10-Q 1 pinnp2013063010-q.htm FORM 10-Q PINNP 2013.06.30 10-Q
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2013
OR
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________to _____________.
Commission File Number 001-35844
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Pinnacle Foods Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
 
35-2215019
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
399 Jefferson Road
Parsippany, New Jersey
 
07054
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (973) 541-6620
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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   ¨     No   ý
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).     Yes  ý    No  ¨



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer," “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check One):
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller Reporting Company
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)
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The Registrant had 117,151,753 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding at August 12, 2013.





 
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Unaudited consolidated financial statements begin on the following page

 

1


PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)
(thousands, except per share amounts)
 
  

Three months ended
 
Six months ended
  

June 30,
2013

June 24,
2012
 
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
Net sales

$
569,044

 
$
588,595

 
$
1,182,025

 
$
1,205,520

Cost of products sold

424,616

 
456,439

 
882,756

 
937,687

Gross profit

144,428


132,156

 
299,269

 
267,833

Operating expenses

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marketing and selling expenses

47,508

 
48,204

 
93,136

 
92,204

Administrative expenses

45,327

 
24,126

 
67,885

 
44,740

Research and development expenses

2,789

 
3,327

 
5,116

 
5,534

Other expense (income), net

37,833

 
14,510

 
41,490

 
18,196

Total operating expenses

133,457


90,167

 
207,627

 
160,674

Earnings before interest and taxes

10,971


41,989

 
91,642

 
107,159

Interest expense

47,627

 
60,527

 
88,283

 
110,139

Interest income

42

 
43

 
45

 
101

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

(36,614
)

(18,495
)
 
3,404

 
(2,879
)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes

(4,775
)
 
(7,935
)
 
10,447

 
(1,858
)
Net loss

$
(31,839
)

$
(10,560
)
 
$
(7,043
)
 
$
(1,021
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss per share
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
(0.28
)
 
$
(0.13
)
 
$
(0.07
)
 
$
(0.01
)
Weighted average shares outstanding- basic
 
114,909

 
82,235

 
98,080

 
82,241

Diluted
 
$
(0.28
)
 
$
(0.13
)
 
$
(0.07
)
 
$
(0.01
)
Weighted average shares outstanding- diluted
 
114,909

 
82,235

 
98,080

 
82,241

Dividends declared
 
$
0.18

 
$

 
$
0.18

 
$

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements


2


PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars)

 
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
Net loss
$
(31,839
)
 
$
(10,560
)
 
$
(7,043
)
 
$
(1,021
)
Other comprehensive earnings (loss)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation
(179
)
 
(40
)
 
(181
)
 
225

Net gain (loss) on financial instrument contracts
29,731

 
(1,238
)
 
30,335

 
(5,547
)
Loss on pension actuarial assumption adjustments

 

 

 
(110
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reclassifications into earnings:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financial instrument contracts
2,603

 
3,634

 
3,263

 
7,679

Amortization of deferred mark-to-market adjustment on terminated swaps

 
32

 

 
445

Loss on pension actuarial assumption adjustments
263

 
21

 
719

 
34

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tax provision on other comprehensive earnings
(3,549
)
 
(932
)
 
(4,144
)
 
(1,185
)
Total other comprehensive earnings - net of tax
28,869

 
1,477

 
29,992

 
1,541

Total comprehensive (loss) earnings
$
(2,970
)
 
$
(9,083
)
 
$
22,949

 
$
520


See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements





3


PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts)
 
June 30,
2013
 
December 30,
2012
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
116,526

 
$
92,281

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $5,346 and $5,149, respectively
148,857

 
143,884

Inventories
288,974

 
358,051

Other current assets
15,889

 
11,862

Deferred tax assets
114,754

 
99,199

Total current assets
685,000

 
705,277

Plant assets, net of accumulated depreciation of $272,734 and $244,694, respectively
513,669

 
493,666

Tradenames
1,603,992

 
1,603,992

Other assets, net
169,919

 
155,558

Goodwill
1,441,495

 
1,441,495

Total assets
$
4,414,075

 
$
4,399,988

 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Short-term borrowings
$
1,342


$
2,139

Current portion of long-term obligations
20,220

 
30,419

Accounts payable
117,146

 
137,326

Accrued trade marketing expense
36,454

 
44,571

Accrued liabilities
103,383

 
119,269

Dividends payable
21,107

 

Total current liabilities
299,652

 
333,724

Long-term debt (includes $52,119 and $63,097 owed to related parties, respectively)
1,973,187

 
2,576,386

Pension and other postretirement benefits
97,084

 
100,918

Other long-term liabilities
24,079

 
28,705

Deferred tax liabilities
502,226

 
471,529

Total liabilities
2,896,228

 
3,511,262

Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)


 


Shareholders' equity:
 
 
 
Pinnacle preferred stock: $.01 per share, 50,000,000 shares authorized, none issued


 


Pinnacle common stock: par value $.01 per share, 200,000,000 shares authorized; issued and outstanding 117,145,313 and 81,210,672, respectively
1,171

 
812

Additional paid-in-capital
1,323,433

 
696,512

Retained earnings
224,804

 
252,955

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(31,561
)
 
(61,553
)
Total shareholders' equity
1,517,847

 
888,726

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
$
4,414,075

 
$
4,399,988


See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements



4


PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars)
  
Six months ended
  
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
Cash flows from operating activities
 
 
 
Net loss
$
(7,043
)
 
$
(1,021
)
Non-cash charges (credits) to net earnings
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
38,025

 
42,056

Amortization of discount on term loan
410

 
450

Amortization of debt acquisition costs
2,755

 
4,835

Call premium on note redemptions
34,180

 
10,785

Refinancing costs and write off of debt issuance costs
19,668

 
14,840

Amortization of deferred mark-to-market adjustment on terminated swaps

 
444

Change in value of financial instruments
52

 
1,002

Equity-based compensation charge
3,325

 
600

Pension expense, net of contributions
(3,115
)
 
(4,637
)
         Gain on sale of assets held for sale
(701
)
 

Other long-term liabilities
(1,218
)
 
2,453

Other long-term assets

 
(470
)
Deferred income taxes
8,953

 
(2,016
)
Changes in working capital
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
(5,378
)
 
6,306

Inventories
69,120

 
26,341

Accrued trade marketing expense
(7,959
)
 
(6,143
)
Accounts payable
(21,144
)
 
(25,038
)
Accrued liabilities
(13,163
)
 
(1,089
)
Other current assets
(4,650
)
 
(2,001
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
112,117

 
67,697

Cash flows from investing activities
 
 
 
Capital expenditures
(43,823
)
 
(34,699
)
Proceeds from sale of plant assets
1,775

 

Net cash used in investing activities
(42,048
)
 
(34,699
)
Cash flows from financing activities
 
 
 
Net proceeds from initial public offering
623,929

 

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
217

 

Proceeds from bank term loans
1,625,925

 
396,000

Proceeds from bond offerings
350,000

 

Repayments of long-term obligations
(1,732,071
)
 
(319,444
)
Repurchase of notes
(899,180
)
 
(219,785
)
Proceeds from short-term borrowings
1,935

 
815

Repayments of short-term borrowings
(2,732
)
 
(1,807
)
Repayment of capital lease obligations
(1,377
)
 
(1,815
)
Repurchases of equity
(191
)
 
(629
)
Debt acquisition costs
(12,491
)
 
(14,645
)
Net cash used in financing activities
(46,036
)
 
(161,310
)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
212

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents
24,245

 
(128,312
)
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period
92,281

 
151,031

Cash and cash equivalents - end of period
$
116,526

 
$
22,719

 
 
 
 
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
 
 
 
Interest paid
$
77,734

 
$
96,899

Interest received
45

 
101

Income taxes paid
2,144

 
1,913

Non-cash investing and financing activities:
 
 
 
New capital leases
6,461

 
1,548

Dividends payable
21,107

 


See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements


5


PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts)
 
Common Stock
 
Additional
Paid In
Capital
 
Retained
earnings
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
 
Total
Shareholders'
Equity
Shares
 
Amount
Balance, December 25, 2011
81,272,593

 
$
813

 
$
696,539

 
$
200,436

 
$
(52,436
)
 
$
845,352

Equity contributions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares repurchased
(48,199
)
 
(1
)
 
(628
)
 
 
 
 
 
(629
)
Equity related compensation
 
 
 
 
600

 
 
 
 
 
600

Comprehensive earnings
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1,021
)
 
1,541

 
520

Balance, June 24, 2012
81,224,394

 
$
812

 
$
696,511

 
$
199,415

 
$
(50,895
)
 
$
845,843

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, December 30, 2012
81,210,672

 
$
812

 
$
696,512

 
$
252,955

 
$
(61,553
)
 
$
888,726

Equity contributions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Share issuance
36,075,644

 
360

 
623,786

 
 
 
 
 
624,146

Shares repurchased
(8,319
)
 

 
(191
)
 
 
 
 
 
(191
)
Shares forfeited
(132,684
)
 
(1
)
 
1

 
 
 
 
 

Equity related compensation
 
 
 
 
3,325

 
 
 
 
 
3,325

Dividends ($0.18 per share)
 
 
 
 
 
 
(21,108
)
 
 
 
(21,108
)
Comprehensive earnings
 
 
 
 
 
 
(7,043
)
 
29,992

 
22,949

Balance, June 30, 2013
117,145,313

 
$
1,171

 
$
1,323,433

 
$
224,804

 
$
(31,561
)
 
$
1,517,847

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements




6

PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)



