The story
In 2012, Smart Balance acquired Udi’s Healthy Foods, and the parent company was renamed Boulder Brands.
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Private company
Smart Balance
Food company
Smart Balance is a company that manufactures products including margarine substitutes, flavored microwave popcorn, and peanut butter.3 It is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
2005Founded1
- IndustryFood and Kindred Products1
- HeadquartersBoulder, Colorado1
- Listed onNasdaq1
- Incorporated inDE4
- Business address1600 Pearl Street, Suite 300, Boulder, Co 803024
- Filer categoryLarge accelerated filer4
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Smart Balance is a company that manufactures products including margarine substitutes, flavored microwave popcorn, and peanut butter.3
What it owns
What Smart Balance reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Property and equipment
| Item | Latest | A year before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property and equipment, before depreciation | $74.6M6 Dec 31, 2014 | $65.2M6 Dec 31, 2013 | +14.4% |
| Accumulated depreciation | $21.4M6 Dec 31, 2014 | $13.8M6 Dec 31, 2013 | +55.7% |
| Property and equipment, net | $53.2M6 Dec 31, 2014 | $51.4M6 Dec 31, 2013 | +3.4% |
Investments
| Item | Latest | A year before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | $31.7M6 Dec 31, 2014 | $16.7M6 Dec 31, 2013 | +89.2% |
| Long-term investments | $11.8M6 Dec 31, 2014 | $8.8M6 Dec 31, 2013 | +34.3% |
Intangibles and goodwill
| Item | Latest | A year before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwill | $233.6M6 Dec 31, 2014 | $347.2M6 Dec 31, 2013 | −32.7% |
| Intangible assets, net (excluding goodwill) | $191.4M6 Dec 31, 2014 | $242.3M6 Dec 31, 2013 | −21.0% |
| Finite-lived intangibles, gross | $287.3M6 Dec 31, 2014 | $286.5M6 Dec 31, 2013 | +0.3% |
| Accumulated amortization | $55.5M6 Dec 31, 2014 | $42.3M6 Dec 31, 2013 | +31.2% |
| Finite-lived intangibles, net | $191.4M6 Dec 31, 2014 | $242.3M6 Dec 31, 2013 | −21.0% |
Inventory
Leadership
Who has led Smart Balance, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
Chief executive
Chief financial officer
Chief operating officer
2010201520202025
- Chief executive officerJames Leighton Jan 15, 2016 to Jan 15, 20167
- Chief executive officerStephen B. Hughes Oct 6, 2006 to Jan 30, 20158
- ChairStephen B. Hughes Nov 17, 2009 to Jan 30, 20159
- Chief financial officerChristine Sacco Jan 5, 2012 to Jan 15, 201610
- Chief financial officerAlan S. Gever Jan 9, 2008 to Nov 10, 201111
- Chief financial officerRobert S. Gluck May 23, 2007 to Aug 27, 200712
- Chief operating officerJames Leighton Oct 9, 2013 to Jan 15, 201613
- Chief operating officerRobert S. Gluck Jun 26, 2008 to Feb 13, 200914
Board members and other officers (23)
- Chief Commercial OfficerPhilip Mark Anson Jul 9, 2015 to Jan 15, 201615
- Executive Vice PresidentStanley Duane Primozich Jan 17, 2014 to Jan 17, 201416
- OfficerTimothy Richard Kraft Dec 24, 2014 to Jan 15, 201617
- Executive Vice PresidentTerrence J. McIntyre Mar 7, 2013 to Nov 14, 201418
- OfficerChristina Calabrese Apr 3, 2012 to Jan 15, 201619
- OfficerChristine Sacco Jan 3, 2011 to Mar 25, 201120
- OfficerAlan S. Gever May 5, 2010 to May 5, 201021
- OfficerGregory Venner Jul 7, 2010 to Jul 7, 201022
- OfficerNorman Matar Jul 7, 2010 to Nov 18, 201423
- OfficerPeter Dray Jul 7, 2010 to Mar 7, 201324
- OfficerTerrence Schulke Jul 7, 2010 to Jan 5, 201225
- Principal Accounting OfficerJohn F. Konzelmann Jun 12, 2007 to Aug 16, 201026
- Vice chairRobert S. Gluck Aug 22, 2007 to Feb 13, 200927
- Board memberBenjamin D. Chereskin Oct 9, 2013 to Jan 15, 201628
- Board memberRichard Dean Hollis Jul 13, 2011 to Jan 15, 201629
- Board memberThomas K. McInerney Jul 13, 2011 to Jan 15, 201630
- Board memberGerald J. Laber May 9, 2007 to Jan 15, 201631
- Board memberRobert F. McCarthy May 23, 2007 to Dec 14, 201032
- Board memberRobert J. Gillespie May 23, 2007 to Dec 15, 201033
- Board memberRobert S. Gluck May 23, 2007 to Feb 13, 200912
- Board memberWilliam E. Hooper May 23, 2007 to Mar 7, 201334
- Board memberJames Leighton Aug 21, 2007 to Jan 15, 201635
- Board memberStephen B. Hughes Oct 6, 2006 to Aug 20, 20078
Products and brands
The products claim to have no partially hydrogenated vegetable oils added, no trans fat, and to be comparable in quality to vegetable oil based products.
