0000929638-24-003827.txt : 20241112 0000929638-24-003827.hdr.sgml : 20241112 20241112163812 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000929638-24-003827 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20241107 FILED AS OF DATE: 20241112 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20241112 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Machaba Thembeka CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001825998 ORGANIZATION NAME: FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36729 FILM NUMBER: 241449132 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O FRESHPET, INC. STREET 2: 400 PLAZA DRIVE, 1ST FLOOR CITY: SECAUCUS STATE: NJ ZIP: 07094 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Freshpet, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001611647 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GRAIN MILL PRODUCTS [2040] ORGANIZATION NAME: 04 Manufacturing IRS NUMBER: 201884894 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1545 U.S. 206, 1ST FLOOR CITY: BEDMINSTER STATE: NJ ZIP: 07921 BUSINESS PHONE: 201-520-4000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1545 U.S. 206, 1ST FLOOR CITY: BEDMINSTER STATE: NJ ZIP: 07921 4 1 form4.xml X0508 4 2024-11-07 0001611647 Freshpet, Inc. FRPT 0001825998 Machaba Thembeka C/O FRESHPET, INC. 1545 US-206 BEDMINSTER NJ 07921 true Chief Human Resources Officer false Common Stock 2024-11-07 4 M 0 2500 96.05 A 2500 D Common Stock 2024-11-07 4 S 0 2500 153.85 D 0 D Options to purchase common stock 96.05 2024-11-07 4 M 0 2500 0 D 2030-08-01 Common Stock 2500 2500 D The price reported is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $153.47 to $154.19. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Freshpet, Inc., any security holders of Freshpet, Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each price within the range set in this Form 4. The options were issued pursuant to the Issuer's 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The options fully vested on August 1, 2024. Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Lisa Alexander, as attorney-in-fact for the Reporting Person 2024-11-08 EX-24 2 exhibit24.htm
EXHIBIT 24
 
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATION
 
I, Thembeka Machaba hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Todd E. Cunfer, Lisa Alexander and Andrew Lampert, or either of them acting singly, and with full power of substitution and re-substitution, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact (each of such persons and their substitutes being referred to herein as the “attorney-in-fact”), with full power to act for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:
 
(1)  prepare, execute, and submit for and on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer of Freshpet, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (the “Exchange Act”), or under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Rule 144”), with respect to any security of the Company to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”);
 
(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4, or 5, or Form 144, complete and execute any amendment(s) thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
 
(3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney- in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in- fact’s discretion.
 
The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144.
 
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, or Form 144, with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 1st day of October, 2024.
 
By: /s/ Thembeka Machaba
Name: Thembeka Machaba