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Filing Details

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
849667	American Italian Pasta Co	AIPC	Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)	841032638

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1241671	N. Walter George	4100 N. Mulberry Drive, Suite 200 Kansas City MO 64116	Evp & Chief Operating Officer	No	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Class A Common Stock, Par Value $.001 Per Share	Acquisiton	2010-05-03	7,501	$5.50	32,146	No	4	M	Direct
Class A Common Stock, Par Value $.001 Per Share	Disposition	2010-05-03	1,034	$39.91	31,112	No	4	D	Direct
Class A Common Stock, Par Value $.001 Per Share	Disposition	2010-05-04	6,467	$39.00	24,645	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	D	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Class A Common Stock	Stock Appreciation Right	Disposition	2010-05-03	7,501	$0.00	7,501	$5.50

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
30,004	2010-03-06	2013-03-06	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Class A Common Stock, Par Value $.001 Per Share	47,789	Indirect	See footnote
Class A Common Stock, Par Value $.001 Per Share	47,789	Indirect	See footnote
Class A Common Stock, Par Value $.001 Per Share	47,789	Indirect	See footnote

Footnotes

Exercise of Stock Appreciation Right ("SAR") for stock is treated as a purchase of all of the shares underlying the SAR that were exercised, at the exercise price set forth in the SAR and simultaneous sale back to American Italian Pasta Co. ("AIPC") of a number of the underlying shares having a value based on the market price of AIPC's stock on the date of exercise, equal to the exercise price. Only the net shares (representing the value of the appreciation) are issued.
Shares held by the Walter N. George Trust u/t/a May 24, 2000, as amended (the "Trust"). Mr. George is the trustee of the Trust.
Sale of stock on the open market of the number of shares acquired by Mr. George following the exercise of the SAR described above. The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on March 3, 2010.
The SARs were granted to Mr. George on March 6, 2006. The SARs vested over four years and were fully vested on March 6, 2010.