1. Summary of Business Activities
Business Overview
Pinnacle Foods Inc. (hereafter referred to as “Pinnacle” or the “Company”), formerly known as Crunch Holding Corp., is a holding company whose sole asset is 100% ownership of Peak Finance Holdings LLC (“PFH”). PFH is a holding company whose sole asset is 100% ownership of Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC (“Pinnacle Foods Finance”). The Company is majority owned by affiliates of the Blackstone Group L.P. ("Blackstone").
The Company is a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of high quality, branded convenience food products, the products and operations of which are managed and reported in three operating segments: (i) Birds Eye Frozen, (ii) Duncan Hines Grocery and (iii) Specialty Foods. The Company’s United States retail frozen vegetables (Birds Eye), frozen complete bagged meals (Birds Eye Voila!), frozen seafood (Van de Kamp’s, Mrs. Paul’s), full-calorie single-serve frozen dinners and entrées (Hungry-Man), frozen breakfast (Aunt Jemima), frozen and refrigerated bagels (Lender’s), and frozen pizza for one (Celeste) are reported in the Birds Eye Frozen Division. The Company’s baking mixes and frostings (Duncan Hines), shelf-stable pickles (Vlasic), table syrups (Mrs. Butterworth’s and Log Cabin), canned meat (Armour, Nalley and Brooks), pie and pastry fillings (Comstock and Wilderness), barbecue sauces (Open Pit), salad dressing (Bernstein’s) and all Canadian operations are reported in the Duncan Hines Grocery Division. The Specialty Foods Division consists of snack products (Tim’s Cascade and Snyder of Berlin) and the Company’s food service and private label businesses.
Significant transactions affecting comparability
The results of operations in the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012 are impacted by the April 2013 IPO and the April 2013 and 2012 refinancings which significantly affected Administrative expenses, Other expense, Interest expense and Provision for income taxes. See Management's Discussion and Analysis (pages 48-74).
History and Current Ownership
Since 2001, the Company and its predecessors have been involved in several business combinations to acquire certain assets and liabilities related to the brands discussed above.
On December 23, 2009, Pinnacle Foods Group LLC (“PFG LLC”), an entity wholly owned by Pinnacle Foods Finance, purchased Birds Eye Foods, Inc. (the “Birds Eye Acquisition”).
On March 12, 2013, the Company’s board of directors authorized a 55.2444 for 1 split of the common stock. The split became effective on the date of approval. The Company retained the par value of $0.01 per share for all shares of common stock. All references to numbers of common shares and per-share data in the accompanying financial statements have been adjusted to reflect the stock split on a retroactive basis. Shareholders’ equity reflects the stock split by reclassifying from “Additional paid-in capital” to “Common stock” an amount equal to the par value of the additional shares arising from the split.
On March 28, 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") declared effective the Company's registration statement on Form S-1 related to its initial public offering ("IPO"). The Company's common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), under the ticker symbol PF, on March 28, 2013. In connection with the IPO, 2,618,307 additional shares were issued through the exercise of a warrant agreement by Peak Holdings LLC ("Peak Holdings") which was the majority owner of Pinnacle Foods Finance prior to the IPO. Immediately thereafter, the warrant agreement was terminated and Peak Holdings was liquidated. On April 3, 2013, the IPO closed in which the Company issued and sold 33,350,000 shares of common stock for cash consideration of $20.00 per share ($18.80 per share net of underwriting discounts). None of Blackstone, Directors or management of the Company sold any shares as part of the IPO. The Company received approximately $623.9 million in net proceeds ($667.0 million of gross proceeds net of $43.1 million of underwriting discounts and other fees) from the offering, which were used to pay down debt. See Note 9 of the Consolidated Financial Statements "Debt and Interest Expense" for further details.


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PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


2. Interim Financial Statements

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting primarily of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial position as of June 30, 2013, the results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012, and the cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012. The results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012.

3. Fair Value Measurements
The authoritative guidance for financial assets and liabilities discusses valuation techniques, such as the market approach (comparable market prices), the income approach (present value of future income or cash flow), and the cost approach (cost to replace the service capacity of an asset or replacement cost). The guidance utilizes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The following is a brief description of those three levels:
Level 1:
Observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2:
Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3:
Unobservable inputs that reflect the Company’s assumptions.
The Company’s financial assets and liabilities subject to recurring fair value measurements and the required disclosures are as follows:
 
 
Fair Value
as of
June 30, 2013
 
Fair Value Measurements
Using Fair Value Hierarchy
 
 
Fair Value
as of
December 30, 2012
 
Fair Value Measurements
Using Fair Value Hierarchy
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate derivatives
$
29,170

 
$

 
$
29,170

 
$

 
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Foreign currency derivatives
1,593

 

 
1,593

 

 
 
638

 

 
638

 

Commodity derivatives

 

 

 

 
 
525

 

 
525

 

Total assets at fair value
$
30,763

 
$

 
$
30,763

 
$

 
 
$
1,163

 
$

 
$
1,163


$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate derivatives
$
1,738

 
$

 
$
1,738

 
$

 
 
$
3,807

 
$

 
$
3,807

 
$

Commodity derivatives
188

 

 
188

 

 
 
682

 

 
682

 

Total liabilities at fair value
$
1,926

 
$

 
$
1,926

 
$

 
 
$
4,489

 
$

 
$
4,489

 
$



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PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


The Company manages economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity and credit risk, primarily by managing the amount, sources and duration of its debt funding and the use of derivative financial instruments. The primary risks managed by using derivative instruments are interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange risk and commodity price risk.

The valuations of these instruments are determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate, commodity, and foreign exchange forward curves. The fair values of interest rate swaps are determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash payments (or receipts) and the discounted expected variable cash receipts (or payments). The variable cash receipts (or payments) are based on an expectation of future interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves. To comply with the provisions of the authoritative guidance for fair value disclosure, the Company incorporates credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its own non-performance risk and the respective counterparty’s non-performance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of its derivative contracts for the effect of non-performance risk, the Company has considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings, thresholds, mutual puts, and guarantees. The Company had no fair value measurements based upon significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) as of June 30, 2013 or December 30, 2012.

In addition to the instruments named above, the Company also makes fair value measurements in connection with its annual goodwill and trade name impairment testing. These measurements would fall into Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.


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PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


In December 2011, the Company adopted the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements," (“ASU 2011-04”). For purposes of calculating fair value of financial instruments, we manage the portfolio of financial assets and financial liabilities on the basis of the Company's net exposure to credit risk. The Company has elected to apply the portfolio exception in ASU 2011-04 with respect to measuring counterparty credit risk for all of its derivative transactions subject to master netting arrangements on a net basis by counterparty portfolio.

4. Other Expense (Income), net
 
 
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
 
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
Other expense (income), net consists of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of intangibles/other assets
$
3,872

 
$
3,886

 
$
7,744

 
$
7,768

Redemption premiums on the early extinguishment of debt
34,180

 
10,785

 
34,180

 
10,785

Royalty income and other
(219
)
 
(161
)
 
(434
)
 
(357
)
Total other expense (income), net
$
37,833

 
$
14,510

 
$
41,490

 
$
18,196



Redemption premium on the early extinguishment of debt. On May 10, 2013, as part of a debt refinancing (the "April 2013 Refinancing") the Company redeemed all $400.0 million of its outstanding 8.25% Senior Notes at a redemption price of 108.5% of the aggregate principal amount at a premium of $34.2 million. In 2012, on April 19, as part of a debt refinancing (the "2012 Refinancing") the Company redeemed all $199.0 million of its outstanding 10.625% Senior Subordinated Notes at a redemption price of 105.313% of the aggregate principal amount at a premium of $10.6 million. On June 5, 2012, the Company repurchased and retired $10.0 million of 9.25% Senior Notes at a price of 102.125% of the aggregate principal amount at a premium of $0.2 million.

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PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)



5. Shareholder's Equity, Equity-Based Compensation Expense and Earnings Per Share

Equity-based Compensation

The Company has two long-term incentive programs: The 2007 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Prior to March 28, 2013, the Company also had the 2007 Unit Plan, which was terminated in connection with the Company's recent IPO. Equity-based compensation expense recognized during the period is based on the value of the portion of equity-based payment awards that is ultimately expected to vest during the period. As equity-based compensation expense recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, it has been reduced for estimated forfeitures. The authoritative guidance for equity compensation requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.

The Company currently uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model as its method of valuation for equity-based awards. Prior to March 28, 2013, since the underlying equity was not publicly traded, the determination of fair value of equity-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model was based upon estimates of enterprise value as well as assumptions regarding a number of highly complex and subjective variables. The estimated enterprise value was based upon forecasted cash flows for five years plus a terminal year and an assumed discount rate. The other variables used to determine fair value of equity-based payment awards include, but are not limited to, the expected stock price volatility of a group of industry comparable companies over the term of the awards, and actual and projected employee equity option exercise behaviors.

The fair value of the options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012, respectively, was estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes model with the following weighted average assumptions:

 
 
 
 
 
June 30, 2013
*
June 24, 2012
Risk-free interest rate
1.10
%
 
0.64
%
Expected time to option exercise
6.50 years

 
1.93 years

Expected volatility of Pinnacle Foods Inc. stock
35
%
 
55
%
Expected dividend yield on Pinnacle Foods Inc. stock
3.60
%
 
%

* all of the options issued in the first half of 2013 were valued using an IPO price of $20.00 a share

Volatility was based on the average volatility of a group of publicly traded food companies. The Company estimates the annual forfeiture rates to be approximately 10% under its long-term incentive plans.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


Expense Information

The following table summarizes equity-based compensation expense related to employee equity options and employee equity units under the authoritative guidance for equity compensation which was allocated as follows:

 
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
Cost of products sold
$
285

 
$
40

 
$
308

 
$
80

Marketing and selling expenses
864

 
120

 
935

 
240

Administrative expenses
1,937

 
131

 
2,013

 
262

Research and development expenses
64

 
9

 
69

 
18

Pre-tax equity-based compensation expense
3,150

 
300

 
3,325

 
600

Income tax benefit
(674
)
 
(2
)
 
(680
)
 
(14
)
Net equity-based compensation expense
$
2,476

 
$
298

 
$
2,645

 
$
586


As of June 30, 2013, cumulative unrecognized equity compensation expense of the unvested portion of shares for the Company's two long-term incentive programs was $34,056. The weighted average period over which vesting will occur is approximately 6.1 years for the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan and 2.7 years for the 2013 Omnibus Plan. Options under the plans have a termination date of 10 years from the date of issuance.

