Kraft Foods Delivers Strong Start To 2012
Financial Schedules and GAAP to Non-GAAP Information
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- Net revenues grew 4.1% to $13.1 billion; Organic Net Revenues(1) up 6.5%
- Operating Income increased 2.7%; Underlying Operating Income(1) grew 5.8%
- Diluted EPS was $0.46; Operating EPS(1) was $0.57, up 9.6%
- Company on track to deliver 2012 Organic Net Revenue growth of approximately 5% and Operating EPS growth of at least 9% on a constant currency basis
"Our brand-building investments continue to win over consumers around the world in these tough economic times, and that's fueling our strong business momentum," said
Net revenues were
Operating income was
Diluted EPS was
Solid Top and Bottom-Line Growth in
Power Brands, new products and a continued focus on cost management fueled solid revenue and Underlying Operating Income growth in
Net revenues increased 1.3 percent. Organic Net Revenues(1) grew 3.0 percent, led by higher pricing across each business segment, partially offset by lower volume/mix. Power Brands grew more than 6 percent. The Easter shift added more than 1 percentage point to volume/mix. However, this was more than offset by the impacts of product pruning of approximately 1 percentage point and lower shipments of
Segment operating income declined 4.0 percent, including a negative 7.2 percentage point impact from Restructuring Program costs net of lower Integration Program costs versus the prior year, and a negative 1.5 percentage point impact from the loss of the Starbucks CPG business. Excluding these factors, segment operating income increased mid-single digits, reflecting effective management of input costs and lower SG&A, partially offset by unfavorable volume/mix.
Europe Delivered Strong Growth in a Difficult Environment
Robust Power Brand growth, aggressive cost management and a continued focus on capturing synergies drove strong revenue and operating income gains in Kraft Foods Europe.
Net revenues increased 4.5 percent. Organic Net Revenues(1) increased 7.2 percent. Volume/mix contributed 4.4 percentage points of growth, including an approximately 2 percentage point benefit from the Easter shift. Power Brands grew nearly 11 percent.
Segment operating income grew 24.7 percent, including a favorable 12.4 percentage point impact from lower Integration Program costs versus the prior year and a negative 3.0 percentage point impact from currency. Excluding these factors, favorable volume/mix, effective management of input costs and lower overheads drove mid-teens segment operating income growth. These gains were tempered by a strong increase in advertising and consumer support, particularly behind Power Brands.
Broad-Based Growth in Developing Markets
Kraft Foods Developing Markets delivered double-digit organic revenue and operating income growth with strong contributions from each region.
Net revenues increased 8.5 percent. Organic Net Revenues grew 11.5 percent, driven by both higher pricing and volume/mix gains, including an approximately 1 percentage point benefit from the Easter shift. Power Brands grew nearly 18 percent.
Segment operating income increased 29.6 percent, including a positive 5.5 percentage point impact from lower Integration Program costs versus the prior year, and a favorable 0.9 percentage point impact from currency. Excluding these factors, the strong double-digit growth in segment operating income was driven by volume/mix gains, effective management of input costs and a gain on the sale of an asset. This was partially offset by a double-digit increase in advertising and consumer support, investments in the sales force and an asset impairment charge.
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"Our first quarter gave us a great start to the year," said
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains a number of forward-looking statements. Words, and variations of words such as "continue," "expect," "will," "confident," and similar expressions are intended to identify our forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, 2012 Organic Net Revenue growth; Operating EPS growth; our investments; our intent to create two industry-leading companies by the end of the year; and 2012 top-tier results. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated in our forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, our failure to successfully separate the company, continued volatility of input costs, pricing actions, increased competition and tax law changes. Please also see our risk factors, as they may be amended from time to time, set forth in our filings with the
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
The company reports its financial results in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in
The company's top-line measure is Organic Net Revenues, which this quarter excludes divestitures (including for reporting purposes the Starbucks CPG business) and currency. The company uses Organic Net Revenues and corresponding metrics as non-GAAP financial measures. Management believes Organic Net Revenues better reflects the underlying growth from the ongoing activities of our business and provides improved comparability of results.
