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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;27, 2005</B>



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-_________</B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION
 STATEMENT </B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Under</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>The Securities Act of
1933</B></DIV>



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<DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware<BR>
<B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">20-2311383<BR>
<B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">1333 Butterfield Road, Suite&nbsp;490<BR>
Downers Grove, Illinois<BR>
<B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">60515<BR>
<B>(Zip Code)</B></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">TreeHouse Foods, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Full title of the Plan)</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Thomas E. O&#146;Neill, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer<BR>
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.<BR>
1333 Butterfield Road, Suite&nbsp;490<BR>
Downers Grove, Illinois 60515<BR>
<B>(Name and address of agent for service)</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(630)&nbsp;512-0592<BR>
<B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registered (1)(2)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>registered (1)(2)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>offering price per share (3)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>price (3)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01
par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,750,167</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">30.25</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">143,692,552</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">16,913</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">In accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, which may be issued pursuant to the TreeHouse Foods, Inc. 2005
Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Includes preferred stock purchase rights (the &#147;Rights&#148;) which initially attach to and trade
with the shares of common stock being registered hereby. The value attributable to the
Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the common stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average high and
low sale prices reported for shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock on the New York Stock
Exchange on June&nbsp;23, 2005.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The prospectus containing information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 and related to this
Registration Statement is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to
Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) will send or give to each participant
in the TreeHouse Foods, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan a copy of the prospectus. In
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;),
the prospectus is not being filed with or included in this Registration Statement. The prospectus
and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of
Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;).


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed with the SEC by the Registrant are incorporated by
reference herein:


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 (File No.&nbsp;001-32504)
initially filed on May&nbsp;13, 2005, as amended (the &#147;Form&nbsp;10&#148;);</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;27,
2005; and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock and preferred stock purchase
rights contained in the Form&nbsp;10, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description,</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">other than the portions of such documents, which by statute, by designation in such document or
otherwise, are not deemed to be filed with the SEC or are not regarded to be incorporated herein by
reference.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed with the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment (i)&nbsp;which indicates that all securities offered herein
have been sold or (ii)&nbsp;which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the respective dates of filing of
such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof
or of the related prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) allows a
corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where
the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation includes a provision that eliminates the
personal liability of the Registrant&#146;s directors to the Registrant and its stockholders for
monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent prohibited by
the DGCL.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of
the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with
an action or proceeding to which he is or is


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that the Registrant will indemnify any
person who was, is or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an
action by the Registrant or in the Registrant&#146;s right), by reason of the fact that such person is,
was or had agreed to become a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving or had
agreed to serve at the Registrant&#146;s request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee
of, or in another similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, including any employee benefit plan, or by reason of any action alleged to have
been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of
such person in connection therewith, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner
which he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the Registrant&#146;s best interests,
and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or
her conduct was unlawful.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation also provides that the Registrant will indemnify
any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by the Registrant or in the Registrant&#146;s right, by reason of the fact that
such person is, was or had agreed to become a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was
serving or had agreed to serve at the Registrant&#146;s request as a director, officer, partner,
employee or trustee of, or in another similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including any employee benefit plan, or by reason of any
action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) and, to the extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by or on behalf of such person in connection therewith, provided that such
person acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the Registrant&#146;s best interests, except that no indemnification shall be made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be liable to the
Registrant, unless, and only to the extent, that the Court of Chancery of Delaware determines upon
application that, despite the adjudication of such liability but in view of all the circumstances
of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees) the Court of Chancery of Delaware deems proper.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation also provides that the
Registrant shall pay the expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending any such
proceeding in advance of its final disposition, subject to such person providing the Registrant
with certain undertakings.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The indemnification provisions contained in the Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation are
not exclusive of any other rights to which a person may be entitled by law, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the management investors are entitled to reimbursement of the reasonable expenses
incurred by each of them in the performance of their duties to the Registrant and indemnification
against any loss or liability suffered in connection with such performance pursuant to the terms of
their employment agreements.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant intends to obtain directors and officers liability insurance providing coverage
to its directors and officers.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:

