UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
Commission file number 1-16483
Kraft Foods Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Three Lakes Drive,
Northfield, Illinois
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 646-2000
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
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Non-accelerated filer¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x
At October 29, 2010, there were 1,746,773,569 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.
Table of Contents
PART I –
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the ThreeMonths and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets atSeptember 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equityfor the Year Ended December 31, 2009 and theNine Months Ended September 30, 2010
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for theNine Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of FinancialCondition and Results of Operations
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
PART II –
OTHER INFORMATION
Legal Proceedings
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Item 6.
Exhibits
Signature
In this report, “Kraft Foods,” “we,” “us” and “our” refers to Kraft Foods Inc. and subsidiaries, and “Common Stock” refers to Kraft Foods’ Class A common stock.
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
Kraft Foods Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings
(in millions of dollars, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Net revenues
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Asset impairment and exit costs
Losses on divestitures, net
Amortization of intangibles
Operating income
Interest and other expenses, net
Earnings from continuing operationsbefore income taxes
Provision for income taxes
Earnings from continuing operations
Earnings from discontinued operations, netof income taxes (Note 2)
Net earnings
Noncontrolling interest
Net earnings attributable to Kraft Foods
Per share data:
Basic earnings per share attributable toKraft Foods:
Continuing operations
Discontinued operations
Diluted earnings per share attributable toKraft Foods:
Dividends declared
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in millions of dollars)
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
Receivables (less allowances of $183 in 2010 and $121 in 2009)
Inventories, net
Deferred income taxes
Other current assets
Total current assets
Property, plant and equipment, net
Goodwill
Intangible assets, net
Prepaid pension assets
Other assets
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Short-term borrowings
Current portion of long-term debt
Accounts payable
Accrued marketing
Accrued employment costs
Other current liabilities
Total current liabilities
Long-term debt
Accrued pension costs
Accrued postretirement health care costs
Other liabilities
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Contingencies (Note 13)
EQUITY
Common Stock, no par value (1,996,537,778 shares issuedin 2010 and 1,735,000,000 shares issued in 2009)
Additional paid-in capital
Retained earnings
Accumulated other comprehensive losses
Treasury stock, at cost
Total Kraft Foods Shareholders’ Equity
TOTAL EQUITY
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity
Balances at January 1, 2009
Comprehensive earnings:
Other comprehensive earnings, netof income taxes
Total comprehensive earnings *
Exercise of stock options and issuance of other stock awards
Cash dividends declared($1.16 per share)
Dividends paid on noncontrolling interest and other activities
Balances at December 31, 2009
Comprehensive earnings / (losses):
Other comprehensive losses, netof income taxes
Total comprehensive earnings /(losses) *
Exercise of stock options andissuance of other stock awards
Cash dividends declared($0.87 per share)
Net impact of noncontrollinginterests from Cadbury acquisition
Purchase from noncontrollinginterest, dividends paid and otheractivities
Issuance of Common Stock
Balances at September 30, 2010
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
CASH PROVIDED BY / (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to operating cash flows:
Depreciation and amortization
Stock-based compensation expense
Deferred income tax provision
Gain on discontinued operations (Note 2)
Asset impairment and exit costs, net of cash paid
Other non-cash expense, net
Change in assets and liabilities, excluding the effects ofacquisitions and divestitures:
Receivables, net
Change in pension and postretirement assets and liabilities, net
Net cash provided by operating activities
CASH PROVIDED BY / (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditures
Acquisitions, net of cash received
Proceeds from divestitures
Other
Net cash used in investing activities
CASH PROVIDED BY / (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net (repayments) / issuance of short-term borrowings
Long-term debt proceeds
Long-term debt repaid
Dividends paid
Net cash provided by / (used in) financing activities
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents:
Increase
Balance at beginning of period
Balance at end of period
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Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:
Basis of Presentation:
Our interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited. We prepared the condensed consolidated financial statements following SEC rules for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, we have condensed or omitted a number of footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). It is management’s opinion that these financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position and operating results. Net revenues and net earnings for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of future or annual results.
You should read these statements in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
Principles of Consolidation:
The consolidated financial statements include Kraft Foods, as well as our wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries. Our domestic operating subsidiaries report results as of the last Saturday of the quarter, and our international operating subsidiaries generally report results two weeks prior to the last Saturday of the quarter. The results of operations of the newly acquired Cadbury Limited (formerly, Cadbury plc) (“Cadbury”) are reported on the last day of the calendar month.
In the second quarter of 2010, we changed the consolidation date for certain European Biscuits operations, which are included within our Kraft Foods Europe segment, and certain operations in Asia Pacific, which are included within our Kraft Foods Developing Markets segment. Previously, these operations primarily reported period-end results one month prior to the end of the quarter and now report period-end results two weeks prior to the last Saturday of the quarter. We believe the change is preferable and will improve financial reporting by better matching the close dates of each subsidiary to our other international operating subsidiaries, which operate similarly. This change resulted in a favorable impact to net revenues of approximately $70 million during the second quarter of 2010 and had an insignificant impact on net earnings in that quarter and on the year. As the impacts to prior period results were not material to our financial results, we have not revised the prior period results for this change. Our domestic operating subsidiaries will continue to report period-end results as of the Saturday closest to the end of each period, and our international operating subsidiaries will continue to report period-end results two weeks prior to the Saturday closest to the end of each period.
Highly Inflationary Accounting:
In the fourth quarter of 2009, the Venezuelan economy was classified as highly inflationary under U.S. GAAP. Effective January 1, 2010, we are accounting for our Venezuelan subsidiaries under highly inflationary accounting rules, which principally means all transactions are recorded in U.S. dollars. Venezuela has three exchange rates: the official rate, the consumer staples rate and the secondary (or parallel) rate. We used both the official rate and the secondary rate to translate our Venezuelan operations into U.S. dollars, based on the nature of the operations of each individual subsidiary. Additionally, we previously carried cash that we had exchanged into U.S. dollars using the secondary market at that rate. Upon the change to highly inflationary accounting, we were then required to translate those U.S. dollars on hand using the official rate, which resulted in a charge of $34 million in the first quarter of 2010.
On January 8, 2010, the Venezuelan government devalued its currency. Accordingly, we were required to revalue our net assets in Venezuela. Through the first nine months of 2010, we recorded approximately $85 million of unfavorable foreign currency impacts relating to highly inflationary accounting in Venezuela (which included the one-time impact to translate cash of $34 million).
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New Accounting Pronouncements:
In June 2009, new guidance was issued on the consolidation of variable interest entities. We adopted the guidance effective January 1, 2010. This guidance increases the likelihood of an enterprise being classified as a variable interest entity. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our financial results.
Note 2. Acquisitions and Divestitures:
Cadbury Acquisition:
On January 19, 2010, we announced the terms of our final offer for each outstanding ordinary share of Cadbury, including each ordinary share represented by an American Depositary Share (“Cadbury ADS”), and the Cadbury Board of Directors recommended that Cadbury shareholders accept the terms of the final offer. On February 2, 2010, all of the conditions to the offer were satisfied or validly waived, the initial offer period expired and a subsequent offer period immediately began. At that point, we had received acceptances of 71.73% of the outstanding Cadbury ordinary shares, including those represented by Cadbury ADSs (“Cadbury Shares”). As of June 1, 2010, we owned 100% of all outstanding Cadbury Shares. We believe the combination of Kraft Foods and Cadbury will create a global snacks powerhouse and an unrivaled portfolio of brands people love.
Under the terms of our final offer and the subsequent offer, we agreed to pay Cadbury shareholders 500 pence in cash and 0.1874 shares of Kraft Foods Common Stock per Cadbury ordinary share validly tendered and 2,000 pence in cash and 0.7496 shares of Kraft Foods Common Stock per Cadbury ADS validly tendered. This valued Cadbury at $18.5 billion, or approximately £11.6 billion (based on the average price of $28.36 for a share of Kraft Foods Common Stock on February 2, 2010 and an exchange rate of $1.595 per £1.00).
On February 2, 2010, we acquired 71.73% of Cadbury’s Shares for $13.1 billion and the value attributed to noncontrolling interests was $5.4 billion. From February 2, 2010 through June 1, 2010, we acquired the remaining 28.27% of Cadbury’s Shares for $5.4 billion. We had a $38 million gain on noncontrolling interest acquired and recorded it within additional paid in capital.
As part of our Cadbury acquisition, we expensed and incurred transaction related fees of $2 million for the three months, $217 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and $11 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009. We recorded these expenses within selling, general and administrative expenses. We also incurred acquisition financing fees of $96 million in the first quarter of 2010. We recorded these expenses within interest and other expense, net.
Cadbury contributed net revenues of $6,376 million and net earnings of $369 million from February 2, 2010 through September 30, 2010. The following unaudited pro forma summary presents Kraft Foods’ consolidated information as if Cadbury had been acquired on January 1, 2009. These amounts were calculated after conversion to U.S. GAAP, applying our accounting policies, and adjusting Cadbury’s results to reflect the additional depreciation and amortization that would have been charged assuming the fair value adjustments to property, plant and equipment, and intangible assets had been applied from January 1, 2009, together with the consequential tax effects. These adjustments also reflect the additional interest expense incurred on the debt to finance the purchase, and the divestitures of certain Cadbury confectionery operations in Poland and Romania, as required by the EU Commission as a condition of our Cadbury acquisition.
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Our February 2, 2010 Cadbury acquisition was valued at $18,547 million, or $17,500 million net of cash and cash equivalents. As part of that acquisition, we acquired the following assets and assumed the following liabilities (in millions):
Receivables(1)
Inventories
Property, plant and equipment
Goodwill(2)
Intangible assets(3)
Other current liabilities (4)
The above amounts represent the allocation of purchase price and are substantially complete. We expect to finalize the purchase price allocations during the fourth quarter of 2010.
Pizza Divestiture:
On March 1, 2010, we completed the sale of the assets of our North American frozen pizza business (“Frozen Pizza”) to Nestlé USA, Inc. (“Nestlé”) for $3.7 billion. Our Frozen Pizza business was a component of our U.S. Convenient Meals and Canada & North America Foodservice segments. The sale included the DiGiorno, Tombstone andJack’s brands in the U.S., the Delissio brand in Canada and the California Pizza Kitchen trademark license. It also included two Wisconsin manufacturing facilities (Medford and Little Chute) and the leases for the pizza depots and delivery trucks. Approximately 3,600 of our employees transferred with the business to Nestlé. Accordingly, the results of our Frozen Pizza business have been reflected as discontinued operations on the condensed consolidated statement of earnings, and prior period results have been revised in a consistent manner.