The company uses Underlying Operating Income, which is defined as operating income excluding costs related to: the Integration Program; the Restructuring Program; and Spin-Off Costs, including transaction fees and other costs associated with the proposed spin-off of the North American grocery business. The company uses Underlying Operating Income and corresponding metrics as non-GAAP financial measures. Management believes Underlying Operating Income provides improved comparability of operating results.
The company uses Operating EPS, which is defined as diluted EPS attributable to
See the attached schedules for supplemental financial data and corresponding reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures referred to above to the most comparable GAAP financial measures for the three months ended
SEGMENT OPERATING INCOME
Management uses segment operating income to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources. The company believes it is appropriate to disclose this measure to help investors analyze segment performance and trends. Segment operating income excludes unrealized gains and losses on hedging activities (which are a component of cost of sales), certain components of its U.S. pension plan cost (which is a component of selling, general and administrative expenses), general corporate expenses (which are a component of selling, general and administrative expenses) and amortization of intangibles for all periods presented. The company centrally manages pension plan funding decisions and determination of discount rate, expected rate of return on plan assets and other actuarial assumptions. Therefore, the company allocates only the service cost component of its U.S. pension plan expense to segment operating income. The company excludes the unrealized gains and losses on hedging activities from segment operating income to provide better transparency of its segment operating results. Once realized, the company records the gains and losses on hedging activities within segment operating results. Accordingly, the company does not present these items by segment because they are excluded from the segment profitability measure that management reviews.
(1) Please see discussion of Non-GAAP Financial Measures at the end of this press release.
(2) Integration Program costs are defined as the costs associated with combining the
(3) Restructuring Program costs represent non-recurring restructuring and related implementation costs reflecting primarily severance, asset disposals and other manufacturing related non-recurring costs.
(4) Spin-Off Costs represent non-recurring transaction and transition costs associated with preparing the businesses for independent operations consisting primarily of financial advisory fees, legal fees, accounting fees, tax services and information systems infrastructure duplication. In addition, Spin-Off costs include financing and related costs to redistribute debt and secure investment grade credit ratings for both the North American Grocery Business and the Global Snacks Business.
(5) Effective
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Schedule 1 |
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Kraft Foods Inc. and Subsidiaries |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings |
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For the Three Months Ended March 31, |
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(in millions of dollars, except per share data) (Unaudited) |
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As Reported (GAAP) |
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2012 |
2011 |
% Change |
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Net revenues |
$13,093 |
$12,573 |
4.1% |
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Cost of sales |
8,426 |
7,937 |
(6.2)% |
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Gross profit |
4,667 |
4,636 |
0.7% |
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Gross profit margin |
35.6% |
36.9% |
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Selling, general and administrative expenses |
2,822 |
2,933 |
3.8% |
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Asset impairment and exit costs |
98 |
- |
(100.0)% |
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Amortization of intangibles |
56 |
57 |
1.8% |
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Operating income |
1,691 |
1,646 |
2.7% |
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Operating income margin |
12.9% |
13.1% |
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Interest and other expense, net |
553 |
446 |
(24.0)% |
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Earnings before income taxes |
1,138 |
1,200 |
(5.2)% |
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Provision for income taxes |
319 |
398 |
19.8% |
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Effective tax rate |
28.0% |
33.2% |
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Net earnings |
$ 819 |
$ 802 |
2.1% |
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Noncontrolling interest |
6 |
3 |
(100.0)% |
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Net earnings attributable to Kraft Foods |
$ 813 |
$ 799 |
1.8% |
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Per share data: |
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Basic earnings per share attributable to Kraft Foods |
$ 0.46 |
$ 0.46 |
- |
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Diluted earnings per share attributable to Kraft Foods |
$ 0.46 |
$ 0.45 |
2.2% |
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Average shares outstanding: |
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Basic |
1,773 |
1,754 |
(1.1)% |
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Diluted |
1,783 |
1,760 |
(1.3)% |
Schedule 2 |
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Kraft Foods Inc. and Subsidiaries |
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Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Information |
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Net Revenues |
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For the Three Months Ended March 31, |