2007 Stock Incentive Plan
The Company adopted an equity option plan (the “2007 Stock Incentive Plan”) providing for the issuance of up to 1,104,888 shares of the Company's common stock. Pursuant to the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, certain officers, employees, managers, directors and other persons were eligible to receive grants of nonqualified stock options, as permitted by applicable law. For options granted from 2007 to 2009, generally 25% of the options will vest ratably over five years (“Time-Vested Options”), subject to full acceleration upon a change of control. Fifty percent of the options vest ratably over five years if annual or cumulative Management EBITDA targets, as defined, are met (“Performance Options”). The final 25% of the options vest either on a change of control or liquidity event, if a 12% annual internal rate of return is attained by Blackstone (“Exit Options”). In addition, the plan was also revised to provide that if the EBITDA target is achieved in any two consecutive fiscal years (excluding 2007 and 2008) during the employee's continued employment, then that year's and all prior years' performance options will vest and become exercisable, and if the exit options vest and become exercisable during the employees continued employment, then all the performance options will also vest and become exercisable. Subsequent to 2009, the Company awarded options in the form of Time Vested Options (25%) and Performance Options (75%) to certain employees. The options have the same vesting provisions as stated above, including the provisions that if there is a change of control or liquidity event and if a 12% annual internal rate of return is attained by Blackstone, then all the Performance Options will also vest and become exercisable. Prior to March 1, 2013, this annual internal rate of return target was 20%, but the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors reduced the target for vesting purposes on that date from 20% to 12% to reflect changes in the food industry environment since the plan was adopted. Subsequent to the adoption of the 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as further described below), there will be no more grants under this plan.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


The following table summarizes the equity option transactions under the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan:
 
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted Average Exercise Price
 
Weighted Average Fair Value at Grant Date
 
Weighted Average Remaining Life
 
Aggregate Intrinsic Value (000's)
Outstanding, December 30, 2012
 
436,486
 
$
9.99

 
$
3.97

 
6.22
 
$
1,642

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Granted

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
Exercised
(30,890
)
 
8.74

 
6.42

 
 
 
 
 
Forfeitures
(26,569
)
 
10.04

 
7.20

 
 
 
 
Outstanding, June 30, 2013
 
379,027

 
10.08

 
$
6.86

 
5.84
 
5,334

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exercisable, June 30, 2013
 
166,236

 
$
9.14

 
$
6.36

 
5.04
 
$
2,496



2007 Unit Plan
Peak Holdings, the former parent of Pinnacle Foods Inc., adopted an equity plan (the “2007 Unit Plan”) providing for the issuance of profit interest units (PIUs) in Peak Holdings. Certain employees had been given the opportunity to invest in Peak Holdings through the purchase of Peak Holding's Class A-2 Units. In addition, from 2007 to 2009, each manager who so invested was awarded profit interests in Peak Holdings in the form of Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Units. Generally 25% of the PIUs vested ratably over five years (“Class B-1 Units”), subject to full acceleration upon a change of control. Fifty percent of the PIUs vested ratably over five years depending on whether annual or cumulative EBITDA targets are met (“Class B-2 Units”). The plan also provides that, if the Adjusted EBITDA target was achieved in any two consecutive fiscal years during the employee's continued employment, then that year's and all prior years' Class B-2 Units vested, and if there is a change of control or liquidity event defined as when Blackstone sells more than 50% of its holdings and a certain annual internal rate of return is attained by Blackstone, then all the Class B-2 units also vested, and if the Class B-3 Units vested during the employee's continued employment (as described below) then all the Class B-2 Units also vested. The final 25% of the PIUs granted vested either on a change of control or liquidity event, if a 12% annual internal rate of return is attained by Blackstone (“Class B-3 Units”). Subsequent to 2009, the Company awarded PIUs to certain employees in the form of Class B-1 Units (25%) and Class B-2 Units (75%). The Class B-1 Units and Class B-2 Units have the same vesting provisions as stated above, including the provisions that if there is a change of control or liquidity event and if a 12% annual internal rate of return is attained by Blackstone, then all the Class B-2 units will also vest and become exercisable. Prior to March 1, 2013, this annual internal rate of return target was 20%, but the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors reduced the target for vesting purposes on that date from 20% to 12% to reflect changes in the food industry environment since the plan was adopted.

In connection with the Company's IPO, Peak Holdings was dissolved resulting in the termination of the 2007 Unit Plan and the adoption of the 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as further described below). As a result of the dissolution, the holders of units of Peak Holdings were distributed the assets of Peak Holdings. As the sole assets of Peak Holdings were shares of the Company's common stock, units were converted into shares of common stock. The number of shares of common stock delivered to the equity holder as a result of the conversion had the same intrinsic value as the Class A-2 Units held by the equity holder prior to such conversion. Additionally, in connection with the dissolution, all PIUs were converted into shares or restricted shares of the Company's common stock. Vested PIUs were converted into shares of common stock and unvested PIUs were converted into unvested restricted shares of our common stock, which are subject to vesting terms substantially similar to those applicable to the unvested PIU immediately prior to the conversion. The number of shares delivered under the 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan, 1,546,355, have the same intrinsic value as the PIUs immediately prior to such conversion.




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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan

The Company adopted an equity incentive plan (the “2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan”) providing for the issuance of up to 11,300,000 shares of the Company's common stock which will be reserved for issuance under (1) equity awards granted as a result of the conversion of unvested PIUs into restricted common stock of the Company, (2) stock options and other equity awards granted in connection with the completion of the IPO, and (3) awards granted by the Company under the 2013 Omnibus Plan following the completion of the IPO. Pursuant to the 2013 Omnibus Plan, certain officers, employees, managers, directors and other persons are eligible to receive grants of equity based awards, as permitted by applicable law.

On March 27, 2013, in connection with the IPO, the Company issued 2,310,000 "Founders Grants" options under the 2013 Omnibus Plan. The options vest in full at the end of three years. Additionally, 82,460 non-vested shares were issued which also vest in full at the end of three years. On April 3, 2013, an additional 200,000 non-vested shares were issued to Robert J. Gamgort, the Chief Executive Officer, in accordance with his employment agreement, which vest in full at the end of one year.

The following table summarizes the equity option transactions under the 2013 Omnibus Plan:

 
 
Number of
Options
 
Weighted Average Exercise Price
 
Weighted Average Fair Value at Grant Date
 
Weighted Average Remaining Life
 
Aggregate Intrinsic Value (000's)
Outstanding, December 30, 2012
 

 
$

 
$

 
0
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Granted
2,310,000

 
20.00

 
4.63

 
 
 
 
 
Exercised

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
Forfeitures
(125,310
)
 
20.00

 
4.63

 
 
 
 
Outstanding, June 30, 2013
 
2,184,690

 
20.00

 
$
4.63

 
9.74
 
$
9,066

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exercisable, June 30, 2013
 

 
$

 
$

 
0
 
$


The following table summarizes the changes in non-vested shares.

 
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted Average Fair Value at Grant Date
 
Weighted Average Remaining Life
 
Aggregate Intrinsic Value (000's)
Non-vested shares at December 30, 2012
 

 
$

 
0
 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Converted PIUs
1,546,355

 
20.00

 
 
 
 
 
Granted
282,460

 
20.00

 
 
 
 
 
Forfeitures
(132,684
)
 
20.00

 
 
 
 
 
Vested
(44,011
)
 
20.00

 
 
 
 
Non-vested shares at June 30, 2013
 
1,652,120

 
$
20.00

 
6.73
 
$
39,899

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


Other Comprehensive Earnings

The following table presents amounts reclassified out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss ("AOCL") and into Net earnings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013.

Gain/(Loss)
 
Amounts Reclassified from AOCL
 
 
 
 
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
 
Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 30, 2013
 
Reclassified from AOCL to:
Gains and losses on financial instrument contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts
 
$
(3,093
)
 
$
(3,945
)
 
Interest expense
Foreign exchange contracts
 
490

 
682

 
Cost of products sold
Total before tax
 
(2,603
)
 
(3,263
)
 
 
Tax benefit
 
945

 
1,174

 
Provision for income taxes
Deferred tax expense
 
(9,070
)
 
(9,070
)
(a)
Provision for income taxes
Net of tax
 
(10,728
)
 
(11,159
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pension actuarial assumption adjustments
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of actuarial loss
 
(263
)
 
(719
)
(b)
Cost of products sold
Tax benefit
 
101

 
277

 
Provision for income taxes
Net of tax
 
(162
)
 
(442
)
 
 
Net reclassifications into net earnings
 
$
(10,890
)
 
$
(11,601
)
 
 

(a) See Notes 11 and 15 for additional details.
(b) This is included in the computation of net periodic pension cost (see Note 10 for additional details).

Earnings Per Share

Basic loss per common share is computed by dividing net earnings or loss for common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per common share are calculated by dividing net loss by weighted-average common shares outstanding during the period plus dilutive potential common shares, which are determined as follows:
 
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
Weighted-average common shares
114,909,243

 
82,234,564

 
98,079,574

 
82,240,791

Effect of dilutive securities:

 

 

 

Dilutive potential common shares
114,909,243

 
82,234,564

 
98,079,574

 
82,240,791


Dilutive potential common shares are calculated in accordance with the treasury stock method, which assumes that proceeds from the exercise of all warrants and options are used to repurchase common stock at market value. The amount of shares remaining after the proceeds are exhausted represents the potentially dilutive effect of the securities. For the three month periods ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012, conversion of warrants, stock options and non-vested shares totaling 410,132 and 5,192,974, respectively, into common share equivalents were excluded from this calculation because they were anti-dilutive, due to the net loss recorded in each of the periods. For the six month periods ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012, conversion of warrants, stock options and non-vested shares totaling 2,638,639 and 5,192,974, respectively, into common share equivalents were excluded from this calculation for the same reason.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


6. Balance Sheet Information

Accounts Receivable. Customer accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. The allowance for cash discounts, returns and bad debts is the Company's best estimate of the amount of uncollectible amounts in its existing accounts receivable. The Company determines the allowance based on historical discounts taken and write-off experience. The Company reviews its allowance for doubtful accounts quarterly. Account balances are charged off against the allowance when the Company concludes it is probable the receivable will not be recovered. The Company does not have any off-balance sheet credit exposure related to its customers. Accounts receivable are as follows:

 
June 30, 2013
 
December 30, 2012
Customers
$
148,617

 
$
137,950

Allowances for cash discounts, bad debts and returns
(5,346
)
 
(5,149
)
Subtotal
143,271

 
132,801

Other receivables
5,586

 
11,083

Total
$
148,857

 
$
143,884


Inventories. Inventories are as follows:
 
 
June 30,
2013
 
December 30,
2012
Raw materials, containers and supplies
$
83,147

 
$
50,919

Finished product
205,827

 
307,132

Total
$
288,974

 
$
358,051


The Company has various purchase commitments for raw materials, containers, supplies and certain finished products incident to the ordinary course of business. Such commitments are not at prices in excess of current market.

Other Current Assets. Other Current Assets are as follows:
 
June 30, 2013
 
December 30, 2012
Prepaid expenses
$
9,048

 
$
5,954

Prepaid income taxes
2,585

 
578

Assets held for sale
4,256

 
5,330

Total
$
15,889

 
$
11,862


Assets held for sale include our closed plants in Tacoma, WA and Millsboro, DE. Our Fulton, NY location, which was previously held for sale was sold in January 2013 for total net proceeds of $874. Our Tacoma, WA location was sold in July 2013 for total net proceeds of $5.1 million.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


Plant Assets. Plant assets are as follows:
 
June 30, 2013
 
December 30, 2012
Land
$
14,061

 
$
14,061

Buildings
185,568

 
178,300

Machinery and equipment
542,039

 
513,339

Projects in progress
44,735

 
32,660

Subtotal
786,403

 
738,360

Accumulated depreciation
(272,734
)
 
(244,694
)
Total
$
513,669

 
$
493,666


Depreciation was $14,883 and $30,281 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, respectively. Depreciation was $17,682 and $34,288 during the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, respectively. As of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012, Plant Assets included assets under capital lease with a book value of $20,537 and $22,030 (net of accumulated depreciation of $9,744 and $8,246), respectively.