Pursuant to the Frozen Pizza business Transition Services Agreement, we agreed to provide certain sales, co-manufacturing, distribution, information technology, accounting and finance services to Nestlé for up to two years.
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Summary results of operations for the Frozen Pizza business through September 30, 2010 were:
Earnings before income taxes
Gain on discontinued operations, net ofincome taxes
Earnings and gain from discontinuedoperations, net of income taxes
Distributed assets of the FrozenPizza business
Raw materials
Finished product
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Note 4. Property, Plant and Equipment:
Property, plant and equipment at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 were:
Land and land improvements
Buildings and building equipment
Machinery and equipment
Construction in progress
Accumulated depreciation
Note 5. Goodwill and Intangible Assets:
Goodwill by reportable segment at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was:
Kraft Foods North America:
U.S. Beverages
U.S. Cheese
U.S. Convenient Meals
U.S. Grocery
U.S. Snacks
Canada & N.A. Foodservice
Kraft Foods Europe
Kraft Foods Developing Markets
Total goodwill
Intangible assets at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 were:
Non-amortizable intangible assets
Amortizable intangible assets
Accumulated amortization
Non-amortizable intangible assets consist substantially of brand names purchased through our acquisitions of Nabisco Holdings Corp., the Spanish and Portuguese operations of United Biscuits, the global LU biscuit business of Groupe Danone S.A. and Cadbury. Amortizable intangible assets consist primarily of trademark licenses, customer-related intangibles, process technology and non-compete agreements. At September 30, 2010, the weighted-average life of our amortizable intangible assets was 13.0 years.
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The movements in goodwill and intangible assets were:
Balance at January 1, 2010
Changes due to:
Foreign currency
Acquisitions
Divestitures
Balance at September 30, 2010
Changes to goodwill and intangible assets during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 were:
Acquisitions – We increased goodwill by $9,174 million and intangible assets by $12,769 million related to allocations of purchase price for our Cadbury acquisition, including the third quarter impacts of our refinements to preliminary allocations, which are substantially complete; however, these allocations are subject to revision upon their finalization in the fourth quarter of 2010. We recorded $2,108 million of the acquired goodwill in our U.S. Snacks segment, $903 million in our Canada & N.A. Foodservice segment, $2,541 million in our Kraft Foods Europe segment and $3,622 million in our Kraft Foods Developing Markets segment.
Divestitures – We reduced goodwill by $475 million due to our Frozen Pizza business divestiture.
Amortization expense was $53 million for the three months and $146 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. We currently estimate amortization expense for each of the next five years to be approximately $210 million, including the estimated impact of our Cadbury acquisition. Our estimated amortization is subject to revision when appraisals are finalized for our Cadbury acquisition.
Note 6. Restructuring Costs:
Integration Program:
We believe our combination with Cadbury has the potential for meaningful revenue synergies over time from investments in distribution, marketing and product development. In order to achieve these synergies and cost savings, we expect to incur total integration charges of approximately $1.5 billion in the first three years following the acquisition to combine and integrate the two businesses (the “Integration Program”).
Integration Program costs include the costs associated with combining our operations with Cadbury’s and are separate from the costs related to the acquisition. We incurred charges under the Integration Program of $92 million for the three months and $284 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. We recorded these charges in operations, primarily as a part of selling, general and administrative expenses within our Kraft Foods Europe and Kraft Foods Developing Markets segments, as well as general corporate expenses.
During the second quarter of 2010, we evaluated Cadbury’s Vision into Action (“VIA”) restructuring program and began managing it within our overall Integration Program. Cadbury initiated the VIA restructuring program in 2007 and planned to run it through 2011. Accordingly, we acquired an accrual of $248 million relating to charges taken in previous periods. In evaluating their program as part of our corporate strategies and our integration plans, we included the remaining charges within our overall Integration Program. As we move forward on a combined company basis, we do not intend to manage these programs separately.
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Liability activity for Integration Program in the first nine months of 2010 was (in millions):
Charges
Cash spent
Write–offs
Currency / other
Liability balance, September 30, 2010
Cost Savings Initiatives:
Cost savings initiatives generally include exit, disposal and other project savings costs. We incurred charges associated with our cost savings initiatives of $17 million for the three months and $93 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. We recorded these charges in operations, primarily within selling, general and administrative expenses within our Kraft Foods Europe and Canada & N.A. Foodservice segments, as well as general corporate expenses. These charges primarily included other project savings costs associated with the Kraft Foods Europe Reorganization. Even though other project savings costs were directly attributable to exit and disposal costs, they did not qualify for special accounting treatment as exit or disposal activities.
2004 – 2008 Restructuring Program:
In 2008, we completed our five-year restructuring program (the “Restructuring Program”). The Restructuring Program’s objectives were to leverage our global scale, realign and lower our cost structure, and optimize capacity. As part of the Restructuring Program, we:
incurred $3.0 billion in pre-tax charges reflecting asset disposals, severance and implementation costs;
announced the closure of 35 facilities and the elimination of approximately 18,600 positions; and
will use cash to pay for $2.0 billion of the $3.0 billion in charges.
Since the inception of the Restructuring Program, we have paid cash for $1.7 billion of the $2.0 billion in expected cash payments, including $60 million paid in the first nine months of 2010.
Restructuring liability activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was (in millions):
Reversal of charges
Currency
Our 2010 activity was related to cash outflows on prior year Restructuring Program charges and reversals relating to severance benefits and other charges. Our prior year charges to the liability included severance benefits received by terminated employees, other costs related primarily to the renegotiation of supplier contract costs, workforce reductions associated with facility closings and the termination of leasing agreements.
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Note 7. Debt:
Short-Term Borrowings:
At September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, our short-term borrowings and related weighted-average interest rates consisted of:
Commercial paper
Bank loans
Total short-term borrowings
The fair values of our short-term borrowings at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, based upon current market interest rates, approximate the amounts disclosed above.
Borrowing Arrangements:
We maintain a revolving credit facility that we have historically used for general corporate purposes, including for working capital purposes, and to support our commercial paper issuances. Our $4.5 billion three-year senior unsecured revolving credit facility expires in November 2012. No amounts have been drawn on the facility.
The revolving credit facility agreement includes a covenant that we maintain a minimum total shareholders’ equity, excluding accumulated other comprehensive earnings / (losses), of at least $28.6 billion. This threshold was increased by $5.6 billion to $28.6 billion due to the equity we issued as part of our Cadbury acquisition. At September 30, 2010, our total shareholders’ equity, excluding accumulated other comprehensive earnings / (losses), was $39.6 billion. We expect to continue to meet this covenant. The revolving credit facility agreement also contains customary representations, covenants and events of default. However, there are no other financial covenants, credit rating triggers or provisions that could require us to post collateral as security.
In addition to the above, some of our international subsidiaries maintain primarily uncommitted credit lines to meet short-term working capital needs. Collectively, these credit lines amounted to $2.5 billion at September 30, 2010. Borrowings on these lines amounted to $331 million at September 30, 2010 and $191 million at December 31, 2009.
Cadbury maintained a three-year, £450 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility that we terminated effective June 30, 2010.
As part of our Cadbury acquisition, on November 9, 2009, we entered into an agreement for a 364-day senior unsecured bridge facility (the “Cadbury Bridge Facility”). During the first quarter of 2010, we borrowed £807 million under the Cadbury Bridge Facility, and later repaid it ($1,205 million at the time of repayment) with proceeds from the divestiture of our Frozen Pizza business. Upon repayment, the Cadbury Bridge Facility was terminated.
Long-Term Debt:
On February 8, 2010, we issued $9.5 billion of senior unsecured notes at a weighted-average effective rate of 5.364% and used the net proceeds ($9,379 million) to finance the Cadbury acquisition and for general corporate purposes. The general terms of the $9.5 billion notes are:
$1.00 billion total principal notes due May 8, 2013 at a fixed, annual interest rate of 2.625%. Interest is payable semiannually beginning November 8, 2010.
$1.75 billion total principal notes due February 9, 2016 at a fixed, annual interest rate of 4.125%. Interest is payable semiannually beginning August 9, 2010.
$3.75 billion total principal notes due February 10, 2020 at a fixed, annual interest rate of 5.375%. Interest is payable semiannually beginning August 10, 2010.
$3.00 billion total principal notes due February 9, 2040 at a fixed, annual interest rate of 6.500%. Interest is payable semiannually beginning August 9, 2010.
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In addition, these notes include covenants that restrict our ability to incur debt secured by liens above a certain threshold. We also must offer to purchase these notes at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase, if both of the following occur:
The fair value of the long-term debt we acquired as part of our Cadbury acquisition was $2,436 million at February 2, 2010. The acquired debt has the following terms:
£77 million (approximately $121 million) total principal notes due December 10, 2010 at a fixed, annual interest rate of 4.875%.
C$150 million (approximately $146 million) Canadian bank loan agreement expiring August 30, 2012 at a variable interest rate. The interest rate at September 30, 2010 was 1.153%.
$1.00 billion total principal notes due October 1, 2013 at a fixed, annual interest rate of 5.125%.
£300 million (approximately $471 million) total principal notes due December 11, 2014 at a fixed, annual interest rate of 5.375%.
£350 million (approximately $550 million) total principal notes due July 18, 2018 at a fixed, annual interest rate of 7.250%.
We expect to continue to comply with our long-term debt covenants.
At September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, our long-term debt consisted of (interest rates were as of September 30, 2010):
Notes, 2.625% to 7.55% (average effective rate 5.86%),due through 2040
Euro notes, 5.75% to 6.25% (average effective rate 5.98%),due through 2015
Sterling notes, 4.88% to 7.25% (average effective rate 4.59%),due through 2018
Other foreign currency obligations
Capital leases and other
Total
Less current portion of long-term debt
Aggregate maturities of our long-term debt for the years ended September 30 were (in millions):
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Thereafter
On August 11, 2010, we repaid $500 million of our long-term debt. This repayment was primarily financed from cash from operations.
Fair Value:
The aggregate fair value of our total debt, based on quoted prices in active markets for identical liabilities, at September 30, 2010, was $33,731 million as compared with the carrying value of $30,035 million. The aggregate fair value of our total debt, based on quoted prices in active markets for identical liabilities, at December 31, 2009, was $20,222 million as compared with the carrying value of $18,990 million.