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($ in millions) (Unaudited) |
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% Change |
Organic Growth Drivers |
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As Reported (GAAP) |
Impact of Divestitures (1) |
Impact of Currency |
Organic (Non-GAAP) |
As Reported (GAAP) |
Organic |
Vol/Mix |
Price |
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2012 |
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U.S. Beverages |
$ 708 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ 708 |
(13.8)% |
(3.5)% |
(6.4)pp |
2.9pp |
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U.S. Cheese |
932 |
- |
- |
932 |
6.6% |
6.6% |
(6.3) |
12.9 |
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U.S. Convenient Meals |
807 |
- |
- |
807 |
1.9% |
1.9% |
(1.0) |
2.9 |
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U.S. Grocery |
852 |
- |
- |
852 |
7.3% |
7.3% |
4.6 |
2.7 |
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U.S. Snacks |
1,540 |
- |
- |
1,540 |
3.2% |
3.2% |
(4.1) |
7.3 |
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Canada & N.A. Foodservice |
1,173 |
- |
8 |
1,181 |
0.9% |
1.9% |
(2.6) |
4.5 |
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Kraft Foods North America |
$ 6,012 |
$ - |
$ 8 |
$6,020 |
1.3% |
3.0% |
(2.8) |
5.8 |
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Kraft Foods Europe |
3,151 |
- |
83 |
3,234 |
4.5% |
7.2% |
4.4 |
2.8 |
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Kraft Foods Developing Markets |
3,930 |
- |
108 |
4,038 |
8.5% |
11.5% |
4.1 |
7.4 |
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Kraft Foods |
$ 13,093 |
$ - |
$ 199 |
$13,292 |
4.1% |
6.5% |
1.0pp |
5.5pp |
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2011 |
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U.S. Beverages |
$ 821 |
$ (87) |
$ - |
$ 734 |
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U.S. Cheese |
874 |
- |
- |
874 |
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U.S. Convenient Meals |
792 |
- |
- |
792 |
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U.S. Grocery |
794 |
- |
- |
794 |
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U.S. Snacks |
1,492 |
- |
- |
1,492 |
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Canada & N.A. Foodservice |
1,163 |
(4) |
- |
1,159 |
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Kraft Foods North America |
$ 5,936 |
$ (91) |
$ - |
$ 5,845 |
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Kraft Foods Europe |
3,016 |
- |
- |
3,016 |
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Kraft Foods Developing Markets |
3,621 |
- |
- |
3,621 |
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Kraft Foods |
$ 12,573 |
$ (91) |
$ - |
$12,482 |
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(1) Impact of divestitures includes for reporting purposes Starbucks CPG business. |
Schedule 3 |
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Kraft Foods Inc. and Subsidiaries |
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Operating Income by Reportable Segments |
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For the Three Months Ended March 31, |
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($ in millions) (Unaudited) |
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2011 Impacts |
2012 Impacts |
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2011 Operating Income - As Reported (GAAP) |
Integration Program costs (1) |
Impact of Divestitures (2) |
Integration Program costs (1) |
Asset Impairment & Exit costs (3) |
Impact of Currency |
Spin-Off Costs (4) |
2012-2014 Restructuring Program costs (5) |
Operations |
2012 Operating Income - As Reported (GAAP) |
% Change |
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Segment Operating Income: |
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U.S. Beverages |
$ 161 |
$ - |
$ (13) |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$ (6) |
$ (44) |
$ 98 |
(39.1)% |
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U.S. Cheese |
134 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(19) |
52 |
167 |
24.6% |
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U.S. Convenient Meals |
105 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(6) |
(6) |
93 |
(11.4)% |
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U.S. Grocery |
292 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(9) |
26 |
309 |
5.8% |
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U.S. Snacks |
193 |
7 |
- |
(2) |
- |
- |
- |
(27) |
33 |
204 |
5.7% |
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Canada & N.A. Foodservice |
151 |
1 |
(2) |
(1) |
- |
(1) |
- |
(12) |
(12) |
124 |
(17.9)% |
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Kraft Foods North America |
$ 1,036 |
$ 8 |
$ (15) |
$ (3) |
$ - |
$ (1) |
$ - |
$ (79) |
$ 49 |
$ 995 |
(4.0)% |
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Kraft Foods Europe |
308 |
51 |
- |
(19) |
- |
(11) |
- |
- |
55 |
384 |
24.7% |
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Kraft Foods Developing Markets |
405 |
35 |
- |
(21) |
(20) |
4 |
- |
- |
122 |
525 |
29.6% |
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Unrealized G/(L) on Hedging Activities |
62 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(44) |
18 |
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HQ Pension |
(42) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(38) |
(80) |
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General Corporate Expenses |
(66) |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
(39) |
- |
(1) |
(95) |
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Amortization of Intangibles |
(57) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(1) |
- |
- |
2 |
(56) |
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Kraft Foods |
$ 1,646 |
$ 104 |
$ (15) |
$ (43) |
$ (20) |
$ (8) |
$(39) |
$ (79) |
$ 145 |
$ 1,691 |
2.7% |
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(1) Integration Program costs are defined as the costs associated with combining the Kraft Foods and Cadbury businesses, and are separate from those costs associated with the acquisition. In Q1 2012, |
