Item 1.
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Security and Issuer.
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This Amendment No. 2 (the
Amendment
) is being jointly filed by Martin E. Franklin (
Franklin
), the
Martin E. Franklin Revocable Trust (the
Franklin Trust
), Mariposa Acquisition II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
Mariposa
and together with Franklin and the Franklin Trust, collectively referred to
as the
Franklin Reporting Persons
), Ian G.H. Ashken (
Ashken
), Tasburgh, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
Tasburgh
, and together with Ashken, the
Ashken Reporting
Persons
), James E. Lillie (
Lillie
), Powder Horn Hill Partners II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
PHHP
, and together with Lillie, the
Lillie Reporting Persons
), Desiree A.
DeStefano (
DeStefano
) and the Desiree A. DeStefano Revocable Trust (the
DeStefano Trust
, and together with DeStefano, the
DeStefano Reporting Persons
) to amend the Statement on Schedule 13D,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission
) on January 12, 2018 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on June 15, 2018, the
Statement
) with respect to the ordinary shares, no
par value (the
Ordinary Shares
), of Nomad Foods Limited, a company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (the
Issuer
). The principal executive offices of the Issuer are
located at No. 1 New Square, Bedfont Lakes Business Park, Feltham, Middlesex TW14 8HA, United Kingdom. Unless specifically amended hereby, the disclosure set forth in the Statement shall remain unchanged. Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings set forth in the Statement. The Franklin Reporting Persons, the Ashken Reporting Persons, the Lillie Reporting Persons and the DeStefano Reporting Persons are collectively referred to
herein as the
Reporting Persons
.
Item 4.
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Purpose of Transaction.
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Item 4 of the Statement is hereby amended by the addition of the following:
On January 2, 2019, Mariposa was issued 85,546 Ordinary Shares by the Issuer (the
2018 Dividend Shares
) as a dividend
on its Founder Preferred Shares. The number of 2018 Dividend Shares issued was based on the share price appreciation of the Ordinary Shares as described in the Issuers amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. On
January 7, 2018, Mariposa distributed the 2018 Dividend Shares to its members pursuant to its governing documents, including 37,640 Ordinary Shares to the Franklin Trust and 21,387 Ordinary Shares to RSMA, LLC for no consideration. On
January 7, 2019, Franklin entered into an Irrevocable Proxy Agreement (the
2019 Proxy Agreement
) with each of Tasburgh, PHHP and the DeStefano Trust pursuant to which each of Tasburgh, PHHP and the DeStefano Trust granted
Franklin an irrevocable proxy to vote the 2018 Dividend Shares received by each of them pursuant to the distribution (and any Ordinary Shares received by any of them pursuant to any subsequent distribution or other acquisition) for so long as
Franklin serves as a director on the Issuer Board. Franklin has no pecuniary interest in the Ordinary Shares (which includes the 2018 Dividend Shares) held by any of the Ashken Reporting Persons, the Lillie Reporting Persons or the DeStefano
Reporting Persons as a result of the 2019 Proxy Agreement. Except as described herein, none of the Ashken Reporting Persons, the Lillie Reporting Persons or the DeStefano Reporting Persons has beneficial ownership or a pecuniary interest in the
Ordinary Shares (which includes the 2018 Dividend Shares) held by the Franklin Reporting Persons.
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