Accrued Liabilities. Accrued liabilities are as follows:
 
June 30,
2013

December 30,
2012
Employee compensation and benefits
$
53,605

 
$
53,373

Interest payable
12,957

 
28,116

Consumer coupons
4,405

 
3,346

Accrued restructuring charges (see Note 8)
8,820

 
10,480

Accrued financial instrument contracts (see Note 11)
1,926

 
682

Other
21,670

 
23,272

Total
$
103,383

 
$
119,269

Other Long-Term Liabilities. Other long-term liabilities are as follows:
 
June 30,
2013
 
December 30,
2012
 Employee compensation and benefits
$
9,223

 
$
9,340

 Long-term rent liability and deferred rent allowances
9,816

 
10,217

 Liability for uncertain tax positions
1,471

 
1,614

 Accrued financial instrument contracts (see Note 11)

 
3,807

 Other
3,569

 
3,727

Total
$
24,079

 
$
28,705


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


7. Goodwill, Tradenames and Other Assets
Goodwill
Goodwill by segment is as follows:
 
 
Birds Eye
Frozen
 
Duncan
Hines
Grocery
 
Specialty
Foods
 
Total
Balance, December 30, 2012
$
527,069

 
$
740,465

 
$
173,961

 
$
1,441,495

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, June 30, 2013
$
527,069


$
740,465


$
173,961


$
1,441,495

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The authoritative guidance for business combinations requires that all business combinations be accounted for at fair value under the acquisition method of accounting. The authoritative guidance for goodwill provides that goodwill will not be amortized, but will be tested for impairment on an annual basis or more often when events indicate. The Company completed its annual testing as of December 30, 2012, which indicated no impairment.

Tradenames

Tradenames by segment are as follows:

 
 Birds Eye
 
 Duncan Hines
 
 Specialty
 
 
 
 Frozen
 
 Grocery
 
 Foods
 
 Total
Balance, December 30, 2012
$
796,680

 
$
771,312

 
$
36,000

 
$
1,603,992

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Balance, June 30, 2013
$
796,680

 
$
771,312

 
$
36,000

 
$
1,603,992

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


The authoritative guidance for indefinite-lived assets provides that indefinite-lived assets will not be amortized, but will be tested for impairment on an annual basis or more often when events indicate. As a result of its annual testing of indefinite-lived assets in December 2012, the Company recorded impairment charges totaling $0.5 million in its Bernstein's tradename during the year ended December 30, 2012.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


Other Assets
 
 
June 30, 2013
 
Weighted
Avg Life
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Amortizable intangibles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Recipes
10

 
$
52,810

 
$
(33,006
)
 
$
19,804

Customer relationships - Distributors
36

 
125,746

 
(31,543
)
 
94,203

Customer relationships - Food Service
7

 
36,143

 
(33,586
)
 
2,557

Customer relationships - Private Label
7

 
9,214

 
(8,806
)
 
408

License
7

 
4,875

 
(2,625
)
 
2,250

Total amortizable intangibles
 
 
$
228,788

 
$
(109,566
)
 
$
119,222

Deferred financing costs
 
 
35,988

 
(19,558
)
 
16,430

Financial instruments
 
 
29,170

 

 
29,170

Other (1)
 
 
5,097

 

 
5,097

Total other assets, net
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
169,919

 
Amortizable intangibles by segment
 
 
 
Birds Eye Frozen
 
 
 
$
66,449

 
Duncan Hines Grocery
 
 
 
46,291

 
Specialty Foods
 
 
 
6,482

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
119,222

 
 
December 30, 2012
 
Weighted
Avg Life
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Amortizable intangibles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Recipes
10

 
$
52,810

 
$
(30,365
)
 
$
22,445

Customer relationships - Distributors
36

 
125,746

 
(28,791
)
 
96,955

Customer relationships - Food Service
7

 
36,143

 
(31,882
)
 
4,261

Customer relationships - Private Label
7

 
9,214

 
(8,533
)
 
681

License
7

 
4,875

 
(2,250
)
 
2,625

Total amortizable intangibles
 
 
$
228,788

 
$
(101,821
)
 
$
126,967

Deferred financing costs
 
 
59,486

 
(35,306
)
 
24,180

Other (1)
 
 
4,411

 

 
4,411

Total other assets, net
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
155,558

 
Amortizable intangibles by segment
 
 
 
Birds Eye Frozen
 
 
 
$
69,581

 
Duncan Hines Grocery
 
 
 
48,806

 
Specialty Foods
 
 
 
8,580

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
126,967


(1) As of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012, Other primarily consists of security deposits.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


Amortization of intangible assets was $3,872 and $7,744 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, respectively. Amortization of intangible assets was $3,886 and $7,768 for the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, respectively. Estimated amortization expense for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows: remainder of 2013 -$7,700 ; 2014 - $12,200; 2015 - $10,900; 2016 - $10,300; 2017 - $5,700 and thereafter - $72,400.

Deferred Financing Costs

All deferred financing costs, which relate to the Senior Secured Credit Facility, Senior Subordinated Notes and Senior Notes are amortized into interest expense over the life of the related debt using the effective interest method. As part of the April 2013 Refinancing and debt repayments including usage of the proceeds from the IPO, the Company expensed financing costs of $4,762 and wrote off deferred financing costs of $12,725. In addition, amortization of deferred financing costs was $1,042 and $2,755 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, respectively. On April 17, 2012, as part of the 2012 Refinancing, the Company expensed financing costs of $7,526 and wrote off deferred financing costs of $5,450. In addition, amortization of deferred financing costs was $2,276 and $4,835 during the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, respectively.
The following summarizes deferred financing cost activity:
 
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Balance, December 30, 2012
$
59,486

 
$
(35,306
)
 
$
24,180

2013 - Additions
7,730

 

 
7,730

           Amortization

 
(2,755
)
 
(2,755
)
           Write off
(31,228
)
 
18,503

 
(12,725
)
Balance, June 30, 2013
$
35,988

 
$
(19,558
)
 
$
16,430


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


8. Restructuring Charges

Pickle supply chain improvements

On May 25, 2012, the Company announced plans to further improve the efficiency of its supply chain by consolidating its Vlasic pickle production into one plant in Imlay City, MI. The Company's decision to focus on its branded Vlasic business and de-emphasize its lower-margin, un-branded pickle business was the catalyst for this consolidation. The Company's pickle production plant, located in Millsboro, DE ended production at year-end 2012. The Company recorded employee termination costs of $1,322 in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012. The Company recorded asset retirement obligation charges of $750 in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012. In addition, the Company recorded accelerated depreciation charges of $1,736 in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012. As a result of exiting the lower-margin un-branded pickle business, the Company terminated the use of a third party ingredients storage facility in the third quarter of 2012. In doing so, the Company recorded a contract termination fee that was paid in July 2013. All restructuring charges related to the closure of the Millsboro, DE plant are recorded in the Duncan Hines Grocery Division and in the Cost of products sold line in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Green Bay, WI Research Facility

On May 15, 2012, the Company announced plans to relocate the Birds Eye Frozen Division Research and Development team from Green Bay, WI to its new facility at its Parsippany, NJ headquarters. The Company believes that the relocation will allow for seamless collaboration between marketing, sales, procurement and R&D that will drive superior brand innovation, marketing and productivity. The Company closed its Green Bay, WI research facility in December 2012. The Company recorded employee termination costs of $727 in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012. In addition, the Company recorded accelerated depreciation charges of $187 in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012. All restructuring charges related to the closure of the Green Bay, WI research facility are recorded in the Birds Eye Frozen Division and in the Research and development line in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Fulton, NY Plant

On April 15, 2011, the Company announced plans to consolidate the Birds Eye Frozen Division's Fulton, NY plant operations into its Darien, WI and Waseca, MN facilities in order to locate vegetable processing closer to the crop-growing region and thus reduce the related freight costs. In connection with this project, the Company made significant capital investments in its Darien, WI and Waseca, MN plants. The Company recorded accelerated depreciation costs of $479 and $2,324 in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, respectively. All restructuring charges related to the closure of the Fulton, NY plant were recorded in the Birds Eye Frozen Division and in the Cost of products sold line in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Severance costs were accrued in the second quarter of 2011 and payments were substantially completed in the third quarter of 2012. On January 9, 2013, the sale of the Fulton location was finalized for total net proceeds of $874.

Tacoma, WA Plant

On December 3, 2010, in an effort to improve its supply chain operations, the Company announced the closure of the Tacoma, WA plant and the consolidation of production into its Fort Madison, IA plant. The Company recorded accelerated depreciation costs of $0 and $307 in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, respectively. All restructuring charges related to the closure of the Tacoma, WA plant were recorded in the Duncan Hines Grocery Division and in the Cost of products sold line in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Severance costs were accrued in the fourth quarter of 2010 and payments were substantially completed in the second quarter of 2012. Our Tacoma, WA location was sold in July 2013 for total net proceeds of $5.1 million.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


The following table summarizes total restructuring charges accrued as of June 30, 2013.

Description
Balance, December 30, 2012
 
Expense
 
Payments
 
Balance, June 30, 2013
 
Facility shutdowns
$
2,796

 
$

 
$
(332
)
 
$
2,464

 
Contract termination and other fees
5,833

 

 

 
5,833

(1
)
Employee severance
1,851

 

 
(1,328
)
 
523

 
Total
$
10,480

 
$

 
$
(1,660
)
 
$
8,820

 

(1) Contract termination fee was paid in July 2013.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


9. Debt and Interest Expense
 

June 30,
2013
 
December 30,
2012
Short-term borrowings

 

- Notes payable
$
1,342

 
$
2,139

Total short-term borrowings
$
1,342

 
$
2,139

Long-term debt
 
 
 
- Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche B Non Extended Term Loans due 2014
$

 
$
243,264

- Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche B Extended Term Loans due 2016

 
637,906

- Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche E Term Loans due 2018

 
398,000

- Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche F Term Loans due 2018

 
448,875

- Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche G Term Loans due 2020
1,625,925

 

- 4.875% Senior Notes due 2021
350,000

 

- 9.25% Senior Notes due 2015

 
465,000

- 8.25% Senior Notes due 2017

 
400,000

- Unamortized discount on long term debt
(8,498
)
 
(7,230
)
- Capital lease obligations
25,980

 
20,990


1,993,407

 
2,606,805

Less: current portion of long-term obligations
20,220

 
30,419

Total long-term debt
$
1,973,187

 
$
2,576,386


 
Interest expense
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
 
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
Interest expense, third party
$
23,657

 
$
38,819

 
$
61,179

 
$
80,050

Related party interest expense (Note 13)
347

 
755

 
926

 
2,086

Amortization of debt acquisition costs (Note 7)
1,042

 
2,276

 
2,755

 
4,835

Write-off of debt acquisition costs (Note 7)
12,725

 
5,450

 
12,725

 
5,450

Write-off of loan discount
2,182

 
1,864

 
2,182

 
1,864

Financing costs (Note 7)
4,762

 
7,526

 
4,762

 
7,526

Amortization of deferred mark-to-market adjustment on terminated swaps (Note 11)

 
32

 

 
444

Interest rate swap losses (Note 11)
2,912

 
3,805

 
3,754

 
7,884

Total interest expense
$
47,627

 
$
60,527

 
$
88,283

 
$
110,139


Senior Secured Credit Facility

On April 3, 2013, the Company completed its IPO which is further described in Note 1. A portion of the proceeds was used to redeem the entire $465.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Pinnacle Foods Finance's 9.25% Senior Notes at a redemption price of 100.0%. This is explained in greater detail under the section titled, “Senior Notes and Senior Subordinated Notes.” The remaining net proceeds, together with cash on hand, was used to repay $202.0 million of the Tranche B Non-Extended Term Loans.