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Interest and Other Expense:
Interest and other expense was:
Interest and other expense, net:
Interest expense, debt
Acquisition-related financing fees
Other (income) / expense, net
Total interest and other expense, net
Acquisition-related financing fees include hedging and foreign currency impacts associated with the Cadbury acquisition and other fees associated with the Cadbury Bridge Facility.
Note 8. Capital Stock:
Our articles of incorporation authorize 3.0 billion shares of Class A common stock, 2.0 billion shares of Class B common stock and 500 million shares of preferred stock. There were no Class B common shares or preferred shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2010. Shares of Class A common stock issued, repurchased and outstanding were:
Shares issued
In the first nine months of 2010, we issued 262 million additional shares of our Common Stock as part of the Cadbury acquisition. The issued stock had a total fair value of $7,457 million based on the average of the high and low market prices on the dates of issuance.
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Note 9. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings / (Losses):
The components of accumulated other comprehensive earnings / (losses) were:
Other comprehensive earnings /(losses), net of income taxes:
Currency translation adjustments
Amortization of experiencelosses and prior service costs
Settlement losses
Net actuarial loss arising duringperiod
Change in fair value of cash flowhedges
Total other comprehensive losses
Note 10. Stock Plans:
Restricted and Deferred Stock:
In January 2010, we granted 1.7 million shares of stock in connection with our long-term incentive plan, and the market value per share was $27.33 on the date of grant. During the first nine months of 2010, we granted an additional 0.6 million shares of stock in connection with our long-term incentive plan and market value per share was $29.15 on the date of grant. In February 2010, as part of our annual equity program, we issued 2.5 million shares of restricted and deferred stock to eligible employees, and the market value per restricted or deferred share was $29.15 on the date of grant. During the first nine months of 2010, we issued an additional 0.9 million shares of restricted and deferred stock at a weighted-average market value per restricted or deferred share of $29.54, including shares issued to Cadbury employees in the second quarter of 2010 under our annual equity program. In aggregate, we issued 5.7 million restricted and deferred shares during the first nine months of 2010, including those issued as part of our long-term incentive plan.
During the first nine months of 2010, 3.9 million shares of restricted and deferred stock vested at a market value of $114 million.
Stock Options:
In February 2010, as part of our annual equity program, we granted 15.0 million stock options to eligible employees at an exercise price of $29.15. During the first nine months of 2010, we granted an additional 3.0 million stock options at a weighted-average exercise price of $29.71, including options granted to Cadbury employees in the second quarter of 2010 under our annual equity program. In aggregate, we granted 18.0 million stock options in the first nine months of 2010.
There were 5.2 million stock options exercised during the first nine months of 2010 with a total intrinsic value of $65 million.
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Note 11. Benefit Plans:
Pension Plans
Components of Net Periodic Pension Cost:
Net periodic pension cost consisted of the following for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:
Service cost
Interest cost
Expected return on plan assets
Amortization:
Net loss from experience differences
Prior service cost
Other expenses
Net periodic pension cost
A significant portion of the 2010 increase in non-U.S. net periodic pension cost related to the Cadbury acquisition. The following costs are included within other expenses above. Severance payments related to our cost savings initiatives and lump-sum payments made to retired employees resulted in settlement losses under our U.S. plans of $30 million for the three months and $86 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, and $15 million for the three months and $81 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Our U.S. plans also incurred a $5 million curtailment expense in the first quarter of 2010 related to the divestiture of our Frozen Pizza business.
Employer Contributions:
We make contributions to our U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans, primarily to the extent that they are tax deductible and do not generate an excise tax liability. During the first nine months of 2010, we contributed $33 million to our U.S. plans and $180 million to our non-U.S. plans. Based on current tax law, we plan to make further contributions of approximately $20 million to our U.S. plans and approximately $100 million to our non-U.S. plans during the remainder of 2010. However, our actual contributions may differ due to many factors, including changes in tax and other benefit laws, or significant differences between expected and actual pension asset performance or interest rates.
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Postretirement Benefit Plans
Net postretirement health care costs consisted of the following for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:
Prior service credit
Net postretirement health care costs
Postemployment Benefit Plans
Net postemployment costs consisted of the following for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:
Amortization of net (gains) / losses
Other credits, net
Net postemployment costs
The following items are included in other credits above. We incurred severance charges of $25 million during the second quarter of 2009 related to our Kraft Foods Europe Reorganization. We also reversed $32 million of severance charges in the second quarter of 2009 related to our Restructuring Program as we sold a plant in Spain that we previously announced we would close under the program.
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Note 12. Financial Instruments:
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments:
The fair values of derivative instruments recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 were:
Derivatives designated ashedging instruments:
Foreign exchange contracts
Commodity contracts
Interest rate contracts
Derivatives not designatedas hedging instruments:
Total fair value
The majority of the increase in derivatives not designated as hedging instruments was a result of the Cadbury acquisition as we did not re-designate them for hedge accounting. We include the fair value of our asset derivatives within other current assets and the fair value of our liability derivatives within other current liabilities.
The fair values (asset / (liability)) of our derivative instruments at September 30, 2010 were determined using:
Total derivatives
Level 2 financial assets and liabilities consist of commodity forwards; foreign exchange forwards, currency swaps, and options; and interest rate swaps.
Commodity derivatives are valued using an income approach based on the observable market commodity index prices less the contract rate multiplied by the notional amount. Foreign currency contracts are valued using an income approach based on observable market forward rates less the contract rate multiplied by the notional amount. Our calculation of the fair value of interest rate swaps is derived from a discounted cash flow analysis based on the terms of the contract and the observable market interest rate curve. Our calculation of the fair value of financial instruments takes into consideration the risk of nonperformance, including counterparty credit risk.
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Cash Flow Hedges:
Cash flow hedges affected accumulated other comprehensive earnings / (losses), net of income taxes, as follows:
Accumulated gain / (loss) at beginningof period
Transfer of realized (gains) / losses infair value to earnings
Unrealized loss in fair value
Accumulated loss at September 30
Foreign exchange contracts –intercompany loans
Foreign exchange contracts –forecasted transactions
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We record (i) the gain or loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive earnings / (losses) into earnings, (ii) the gain or loss on ineffectiveness, and (iii) the gain or loss on the amount excluded from effectiveness testing in:
cost of sales for commodity contracts;
cost of sales for foreign exchange contracts related to forecasted transactions; and
interest and other expense, net for interest rate contracts and foreign exchange contracts related to intercompany loans.
We expect to transfer unrealized gains of $30 million (net of taxes) for commodity cash flow hedges, unrealized gains of $15 million (net of taxes) for foreign currency cash flow hedges and unrealized losses of $1 million (net of taxes) for interest rate cash flow hedges to earnings during the next 12 months.
Hedge Coverage:
As of September 30, 2010, we had hedged forecasted transactions for the following durations:
commodity transactions for periods not exceeding the next 18 months;
interest rate transactions for periods not exceeding the next 32 years and 7 months; and
foreign currency transactions for periods not exceeding the next 15 months.
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Fair Value Hedges:
The effects of fair value hedges for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were:
We include the gain or loss on hedged long-term debt and the offsetting loss or gain on the related interest rate swap in interest and other expense, net.
Hedges of Net Investments in Foreign Operations:
The effects of hedges of net investments in foreign operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were:
Location of
Gain / (Loss)Recorded in
AOCI
Euro notes
Currency Translation
Adjustment
Economic Hedges:
The effects of economic hedges, derivatives that are not designated as hedging instruments, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were:
in Earnings
Foreign exchange contracts:
Intercompany loans andforecasted interestpayments
Forecasted transactions
Cadbury acquisition related
The hedging losses related to the Cadbury acquisition were economically offset by foreign exchange movement net gains of $240 million on the British pound cash, Cadbury Bridge Facility and payable balances associated with the acquisition. See our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 for additional information on our purpose for entering into derivatives not designated as hedging instruments and our overall risk management strategies.
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Volume:
As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, we had the following outstanding hedges:
Intercompany loans and forecastedinterest payments
Net investment hedge – euro notes
Note 13. Commitments and Contingencies:
Legal Proceedings:
We routinely are involved in legal proceedings, claims and governmental inspections or investigations (“Legal Matters”) arising in the ordinary course of our business. Currently, we do not believe that the ultimate costs to resolve any of the Legal Matters will have a material effect on our financial results.
Third-Party Guarantees:
We have third-party guarantees primarily covering the long-term obligations of our vendors. As part of those transactions, we guarantee that third parties will make contractual payments or achieve performance measures. At September 30, 2010, the carrying amount of our third-party guarantees on our condensed consolidated balance sheet and the maximum potential payment under these guarantees was $29 million. Substantially all of these guarantees expire at various times through 2018.
Leases:
As of September 30, 2010, minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable operating leases in effect at quarter-end were (in millions):
Note 14. Income Taxes:
As of January 1, 2010, our unrecognized tax benefits were $829 million. If we had recognized all of these benefits, the net impact on our income tax provision would have been $661 million. Our unrecognized tax benefits were $1,193 million at September 30, 2010, and if we had recognized all of these benefits, the net impact to our income tax provision would have been $863 million. The amount of unrecognized tax benefits could decrease by approximately $55 million during the next 12 months due to the potential resolution of certain foreign, U.S. federal and state examinations. Furthermore, we recorded $302 million of unrecognized tax benefits and $47 million of accrued interest and penalties as part of our purchase price allocations for Cadbury, which are subject to revision when the purchase price allocations are finalized in the fourth quarter of 2010. We include accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in our tax provision. We had accrued interest and penalties of $210 million as of January 1, 2010 and $242 million as of September 30, 2010.
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The changes in our unrecognized tax benefits for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were (in millions):
January 1
Increases from positions taken during prior periods
Decreases from positions taken during prior periods
Increases from positions taken during the current period
Increases from acquisition adjustments
Decreases relating to settlements with taxing authorities
Reductions resulting from the lapse of the applicablestatute of limitations
September 30
The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to deferred income tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009:
Deferred income tax assets:
Accrued postretirement and postemployment benefits
Total deferred income tax assets
Valuation allowance
Net deferred income tax assets
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Trade names
Total deferred income tax liabilities
Net deferred income tax liabilities
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Note 15. Earnings Per Share:
Basic and diluted EPS were calculated using the following:
Weighted-average shares for basic EPS
Plus incremental shares from assumedconversions of stock options andlong-term incentive plan shares
Weighted-average shares for diluted EPS
Basic earnings per share attributableto Kraft Foods:
Diluted earnings per share attributableto Kraft Foods:
We exclude antidilutive Kraft Foods stock options from our calculation of weighted-average shares for diluted EPS. We excluded 31.3 million antidilutive stock options for the three months and 27.8 million antidilutive stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, and we excluded 23.2 million antidilutive stock options for the three months and 23.3 million antidilutive stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
Note 16. Segment Reporting:
We manufacture and market packaged food products, including snacks, beverages, cheese, convenient meals and various packaged grocery products. We manage and report operating results through three geographic units: Kraft Foods North America, Kraft Foods Europe and Kraft Foods Developing Markets. We manage the operations of Kraft Foods North America and Kraft Foods Europe by product category, and we manage the operations of Kraft Foods Developing Markets by location. Our reportable segments are U.S. Beverages, U.S. Cheese, U.S. Convenient Meals, U.S. Grocery, U.S. Snacks, Canada & N.A. Foodservice, Kraft Foods Europe and Kraft Foods Developing Markets. The results from our Cadbury acquisition are reflected within our U.S. Snacks, Canada & N.A. Foodservice, Kraft Foods Europe and Kraft Foods Developing Markets segments.
