A newly-amended 13D filing with the SEC showed that billionaire Barry Rosenstein‘s JANA Partners has signed an agreement with Conagra Foods Inc (NYSE:CAG) that amends and restates the Cooperation Agreement between the two parties. Among other things, the company granted to nominate two JANA designees for election to its Board of Directors at the company’s 2016 annual meeting of stockholders: Bradley A. Alford and Timothy R. McLevish. In addition, JANA Partners agreed to various standstill provisions such as not acquiring an ownership interest of 9.9% or more of Conagra Foods Inc (NYSE:CAG), not participating in any solicitation of proxies, etc. The filing also revealed that JANA Partners has slightly decreased its stake in Conagra Foods Inc (NYSE:CAG) as it currently owns 27.39 million shares (including options to purchase 6.00 million shares), which amass 6.3% of the company’s outstanding shares. JANA Partners previously held 27.54 million shares (including options to purchase 6.00 million shares), as reported in its latest 13F filing (for the end of March).
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Conagra Foods (NYSE:CAG) is a packaged foods company that makes and sells food products under a variety of brands, and which operated in three sectors – Commercial Foods, Private Brands, and Consumer Foods. Year-to-date, the company’s stock is up by 8.4%. For the third quarter of fiscal year 2016, the company reported revenue of $2.92 billion, beating the revenue of $2.90 billion that it earned in the third quarter of fiscal year 2015. Recently, Conagra Foods (NYSE:CAG) sold its Spicetec Flavors & Seasonings business to Givaudan for around $340 million.
As per our database, at the end of March, JANA Partners held the two most valuable positions in Conagra Foods (NYSE:CAG), a long position worth around $961 million in shares, while the other was valued at $267.7 million in call options underlying shares. Other investors long the stock encompass Phill Gross and Robert Atchinson’s Adage Capital Management, Cliff Asness’ AQR Capital Management, and Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group.
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Ownership Summary Table
Name | Sole Voting Power | Shared Voting Power | Sole Dispositive Power | Shared Dispositive Power | Aggregate Amount Owned Power | Percent of Class |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JANA PARTNERS | 27,388,351 | 0 | 27,388,351 | 0 | 27,388,351 | (see Item 5) 6.3% |
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | |
Washington, D.C. 20549 | |
_______________ | |
SCHEDULE 13D/A | |
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(a) | |
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | |
(Amendment No. 2) | |
ConAgra Foods, | |
(Name of Issuer) | |
Common Stock, | |
(Title of Class of Securities) | |
205887102 | |
(CUSIP Number) | |
Marc Weingarten, Esq. Eleazer Klein, Esq. | |
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | |
919 Third Avenue | |
New York, New York 10022 | |
(212) 756-2000 | |
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person | |
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) | |
May 27, 2016 | |
(Date of Event which Requires | |
Filing of this Schedule) |
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule
13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f)
or 13d-1(g), check the following box. [ ]
NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed
original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
(Continued on following pages)
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The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall
not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however,
see the Notes).
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1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON JANA PARTNERS LLC | |||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) ¨ (b) x | ||
3 | SEC USE ONLY | |||
4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS AF | |||
5 | CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) | ¨ | ||
6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware | |||
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 7 | SOLE VOTING POWER 27,388,351 Shares (including options to purchase 6,000,000 | ||
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER 0 | |||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 27,388,351 Shares (including options to purchase 6,000,000 | |||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 | |||
11 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH PERSON 27,388,351 Shares (including options to purchase 6,000,000 | |||
12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | ¨ | ||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) (see Item 6.3% | |||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IA | |||
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This Amendment No. 2 (“Amendment No. 2“) amends
and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC“) on
June 18, 2015 (the “Original Schedule 13D“), as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on July 9, 2016
(“Amendment No. 1” and together with the Original Schedule 13D and this Amendment No. 2, the “Schedule
13D“) with respect to the shares (“Shares“) of common stock, par value $5.00 per share, of ConAgra Foods,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer“). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined in this Amendment
No. 1 have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D. This Amendment No. 2 amends Items 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Item 3. | SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION. |
Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:
The Reporting Person used a total of approximately $825.6
(including brokerage commissions) in the aggregate to acquire beneficial ownership of the 27,388,351 Shares (including options
to purchase 6,000,000 Shares) reported herein as beneficially owned by the Reporting Person. Funds for the purchase of the Shares
reported herein as beneficially owned by the Reporting Person were derived from investment funds in accounts managed by the Reporting
Person. Such Shares are held by the investment funds managed by the Reporting Person in cash accounts and none of the funds used
to purchase the Shares reported herein as beneficially owned by the Reporting Person were provided through borrowings of any nature.
Item 4. | PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION. |
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by
the addition of the following:
On May 27, 2016, the Reporting Person entered
into an agreement with the Issuer that amends and restates the Cooperation Agreement (the “Amended and
Restated Cooperation Agreement“). The full text of the Amended and Restated Cooperation Agreement is included as Exhibit
D to this Amendment No. 2 by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Issuer’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
May 31, 2016 (the “Form 8-K“) and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 5. | INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY. |
Items 5(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Schedule
13D are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:
(a) The aggregate percentage of Shares
reported to be beneficially owned by the Reporting Person is based upon 436,414,916 Shares outstanding, which is the total number
of Shares outstanding as of February 28, 2016, as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended February 28, 2016, filed with the SEC on April 7, 2016.
As of the close of business on the
date hereof, the Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own 27,388,351 Shares (including options to purchase 6,000,000
Shares), constituting approximately 6.3% of the Shares outstanding.
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(b) The Reporting Person has sole
voting and dispositive power over 27,388,351 Shares (including options to purchase 6,000,000 Shares), which power is exercised
by the Principal.
(c) The Reporting Person did not effect any transaction
in the Shares during the past sixty days.
(d) No person (other than the Reporting Person) is known
to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Shares.
Item 6. | CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER. |
Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended
and supplemented as follows:
On May 27, 2016, the Issuer and the
Reporting Person entered into the Amended and Restated Cooperation Agreement, the terms of which are described in Item 4 of this
Amendment No. 2. A copy of such agreement is attached as Exhibit D to this Amendment No. 2 and is incorporated by reference
herein.
JANA beneficially owns 6,000 call options with a strike price of $49 which expire on January 20, 2017.
Item 7. | MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS. |
Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended
and supplemented as follows:
Exhibit D: | Amended and Restated Cooperation Agreement, dated May 27, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K). |
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SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best
of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: June 1, 2016
JANA PARTNERS LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Jennifer Fanjiang | |
Name: | Jennifer Fanjiang | |
Title: | General Counsel | |