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$5 million was recorded in Cost of Sales and $38 million was recorded in Selling, General and Administrative expenses. In Q1 2011, $3 million was recorded in Cost of Sales and $101 million was recorded |
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in Selling, General and Administrative expenses. |
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(2) Impact of divestitures includes for reporting purposes Starbucks CPG business. |
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(3) Consists of an asset impairment charge related to a trademark in Japan. |
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(4) Spin-Off Costs represent non-recurring transaction and transition costs associated with preparing the businesses for independent operations consisting primarily of financial advisory fees, legal fees, accounting fees, |
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tax services and information systems infrastructure duplication. |
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(5) Restructuring Program costs represent non-recurring restructuring and related implementation costs reflecting primarily severance, asset disposals and other manufacturing related non-recurring costs. |
Schedule 4 |
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Kraft Foods Inc. and Subsidiaries |
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Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Information |
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Operating Income |
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For the Three Months Ended March 31, |
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($ in millions) (Unaudited) |
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As Reported (GAAP) |
Integration Program costs (1) |
Spin-Off Costs (2) |
2012-2014 Restructuring Program costs (3) |
Underlying |
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2012 |
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Net Revenues |
$ 13,093 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$ 13,093 |
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Operating Income |
$ 1,691 |
$ 43 |
$ 39 |
$ 79 |
$ 1,852 |
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Operating Income Margin |
12.9% |
14.1% |
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2011 |
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Net Revenues |
$ 12,573 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$ 12,573 |
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Operating Income |
$ 1,646 |
$ 104 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ 1,750 |
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Operating Income Margin |
13.1% |
13.9% |
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(1) Integration Program costs are defined as the costs associated with combining the Kraft Foods and Cadbury |
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businesses, and are separate from those costs associated with the acquisition. |
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(2) Spin-Off Costs represent non-recurring transaction and transition costs associated with preparing the businesses for independent |
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operations consisting primarily of financial advisory fees, legal fees, accounting fees, tax services and information systems infrastructure |
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duplication. |
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(3) Restructuring Program costs represent non-recurring restructuring and related implementation costs reflecting primarily severance, |
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asset disposals and other manufacturing related non-recurring costs. |
Schedule 5 |
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Kraft Foods Inc. and Subsidiaries |
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Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Information |
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Diluted EPS |
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(Unaudited) |
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Diluted EPS |
% Growth |
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Diluted EPS Attributable to Kraft Foods for the Three |
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Months Ended March 31, 2011 (GAAP) |
$ 0.45 |
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Integration Program costs (1) |
0.07 |
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Operating EPS for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Non-GAAP) |
0.52 |
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Increases in operations |
0.06 |
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Gain on sale of property |
0.02 |
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Asset impairment charge |
(0.01) |
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Decreased operating income from the Starbucks CPG business cessation (2) |
(0.01) |
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Change in unrealized gains on hedging activities |
(0.02) |
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Favorable foreign currency (3) |
0.01 |
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Changes in taxes |
- |
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Lower interest and other expense, net (4) |
0.01 |
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Higher shares outstanding |
(0.01) |
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Operating EPS for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 (Non-GAAP) |
0.57 |
9.6% |
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Integration Program costs (1) |
(0.02) |
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Spin-Off Costs (5) |
(0.06) |
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2012-2014 Restructuring Program costs (6) |
(0.03) |
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Diluted EPS Attributable to Kraft Foods for the Three |
