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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001181431-03-011753.txt : 20030627
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20030627082847
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-03-011753
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030626
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030627

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DREYERS GRAND ICE CREAM INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000352305
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ICE CREAM & FROZEN DESSERTS [2024]
		IRS NUMBER:				942967523
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0620

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5929 COLLEGE AVE
		CITY:			OAKLAND
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94618
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5106528187

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PORTER JEFFREY P
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001219725

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-14190
		FILM NUMBER:		03759541

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5929 COLLEGE AVE
		CITY:			OAKLAND
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94618
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5106014441
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<footnote id="F1">Exchanged for 6,261 shares of Class A Callable Puttable Common Stock of Dreyer&apos;s Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc., having a value of $79.10 per share, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Contribution dated June 16, 2002, as amended among the Issuer, New December, Inc. (to be renamed Dreyer&apos;s Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc.), December Merger Sub, Inc., Nestl&#xE9; Holdings, Inc. and NICC Holdings, Inc.</footnote>
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