NYSE to Suspend Trading in the Third Cumulative Preferred Stock, $1.70 First Series of H.J. Heinz Company

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) announced yesterday that the staff of NYSE Regulation, Inc. (“NYSE Regulation”) has determined to commence proceedings to delist the Third Cumulative Preferred Stock, $1.70 First Series (“Preferred Stock”) of H. J. Heinz Company (the “Company”) -- ticker symbol HNZ PR -- from the NYSE. Trading in the Company’s Preferred Stock will be suspended prior to the opening of trading on February 15, 2013.