On April 29, 2013, (the "April 2013 Refinancing"), Pinnacle Foods Finance, entered into the second amendment to the amended and restated Senior Secured Credit Facility, which provided for a seven year term loan facility in the amount of $1,630.0 million (the "Tranche G Term Loans") and replaced the existing revolving credit facility with a new five year $150.0 million revolving credit facility. Additionally, Pinnacle Foods Finance issued $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes (the "4.875% Senior Notes") due 2021.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)



As a result of the April 2013 Refinancing, Pinnacle Foods Finance used a portion of the proceeds from the Tranche G Term Loans and the 4.875% Senior Notes issuance to (i) repay all existing indebtedness outstanding under the then existing Senior Secured Credit Facility, consisting of (a) $38.1 million of Tranche B Non-Extended Term Loans, (b) $634.7 million of Tranche B Extended Term Loans, (c) $396.0 million of Tranche E Term Loans and (d) $446.6 million of Tranche F Term Loans and (ii) redeem $400.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Pinnacle Foods Finance's 8.25% Senior Notes due 2017 at a redemption price of 108.5%.

In connection with the April 2013 Refinancing, Pinnacle Foods Finance incurred deferred financing fees which are detailed in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, “Goodwill, Tradenames and Other Assets”. Also, Pinnacle Foods Finance incurred $4,075 of original issue discount on the new Tranche G Term Loans, and wrote off $2,182 of existing original issue discount.

The stated maturity dates are: April 29, 2020 for the Tranche G Loans, and April 29, 2018 for the Revolving Credit Facility.

Pinnacle Foods Finance's borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, bear interest at a floating rate and are maintained as base rate loans or as eurocurrency rate loans. Base rate loans bear interest at the base rate plus the applicable base rate margin, as described in the Senior Secured Credit Facility. The base rate is defined as the highest of (i) the administrative agent's prime rate, (ii) the federal funds effective rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (iii) the eurocurrency rate that would be payable on such day for a eurocurrency rate loan with a one-month interest period plus 1%. Eurocurrency rate loans bear interest at the adjusted eurocurrency rate plus the applicable eurocurrency rate margin, as described in the Senior Secured Credit Facility. The eurocurrency rate is determined by reference to the British Bankers Association (BBA) LIBOR rate for the interest period relevant to such borrowing. With respect to Tranche G Term Loans, the eurocurrency rate shall be no less than 0.75% per annum and the base rate shall be no less than 1.75%  per annum. The interest rate margin for Tranche G Term Loans under the Senior Secured Credit Facility is 1.50%, in the case of the base rate loans and 2.50%, in the case of eurocurrency rate loans. The margin is subject to one 25 basis point step down upon achievement by the Company of a total net leverage ratio of less than 4.25:1.0.

The obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facility are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Peak Finance Holdings LLC, any subsidiary of Peak Finance Holdings LLC that directly or indirectly owns 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Pinnacle Foods Finance, subject to certain exceptions, each of Pinnacle Foods Finance’s direct or indirect material domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the “Guarantors”) and by the Company effective with the April 2013 refinancing. In addition, subject to certain exceptions, the Senior Secured Credit Facility is collateralized by first priority or equivalent security interests in (i) all the capital stock of, or other equity interests in, each direct or indirect domestic subsidiary of Pinnacle Foods Finance and 65% of the capital stock of, or other equity interests in, each direct foreign subsidiary of Pinnacle Foods Finance, or any of its material domestic wholly-owned subsidiaries and (ii) certain tangible and intangible assets of Pinnacle Foods Finance and those of the Guarantors (subject to certain exceptions and qualifications).
The total combined amount of the Senior Secured Credit Facility Loans that were owed to affiliates of Blackstone as of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012, was $52,119 and $63,097, respectively.
 
As of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012 there were no borrowings outstanding for the Revolving Credit Facility, except in respect of letters of credit as set forth below, however, the eurocurrency rate would have been 2.69% and 3.71%. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, the weighted average interest rate on the term loan components of the Senior Secured Credit Facility was 3.55% and 3.82%, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, the weighted average interest rate on the term loan components of the Senior Secured Credit Facility was 3.64%, and 3.57%, respectively. As of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012 the eurocurrency interest rate on the term loan facilities was 3.25% and 4.08%, respectively.
Pinnacle Foods Finance pays a fee for all outstanding letters of credit drawn against the Revolving Credit Facility at an annual rate equivalent to the applicable eurocurrency rate margin then in effect under the Revolving Credit Facility, plus the fronting fee payable in respect of the applicable letter of credit. The fronting fee is equal to 0.125% per annum of the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such letter of credit. The fronting fees are computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Total letters of credit issued under the Revolving Credit Facility cannot exceed $50,000. As of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012, Pinnacle Foods Finance had utilized $33,972 and $33,453, respectively of the Revolving Credit Facility for letters of credit. As of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012, respectively, there was $116,028 and $116,547 of borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility, of which $16,028 and $16,547 was available to be used for letters of credit.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


Under the terms of the Senior Secured Credit Facility, Pinnacle Foods Finance is required to use 50% of its “Excess Cash Flow” to prepay the term loans under the Senior Secured Credit Facility (which percentage will be reduced to 25% at a total leverage ratio of 4.50 to 5.49 and to 0% at a total leverage ratio below 4.50). As of June 30, 2013, the Company had a total leverage ratio of 4.21. Excess Cash Flow is defined as consolidated net income (as defined), as adjusted for certain items, including (1) all non-cash charges and credits included in arriving at consolidated net income, (2) changes in working capital, (3) capital expenditures (to the extent they were not financed with debt), (4) the aggregate amount of principal payments on indebtedness and (5) certain other items defined in the Senior Secured Credit Facility. For the 2012 reporting year Pinnacle Foods Finance determined that there were no amounts due under the Excess Cash Flow requirements of the Senior Secured Credit Facility. In December 2013, Pinnacle Foods Finance will determine if amounts are due under the Excess Cash Flow requirements of the Senior Secured Credit Facility for the 2013 reporting year.
 
The term loans under the Senior Secured Credit Facility mature in quarterly installments of 0.25% of their aggregate funded total principal amount. The aggregate maturities of the Tranche G Term Loans outstanding as of June 30, 2013 are $4.1 million in the remainder of 2013, $16.3 million in 2014, $16.3 million in 2015, $16.3 million in 2016, $20.4 million in 2017 and $1,552.6 million thereafter.

Pursuant to the terms of the Senior Secured Credit Facility, Pinnacle Foods Finance is required to maintain a ratio of Net First Lien Secured Debt to Adjusted EBITDA of no greater than 5.75 to 1.00. Net First Lien Secured Debt is defined as aggregate consolidated secured indebtedness, less the aggregate amount of all unrestricted cash and cash equivalents. In addition, under the Senior Secured Credit Facility and the indenture governing the Senior Notes, Pinnacle Foods Finance's ability to engage in activities such as incurring additional indebtedness, making investments and paying dividends is tied to the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (which is currently the same as the ratio of Net First Lien Secured Debt to Adjusted EBITDA above), in the case of the Senior Secured Credit Facility, or to the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to fixed charges for the most recently concluded four consecutive fiscal quarters, in the case of the Senior Notes. The Senior Secured Credit Facility also permits restricted payments up to an aggregate amount of (together with certain other amounts) the greater of $50 million and 2% of Pinnacle Foods Finance's consolidated total assets, so long as no default has occurred and is continuing and its pro forma Senior Secured Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 4.25 to 1.00. As of June 30, 2013 the Company is in compliance with all covenants and other obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facility and the indenture governing the Senior Notes.
Senior Notes and Senior Subordinated Notes

On April 3, 2013, the Company completed its IPO which is further described in Note 1. A portion of the proceeds was used to redeem the entire $465.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Pinnacle Foods Finance's 9.25% Senior Notes at a redemption price of 100.0%.

On April 29, 2013, as part of the April 2013 Refinancing, Pinnacle Foods Finance, an indirect subsidiary of the Company, issued $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes (the "4.875% Senior Notes") due 2021.

As a result of the April 2013 Refinancing, Pinnacle Foods Finance used a portion of the proceeds from the Tranche G Term Loans and the 4.875% Senior Notes issuance to redeem $400.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Pinnacle Foods Finance's 8.25% Senior Notes due 2017 at a redemption price of 108.5%.
The 4.875% Senior Notes are general unsecured obligations of Pinnacle Foods Finance, effectively subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future senior secured indebtedness of Pinnacle Foods Finance and guaranteed on a full, unconditional, joint and several basis by Pinnacle Foods Finance’s wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries that guarantee other indebtedness of Pinnacle Foods Finance. See Note 17 for the condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for Guarantor and Nonguarantor Financial Statements.
Pinnacle Foods Finance may redeem some or all of the 4.875% Senior Notes at any time prior to May 1, 2016 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest to, the redemption date, subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. The “Applicable Premium” is defined as the greater of (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such note and (2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of such 4.875% Senior Notes at May 1, 2016, plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such 4.875% Senior Notes through May 1, 2016 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the treasury rate plus 50 basis points over (b) the principal amount of such note.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


Pinnacle Foods Finance may redeem the 4.875% Senior Notes at the redemption prices listed below, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on May 1st of each of the years indicated below:
 
4.875% Senior Notes
Year
Percentage
2016
103.656%
2017
102.438%
2018
101.219%
2019 and thereafter
100.000%
 


