TreeHouse Foods, Inc. announced the pricing of its private offering of $775 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2024 to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Senior Notes will pay interest at the rate of 6.0% per annum and mature on February 15, 2024. The sale of the Senior Notes is expected to close on January 29, 2016, subject to customary closing conditions.

TreeHouse intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to fund, in part, the previously announced acquisition of the private brands business of ConAgra Foods, Inc. The Senior Notes are being offered in a private offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and outside the United States, only to non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulation S. The Senior Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration requirements or a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any state securities laws.