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Months Ended March 31, 2012 (GAAP) |
$ 0.46 |
2.2% |
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(1) Integration Program costs are defined as the costs associated with combining the Kraft Foods and Cadbury |
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businesses, and are separate from those costs associated with the acquisition. Integration Program costs were |
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$43 million, or $40 million after-tax including certain tax costs associated with the integration of Cadbury, |
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for the three months ended March 31, 2012, as compared to $104 million, or $114 million after-tax for the three |
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months ended March 31, 2011. |
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(2) Effective March 1, 2011 Starbucks unilaterally took control of the sale and distribution of the packaged coffee |
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business in grocery stores and other channels by terminating its agreements with Kraft Foods and in a manner |
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that Kraft Foods believes violates the terms of those agreements. |
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(3) Includes the favorable foreign currency impact on Kraft Foods foreign denominated debt and interest expense due |
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to the strength of the U.S. dollar. |
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(4) Excludes the loss on hedging instruments/other fees related to our planned Spin-Off. |
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(5) Spin-Off Costs represent non-recurring transaction and transition costs associated with preparing the businesses |
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for independent operations consisting primarily of financial advisory fees, legal fees, accounting fees, tax services |
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and information systems infrastructure duplication, and financing and related costs to redistribute debt and secure |
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investment grade ratings for both the North American Grocery Business and the Global Snacks Business. |
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Spin-Off Costs for the three months ended March 31, 2012 were $173 million, or $113 million after-tax and include |
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a pre-tax loss of $130 million related to interest rate swaps recognized in interest and other expenses, net as a |
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result of a change in the planned timing of certain forecasted debt due to our planned Spin-Off and related debt |
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capitalization plans. |
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(6) Restructuring Program costs for the three months ended March 31, 2012 were $79 million, or $49 million after-tax |
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and represent non-recurring restructuring and related implementation costs reflecting primarily severance, |
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asset disposals and other manufacturing related non-recurring costs. |
Schedule 6 |
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Kraft Foods Inc. and Subsidiaries |
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets |
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($ in millions) (Unaudited) |
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March 31, |
December 31, |
March 31, |
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2012 |
2011 |
2011 |
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ASSETS |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ 1,852 |
$ 1,974 |
$ 2,088 |
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Receivables, net |
7,314 |
6,361 |
7,131 |
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Inventories, net |
6,286 |
5,706 |
6,116 |
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Other current assets |
2,241 |
2,161 |
2,194 |
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Property, plant and equipment, net |
14,084 |
13,813 |
14,003 |
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Goodwill |
37,940 |
37,297 |
38,592 |
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Intangible assets, net |
25,602 |
25,186 |
26,351 |
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Other assets |
1,328 |
1,339 |
1,794 |
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TOTAL ASSETS |
$ 96,647 |
$ 93,837 |
$ 98,269 |
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LIABILITIES AND EQUITY |
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Short-term borrowings |
$ 3,320 |
$ 182 |
$ 1,812 |
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Current portion of long-term debt |
1,823 |
3,654 |
3,945 |
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Accounts payable |
5,545 |
5,525 |
5,535 |
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Other current liabilities |
8,610 |
9,084 |
8,487 |
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Long-term debt |
23,198 |
23,095 |
24,288 |
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Deferred income taxes |
6,901 |
6,738 |
8,252 |
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Accrued pension costs |
3,540 |
3,597 |
1,881 |
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Accrued postretirement health care costs |
3,259 |
3,238 |
3,052 |
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Other liabilities |
3,360 |
3,396 |
3,518 |
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TOTAL LIABILITIES |
59,556 |
58,509 |
60,770 |
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TOTAL EQUITY |
37,091 |
35,328 |
37,499 |
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY |
$ 96,647 |
$ 93,837 |
$ 98,269 |
SOURCE
Michael Mitchell (Media), +1-847-646-4538, news@kraftfoods.com, or Christopher M. Jakubik (Investors), +1-847-646-5494, ir@kraftfoods.com