In addition, until May 1, 2016, Pinnacle Foods Finance may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 4.875% Senior Notes at a redemption price equal to 104.875% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, subject to the right of holders of the 4.875% Senior Notes of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, with the net cash proceeds received by Pinnacle Foods Finance from one or more equity offerings; provided that (i) at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the 4.875% Senior Notes originally issued under the indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption and (ii) each such redemption occurs within 120 days of the date of closing of each such equity offering.
As market conditions warrant, Pinnacle Foods Finance and its subsidiaries, affiliates or significant equity holders (including Blackstone and its affiliates) may from time to time, in its or their sole discretion, purchase, repay, redeem or retire any of Pinnacle Foods Finance’s outstanding debt or equity securities (including any publicly issued debt or equity securities), in privately negotiated or open market transactions, by tender offer, exchange offer or otherwise.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


The estimated fair value of the Company’s long-term debt, including the current portion, as of June 30, 2013, is as follows:
 
 
 
June 30, 2013
Issue
 
Face Value
 
Fair Value
Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche G Term Loans
 
1,625,925

 
1,611,698

4.875% Senior Notes
 
350,000

 
334,250

 
 
$
1,975,925

 
$
1,945,948


The estimated fair value of the Company’s long-term debt, including the current portion, as of December 30, 2012, is as follows:

 
 
December 30, 2012
Issue
 
Face Value
 
Fair Value
Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche B Non Extended Term Loans
 
243,264

 
244,480

Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche B Extended Term Loans
 
637,906

 
641,095

Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche E Term Loans
 
398,000

 
400,985

Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche F Term Loans
 
448,875

 
452,242

9.25% Senior Notes
 
465,000

 
471,975

8.25% Senior Notes
 
400,000

 
427,000

 
 
$
2,593,045

 
$
2,637,777


The estimated fair values of the Company's long-term debt are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value is based on the quoted market price for such notes and borrowing rates currently available to the Company for loans with similar terms and maturities.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


10. Pension and Retirement Plans
The Company accounts for pension and retirement plans in accordance with the authoritative guidance for retirement benefit compensation. This guidance requires recognition of the funded status of a benefit plan in the statement of financial position. The guidance also requires recognition in accumulated other comprehensive earnings of certain gains and losses that arise during the period but are deferred under pension accounting rules.
The Company uses a measurement date for the pension benefit plans that coincides with its year end.
The Company has two defined benefit plans (Pinnacle Foods Pension Plan and the Birds Eye Foods Pension Plan, both of which are frozen for future benefit accruals as of December 30, 2012), two qualified 401(k) plans, two non-qualified 40l(k) plans and participates in a multi-employer defined benefit plan.
Pinnacle Foods Pension Plan
The Company maintains a non-contributory defined benefit pension plan (the “Pinnacle Foods Pension Plan”) that covers eligible union employees and provides benefits generally based on years of service and employees’ compensation. The plan is frozen for future benefits. The Pinnacle Foods Pension Plan is funded in conformity with the funding requirements of applicable government regulations. Plan assets consist principally of cash equivalents, equity and fixed income common collective trusts. Plan assets do not include any of the Company’s own equity or debt securities.
The following represents the components of net periodic (benefit) cost:
 
 
Pinnacle Foods Pension Plan
 
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
Pension Benefits
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
 
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
Service cost
$

 
$
277

 
$

 
$
555

Interest cost
892

 
1,028

 
1,913

 
2,056

Expected return on assets
(1,125
)
 
(1,089
)
 
(2,250
)
 
(2,178
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 



Prior service cost

 
10

 

 
21

Actuarial loss
116

 
447

 
361


894

Net periodic cost
$
(117
)
 
$
673

 
$
24

 
$
1,348


Cash Flows
Contributions. Due to changes in Federal laws passed in July 2012  governing pension funding requirements, our required payments for pension funding are lower in fiscal 2013 than they were in fiscal 2012. In fiscal 2013, the Company expects to make contributions of $2.7 million to the Pinnacle Foods Pension Plan, of which minimum required payments of $0.7 million and $0.8 million were made in the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, respectively. The Company made contributions to the pension plan totaling $4.1 million in fiscal 2012, of which $1.1 million and $2.0 million were made in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, respectively.
Birds Eye Foods Pension Plan
The Company’s Birds Eye Foods Pension Plan (the “Birds Eye Foods Pension Plan”) consists of hourly and salaried employees and has primarily non-contributory defined-benefit schedules. The plan is frozen for future benefits.
The Company acquired an Excess Benefit Retirement Plan from Birds Eye Foods ("EBRP"), which serves to provide employees with the same retirement benefit they would have received from Birds Eye’s retirement plan under the career average base pay formula. Benefits for this plan are frozen. Also, the Company maintains a non-qualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) which provides additional retirement benefits to two prior executives of Birds Eye Foods who retired prior to November 4, 1994. Expenses and liabilities for the EBRP and the SERP plan are grouped with those of the Birds Eye Pension Plan in all disclosures listed herein.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


The benefits for these plans are based primarily on years of service and employees’ pay near retirement. The Company’s funding policy is consistent with the funding requirements of Federal laws and regulations. Plan assets consist principally of cash equivalents, equity and fixed income common collective trusts. Plan assets do not include any of the Company’s own equity or debt securities.
The following represents the components of net periodic (benefit) cost:
 
 
Birds Eye Foods Pension Plan
 
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
Pension Benefits
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
 
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
Service cost
$

 
$
52

 
$

 
$
105

Interest cost
1,768

 
1,928

 
3,585

 
3,856

Expected return on assets
(2,249
)
 
(2,086
)
 
(4,497
)
 
(4,172
)
Amortization of actuarial loss
159

 
87

 
370

 
174

Net periodic (benefit) cost
$
(322
)
 
$
(19
)
 
$
(542
)
 
$
(37
)


Cash Flows
Contributions. Due to changes in Federal laws passed in July 2012  governing pension funding requirements, our required payments for pension funding are lower in fiscal 2013 than they were in fiscal 2012. In fiscal 2013, the Company expects to make contributions of $5.2 million to the Birds Eye Foods Pension Plan, of which minimum required payments of $1.4 million and $1.6 million were made in the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, respectively. The Company made contributions to the pension plan totaling $8.4 million in fiscal 2012, of which $1.9 million and $3.7 million were made in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, respectively.
Multi-employer Plans
 
Pinnacle contributes to the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Industry Pension Fund (EIN 51-6055922) (the "UFCW Plan") under the terms of the collective-bargaining agreement with its Fort Madison employees. On February 14, 2013, a new four year collective bargaining agreement, effective through September 2016, was ratified by our 450 Fort Madison union employees.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, contributions to the UFCW Plan were $246 and $435, respectively. For the three and six months and June 24, 2012, contributions to the UFCW Plan were $187 and $371, respectively. The contributions to this plan are paid monthly based upon the number of employees. They represent less than 5% of the total contributions received by this plan during the most recent plan year.

The risks of participating in multi-employer plans are different from single-employer plans in the following aspects: (a) assets contributed to a multi-employer plan by one employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers, (b) if a participating employer stops contributing to the multi-employer plan, the unfunded obligations of the plan may be borne by the remaining participating employers and (c) if the Company chooses to stop participating in the plan, the Company may be required to pay a withdrawal liability based on the underfunded status of the plan.
 
The UFCW Plan received a Pension Protection Act “green” zone status for the plan year ending June 30, 2012. The zone status is based on information the Company received from the plan and is certified by the plan's actuary. Among other factors, plans in the green zone are at least 80 percent funded. The UFCW Plan did not utilize any extended amortization provisions that effect its placement in the "green" zone. The UFCW Plan has never been required to implement a funding improvement plan nor is one pending at this time.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


11. Financial Instruments
Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

The Company is exposed to certain risks arising from both its business operations and economic conditions. The Company principally manages its exposures to a wide variety of business and operational risks through management of its core business activities. The Company manages economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity, and credit risk primarily by managing the amount, sources, and duration of its debt funding and the use of derivative financial instruments. The primary risks managed by using derivative instruments are interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange risk and commodity price risk. Specifically, the Company enters into derivative financial instruments to manage exposures that arise from business activities that result in the receipt or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which are determined by interest rates, foreign exchange rates or commodity prices.
The Company manages interest rate risk based on the varying circumstances of anticipated borrowings and existing variable and fixed rate debt, including the Company’s revolving credit facility. Examples of interest rate management strategies include capping interest rates using targeted interest cost benchmarks, hedging portions of the total amount of debt, or hedging a period of months and not always hedging to maturity, and at other times locking in rates to fix interests costs.
Certain parts of the Company’s foreign operations in Canada expose the Company to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. The Company’s goal is to reduce its exposure to such foreign exchange risks on its foreign currency cash flows and fair value fluctuations on recognized foreign currency denominated assets, liabilities and unrecognized firm commitments to acceptable levels primarily through the use of foreign exchange-related derivative financial instruments. The Company enters into derivative financial instruments to protect the value or fix the amount of certain obligations in terms of its functional currency. The Company does not enter into these transactions for non-hedging purposes.
The Company purchases raw materials in quantities expected to be used in a reasonable period of time in the normal course of business. The Company generally enters into agreements for either spot market delivery or forward delivery. The prices paid in the forward delivery contracts are generally fixed, but may also be variable within a capped or collared price range. Forward derivative contracts on certain commodities are entered into to manage the price risk associated with forecasted purchases of materials used in the Company’s manufacturing process.
Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk
The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to add stability to interest expense and to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, the Company primarily uses interest rate swaps. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012, such derivatives were used to hedge the variable cash flows associated with existing variable-rate debt.

The second quarter 2013 IPO (Note 1) and debt refinancings (Note 9) resulted in significant changes to the Company's debt profile. For the two $650 million interest rate swaps in place at the time that were scheduled to mature April 2014, it became probable that the associated original forecasted transactions would not occur. As such, the Company discontinued hedge accounting and accelerated the reclassification of amounts in AOCL to earnings as a result of the hedged forecasted transactions becoming probable not to occur. In the second quarter 2013, these accelerated amounts resulted in a $2.8 million charge to interest expense ($1.7 million, net of tax benefits) and a $9.1 million non-cash charge to the provision for income tax expenses related to the release of deferred tax charges recorded in Other comprehensive income (see Note 15 for additional details). Prospective changes in the fair value of these derivatives no longer designated in hedging relationships will be recorded directly in earnings.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


As of June 30, 2013, the Company had the following interest rate swaps that were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk:
 
Product
 
Number of
Instruments
 
Current
Notional
Amount
 
Fixed Rate Range
 
Index
 
Trade Dates
 
Maturity
Dates
Interest Rate Swaps
 
14
 
$
1,333,000

 
 0.76% - 2.97%
 
 USD-LIBOR-BBA
 
Apr 2013
 
 Apr 2014 - Apr 2020

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges is recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCL”) in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivatives is recognized directly in earnings. Amounts reported in AOCL related to derivatives will be reclassified to Interest expense as interest payments are made on the Company’s variable-rate debt. During the next twelve months, the Company estimates that an additional $304 will be reclassified as an increase to Interest expense.