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Management uses segment operating income to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources. We believe 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 our U.S. pension plan cost (which is a component of cost of sales and 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. We exclude certain components of our U.S. pension plan cost from segment operating income because we centrally manage pension plan funding decisions and the determination of discount rate, expected rate of return on plan assets and other actuarial assumptions. Therefore, we allocate only the service cost component of our U.S. pension plan expense to segment operating income. We exclude the unrealized gains and losses on hedging activities from segment operating income in order to provide better transparency of our segment operating results. Once realized, we record gains and losses on hedging activities within segment operating results. Furthermore, we centrally manage interest and other expense, net. Accordingly, we do not present these items by segment because they are excluded from the segment profitability measure that management reviews.
Segment data were:
Net revenues:
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Earnings from continuing operationsbefore income taxes:
Operating income:
Unrealized gains on hedging activities
Certain U.S. pension plan costs
General corporate expenses
Interest and other expense, net
Unrealized Gains / (Losses) on Hedging Activities – We recognized gains on the change in unrealized hedging positions of $16 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, and gains of $19 million for the three months and $140 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
General Corporate Expenses – The 2010 increase in general corporate expenses was primarily due to acquisition-related transaction fees, Integration Program costs and the impact of Cadbury’s corporate charges.
Restructuring Costs – We incurred charges under the Integration Program of $92 million for the three months and $284 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. We recorded these charges in operations, primarily as a part of selling, general and administrative expenses within our Kraft Foods Europe and Kraft Foods Developing Markets segments, as well as general corporate expenses. We also incurred charges associated with our cost savings initiatives of $17 million for the three months and $93 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. We recorded these charges in operations, primarily within selling, general and administrative expenses within our Kraft Foods Europe and Canada & N.A. Foodservice segments, as well as general corporate expenses.
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Total assets by segment were:
Total assets:
Unallocated assets (1)
Total assets
(1) Unallocated assets consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, deferred income taxes, centrally held property, plant and equipment, prepaid pension assets and derivative financial instrument balances.
Net revenues by consumer sector, which includes Kraftmacaroni and cheese dinners in the Convenient Meals sector and the separation of Canada & N.A. Foodservice, Kraft Foods Europe and Kraft Foods Developing Markets into sector components, were:
Biscuits(1)
Confectionery(1)
Beverages
Cheese
Grocery
Convenient Meals
Total net revenues
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(1) Biscuits and Confectionery were previously reported combined as Snacks. With the Cadbury acquisition, the Biscuits and Confectionery sectors have been broken out separately. The Biscuits sector primarily includes Cookies, Crackers and Nuts. The Confectionery sector primarily includes Chocolate, Gum and Candy.
Note 17. Subsequent Events:
We evaluated subsequent events and included all accounting and disclosure requirements related to subsequent events in our financial statements.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Description of the Company
We manufacture and market packaged food products, including snacks, beverages, cheese, convenient meals and various packaged grocery products. We have operations in more than 80 countries and sell our products in approximately 170 countries.
Executive Summary
This executive summary provides significant highlights of the Discussion and Analysis that follows.
Net revenues increased 26.2% to $11.9 billion in the third quarter of 2010 and increased 25.8% to $35.4 billion in the first nine months of 2010 as compared to the same periods in the prior year.
Diluted EPS attributable to Kraft Foods decreased 21.8% to $0.43 in the third quarter of 2010 and increased 34.0% to $2.09 in the first nine months of 2010 as compared to the same periods in the prior year.
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Diluted EPS attributable to Kraft Foods from continuing operations decreased 17.3% to 0.43 in the third quarter of 2010 and decreased 22.1% to $1.13 in the first nine months of 2010 as compared to the same periods in the prior year.
On February 2, 2010, we had received acceptances to our offer of 71.73% of the outstanding ordinary shares of Cadbury. From February 2, 2010 through June 1, 2010, we acquired the remaining 28.27% of Cadbury’s Shares. In acquiring Cadbury, we issued 262 million shares of our Common Stock and paid $10.9 billion in cash.
On February 8, 2010, we issued $9.5 billion of senior unsecured notes at a weighted-average effective rate of 5.364% and primarily used the net proceeds ($9,379 million) to finance the Cadbury acquisition.
On March 1, 2010, we completed the sale of the assets of our North American frozen pizza business to Nestlé USA, Inc. for $3.7 billion. Accordingly, the results of our Frozen Pizza business have been reflected as discontinued operations on the condensed consolidated statement of earnings, and prior period results have been revised in a consistent manner.
Discussion and Analysis
Items Affecting Comparability of Financial Results
Acquisitions and Divestitures
On January 19, 2010, we announced the terms of our final offer for each outstanding ordinary share of Cadbury Limited (formerly, Cadbury plc) (“Cadbury”), including each ordinary share represented by an American Depositary Share (“Cadbury ADS”), and the Cadbury Board of Directors recommended that Cadbury shareholders accept the terms of the final offer. On February 2, 2010, all of the conditions to the offer were satisfied or validly waived, the initial offer period expired and a subsequent offer period immediately began. At that point, we had received acceptances of 71.73% of the outstanding Cadbury ordinary shares, including those represented by Cadbury ADSs (“Cadbury Shares”). As of June 1, 2010, we owned 100% of all outstanding Cadbury Shares. We believe the combination of Kraft Foods and Cadbury will create a global snacks powerhouse and an unrivaled portfolio of brands people love.
Cadbury contributed net revenues of $6,376 million and net earnings of $369 million from February 2, 2010 through September 30, 2010. The following unaudited pro forma summary presents Kraft Foods’ consolidated information as if Cadbury had been acquired on January 1, 2009. These amounts were calculated after conversion to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), applying our accounting policies, and adjusting Cadbury’s results to reflect the additional depreciation and amortization that would have been charged assuming the fair value adjustments to property, plant and equipment, and intangible assets had been applied from January 1, 2009, together with the consequential tax effects. These adjustments also reflect the additional interest expense incurred on the debt to finance the purchase, and the divestitures of certain Cadbury confectionery operations in Poland and Romania, as required by the EU Commission as a condition of our Cadbury acquisition.
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The gross amount due under the receivables we acquired is $1,402 million, of which $71 million is expected to be uncollectable.
Goodwill will not be deductible for statutory tax purposes and is attributable to Cadbury’s workforce and the significant synergies we expect from the acquisition.
$10.2 billion of the intangible assets acquired are expected to be indefinite lived.
Within other current liabilities, a reserve for exposures related to taxes of approximately $70 million was established within our Developing Markets segment. The cumulative exposure was approximately $140 million at September 30, 2010.
The above amounts represent the allocation of purchase price and are substantially complete. We expect to finalize the purchase price allocation during the fourth quarter of 2010.
On March 1, 2010, we completed the sale of the assets of our North American frozen pizza business (“Frozen Pizza”) to Nestlé USA, Inc. (“Nestlé”) for $3.7 billion. Our Frozen Pizza business was a component of our U.S. Convenient Meals and Canada & North America Foodservice segments. The sale included the DiGiorno, Tombstone and Jack’s brands in the U.S., the Delissio brand in Canada and the California Pizza Kitchen trademark license. It also included two Wisconsin manufacturing facilities (Medford and Little Chute) and the leases for the pizza depots and delivery trucks. Approximately 3,600 of our employees transferred with the business to Nestlé. Accordingly, the results of our Frozen Pizza business have been reflected as discontinued operations on the condensed consolidated statement of earnings, and prior period results have been revised in a consistent manner.
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Earnings before income taxes, as presented, exclude associated allocated overheads of $25 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, $28 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and $81 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
The 2010 gain on discontinued operations from the sale of the Frozen Pizza business included tax expense of $1.2 billion.
The following assets of the Frozen Pizza business were included in the Frozen Pizza divestiture (in millions):
Other Divestitures:
The EU Commission required, as a condition of our Cadbury acquisition, that we divest certain Cadbury confectionery operations in Poland and Romania. In the third quarter of 2010, we completed the sale of the assets of the confectionery operations in Poland and Romania. The total proceeds from the divestitures were $342 million and the impacts of these divestitures were reflected as adjustments to the purchase price allocations.
In the second quarter of 2009, we received $6 million in proceeds and recorded pre-tax losses of $17 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, on the divestitures of a juice operation in Brazil and a plant in Spain.
The operating results of these divestitures were not material to our financial results in any of the periods presented, neither individually nor in the aggregate.
Restructuring Costs
We believe our combination with Cadbury has the potential for meaningful revenue synergies over time from investments in distribution, marketing and product development. In addition, we expect to realize annualized costs savings of at least $750 million by the end of the third year following completion of the acquisition. In order to achieve these synergies and cost savings, we expect to incur total integration charges of approximately $1.5 billion in the first three years following the acquisition to combine and integrate the two businesses (the “Integration Program”).
Integration Program costs include the costs associated with combining our operations with Cadbury’s and are separate from the costs related to the acquisition. We incurred charges under the Integration Program of $92 million for the three months and $284 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. We recorded these charges in operations, primarily as a part of selling, general and administrative expenses within our Kraft Foods Europe and Kraft Foods Developing Markets segments, as well as general corporate expenses. At September 30, 2010, we had an accrual of $229 million related to the Integration Program.
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announced the closure of 35 facilities and the elimination of approximately 18,600 positions;
will use cash to pay for $2.0 billion of the $3.0 billion in charges; and
anticipate reaching cumulative, annualized savings of $1.4 billion for the total program.
