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Condensed Financial Statements Of Guarantors (Restated)
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Condensed Financial Statements Of Guarantors (Restated) [Abstract]  
Condensed Financial Statements Of Guarantors (Restated)

NOTE 24 – CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF GUARANTORS (RESTATED)

As described in Note 17, in August 2009 and July 2010, the Company issued a total of $750.0 of Senior Notes which are publicly tradable. The notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several basis by most of Ralcorp's domestic subsidiaries (Guarantor Subsidiaries), each of which is wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (Parent Company). The guarantees are subject to release in limited circumstances (only upon the occurrence of certain customary conditions). In addition, such securities are collateralized by 65% of the stock of Ralcorp's indirectly wholly owned foreign subsidiaries. The notes are not guaranteed by the foreign subsidiaries and a few of Ralcorp's wholly owned domestic subsidiaries (Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries).

In May of 2012, the Company identified errors in the previously issued condensed financial statements of guarantors included in the originally filed Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011, and the Company has restated its condensed financial statements of guarantors as of September 30, 2011 and 2010 and for the years ended September 30, 2011, 2010 and (for the statement of cash flows only) 2009. The effect of the restatement adjustments on the condensed financial statements of guarantors as previously reported for those periods is disclosed in the following tables (which do not reflect recasting for discontinued operations). These errors are described in the legend following the tables.

 

Set forth below are condensed consolidating financial statements presenting the results of operations, financial position, and cash flows of the Parent Company ("Parent"), the Guarantor Subsidiaries ("Guarantor") on a combined basis, and the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries ("Non-Guarantor") on a combined basis, along with the eliminations necessary to arrive at the information for Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. on a consolidated basis. Eliminations represent adjustments to eliminate investments in subsidiaries and intercompany balances and transactions between or among Parent, Guarantor, and Non-Guarantor. For this presentation, investments in subsidiaries are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. These condensed consolidating financial statements have been restated to correct for certain errors (as disclosed above) and recasted to show discontinued operations (as described in Note 4). Effective with the Spin-Off, Post Foods LLC is no longer a guarantor, and all related amounts have been reclassified to Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries to conform with the current presentation.