Cash Flow Hedges of Foreign Exchange Risk
The Company’s operations in Canada expose the Company to changes in the U.S. Dollar – Canadian Dollar ("USD-CAD") foreign exchange rate. From time to time, the Company’s Canadian subsidiary purchases inventory denominated in U.S. Dollars ("USD"), a currency other than its functional currency. The subsidiary sells that inventory in Canadian dollars. The subsidiary uses currency forward and collar agreements to manage its exposure to fluctuations in the USD-CAD exchange rate. Currency forward agreements involve fixing the USD-CAD exchange rate for delivery of a specified amount of foreign currency on a specified date. Currency collar agreements involve the sale of Canadian Dollar ("CAD") currency in exchange for receiving U.S. dollars if exchange rates rise above an agreed upon rate and purchase of USD currency in exchange for paying CAD currency if exchange rates fall below an agreed upon rate at specified dates.
As of June 30, 2013, the Company had the following foreign currency exchange contracts (in aggregate) that were designated as cash flow hedges of foreign exchange risk:
 
Product
 
Number of
Instruments
 
Notional Sold in
Aggregate in ("CAD")
 
Notional
Purchased in
Aggregate in ("USD")
 
USD to CAD
Exchange
Rates
 
Trade Date
 
Maturity
Dates
CAD Forward
 
7
 
$
25,850

 
$
26,118

 
0.987 - 0.993
 
Sep 2012
 
Jul 2013 - Dec 2013

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated that qualify as cash flow hedges of foreign exchange risk is recorded in AOCL in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portions of the change in fair value of the derivative, as well as amounts excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness, are recognized directly in Cost of products sold in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Non-designated Hedges of Commodity Risk
Derivatives not designated as hedges are not speculative and are used to manage the Company’s exposure to commodity price risk but do not meet the authoritative guidance for hedge accounting. From time to time, the Company enters into commodity forward contracts to fix the price of natural gas, diesel fuel, corn, wheat and soybean oil purchases and other commodities at a future delivery date. Changes in the fair value of derivatives not designated in hedging relationships are recorded directly in Cost of products sold in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


As of June 30, 2013, the Company had the following derivative instruments that were not designated in qualifying hedging relationships:

Commodity Contracts
 
Number of
Instruments
 
Notional Amount
 
Price/Index
 
Trade Dates
 
Maturity
Dates
Diesel Fuel Contracts
 
2
 
4,094,194 Gallons
 
 $3.74 - $3.95 per Gallon
 
April 2013
 
December 2013
The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as well as their classification in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012.
 
 
Tabular Disclosure of Fair Values of Derivative Instruments
 
 
Asset Derivatives
 
Liability Derivatives
 
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Fair Value
as of
June 30, 2013
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Fair Value
as of
June 30, 2013
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Rate Contracts
 
Other assets, net
 
$
29,170

 
Accrued liabilities
 
$
23

Foreign Exchange Contracts
 
Other current assets
 
1,593

 
 
 
 
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
$
30,763

 
 
 
$
23

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Rate Contracts
 
 
 
 
 
Accrued liabilities
 
$
1,715

Commodity Contracts
 
 
 


 
Accrued liabilities
 
188

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
$

 
 
 
$
1,903

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Fair Value
as of
December 30, 2012
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Fair Value
as of
December 30, 2012
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Rate Contracts
 
 
 
 
 
Other long-term liabilities
 
$
3,807

Foreign Exchange Contracts
 
Other current assets
 
$
605

 
 
 


 
 
Other assets, net
 
33

 
 
 
 
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
$
638

 
 
 
$
3,807

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity Contracts
 
Other current assets
 
$
525

 
Accrued liabilities
 
$
682

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
$
525

 
 
 
$
682




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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


The table below presents the effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Accumulated other comprehensive loss ("AOCL") for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012.

Tabular Disclosure of the Effect of Derivative Instruments
Gain/(Loss)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging
Relationships
 
Recognized in
AOCL on
Derivative
(Effective
Portion)
 
Effective portion
reclassified from AOCL to:
 
Reclassified
from AOCL
into Earnings
(Effective
Portion)
 
Ineffective portion
recognized in Earnings in:
 
Recognized in
Earnings on
Derivative
(Ineffective
Portion)
Interest Rate Contracts
 
$
28,837

 
Interest expense
 
$
(3,093
)
(a)
Interest expense
 
$
16

Foreign Exchange Contracts
 
894

 
Cost of products sold
 
490

 
Cost of products sold
 
6

Three months ended June 30, 2013
 
$
29,731

 
 
 
$
(2,603
)
 
 
 
$
22

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Rate Contracts
 
$
28,706

 
Interest expense
 
$
(3,945
)
(a)
Interest expense
 
$
26

Foreign Exchange Contracts
 
1,629

 
Cost of products sold
 
682

 
Cost of products sold
 
7

Six months ended June 30, 2013
 
$
30,335

 
 
 
$
(3,263
)
 
 
 
$
33

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Rate Contracts
 
$
(1,994
)
 
Interest expense
 
$
(3,837
)
 
Interest expense
 
$

Foreign Exchange Contracts
 
756

 
Cost of products sold
 
170

 
Cost of products sold
 
(12
)
Three months ended June 24, 2012
 
$
(1,238
)
 
 
 
$
(3,667
)
 
 
 
$
(12
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Rate Contracts
 
$
(5,377
)
 
Interest expense
 
$
(8,327
)
 
Interest expense
 
$
(1
)
Foreign Exchange Contracts
 
(170
)
 
Cost of products sold
 
203

 
Cost of products sold
 
(26
)
Six months ended June 24, 2012
 
$
(5,547
)
 
 
 
$
(8,124
)
 
 
 
$
(27
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
 
Recognized in Earnings in:
 
Recognized in
Earnings on
Derivative
 
 
 
 
Commodity Contracts
 
 
 
Cost of products sold
 
$
(302
)
 
 
 
 
Interest Rate Contracts
 
 
 
Interest expense
 
165

 
 
 
 
Three months ended June 30, 2013
 
 
 
$
(137
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity Contracts
 
 
 
Cost of products sold
 
$
(97
)
 
 
 
 
Interest Rate Contracts
 
 
 
Interest expense
 
165

 
 
 
 
Six months ended June 30, 2013
 
 
 
$
68

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity Contracts
 
 
 
Cost of products sold
 
$
(3,110
)
 
 
 
 
Three months ended June 24, 2012
 
 
 
$
(3,110
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity Contracts
 
 
 
Cost of products sold
 
$
(2,367
)
 
 
 
 
Six months ended June 24, 2012
 
 
 
$
(2,367
)
 
 
 
 

(a) Includes $2.8 million of accelerated reclassifications out of AOCL.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


Credit risk-related contingent features
The Company has agreements with certain counterparties that contain a provision whereby the Company could be declared in default on its derivative obligations if repayment of the underlying indebtedness is accelerated by the lender due to the Company’s default on the indebtedness. As of June 30, 2013, the Company has not posted any collateral related to these agreements. If the Company had breached this provision at June 30, 2013, it could have been required to settle its obligations under the agreements at their termination value, which differs from the recorded fair value. The table below summarizes the aggregate fair values of those derivatives that contain credit risk-related contingent features as of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012.
June 30, 2013
 
Asset/(Liability)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Counterparty
 
Contract
Type
 
Termination
Value
 
Performance
Risk
Adjustment
 
Accrued
Interest
 
Fair Value
(excluding
interest)
Barclays
 
Interest Rate Contracts
 
$
12,150

 
$
(210
)
 
$
(147
)
 
$
12,087

 
 
Commodity Contracts
 
(188
)
 

 

 
(188
)
Bank of America
 
Interest Rate Contracts
 
9,888

 
(13
)
 

 
9,875

Credit Suisse
 
Interest Rate Contracts
 
5,396

 
4

 
(72
)
 
5,472


 
Foreign Exchange Contracts
 
1,594

 
(1
)
 

 
1,593

Total
 
 
 
$
28,840

 
$
(220
)
 
$
(219
)
 
$
28,839


December 30, 2012
 
Asset/(Liability)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Counterparty
 
Contract
Type
 
Termination
Value
 
Performance
Risk
Adjustment
 
Accrued
Interest
 
Fair Value
(excluding
interest)
Barclays
 
Interest Rate Contracts
 
$
(2,063
)
 
$
31

 
$
(128
)
 
$
(1,904
)
 
 
Commodity Contracts
 
(158
)
 

 

 
(158
)
Credit Suisse
 
Interest Rate Contracts
 
(2,063
)
 
32

 
(128
)
 
(1,903
)
 
 
Foreign Exchange Contracts
 
636

 
3

 

 
639

Total
 
 
 
$
(3,648
)
 
$
66

 
$
(256
)
 
$
(3,326
)
 


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


12. Commitments and Contingencies
General
From time to time, the Company and its operations are parties to, or targets of, lawsuits, claims, investigations, and proceedings, which are being handled and defended in the ordinary course of business. Although the outcome of such items cannot be determined with certainty, the Company’s general counsel and management are of the opinion that the final outcome of these matters will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Aunt Jemima Breakfast Recall

On January 27, 2012, the Company issued a voluntary recall for certain Aunt Jemima frozen pancakes due to potential cross contamination. The net cost of this recall for the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, was $0.0 million and $3.3 million, respectively. Charges for the recall are reported in the Birds Eye Frozen Division.


13. Related Party Transactions

At the closing of its acquisition by Blackstone, the Company entered into an advisory agreement with an affiliate of Blackstone pursuant to which such entity or its affiliates provide certain strategic and structuring advice and assistance to the Company. In addition, under this agreement, affiliates of Blackstone provide certain monitoring, advisory and consulting services to the Company for an aggregate annual management fee equal to the greater of $2,500 or 1.0% of Covenant Compliance EBITDA (as defined in the credit agreement governing the Company’s Senior Secured Credit Facility). Affiliates of Blackstone also receive reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses. Expenses relating to the management fee, which were recorded in Administrative expenses, were $0 and $1,148 in the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, respectively. Expenses relating to the management fee were $1,034 and $2,222 in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, respectively. There were no out-of-pocket expenses reimbursed to Blackstone in the three and six months ended June 30, 2013. The Company reimbursed Blackstone for out-of-pocket expenses totaling $0 and $123 in three and six months ended June 24, 2012, respectively.