In the third quarter of 2010, we reversed $9 million in Restructuring Program charges relating to severance benefits and other charges. In the second quarter of 2009, we sold a plant in Spain that we previously announced we would close under our Restructuring Program. Accordingly, we reversed $35 million in Restructuring Program charges during the second quarter of 2009, primarily related to severance, and recorded a $17 million loss on the divestiture of the plant. The reversal of the Restructuring Program costs, which affected the segment operating income of the Kraft Foods Europe segment, was recorded within asset impairment and exit costs.
Since the inception of the Restructuring Program, we have paid cash for $1.7 billion of the $2.0 billion in expected cash payments, including $60 million paid in the first nine months of 2010. At September 30, 2010, we had accrued $177 million related to the Restructuring Program.
Provision for Income Taxes
Our effective tax rate was 30.0% in the third quarter of 2010 and 33.5% in the first nine months of 2010. Our third quarter 2010 effective tax rate included net tax benefits of $68 million, primarily resulting from several items in our international operations. For the first nine months of 2010, our effective tax rate included net tax benefits of $100 million. These net benefits were primarily due to the second quarter resolution of a federal tax audit, the tax impacts of the highly inflationary accounting adjustments related to our Venezuelan subsidiaries, and the resolution of several items in our international operations, partially offset by a $137 million write-off of deferred tax assets as a result of the U.S. health care legislation enacted in March 2010.
Our effective tax rate was 23.8% in the third quarter of 2009 and 29.4% in the first nine months of 2009. Our third quarter 2009 effective tax rate included net tax benefits of $143 million, primarily due to an agreement we reached with the IRS on specific matters, settlements with various foreign and state tax authorities, and the expiration of the statute of limitations in various jurisdictions. For the first nine months of 2009, our effective tax rate included net tax benefits of $205 million primarily due to an agreement we reached with the IRS on specific matters, settlements with various foreign and state tax authorities, and the expiration of the statute of limitations in various jurisdictions.
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Consolidated Results of Operations
The following discussion compares our consolidated results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.
Three Months Ended September 30:
Diluted earnings per share attributable toKraft Foods from continuing operations
Diluted earnings per share attributableto Kraft Foods
Net Revenues – Net revenues increased $2,466 million (26.2%) to $11,863 million in the third quarter of 2010, and organic net revenues increased $239 million (2.5%) to $9,624 million as follows.
Change in net revenues (by percentage point)
Favorable volume/mix
Higher net pricing
Total change in organic net revenues (1)
Impact from the Cadbury acquisition
Unfavorable foreign currency
Impact of divestitures
Total change in net revenues
(1) Please see the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section at the end of this item.
Unfavorable foreign currency decreased net revenues by $214 million, due primarily to the strength of the U.S. dollar against the euro and Venezuelan bolivar, partially offset by the strength of the Canadian dollar and Brazilian real versus the U.S. dollar. The Cadbury acquisition added $2,453 million in net revenues. The balance of the increase in net revenues was driven primarily by higher net pricing, mainly in Kraft Foods North America and Kraft Foods Developing Markets, and favorable volume/mix. The favorable volume/mix impact on revenues was driven primarily by higher base volume in Kraft Foods Developing Markets. In addition, the impact of prior year divestitures had an unfavorable impact on revenues.
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Operating Income – Operating income increased $180 million (13.4%) to $1,519 million in the third quarter of 2010, due to the following:
Operating Income for the Three Months EndedSeptember 30, 2009 (as revised)
Change in operating income
Higher input costs
Increased operating income from the Cadbury acquisition
Lower acquisition-related costs associated with Cadbury
Integration Program costs
Higher selling, general and administrative expenses
Change in unrealized gains on hedging activities
Reversal of asset impairment and exit costs
Other, net
Total change in operating income
Operating Income for the Three Months EndedSeptember 30, 2010
Our input costs increased during the quarter, due to higher raw material costs, partially offset by lower manufacturing costs. The favorable volume/mix was primarily driven by strong contributions from Kraft Foods Developing Markets, partially offset by declines in U.S. Grocery and Canada & N.A. Foodservice. The Cadbury acquisition, net of Integration Program and acquisition-related costs, increased operating income by $207 million. Total selling, general and administrative expenses, as recorded in the condensed consolidated statement of earnings, increased $725 million from the third quarter of 2009, but excluding the impacts of divestitures, foreign currency and our Cadbury acquisition (including Integration Program and acquisition-related costs), increased $40 million over the third quarter of 2009. We recognized gains of $16 million on the change in unrealized hedging positions in the third quarter of 2010, versus gains of $19 million in the third quarter of 2009. During the third quarter of 2010, we reversed $9 million in Restructuring Program charges recorded in prior years. In addition, unfavorable foreign currency decreased operating income by $38 million, due primarily to the strength of the U.S. dollar against the euro and Venezuelan bolivar, which more than offset the strength of the Canadian dollar and Brazilian real against the U.S. dollar.
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Net Earnings and Diluted Earnings per Share Attributable to Kraft Foods – Net earnings attributable to Kraft Foods of $754 million decreased by $70 million (8.5%) in the third quarter of 2010. Diluted EPS attributable to Kraft Foods from continuing operations was $0.43 in the third quarter of 2010, down $0.09 from $0.52 in the third quarter of 2009. Diluted EPS attributable to Kraft Foods was $0.43 in the third quarter of 2010, down $0.12 from $0.55 in the third quarter of 2009. These changes were due to the following:
Diluted EPS Attributable to Kraft Foods for the ThreeMonths Ended September 30, 2009 (as revised)
Diluted EPS Attributable to Kraft Foods from continuingoperations for the Three Months Ended September 30,2009 (as revised)
Acquisition-related costs
Operating EPS(1) for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2009
Increases in operations
Increases in operations from the Cadbury acquisition
Higher interest and other expense, net (2)
Changes in taxes(3)
Higher shares outstanding
Operating EPS(3) for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2010
Diluted EPS Attributable to Kraft Foods for the ThreeMonths Ended September 30, 2010
(2) Excludes impacts of acquisition-related interest and other expense, net.
(3) Includes the impact of the 2009 U.S. federal tax audit agreement.
Nine Months Ended September 30:
Net Revenues – Net revenues increased $7,277 million (25.8%) to $35,434 million in the first nine months of 2010, and organic net revenues increased $727 million (2.6%) to $28,817 million as follows. Please see the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section at the end of this item.
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Total change in organic net revenues
Favorable foreign currency
Favorable foreign currency increased net revenues by $241 million, due primarily to the strength of the Canadian dollar, Brazilian real, Australian dollar, and Russian ruble against the U.S. dollar, partially offset by the strength of the U.S. dollar against the Venezuelan bolivar and euro. The Cadbury acquisition added $6,376 million in net revenues. The balance of the increase in net revenues was driven by favorable volume/mix and higher net pricing. The favorable volume/mix impact on revenues was driven primarily by higher base volume in Kraft Foods Developing Markets and Kraft Foods Europe. In addition, we had higher net pricing across all reportable segments, except Kraft Foods Europe and U.S. Snacks. The impact of prior year divestitures had an unfavorable impact on revenues.
Operating Income – Operating income increased $456 million (11.5%) to $4,426 million in the first nine months of 2010, due to the following:
Change
Operating Income for the Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, 2009 (as revised)
Lower input costs
Higher acquisition-related costs associated with Cadbury
Lower net reversals of asset impairment and exit costs
Lower losses on divestitures
Operating Income for the Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, 2010
Our input costs were essentially flat during the first nine months of 2010, as lower manufacturing costs were offset by higher raw material costs. The favorable volume/mix was primarily driven by strong contributions from Kraft Foods Developing Markets, Kraft Foods Europe, U.S. Beverages and U.S. Convenient Meals, partially offset by declines in U.S. Grocery, U.S. Cheese and U.S. Snacks. The Cadbury acquisition, net of Integration Program and higher acquisition-related costs, increased operating income by $217 million. Total selling, general and administrative expenses, as recorded in the condensed consolidated statement of earnings, increased $2,527 million from the first nine months of 2009, but excluding the impacts of divestitures, foreign currency and our Cadbury acquisition (including Integration Program and acquisition-related costs), increased $159 million over the first nine months of 2009, primarily due to further investments in our brands. We recognized no net gain or loss on the change in unrealized hedging positions in the first nine months of 2010, versus gains of $140 million in the first nine months of 2009. During the first nine months of 2010, we reversed $9 million in Restructuring Program charges recorded in prior years, versus a reversal of $35 million in Restructuring Program charges recorded in the first nine months of 2009. We recorded an asset impairment charge of $9 million to write off an investment in Norway in the first nine months of 2009. In addition, favorable foreign currency increased operating income by $30 million, due primarily to the strength of the Canadian dollar, Brazilian real, Korean won and Australian dollar against the U.S. dollar, partially offset by the strength of the U.S. dollar against the Venezuelan bolivar and euro.
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Net Earnings and Diluted Earnings per Share Attributable to Kraft Foods – Net earnings attributable to Kraft Foods of $3,574 million increased by $1,263 million (54.7%) in the first nine months of 2010. Diluted EPS attributable to Kraft Foods from continuing operations was $1.13 in the first nine months of 2010, down 22.1% from $1.45 in the first nine months of 2009. Diluted EPS attributable to Kraft Foods was $2.09 in the first nine months of 2010, up $0.53 from $1.56 in the first nine months of 2009. These changes were due to the following:
Diluted EPS Attributable to Kraft Foods for the NineMonths Ended September 30, 2009 (as revised)
Diluted EPS Attributable to Kraft Foods from ContinuingOperations for the Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, 2009 (as revised)
Operating EPS(1) for the Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, 2009
Operating EPS(1) for the Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, 2010
Acquisition-related interest and other expense, net
U.S. health care legislation impact on deferred taxes
Diluted EPS Attributable to Kraft Foods from ContinuingOperations for the Nine Months EndedSeptember 30, 2010
2010 gain on the divestiture of our Frozen Pizza business
Diluted EPS Attributable to Kraft Foods for the NineMonths Ended September 30, 2010
(1) Please see theNon-GAAP Financial Measures section at the end of this item.
(3) Excludes the impacts of the 2010 U.S. health care legislation on deferred taxes and includes the impacts of the U.S. federal tax audit
agreements in both 2010 and 2009.
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Results of Operations by Reportable Segment
We manage and report operating results through three geographic units: Kraft Foods North America, Kraft Foods Europe and Kraft Foods Developing Markets. We manage the operations of Kraft Foods North America and Kraft Foods Europe by product category, and we manage the operations of Kraft Foods Developing Markets by location. Our reportable segments are U.S. Beverages, U.S. Cheese, U.S. Convenient Meals, U.S. Grocery, U.S. Snacks, Canada & N.A. Foodservice, Kraft Foods Europe and Kraft Foods Developing Markets. The results from our Cadbury acquisition are reflected within our U.S. Snacks, Canada & N.A. Foodservice, Kraft Foods Europe and Kraft Foods Developing Markets segments.