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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;10 filed on June&nbsp;9, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;001-32504))</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1
to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 filed on
June&nbsp;9, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;001-32504)).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1
to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 filed on
June&nbsp;9, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;001-32504)).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement between the Registrant and The Bank of New
York, as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
June&nbsp;27, 2005).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (attached as an Exhibit to the
Rights Agreement filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 hereto).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Rights Certificate (attached as an Exhibit to the
Rights Agreement filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 hereto).</TD>
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</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Winston &#038; Strawn LLP as to the legality of the
securities being registered.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Winston &#038; Strawn LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of attorney (included on the signature page of this
Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that clauses (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained
in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s&#146; annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II - 4
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Downers Grove, Illinois, on the 27th day
of June, 2005.


<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/
Thomas E. O&#146;Neill
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Thomas E. O&#146;Neill&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President, General<BR>
Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, </B>that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Sam K. Reed and Thomas E. O&#146;Neill and each of them (with full power to each of them to
act alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

<DIV align="center">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="18%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Sam K. Reed
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sam K. Reed
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ E. Nichol McCully
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E. Nichol McCully
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ George V. Bayly
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;George V. Bayly</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Gregg L. Engles
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gregg L. Engles</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Michelle Obama
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Michelle R. Obama</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Frank J. O&#146;Connell
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Frank J. O&#146;Connell</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Gary D. Smith
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gary D. Smith</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Terdema L. Ussery, II
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Terdema L. Ussery, II</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>


