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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) 09/24/2020 |
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Freshpet, Inc. [ FRPT ] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Options to purchase common stock | (1) | 08/01/2030 | Common Stock | 5,000 | 96.05 | D | |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. The options were issued pursuant to the Issuer's 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning August 1, 2021. |
| Remarks: |
| Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney |
| /s/ Stephen Macchiaverna, as attorney-in-fact for the Reporting Person | 09/28/2020 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Heather Pomerantz and Stephen Macchiaverna signing singly, as the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:
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prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Freshpet, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto (the “Company”), with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as
amended from time to time (the “Exchange Act”);
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seek or obtain, as the undersigned’s representative and on the undersigned’s behalf, information of transactions in the Company’s securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and
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perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact is necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.
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The undersigned acknowledges that:
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this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;
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any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
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neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
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this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.
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The undersigned hereby gives and grants each foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or
appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.
This Power of Attorney hereby revokes any similar power of attorney previously executed by the undersigned appointing Richard Kassar as his or her attorney-in-fact.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the date set forth below.
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/s/ Thembeka Machaba
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Signature
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Thembeka Machaba
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Print Name
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9/22/20
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Date
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