The following discussion compares our operating results of each of our reportable segments for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.
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As discussed in Note 16, Segment Reporting, management uses segment operating income to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources. We believe 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 our U.S. pension plan cost (which is a component of cost of sales and 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. We exclude certain components of our U.S. pension plan cost from segment operating income because we centrally manage pension plan funding decisions and the determination of discount rate, expected rate of return on plan assets and other actuarial assumptions. Therefore, we allocate only the service cost component of our U.S. pension plan expense to segment operating income. We exclude the unrealized gains and losses on hedging activities from segment operating income in order to provide better transparency of our segment operating results. Once realized, we record the gains and losses on hedging activities within segment operating results.
The 2010 increase in general corporate expenses was primarily due to acquisition-related transaction fees, Integration Program costs and the impact of Cadbury’s corporate charges. We incurred charges under the Integration Program of $92 million for the three months and $284 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. We recorded these charges in operations, primarily as a part of selling, general and administrative expenses within our Kraft Foods Europe and Kraft Foods Developing Markets segments, as well as general corporate expenses. We also incurred charges associated with our cost savings initiatives of $17 million for the three months and $93 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. We recorded these charges in operations, primarily within selling, general and administrative expenses within our Kraft Foods Europe and Canada & N.A. Foodservice segments, as well as general corporate expenses.
Segment operating income
Net revenues increased $2 million (0.3%), due to higher net pricing (0.5 pp), partially offset by unfavorable volume/mix (0.2 pp). The unfavorable volume/mix impact on net revenue was primarily driven by lower shipments in Maxwell House coffee, which was partially offset by higher shipments in Starbucks coffee, ready-to-drink beverages (primarily Kool-Aid and Capri Sun) and powdered beverages (primarily Tang andCountry Time).
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Segment operating income decreased $2 million (1.5%), due primarily to higher raw material costs and higher marketing support costs, partially offset by lower manufacturing costs.
Net revenues increased $90 million (3.8%), due to favorable volume/mix (3.5 pp) and higher net pricing (0.3 pp). The favorable volume/mix impact on net revenue was primarily driven by higher shipments in ready-to-drink beverages, reflecting volume gains in Kool-Aid and Capri Sun; coffee, reflecting volume gains in Maxwell House andStarbucks; and powdered beverages, reflecting volume gains in Tang.
Segment operating income increased $38 million (8.6%), due primarily to lower manufacturing costs, favorable volume/mix and higher net pricing, partially offset by higher marketing support costs and higher raw material costs.
Net revenues increased $39 million (4.7%), due to higher net pricing (8.4 pp), partially offset by unfavorable volume/mix (3.7 pp). Higher net pricing was due to input cost-driven pricing, partially offset by increased promotional spending. The unfavorable volume/mix impact on net revenue was primarily driven by lower shipments across most cheese categories.
Segment operating income increased $3 million (1.8%), due primarily to higher net pricing and lower manufacturing costs, partially offset by higher raw material costs (primarily higher dairy costs), unfavorable volume/mix and higher marketing support costs.
Net revenues decreased $100 million (3.8%), due to unfavorable volume/mix (6.0 pp), partially offset by higher net pricing (2.2 pp). Unfavorable volume/mix was driven by lower shipments across most cheese categories. Higher net pricing was due to input cost-driven pricing, partially offset by higher promotional spending.
Segment operating income decreased $24 million (5.2%), due primarily to higher raw material costs (primarily higher dairy costs), unfavorable volume/mix, higher marketing support costs and higher other selling, general and administrative expenses, partially offset by higher net pricing and lower manufacturing costs.
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Segment operating income increased $19 million (30.2%), due primarily to lower other selling, general and administrative expenses, lower manufacturing costs, favorable volume/mix and higher net pricing, partially offset by higher raw material costs and higher marketing support costs.
Net revenues increased $80 million (3.4%), due to favorable volume/mix (3.4 pp). Favorable volume/mix was driven by higher shipments in hot dogs, Lunchables combination meals, cold cuts and bacon.
Segment operating income increased $59 million (28.4%), due to lower other selling, general and administrative expenses, lower manufacturing costs and favorable volume/mix, partially offset by higher raw material costs and higher marketing support costs.
Net revenues increased $1 million (0.1%), due to higher net pricing (5.9 pp) almost entirely offset by unfavorable volume/mix (5.8 pp). Higher net pricing was primarily related to Kraft macaroni and cheese dinners, pourable dressings, ready-to-eat desserts and dry packaged desserts, partially offset by spoonable dressings due to increased promotional spending. The unfavorable volume/mix impact on net revenue was driven by lower shipments across most key categories, primarily spoonable dressings, Kraft macaroni and cheese dinners, pourable dressings and dry packaged desserts.
Segment operating income decreased $14 million (5.4%), due primarily to unfavorable volume/mix, higher raw material costs, higher marketing support costs and higher manufacturing costs, partially offset by higher net pricing.
Net revenues decreased $51 million (2.0%), due to unfavorable volume/mix (4.4 pp), partially offset by higher net pricing (2.4 pp). Unfavorable volume/mix was due primarily to lower shipments across most key categories. Higher net pricing was primarily related to Kraft macaroni and cheese dinners, dry packaged desserts, ready-to-eat desserts and pourable dressings, partially offset by spoonable dressings due to increased promotional spending.
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Segment operating income increased $28 million (3.3%), due primarily to higher net pricing, lower manufacturing costs and lower raw material costs, partially offset by unfavorable volume/mix and higher marketing support costs.
Net revenues increased $273 million (22.2%), due to our Cadbury acquisition (23.3 pp) and higher net pricing (1.1 pp), partially offset by unfavorable volume/mix (1.1 pp) and the impact of divestitures (1.1 pp). Biscuits net revenues decreased, due to unfavorable volume/mix, partially offset by higher pricing, net of increased promotional spending. Biscuits unfavorable volume/mix was due primarily to lower shipments in crackers (primarily Cheese Nips, Honey Maid and Premium). Snack nuts net revenues increased, as higher net pricing more than offset unfavorable volume/mix.
Segment operating income increased $20 million (10.2%), due primarily to our Cadbury acquisition, higher net pricing and lower other selling, general and administrative expenses, partially offset by higher raw material costs, higher marketing support costs and higher manufacturing costs.
Net revenues increased $696 million (18.7%), due to our Cadbury acquisition (20.8 pp), partially offset by the impact of divestitures (1.3 pp), unfavorable volume/mix (0.5 pp) and lower net pricing (0.3 pp). Biscuits net revenues decreased, driven by unfavorable volume/mix and lower net pricing. Biscuits unfavorable volume/mix was due primarily to lower shipments in crackers (primarily Wheat Thins, Cheese Nips, Honey Maid and Triscuit) and cookies (primarily Newtons, Nutter Butter and Nilla). Snack nuts net revenues increased, due to favorable volume/mix, driven by higher shipments.
Segment operating income increased $133 million (25.1%), due primarily to our Cadbury acquisition, lower other selling, general and administrative expenses, lower raw material costs and lower manufacturing costs, partially offset by higher marketing support costs, unfavorable volume/mix, the impact of divestitures and lower net pricing.
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Net revenues increased $154 million (15.2%), due to our Cadbury acquisition (13.0 pp), the impact of favorable foreign currency (3.6 pp) and higher net pricing (2.8 pp), partially offset by unfavorable volume/mix (4.2 pp). In Canada, net revenues increased, driven by our Cadbury acquisition, favorable foreign currency and higher net pricing, partially offset by unfavorable volume/mix, reflecting volume declines across all retail businesses. In N.A. Foodservice, net revenues increased, driven by higher net pricing and favorable foreign currency, partially offset by unfavorable volume/mix.
Segment operating income increased $20 million (14.3%), due primarily to our Cadbury acquisition, higher net pricing and favorable foreign currency, partially offset by higher raw material costs and unfavorable volume/mix.
Net revenues increased $540 million (18.8%), due to our Cadbury acquisition (10.4 pp), the significant impact of favorable foreign currency (7.7 pp) and higher net pricing (1.1 pp), partially offset by unfavorable volume/mix (0.4 pp). In Canada, net revenues increased, driven by our Cadbury acquisition, favorable foreign currency and higher net pricing. In N.A. Foodservice, net revenues increased, driven by favorable foreign currency and higher net pricing, partially offset by lower volume, due to industry wide declines in restaurant traffic.
Segment operating income increased $96 million (28.3%), due primarily to our Cadbury acquisition, lower manufacturing costs, favorable foreign currency and higher net pricing, partially offset by higher raw material costs, higher selling, general and administrative expenses and unfavorable volume/mix.
Net revenues increased $600 million (29.0%), due to our Cadbury acquisition (36.0 pp), favorable volume/mix (1.4 pp) and higher net pricing (0.3 pp), partially offset by the impact of unfavorable foreign currency (8.7 pp). Volume/mix gains in coffee and cheese, due primarily to higher shipments, drove net revenues higher. Higher net pricing in biscuits and chocolate was partially offset by increased promotional spending in cheese. Unfavorable foreign currency primarily reflected the strength of the U.S. dollar against the euro and British pound.
Segment operating income increased $121 million (57.3%), due primarily to our Cadbury acquisition, lower manufacturing costs, lower other selling, general and administrative expenses, lower marketing support costs and higher net pricing (partially offset by higher raw material costs) and unfavorable foreign currency.
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Net revenues increased $2,091 million (34.4%), due to our Cadbury acquisition (33.0 pp) and favorable volume/mix (4.7 pp; including approximately 0.8pp from the favorable impact of an accounting calendar change for certain European Biscuits operations), partially offset by lower net pricing (1.6 pp), the impact of unfavorable foreign currency (1.4 pp) and the impact of divestitures (0.3 pp). Volume/mix gains in biscuits, cheese, coffee and chocolate, due primarily to higher shipments, drove net revenues higher. Lower net pricing was reflected across all categories. Unfavorable foreign currency primarily reflected the strength of the U.S. dollar against the euro, partially offset by the strength of the Swedish krona, Norwegian krone and Swiss franc versus the U.S. dollar.