<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;10 filed on June&nbsp;9, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;001-32504)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1
to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 filed on
June&nbsp;9, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;001-32504)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1
to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 filed on
June&nbsp;9, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;001-32504)).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement between the Registrant and The Bank of New
York, as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
June&nbsp;27, 2005).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (attached as an Exhibit to the
Rights Agreement filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 hereto).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Rights Certificate (attached as an Exhibit to the
Rights Agreement filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 hereto).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Winston &#038; Strawn LLP as to the legality of the
securities being registered.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Winston &#038; Strawn LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2005
Registration No. 333-_________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
 STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of
1933
TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
20-2311383
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1333 Butterfield Road, Suite 490
Downers Grove, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
60515
(Zip Code)
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Thomas E. O'Neill, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
1333 Butterfield Road, Suite 490
Downers Grove, Illinois 60515
(Name and address of agent for service)
(630) 512-0592
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Title of securities to be
Amount to be
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
Amount of
registered (1)(2)
registered (1)(2)
offering price per share (3)
price (3)
registration fee (3)
Common Stock, $0.01
par value
4,750,167
$
30.25
$
143,692,552
$
16,913
(1)
In accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, which may be issued pursuant to the TreeHouse Foods, Inc. 2005
Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions.
(2)
Includes preferred stock purchase rights (the "Rights") which initially attach to and trade
with the shares of common stock being registered hereby. The value attributable to the
Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the common stock.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average high and
low sale prices reported for shares of the Registrant's common stock on the New York Stock
Exchange on June 23, 2005.
PART I
The prospectus containing information required by Part I of Form S-8 and related to this
Registration Statement is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to
Part I of Form S-8. TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (the "Registrant") will send or give to each participant
in the TreeHouse Foods, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan a copy of the prospectus. In
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
the prospectus is not being filed with or included in this Registration Statement. The prospectus
and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part II of this Registration Statement taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed with the SEC by the Registrant are incorporated by
reference herein:
(1)
The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-32504)
initially filed on May 13, 2005, as amended (the "Form 10");
(2)
The Registrant's current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 27,
2005; and
(3)
The description of the Registrant's common stock and preferred stock purchase
rights contained in the Form 10, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description,
other than the portions of such documents, which by statute, by designation in such document or
otherwise, are not deemed to be filed with the SEC or are not regarded to be incorporated herein by
reference.
All documents subsequently filed with the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment (i) which indicates that all securities offered herein
have been sold or (ii) which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the respective dates of filing of
such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof
or of the related prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") allows a
corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where
the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation includes a provision that eliminates the
personal liability of the Registrant's directors to the Registrant and its stockholders for
monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent prohibited by
the DGCL.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of
the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with
an action or proceeding to which he is or is
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threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances.
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation provides that the Registrant will indemnify any
person who was, is or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an
action by the Registrant or in the Registrant's right), by reason of the fact that such person is,
was or had agreed to become a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving or had
agreed to serve at the Registrant's request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee
of, or in another similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, including any employee benefit plan, or by reason of any action alleged to have
been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of
such person in connection therewith, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner
which he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the Registrant's best interests,
and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or
her conduct was unlawful.
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation also provides that the Registrant will indemnify
any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by the Registrant or in the Registrant's right, by reason of the fact that
such person is, was or had agreed to become a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was
serving or had agreed to serve at the Registrant's request as a director, officer, partner,
employee or trustee of, or in another similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including any employee benefit plan, or by reason of any
action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees) and, to the extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by or on behalf of such person in connection therewith, provided that such
person acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the Registrant's best interests, except that no indemnification shall be made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be liable to the
Registrant, unless, and only to the extent, that the Court of Chancery of Delaware determines upon
application that, despite the adjudication of such liability but in view of all the circumstances
of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
(including attorneys' fees) the Court of Chancery of Delaware deems proper.
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation also provides that the
Registrant shall pay the expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending any such
proceeding in advance of its final disposition, subject to such person providing the Registrant
with certain undertakings.
The indemnification provisions contained in the Registrant's certificate of incorporation are
not exclusive of any other rights to which a person may be entitled by law, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
In addition, the management investors are entitled to reimbursement of the reasonable expenses
incurred by each of them in the performance of their duties to the Registrant and indemnification
against any loss or liability suffered in connection with such performance pursuant to the terms of
their employment agreements.
The Registrant intends to obtain directors and officers liability insurance providing coverage
to its directors and officers.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Form of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 10 filed on June 9, 2005 (File No. 001-32504))
4.2
Form of Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1
to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10 filed on
June 9, 2005 (File No. 001-32504)).
4.3
Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 1
to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10 filed on
June 9, 2005 (File No. 001-32504)).
4.4
Rights Agreement between the Registrant and The Bank of New
York, as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
June 27, 2005).
4.5
Form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (attached as an Exhibit to the
Rights Agreement filed as Exhibit 4.4 hereto).
4.6
Form of Rights Certificate (attached as an Exhibit to the
Rights Agreement filed as Exhibit 4.4 hereto).
5
Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP as to the legality of the
securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
24.1
Powers of attorney (included on the signature page of this
Registration Statement).
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Item 9. Undertakings.
The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that clauses (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained
in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's' annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Downers Grove, Illinois, on the 27th day
of June, 2005.
TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.
By:
/s/
Thomas E. O'Neill
Thomas E. O'Neill
Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,
that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Sam K. Reed and Thomas E. O'Neill and each of them (with full power to each of them to
act alone), his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Sam K. Reed
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
June 27, 2005
Sam K. Reed
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ E. Nichol McCully
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
June 27, 2005
E. Nichol McCully
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ George V. Bayly
Director
June 27, 2005
George V. Bayly
/s/ Gregg L. Engles
Director
June 27, 2005
Gregg L. Engles
/s/ Michelle Obama
Director
June 27, 2005
Michelle R. Obama
/s/ Frank J. O'Connell
Director
June 27, 2005
Frank J. O'Connell
/s/ Gary D. Smith
Director
June 27, 2005
Gary D. Smith
/s/ Terdema L. Ussery, II
Director
June 27, 2005
Terdema L. Ussery, II
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Form of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 10 filed on June 9, 2005 (File No. 001-32504)).
4.2
Form of Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1
to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10 filed on
June 9, 2005 (File No. 001-32504)).
4.3
Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 1
to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10 filed on
June 9, 2005 (File No. 001-32504)).
4.4
Rights Agreement between the Registrant and The Bank of New
York, as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
June 27, 2005).
4.5
Form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (attached as an Exhibit to the
Rights Agreement filed as Exhibit 4.4 hereto).
4.6
Form of Rights Certificate (attached as an Exhibit to the
Rights Agreement filed as Exhibit 4.4 hereto).
5
Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP as to the legality of the
securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
24.1
Powers of attorney (included on the signature page of this
Registration Statement).