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    <periodOfReport>2009-01-01</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>REDDY ICE HOLDINGS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FRZ</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Farallon FCP, Ltd.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 2100</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN FRANCISCO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94111</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
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            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText>Member of Group Owning 10%</otherText>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001451925</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Farallon FCIP, Ltd.</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANGEMENT, L.L.C.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 2100</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN FRANCISCO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94111</rptOwnerZipCode>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001452356</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Farallon FCOI II, Ltd.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 2100</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN FRANCISCO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94111</rptOwnerZipCode>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>Hirsch Daniel J.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 2100</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN FRANCISCO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94111</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText>Member of Group Owning 10%</otherText>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001453076</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Voon Richard H.</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 2100</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN FRANCISCO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94111</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
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            <isOther>1</isOther>
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            <otherText>Member of Group Owning 10%</otherText>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001453042</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Roberts Thomas G. Jr.</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O NOONDAY ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>227 WEST TRADE STREET, SUITE 2140</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHARLOTTE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>28202</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
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            <isOther>1</isOther>
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            <otherText>Member of Group Owning 10%</otherText>
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                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</value>
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                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</value>
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                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</value>
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                    <value>2114750</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>See Footnotes</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The entities and individuals identified in the footnotes of this Form 3 and certain affiliated entities and individuals that are filing three Form 4s on the same date as the filing of this Form 3 with respect to the securities described in this Form 3 (the &quot;Farallon Form 4s&quot;) may be deemed members of a group holding equity securities of the Issuer. The filing of this Form 3 and any statements included herein shall not be deemed to be an admission that such entities and individuals are members of such group.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Farallon FCP, Ltd. (the &quot;FCP Trust&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Farallon FCIP, Ltd. (the &quot;FCIP Trust&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Farallon FCOI II, Ltd. (the &quot;FCOI II Trust&quot; and, together with the FCP Trust and the FCIP Trust, the &quot;Farallon Trusts&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">For information regarding the total number of securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by certain affiliated entities and individuals of the Farallon Trusts, see footnotes (7) through (12) and the Farallon Form 4s.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Farallon Partners, L.L.C. (&quot;FPLLC&quot;), one of the reporting persons in the Farallon Form 4s, is a trustee of each of the Farallon Trusts. FPLLC has no direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the securities held by the Farallon Trusts.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Farallon Capital Partners, L.P., Farallon Capital Institutional Partners, L.P., Farallon Capital Institutional Partners II, L.P., Farallon Capital Institutional Partners III, L.P., Tinicum Partners, L.P. and Farallon Capital Offshore Investors II, L.P. (collectively, the &quot;Partnerships&quot;), by Noonday Capital Partners, L.L.C. (&quot;NCP&quot; and, together with the Partnerships, the &quot;Funds&quot;) and by certain discretionary accounts (the &quot;Managed Accounts&quot;) managed by Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. (&quot;FCMLLC&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">As the general partner to each of the Partnerships and the managing member of NCP, FPLLC may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by each of the Funds. FCMLLC, as the registered investment adviser to the Managed Accounts, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by the Managed Accounts. The Funds, FPLLC and FCMLLC are reporting persons in the Farallon Form 4s.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by the Funds and the Managed Accounts. Each of Noonday G.P. (U.S.), L.L.C. (&quot;NGPUS&quot;) and Noonday Asset Management, L.P. (&quot;NAMLP&quot;), as a sub-investment adviser to the Funds and the Managed Accounts, may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by each of the Funds and the Managed Accounts. As the general partner of NAMLP, Noonday Capital, L.L.C. (&quot;NCLLC&quot;) may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by each of the Funds and the Managed Accounts. NGPUS, NAMLP and NCLLC are reporting persons in the Farallon Form 4s.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">Effective as of January 1, 2009, Daniel J. Hirsch (&quot;Hirsch&quot;) became a managing member of FPLLC and FCMLLC, and, as a result, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by the Funds and the Managed Accounts.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F11">Effective as of January 1, 2009, Richard H. Voon (&quot;Voon&quot;) became a managing member of FPLLC and FCMLLC, and, as a result, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by the Funds and the Managed Accounts.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F12">Effective as of January 1, 2009, Thomas G. Roberts, Jr. (&quot;Roberts&quot;) became a managing member of NGPUS and NCLLC and, as a result, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by the Funds and the Managed Accounts.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F13">Hirsch, Voon, Roberts and certain other related entities and/or individuals identified in this Form 3 and the Farallon Form 4s disclaim any beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities reported or referred to herein for the purposes of Section 16 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;'34 Act&quot;), or otherwise, except to the extent of their pecuniary interest, if any.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F14">FPLLC disclaims any beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities reported or referred to herein for purposes of Section 16 under the '34 Act or otherwise, except as to securities representing FPLLC's pro rata interest in, and interest in the profits of, the Partnerships and except to the extent of its pecuniary interest in NCP, if any. NCLLC disclaims any beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities reported or referred to herein for the purposes of Section 16 under the '34 Act or otherwise, except as to securities representing NCLLC's pro rata interest in, and interest in the profits of, NAMLP.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit List: Exhibit 24.1: Power of Attorney - Thomas G. Roberts, Jr.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Monica R. Landry as attorney-in-fact and/or authorized signer for each of the reporting persons listed in footnotes (2) through (4) and footnotes (10) through (12).</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-01-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

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        <signatureDate>2009-01-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
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        <signatureDate>2009-01-05</signatureDate>
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        <signatureDate>2009-01-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
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        <signatureDate>2009-01-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

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        <signatureDate>2009-01-05</signatureDate>
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