Segment operating income increased $391 million (69.2%), due primarily to our Cadbury acquisition, favorable volume/mix, lower manufacturing costs, lower other selling, general and administrative expenses, the 2009 net loss on the divestiture of a plant in Spain and the 2009 asset impairment charge to write-off an investment in Norway. These favorable variances were partially offset by lower net pricing, higher raw material costs, the 2009 reversal of prior years’ Restructuring Program costs, higher marketing support costs and unfavorable foreign currency.
Kraft Foods Europe Reorganization– The reorganization of our European operations to function on a pan-European centralized category management and value chain model was completed in 2009 for our Chocolate, Coffee and Cheese categories. The integration of our European Biscuits business was principally completed in the second quarter of 2010. Our subsidiary, Kraft Foods Europe GmbH, acts as the European Principal Company (“EPC”). The EPC manages our European categories centrally and makes decisions for all aspects of the value chain, except for sales and distribution. Our European subsidiaries will execute sales and distribution locally, and the local production companies act as toll manufacturers on behalf of the EPC. As part of the reorganization, we incurred $44 million of other project savings costs during the first nine months of 2010 and $63 million of other project savings costs during the first nine months of 2009. These charges were recorded within cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses. Management believes the disclosure of other project savings costs provides readers of our financial statements greater transparency to the total costs of our Kraft Foods Europe Reorganization.
Net revenues increased $1,365 million (69.8%), due to our Cadbury acquisition (66.1 pp), favorable volume/mix (5.3 pp) and higher net pricing (2.1 pp), partially offset by the impact of unfavorable foreign currency (3.7 pp). In Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, net revenues increased, driven by our Cadbury acquisition and favorable volume/mix across most of the region except for Russia, partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency and lower net pricing due to increased promotional spending across the region. In Latin America, net revenues increased, driven by our Cadbury acquisition, higher net pricing across most of the region and favorable volume/mix, primarily in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency. In Asia Pacific, net revenues increased, due to our Cadbury acquisition, favorable volume/mix driven by higher shipments, primarily in China and Indonesia, and favorable foreign currency.
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Segment operating income increased $85 million (29.8%), due primarily to our Cadbury acquisition, favorable volume/mix, higher net pricing and lower other selling, general and administrative expenses, partially offset by higher marketing support costs, higher manufacturing costs, unfavorable foreign currency and higher raw material costs.
Net revenues increased $3,931 million (70.1%), due to our Cadbury acquisition (59.3 pp), favorable volume/mix (6.6 pp; including approximately 0.3pp from the favorable impact of an accounting calendar change for certain operations in Asia Pacific), higher net pricing (2.8 pp) and the impact of favorable foreign currency (1.8 pp). These were partially offset by the impact of divestitures (0.4 pp). In Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, net revenues increased, driven by our Cadbury acquisition, favorable volume/mix across most of the region except for Southeast Europe and favorable foreign currency. In Latin America, net revenues increased, driven by our Cadbury acquisition, higher net pricing across most of the region and favorable volume/mix, primarily in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency and the impact of divestitures. In Asia Pacific, net revenues increased, due primarily to our Cadbury acquisition, favorable volume/mix driven by higher shipments, primarily in China, Indonesia and Australia/New Zealand, and favorable foreign currency.
Segment operating income increased $413 million (55.4%), due primarily to our Cadbury acquisition, favorable volume/mix and higher net pricing. These favorable variances were partially offset by higher marketing support costs, higher manufacturing costs, higher other selling, general and administrative expenses, higher raw material costs and the impact of divestitures.
Venezuela – In the fourth quarter of 2009, the Venezuelan economy was classified as highly inflationary under U.S. GAAP. Effective January 1, 2010, we are accounting for our Venezuelan subsidiaries under highly inflationary accounting rules, which principally means all transactions are recorded in U.S. dollars. Venezuela has three exchange rates: the official rate, the consumer staples rate and the secondary (or parallel) rate. We used both the official rate and the secondary rate to translate our Venezuelan operations into U.S. dollars, based on the nature of the operations of each individual subsidiary. Additionally, we previously carried cash that we had exchanged into U.S. dollars using the secondary market at that rate. Upon the change to highly inflationary accounting, we were required to translate those U.S. dollars on hand using the official rate, which resulted in a charge of $34 million in the first quarter of 2010.
On January 8, 2010, the Venezuelan government devalued its currency. Accordingly, we were required to revalue our net assets in Venezuela. Through the first nine months of 2010, we recorded approximately $85 million of unfavorable foreign currency impacts relating to highly inflationary accounting in Venezuela (which included the one-time impact to translate cash of $34 million). Overall, we expect our 2010 full year operating results to be negatively impacted by approximately $100 to $150 million as a result of the change to highly inflationary accounting and the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar.
Commodity Trends
We are a major purchaser of dairy, coffee, cocoa, wheat, corn products, soybean and vegetable oils, nuts, meat products, and sugar and other sweeteners. We also use significant quantities of plastic, glass and cardboard to package our products, and natural gas for our factories and warehouses. We continually monitor worldwide supply and cost trends of these commodities so we can act quickly to obtain ingredients and packaging needed for production.
During the first nine months of 2010, our aggregate commodity costs increased primarily as a result of cocoa, sugar and dairy costs. In the first nine months of 2010, our commodity costs were approximately $320 million higher than the first nine months of 2009, including the change in Cadbury’s commodity costs. The costs of cocoa, sugar, dairy, grain, oil, energy and coffee accounted for the majority of the overall volatility in prices. Overall, we expect commodity prices to continue to be volatile over the remainder of the year.
Liquidity
We believe that our cash from operations, our existing $4.5 billion revolving credit facility (which supports our commercial paper program) and our authorized long-term financing will provide sufficient liquidity to meet our working capital needs, planned capital expenditures, future contractual obligations and payment of our anticipated quarterly dividends. We continue to use our commercial paper program and primarily uncommitted international credit lines for daily funding requirements. We also use short-term intercompany loans from foreign subsidiaries to improve financial flexibility. Overall, we do not expect any negative effects to our funding sources that would have a material effect on our liquidity.
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Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:
During the first nine months of 2010, operating activities provided $1,224 million net cash, compared with $3,269 million during the first nine months of 2009. The decrease in operating cash flows primarily relate to estimated tax payments on the Frozen Pizza divestiture, increased inventory levels and the unfavorable impact of acquisition-related financing fees; partially offset by increased earnings.
During the first nine months of 2010, we contributed $33 million to our U.S. pension plans and $180 million to our non-U.S. pension plans. We plan to make further contributions of approximately $20 million to our U.S. plans and approximately $100 million to our non-U.S. plans during the remainder of 2010. We expect to fund these contributions from operations.
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities:
During the first nine months of 2010, net cash used in investing activities was $6.8 billion, compared with $700 million in the first nine months of 2009. The increase in cash used in investing activities primarily relates to the Cadbury acquisition, partially offset by higher proceeds from divestitures. During the first nine months of 2010, we paid $9.8 billion in net cash for the Cadbury acquisition, and we received $3.7 billion in proceeds from the sale of the Frozen Pizza business and $0.3 billion in proceeds from the divestitures in Poland and Romania. During the first nine months of 2009, we divested a juice operation in Brazil and a plant in Spain and received $6 million in proceeds.
Capital expenditures, which were funded by operating activities, were $1.0 billion in the first nine months of 2010, compared with $749 million in the first nine months of 2009. Cadbury accounted for $260 million of the capital expenditures in the first nine months of 2010. We expect full-year capital expenditures to be approximately $1.7 billion, including capital expenditures for Cadbury and for systems investments. We expect to fund these expenditures from operations.
Net Cash Provided by / (Used in) Financing Activities:
During the first nine months of 2010, net cash provided by financing activities was $5.9 billion, compared with $961 million used in the first nine months of 2009. The net cash provided by financing activities in the first nine months of 2010 primarily related to proceeds from our long-term debt issuance of $9.4 billion, partially offset by $1.3 billion in net repayments of short-term borrowings, $1.7 billion in dividends paid and $512 million in long-term debt repayments. The net cash used in financing activities in the first nine months of 2009 primarily related to $1.3 billion in dividends paid, partially offset by $461 million in net issuance of short-term borrowings.
On August 11, 2010, we repaid $500 million of our long-term debt. This repayment was primarily financed from cash from operations. In December 2010, £77 million (approximately $115 million) of our long-term debt matures. We expect to fund this repayment with cash from operations or short-term borrowings.
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Debt:
Our total debt was $30.0 billion at September 30, 2010 and $19.0 billion at December 31, 2009. Our debt-to-capitalization ratio was 0.46 at September 30, 2010 and 0.42 at December 31, 2009. At September 30, 2010, the weighted-average term of our outstanding long-term debt was 9.5 years.
On February 8, 2010, we issued $9.5 billion of senior unsecured notes at a weighted-average effective rate of 5.364% and used the net proceeds ($9,379 million) to finance the Cadbury acquisition and for general corporate purposes.
These notes include covenants that restrict our ability to incur debt secured by liens above a certain threshold. We also must offer to purchase these notes at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase, if both of the following occur:
We expect to continue to comply with our long-term debt covenants. Refer to Note 7, Debt, for further details of these debt offerings.
From time to time we refinance long-term and short-term debt. The nature and amount of our long-term and short-term debt and the proportionate amount of each varies as a result of future business requirements, market conditions and other factors. In September 2010, our Board of Directors authorized $12 billion in long-term financing and we had $12 billion remaining at September 30, 2010.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Aggregate Contractual Obligations
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements other than the guarantees and contractual obligations that are discussed below.
Guarantees:
As discussed in Note 13, Commitments and Contingencies, we have third-party guarantees primarily covering the long-term obligations of our vendors. As part of those transactions, we guarantee that third parties will make contractual payments or achieve performance measures. At September 30, 2010, the carrying amount of our third-party guarantees on our condensed consolidated balance sheet and the maximum potential payment under our third-party guarantees was $29 million. Substantially all of these guarantees expire at various times through 2018.
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In addition, at September 30, 2010, we had contingent liabilities of $507 million related to guarantees of our own performance. These include letters of credit related to dairy commodity purchases and guarantees related to the payment of custom duties and taxes, and other letters of credit.
Guarantees do not have, and we do not expect them to have, a material effect on our liquidity.
