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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No.     )

 

 

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The WhiteWave Foods Company

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This proxy statement supplement, dated April 6, 2016, supplements the definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) of The WhiteWave Foods Company (the “Company”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2016, relating to the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 12, 2016. The purpose of this supplement is solely to correct computational errors in the “Estimated Payments Upon Termination Following a Change in Control” table on page 57 of the Proxy Statement and the “Estimated Payments Upon a Qualified Termination” table on page 59 of the Proxy Statement. These tables, after correction of these errors, are as follows:

Estimated Payments Upon Termination Following a Change in Control

 

Name

    Severance
Amount
($)(1)		      Early Vesting
of Stock Awards
($)(2)		      Early Vesting
of Stock
Options/SARs
($)(3)		      Other
($)(4)		      Total
($)		  

Gregg L. Engles

      7,591,800         9,842,401         5,811,149         100,486         23,345,836   

Kelly J. Haecker

      2,581,800         2,130,556         1,350,377         97,148         6,159,881   

Blaine E. McPeak

      3,736,800         2,841,870         1,920,520         98,181         8,597,370   

Bernard P.J. Deryckere

      3,227,786         1,636,088         809,020         371,154         6,044,047   

Kevin C. Yost

      3,001,800         2,147,949         1,542,006         96,785         6,788,539   

Estimated Payments Upon a Qualified Termination

 

Name

    Severance
Amount
($)(2)		      Cash in
Lieu of
Unvested
RSUs/PSUs
($)(3)		      Cash in Lieu
of Unvested
Stock Options/
SARs ($)(4)		      Other
($)(5)		      Total
($)		  

Gregg L. Engles

      5,040,000         6,749,559         5,039,996         251,676         17,081,230   

Kelly J. Haecker

      1,700,000         1,351,009         1,173,220         50,000         4,274,230   

Blaine E. McPeak

      2,470,000         1,889,320         1,653,921         50,000         6,063,241   

Bernard P.J. Deryckere (6)

      3,227,786         1,120,884         684,973         371,154         5,404,797   

Kevin C. Yost

      1,980,000         1,497,768         1,983,186         50,000         5,510,954   

The footnotes to and narrative description accompanying each table remain as contained in the proxy statement.

Except as specifically revised by the information contained herein, this supplement does not revise or update any of the other information set forth in the Proxy Statement. This supplement should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement. From and after the date of this supplement, any references to the “Proxy Statement” are to the Proxy Statement as supplemented hereby.