The oils used in Smart Balance products contain low levels of naturally occurring trans fats, about 70 mcg of trans fat per serving. Some blends in this line include fish oil, while some include only vegetable-based ingredients. The oil blend used in some of the products was developed at Brandeis University.
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Former names
Timeline
SEC filer profile
How Smart Balance is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.
- Name on EDGARBOULDER BRANDS, INC.2
- CIK0001331301
- Employer ID (EIN)20-29493972
- Filer statusLarge accelerated filer2
- Incorporated inDelaware2
- Fiscal year endsDecember 312
- Industry code (SIC)2000 Food and Kindred Products2
- Business address1600 Pearl Street, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 803022
- Phone30368219822
- Shares outstanding61,738,832 as of Nov 3, 201536
- Public float$822.0M as of Jun 30, 20146
- On EDGAR sinceJul 1, 20052
- Filings701 in all: 4 (213), 8-K (111), SC 13G/A (70), 3 (33), SC 13G (31), 10-Q (30), CORRESP (23), UPLOAD (23)2
All 53 form types
4/A (13), DEFA14A (12), 3/A (11), DEF 14A (11), 10-K (10), SC TO-C (10), S-1/A (8), SC 13D/A (7), SC TO-T/A (6), 424B3 (5), 8-K/A (5), PRER14A (5), S-8 (5), S-8 POS (5), SC 14D9/A (5), EFFECT (4), 10-K/A (3), 25-NSE (3), 10-Q/A (2), 5 (2), 8-A12B/A (2), ARS (2), CERTNAS (2), CT ORDER (2), PRE 14A (2), S-3 (2), S-3/A (2), SC 13D (2), SC TO-I/A (2), SC14D9C (2), 15-12B (1), 424B4 (1), 8-A12B (1), 8-A12G (1), DEFR14A (1), POS AM (1), PREM14A (1), REGDEX (1), S-1 (1), S-3ASR (1), S-4 (1), SC 14D9 (1), SC 14F1 (1), SC TO-I (1), SC TO-T (1)
- Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Feb 26, 2015
Quarterly report (10-Q) Nov 5, 2015
Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Apr 6, 2015
Latest 8-K (8-K) Jan 15, 2016
Links
- WikipediaSmart Balance
- WikidataQ7543936
- SEC EDGARCIK 1331301
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataSmart Balance on Wikidata
- 2SEC EDGARSmart Balance filings on SEC EDGAR
- 3WikipediaSmart Balance on Wikipedia
- 4SEC EDGARSmart Balance filings on SEC EDGAR
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- 6SEC EDGARSmart Balance 10-K for fiscal 2014
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- 9SEC EDGARStephen B. Hughes, Chair
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- 17SEC EDGARTimothy Richard Kraft, Officer
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- 19SEC EDGARChristina Calabrese, Officer
- 20SEC EDGARChristine Sacco, Officer
- 21SEC EDGARAlan S. Gever, Officer
- 22SEC EDGARGregory Venner, Officer
- 23SEC EDGARNorman Matar, Officer
- 24SEC EDGARPeter Dray, Officer
- 25SEC EDGARTerrence Schulke, Officer
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- 27SEC EDGARRobert S. Gluck, Vice chair
- 28SEC EDGARBenjamin D. Chereskin, Board member
- 29SEC EDGARRichard Dean Hollis, Board member
- 30SEC EDGARThomas K. McInerney, Board member
- 31SEC EDGARGerald J. Laber, Board member
- 32SEC EDGARRobert F. McCarthy, Board member
- 33SEC EDGARRobert J. Gillespie, Board member
- 34SEC EDGARWilliam E. Hooper, Board member
- 35SEC EDGARJames Leighton, Board member
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