Aggregate Contractual Obligations:
The following table summarizes our contractual obligations at September 30, 2010:
Long-term debt obligations (1)
Interest expense (2)
Capital lease obligations (3)
Operating lease obligations (4)
Purchase obligations:(5)
Inventory and productioncosts
Other long-term liabilities (6)
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Equity and Dividends
Stock Plans:
In January 2010, we granted 1.7 million shares of stock in connection with our long-term incentive plan, and the market value per share was $27.33 on the date of grant. During the first nine months of 2010, we issued an additional 0.6 million shares of stock in connection with our long-term incentive plan and the market value per share was $29.15 on the date of grant. In February 2010, as part of our annual equity program, we issued 2.5 million shares of restricted and deferred stock to eligible employees, and the market value per restricted or deferred share was $29.15 on the date of grant. During the first nine months of 2010, we issued an additional 0.9 million shares of restricted and deferred stock at a weighted-average market value per restricted or deferred share of $29.54, including shares issued to Cadbury employees in the second quarter of 2010 under our annual equity program. In aggregate, we issued 5.7 million restricted and deferred shares during the first nine months of 2010, including those issued as part of our long-term incentive plan.
As part of our annual equity program, we also granted 15.0 million stock options to eligible employees in February 2010 at an exercise price of $29.15. During the first nine months of 2010, we granted an additional 3.0 million stock options at a weighted-average exercise price of $29.71, including options granted to Cadbury employees in the second quarter of 2010 under our annual equity program. In aggregate, we granted 18.0 million stock options in the first nine months of 2010.
Dividends:
We paid dividends of $1,664 million in the first nine months of 2010 and $1,284 million in the first nine months of 2009. The 29.6% increase reflects an increase in shares outstanding due to the Cadbury acquisition and the $224 million payment of a ten pence per share dividend that Cadbury declared and accrued on the Cadbury Shares that were outstanding at the time of the acquisition. The present annualized dividend rate is $1.16 per common share. The declaration of dividends is subject to the discretion of our Board of Directors and depends on various factors, including our net earnings, financial condition, cash requirements, future prospects and other factors that our Board of Directors deems relevant to its analysis and decision making.
Outlook
We confirmed our 2010 guidance for organic net revenue growth in a range of 3 to 4% and Operating EPS of at least $2.00.
Please see the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section below.
Significant Accounting Estimates
We prepare our condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires the use of estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods presented. Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions. Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. Our significant accounting estimates are described in our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. The impact of new accounting standards is discussed in the following section. There were no changes in our accounting policies in the current period that had a material impact on our financial statements.
New Accounting Guidance
See Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, for a discussion of new accounting guidance.
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Contingencies
See Note 13, Commitments and Contingencies, and Part II, Item 1. Legal Proceedings for a discussion of contingencies.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We use the non-U.S. GAAP financial measure “organic net revenues” and corresponding growth ratios. The difference between “organic net revenues” and “net revenues,” which is the most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure, is that organic net revenues excludes the impact of acquisitions, divestitures and currency. Management uses organic net revenues to budget, make operating and strategic decisions and evaluate our performance. We have disclosed this measure so that you have the same financial data that management uses with the intention of assisting you in making comparisons to our historical operating results and analyzing our underlying performance. Our management believes that organic net revenues better reflect the underlying growth from the ongoing activities of our business and provide improved comparability of results because they exclude the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, which are not under our control, and also exclude the one-time impacts of acquisitions and divestitures on net revenues. The limitation of this measure is that it excludes items that have an impact on net revenues. The best way that this limitation can be addressed is by using organic net revenues in combination with our U.S. GAAP reported net revenues. Our management believes that the presentation of this non-U.S. GAAP financial measure, when considered together with our U.S. GAAP financial measures and the reconciliations to the corresponding U.S. GAAP financial measures, provides you with a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting Kraft Foods than could be obtained absent these disclosures. Because organic net revenues calculations may vary among other companies, the organic net revenues figures presented in the Consolidated Results of Operations section may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Our use of organic net revenues is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for any U.S. GAAP financial measure. You should carefully evaluate the following tables reconciling U.S. GAAP reported net revenues to organic net revenues.
Organic net revenues
Impact of acquisitions
Impact of foreigncurrency
Reported net revenues
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We use the non-U.S. GAAP financial measure “Operating EPS” and corresponding growth ratios. The difference between “Operating EPS” and “diluted EPS attributable to Kraft Foods,” which is the most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure, is that Operating EPS excludes costs related to: the Integration Program; acquisition-related costs, including transaction advisory fees, U.K. stamp taxes and the impact of the Cadbury inventory revaluation; acquisition-related financing fees, including hedging and foreign currency impacts associated with the Cadbury acquisition and other fees associated with the Cadbury Bridge Facility; and the impact of a deferred tax charge resulting from the recently enacted U.S. health care legislation. Management uses Operating EPS to budget, make operating and strategic decisions and evaluate our performance on a go-forward basis, and our management believes it provides improved comparability of results because it excludes the volatility of currency; certain impacts related to the Cadbury acquisition; other one-time impacts; and divestitures from earnings per share. The limitation of this measure is that it excludes items that have an impact on diluted EPS attributable to Kraft Foods. The best way that this limitation can be addressed is by using Operating EPS in combination with our U.S. GAAP reported diluted EPS attributable to Kraft Foods. Our management believes that the presentation of this non-U.S. GAAP financial measure, when considered together with our U.S. GAAP financial measures and the reconciliations to the corresponding U.S. GAAP financial measures, provides you with a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting Kraft Foods than could be obtained absent these disclosures. Because Operating EPS calculations may vary among other companies, the Operating EPS figures presented in the Consolidated Results of Operations section may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Our use of Operating EPS is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for any U.S. GAAP financial measure. You should carefully evaluate the following tables reconciling U.S. GAAP reported diluted EPS attributable to Kraft Foods to Operating EPS.
Diluted earnings per shareattributable to Kraft Foods:
Net earnings attributableto Kraft Foods
(1) Acquisition-related costs include transaction advisory fees, U.K. stamp taxes and the impact of the Cadbury inventory revaluation.
(2) Acquisition-related financing fees include hedging and foreign currency impacts associated with the Cadbury acquisition and other fees
associated with the Cadbury Bridge Facility.
Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains a number of forward-looking statements. Words such as “expects,” “goals,” “plans,” “believes,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” and variations of those words and similar expressions are intended to identify the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this report include our beliefs and expectations regarding our combination with Cadbury, including receivables, intangible assets, finalization of purchase price allocation, synergies, cost savings and integration charges; with regard to our Restructuring Program, our expectations regarding paying cash for charges and cumulative annualized savings; how the Venezuelan devaluation will affect our 2010 operating results; commodity prices; our liquidity; negative effects to our funding sources; 2010 contributions to pension; our full-year capital expenditures and funding; our revolving credit facility and long-term debt covenants; the effect of guarantees on our liquidity; our expectations regarding our aggregate contractual obligations; our 2010 Outlook, including organic net revenue growth, and Operating EPS; and our belief on the final outcomes of our legal proceedings.
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For additional information on these and other factors that could affect our forward-looking statements, see our risk factors, as they may be amended from time to time, set forth in our filings with the SEC, including our registration statement on Form S-4, as amended from time to time, filed in connection with our Cadbury offer, our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K. These factors include, but are not limited to, continued volatility in commodity costs, pricing actions, increased competition, increased costs of sales, our indebtedness and our ability to pay our indebtedness, risks from operating globally, our failure to integrate successfully and recognize the synergies and cost savings from our combination with Cadbury and tax law changes. We disclaim and do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, except as required by applicable law or regulation.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
As Kraft Foods operates globally, we use certain financial instruments to manage our foreign currency exchange rate, commodity price and interest rate risks. We monitor and manage these exposures as part of our overall risk management program. Our risk management program focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to reduce the potentially adverse effects that the volatility of these markets may have on our operating results. We maintain foreign currency, commodity price and interest rate risk management policies that principally use derivative instruments to reduce significant, unanticipated earnings fluctuations that may arise from volatility in foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices and interest rates. We also sell commodity futures to unprice future purchase commitments, and we occasionally use related futures to cross-hedge a commodity exposure. We are not a party to leveraged derivatives and, by policy, do not use financial instruments for speculative purposes. With the Cadbury acquisition, we added significant volumes of foreign currency and cocoa commodity hedges, in addition to the acquisition-related hedges we utilized during the first half of the year. Refer to Note 12, Financial Instruments, for further information on the types of derivative instruments we used to hedge our exposures. With the exception of our Cadbury acquisition and its hedging program, there were no significant changes in our exposures or the types of derivative instruments we use to hedge those exposures since December 31, 2009.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Management, together with our CEO and CFO, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. We acquired Cadbury Limited (formerly, Cadbury plc) (“Cadbury”) in the first quarter of 2010, and it represented approximately 31% of our total assets as of September 30, 2010. As the acquisition occurred in the first quarter of 2010, the scope of our assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting does not include Cadbury. This exclusion is in accordance with the SEC’s general guidance that an assessment of a recently acquired business may be omitted from our scope in the year of acquisition. Based upon that evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Management, together with our CEO and CFO, evaluated the changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2010, and noted the following significant changes.
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In 2008, we began implementing “Catalyst,” a business initiative to simplify and harmonize our systems processes. This multi-year program includes the delivery of SAP enterprise software applications and business solutions. During the quarter ended September 30, 2010, we transitioned some of our processes and procedures into the SAP control environment in Kraft Foods North America. As we migrate to the SAP environment, our management sees to it that our key controls are mapped to applicable SAP controls, tests transition controls prior to the migration date of those controls, and as appropriate, maintains and evaluates controls over the flow of information to and from SAP. We expect the transition period to be completed in 2011.
We determined that there were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
We routinely are involved in legal proceedings, claims and governmental inspections or investigations (“Legal Matters”) arising in the ordinary course of our business.
The following disclosure is provided in compliance with SEC requirements to disclose environmental proceedings potentially involving monetary sanctions of $100,000 or greater. On September 3, 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) issued a written Notice of Violation to our subsidiary, Kraft Foods Global, Inc., alleging air emissions from our Naperville, Illinois plant violated federal Clean Air Act provisions. The allegations were made in connection with the Post cereal products that we made at the facility before divesting the Post business in 2008. On July 12, 2010 we entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order with the EPA, without any admission of fact, violation, or liability, and agreed to pay $102,900 to settle the alleged violations.
Other information regarding Legal Matters is available in the Legal Proceedings discussions in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010.
Currently, we do not believe that the ultimate costs to resolve any of the Legal Matters will have a material effect on our financial results.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
There were no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
The following activity represents shares tendered to us by employees who used shares to exercise options, and who used shares to pay the related taxes for grants of restricted and deferred stock that vested. Accordingly, these are non-cash transactions.
July 1-31, 2010
August 1-31, 2010
September 1-30, 2010
For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2010
Item 6. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Timothy R. McLevish
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
November 5, 2010
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