”).  An aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000 of the Notes is currently outstanding and the redemption price would equal 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (all such capitalized terms not defined herein are defined in the Notice of Redemption). The Redemption is conditioned upon the consummation of the acquisition of Pinnacle Foods by Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) (“Conagra”) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 26, 2018, among Pinnacle Foods, Conagra, and Patriot Merger Sub Inc. (the “Acquisition Agreement”). The Acquisition Agreement was announced on June 27, 2018.

Pinnacle Foods today announced that the Acquisition Condition (as such term is defined in the Notice of Redemption) will not be satisfied or waived by the Issuers on or prior to October 24, 2018. As contemplated in the Notice of Redemption, the Issuers have delayed the Redemption Date until October 26, 2018.

In the Issuers’ sole discretion, the Redemption Date still may be delayed until the consummation of the Acquisition, or the redemption of the Notes may not occur and the Notice of Redemption may be rescinded in the event that the Acquisition Agreement is terminated or the Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by December 4, 2018 (the date that is 60 days following the date of the Notice of Redemption).

5.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2024
CUSIP: 72347Q AL7
ISIN: US72347QAL77

Contact

For further information, please contact:

Jennifer Halchak
Email: jennifer.halchak@pinnaclefoods.com
Telephone: (973) 541-6620

About Pinnacle Foods

Pinnacle Foods Inc. (NYSE:PF) is a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of high-quality branded food products with a mission of unleashing brand potential. With annual sales in excess of $3 billion, our portfolio includes well-known brands competing in frozen, refrigerated and shelf-stable formats, such as Birds Eye, Birds Eye Voila!, Duncan Hines, Earth Balance, EVOL, Gardein, Glutino, Hungry-Man, Log Cabin, Udi’s, Vlasic, and Wish-Bone, along with many others. The company is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ and has nearly 5,500 employees across the U.S. and Canada. For more information, please visit www.pinnaclefoods.com.

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