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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16, 1996
Registration No. 33-55084
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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DEAN FOODS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE 2026 36-0984820
(State or other jurisdiction of (Primary standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
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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)
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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.
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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
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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.
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/s/ Howard M. Dean Chairman of the Board and
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Howard M. Dean (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Thomas L. Rose President and Director
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Thomas L. Rose
/s/ Dale I. Hecox Treasurer (Principal
- ---------------------- Accounting and Financial Officer)
Dale I. Hecox
/s/ Lewis M. Collens * Director
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Lewis M. Collens
/s/ Paula H. Crown * Director
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Paula H. Crown
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/s/ William D. Fischer * Director
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William D. Fischer
/s/ John P. Frazee, Jr. * Director
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John P. Frazee, Jr.
/s/ Bert A. Getz * Director
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Bert A. Getz
/s/ John S. Llewellyn, Jr. * Director
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John S. Llewellyn, Jr.
/s/ Andrew J. McKenna * Director
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Andrew J. McKenna
/s/ Thomas A. Ravencroft Director
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Thomas A. Ravencroft
/s/ Alexander J. Vogl * Director
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Alexander J. Vogl
*By: Howard M. Dean
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Attorney-In-Fact
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