On December 7, 2015, Mr. Prakash Melwani tendered his resignation as a member of the Board of Directors of Pinnacle Foods Inc., effective December 8, 2015. Mr. Melwani is a non-independent member of the Board, and he is currently a senior managing director at Blackstone, the Company's former majority shareholder. Mr. Melwani is also the chief investment officer of Blackstone's private equity group and Mr. Melwani chairs each of Blackstone's investment committees.

Mr. Melwani's resignation is not in connection with any known disagreement with the Company. The Board elected Mr. Mark Jung, consultant to ABRY Partners, a private equity firm, as an independent director of the Company, effective December 8, 2015. Mr. Jung will serve on the Board's Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

The company expects Mr. Jung to stand for election at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2018. Mr. Jung's compensation for his services as a director will be consistent with that of the Company's other independent non-employee directors, except that he will receive a pro rata portion of the annual board member retainer for service on the Board.