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| 8-K - 2009 COMP AWARDS - RALCORP HOLDINGS INC /MO | comp-awards_2009.htm |
| EX-10.3 - RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT FOR NON-CEO OFFICER?S - RALCORP HOLDINGS INC /MO | exhibit_10-3.htm |
| EX-10.1 - RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT FOR CEO?S - RALCORP HOLDINGS INC /MO | exhibit_10-1.htm |
| EX-10.2 - RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT FOR NON-CEO OFFICER?S - RALCORP HOLDINGS INC /MO | exhibit_10-2.htm |
Exhibit 99.1
PRESS
RELEASE|
For
Release:
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Immediate
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Contact:
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Scott
Monette
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314-877-7113
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Ralcorp
Holdings, Inc. Names Gregory A. Billhartz as General Counsel and
Secretary
St. Louis, MO, October 15,
2009. . . . Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RAH) announced today the hiring
of Gregory A. Billhartz as Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary.
Mr.
Billhartz will join the Company effective as of October 15, 2009. Mr.
Billhartz comes to Ralcorp after spending the last five years at Arch Coal,
Inc., as Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary. Mr.
Billhartz started his career in 1994 at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP after
graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. in
Accounting. He later received his J.D. from St. Louis University
School of Law. He began his legal career with Bryan Cave LLP as an
Associate until he left to join Arch Coal in 2004.
David P.
Skarie, Co-Chief Executive Officer and President, commented on the hiring of Mr.
Billhartz: “We are extremely pleased to welcome Greg as our new general
counsel. He brings strong legal credentials as well as a deep
knowledge and practical experience of the complex issues that companies face
today.” Mr. Billhartz will report to Mr. Skarie and Kevin J. Hunt,
Co-Chief Executive Officer and President.
Mr.
Billhartz replaces Charles G. Huber, Jr., who had served as Ralcorp’s General
Counsel and Secretary since 2003. In May the Company announced Mr.
Huber would be promoted to President of Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products once his
successor as General Counsel and Secretary was named. Mr. Huber
joined the Company after graduating with a bachelor’s degree from the University
of Missouri-St. Louis and a J.D. from Washington University School of
Law. Mr. Huber’s appointment as President of Ralcorp Frozen Bakery
Products will be effective October 15, 2009.
Mr. Hunt
said, "Chuck has done an outstanding job as general counsel over the past six
years and has been an important advisor to management. We look
forward to his leading the Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products
division.”
Ralcorp
produces Post branded cereals, a variety of value brand and store brand foods
sold under the individual labels of various grocery, mass merchandise and
drugstore retailers, and frozen bakery products sold to in-store bakeries,
restaurants and other foodservice customers. Ralcorp's diversified product mix
includes: ready-to-eat and hot cereals; nutritional and cereal bars; snack
mixes, corn-based chips and extruded corn snack products; crackers and cookies;
snack nuts; chocolate candy; salad dressings; mayonnaise; peanut butter; jams
and jellies; syrups; sauces; frozen griddle products including pancakes,
waffles, and French toast; frozen biscuits and other frozen pre-baked products
such as breads and muffins; and frozen dough for cookies, Danishes, bagels and
doughnuts.