On April 3, 2013, and in connection with the Company's IPO described in Note 1 of the Consolidated Financial Statements, "Summary of Business Activities", the advisory agreement was terminated in accordance with its terms for a fee paid of $15.1 million. In addition, prepaid expenses for related party management fees of $3,345 that were recorded to Other current assets were expensed.
Customer Purchases
Performance Food Group Company, which is controlled by affiliates of Blackstone, is a foodservice supplier that purchases products from the Company. Sales to Performance Food Group Company were $935 and $2,079 in the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, respectively. Sales to Performance Food Group Company were $1,113 and $2,359 in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, respectively. As of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012, amounts due from Performance Food Group Company were $26 and $68, respectively, and were recorded on the Accounts receivable, net of allowances line in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Interest Expense
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, fees and interest expense recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for debt owed to affiliates of Blackstone Advisors L.P. totaled $347 and $926, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, fees and interest expense recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for debt to affiliates of Blackstone Advisors L.P. totaled $755 and $2,086, respectively. As of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012, debt owed to related parties was $52,119 and $63,097, respectively and was recorded on the Long-term debt in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012, interest accrued on debt owed to related parties was $292 and $173, respectively, and was recorded on the Accrued liabilities line in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


14. Segments

The Company is a leading producer, marketer and distributor of high quality, branded food products in North America. The Company manages the business in three operating segments: Birds Eye Frozen, Duncan Hines Grocery and Specialty Foods.

The Birds Eye Frozen Division manages its Leadership Brands in the United States retail frozen vegetables (Birds Eye), frozen complete bagged meals (Birds Eye Voila!), and frozen seafood (Van de Kamp's and Mrs. Paul's) categories, as well as its Foundation Brands in the frozen and refrigerated bagels (Lender's), frozen pizza for one (Celeste), full-calorie single-serve frozen dinners and entrées (Hungry-Man), and frozen breakfast (Aunt Jemima) categories.
The Duncan Hines Grocery Division manages its Leadership Brands in the baking mixes and frostings (Duncan Hines), shelf-stable pickles (Vlasic), and table syrups (Mrs. Butterworth's and Log Cabin) categories, and its Foundation Brands in the canned meat (Armour, Nalley, Brooks), pie and pastry fillings (Comstock, Wilderness), barbecue sauces (Open Pit) and salad dressing (Bernstein's) categories as well as all Canadian operations.
The Company refers to the sum of the Birds Eye Frozen Division and the Duncan Hines Grocery Division as the North American retail businesses.
The Specialty Foods Division consists of snack products (Tim's Cascade and Snyder of Berlin) and the foodservice and private label businesses.
Segment performance is evaluated by the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker and is based on earnings before interest and taxes. Transfers between segments and geographic areas are recorded at cost plus markup or at market. Identifiable assets are those assets, including goodwill, which are identified with the operations in each segment or geographic region. Corporate assets consist of prepaid and deferred tax assets. Unallocated corporate expenses consist of corporate overhead such as executive management, finance and legal functions and IPO and refinancing related charges.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


 
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
SEGMENT INFORMATION
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
 
June 30,
2013

June 24,
2012
Net sales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Birds Eye Frozen
$
244,040

 
$
241,113

 
$
536,491

 
$
531,653

Duncan Hines Grocery
238,821

 
249,587

 
466,029

 
471,588

Specialty Foods
86,183

 
97,895

 
179,505

 
202,279

Total
$
569,044

 
$
588,595

 
$
1,182,025

 
$
1,205,520

Earnings before interest and taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Birds Eye Frozen
$
36,527

 
$
29,923

 
$
85,453

 
$
67,153

Duncan Hines Grocery
29,702

 
24,495

 
59,134

 
50,789

Specialty Foods
4,875

 
5,265

 
13,061

 
12,141

Unallocated corporate expenses
(60,133
)
 
(17,694
)
 
(66,006
)
 
(22,924
)
Total
$
10,971

 
$
41,989

 
$
91,642

 
$
107,159

Depreciation and amortization
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Birds Eye Frozen
$
9,339

 
$
9,156

 
$
18,627

 
$
19,323

Duncan Hines Grocery
5,489

 
8,234

 
11,316

 
14,558

Specialty Foods
3,927

 
4,177

 
8,082

 
8,175

Total
$
18,755

 
$
21,567

 
$
38,025

 
$
42,056

Capital expenditures*
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Birds Eye Frozen
$
14,901

 
$
13,615

 
$
25,011

 
$
21,389

Duncan Hines Grocery
8,557

 
6,268

 
19,166

 
10,163

Specialty Foods
3,916

 
2,859

 
6,107

 
4,695

Total
$
27,374

 
$
22,742

 
$
50,284

 
$
36,247

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net sales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
562,492

 
$
582,896

 
$
1,169,073

 
$
1,195,175

Canada
21,932

 
20,917

 
42,548

 
39,380

Intercompany
(15,380
)
 
(15,218
)
 
(29,596
)
 
(29,035
)
Total
$
569,044

 
$
588,595

 
$
1,182,025

 
$
1,205,520


 *Includes new capital leases.

SEGMENT INFORMATION
June 30,
2013
 
December 30,
2012
Total assets
 
 
 
Birds Eye Frozen
$
1,981,411

 
$
1,978,668

Duncan Hines Grocery
1,958,944

 
1,965,002

Specialty Foods
356,733

 
356,722

Corporate
116,987

 
99,596

Total
$
4,414,075

 
$
4,399,988

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
 
 
 
Long-lived assets
 
 
 
United States
$
513,648

 
$
493,640

Canada
21

 
26

Total
$
513,669

 
$
493,666



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


15. Taxes on Earnings

The provision (benefit) for income taxes and related effective tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012, respectively, were as follows:
 
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
Provision (benefit) for Income Taxes
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
 
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
Current
$
774

 
$
(736
)
 
$
1,494

 
$
158

Deferred
(5,549
)
 
(7,199
)
 
8,953

 
(2,016
)
Total
$
(4,775
)
 
$
(7,935
)
 
$
10,447

 
$
(1,858
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Effective tax rate
13.0
%
 
42.9
%
 
306.9
%
 
64.5
%

Income taxes are accounted for in accordance with the authoritative guidance for accounting for income taxes under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between their financial statement basis and tax basis, using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, the Company refinanced all of its outstanding debt (Note 9) and the Company discontinued hedge accounting for interest rate swaps in effect at that time (Note 11). Effective with the swap termination, deferred tax expense of $9.1 million, which was recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss through the swap termination date, was reclassified as a non-cash deferred tax expense in the provision for income taxes through the consolidated statement of operations. During the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, the Company announced restructuring plans (Note 8) that were projected to decrease our future state effective tax rate, resulting in a net benefit of $2.1 million to the tax provision and a corresponding decrease to our net deferred tax liabilities.

The Company regularly evaluates its deferred tax assets for future realization.  A valuation allowance is established when the Company believes that it is more likely than not that some portion of its deferred tax assets will not be realized.  Changes in valuation allowances from period to period are included in the Company's tax provision in the period of change.

As of June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012, the Company maintained a valuation allowance for certain state net operating loss (“NOL”) carryovers, state tax credit carryovers and foreign loss carryovers. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 a benefit of $1.5 million was recognized to the income tax provision for reduction of the valuation allowance for state NOL carryovers and state credits attributable to a projected decrease of interest expense from the IPO and the April 2013 refinancing. For the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, a charge of $1.9 million was recognized to the income tax provision, principally related to the realizability of state NOL carryovers and state credits due to the aforementioned restructuring plans.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)



16.    Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-02, “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income,” (“ASU 2013-02”). This new guidance requires that the Company present either in a single note or parenthetically on the face of the financial statements, the effect of significant amounts reclassified from each component of accumulated other comprehensive income based on its source and the income statement line items affected by the reclassification. This guidance only impacts disclosures within the consolidated financial statements and notes to the consolidated financial statements and does not result in a change to the accounting treatment of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. The Company adopted this standard during the three month period ended March 31, 2013.

In July 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-11, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists,” (“ASU 2013-11”). The update provides guidance on financial statement presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss (NOL) carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. This ASU applies to all entities with unrecognized tax benefits that also have tax loss or tax credit carryforwards in the same tax jurisdiction as of the reporting date. The Company will adopt this standard in December 2013. The Company anticipates that adoption of the standard will not have a material impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


17. Guarantor and Nonguarantor Statements
The 4.875% Senior Notes are general senior unsecured obligations of Pinnacle Foods Finance, effectively subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future senior secured indebtedness of Pinnacle Foods Finance and guaranteed on a full, unconditional, joint and several basis by the Company and Pinnacle Foods Finance's 100% owned domestic subsidiaries that guarantee other indebtedness of the Company.
The following condensed consolidating financial information presents:
(1)
(a) Condensed consolidating balance sheets as of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012.
(b) The related condensed consolidating statements of operations and comprehensive earnings for the Company, Pinnacle Foods Finance, all guarantor subsidiaries and the non-guarantor subsidiaries for the following:
i. Three and six months ended June 30, 2013; and
ii. Three and six months ended June 24, 2012.

(c) The related condensed consolidating statements of cash flows for the Company, Pinnacle Foods Finance, all guarantor subsidiaries and the non-guarantor subsidiaries for the following:
i. Six months ended June 30, 2013; and
ii. Six months ended June 24, 2012.

(2)
Elimination entries necessary to consolidate the Company, Pinnacle Foods Finance with its guarantor subsidiaries and non-guarantor subsidiaries.
Investments in subsidiaries are accounted for by the parent using the equity method of accounting. The guarantor subsidiaries are presented on a combined basis. The principal elimination entries eliminate investments in subsidiaries and intercompany balances and transactions and include a reclassification entry of net non-current deferred tax assets to non-current deferred tax liabilities.



40

PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


Pinnacle Foods Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
June 30, 2013

  
Pinnacle
Foods
Inc.
 
Pinnacle
Foods
Finance LLC
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
and
Reclassifications
 
Consolidated
Total
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$

 
$

 
$
104,417

 
$
12,109

 
$

 
$
116,526

Accounts receivable, net

 

 
140,178

 
8,679

 

 
148,857

Intercompany accounts receivable
21,107

 

 
209,225

 

 
(230,332
)
 

Inventories, net

 

 
282,771

 
6,203

 

 
288,974

Other current assets

 
1,593

 
13,923

 
373

 

 
15,889

Deferred tax assets

 
(670
)
 
115,600

 
(176
)
 

 
114,754

Total current assets
21,107

 
923

 
866,114

 
27,188

 
(230,332
)
 
685,000

Plant assets, net

 

 
513,648

 
21

 

 
513,669

Investment in subsidiaries
1,517,847

 
1,903,953

 
12,290

 

 
(3,434,090
)
 

Intercompany note receivable

 
1,507,810

 
7,270

 
9,800

 
(1,524,880
)
 

Tradenames

 

 
1,603,992

 

 

 
1,603,992

Other assets, net

 
45,124

 
124,650

 
145

 

 
169,919

Deferred tax assets

 
277,652

 

 

 
(277,652
)
 

Goodwill

 

 
1,441,495

 

 

 
1,441,495

Total assets
$
1,538,954

 
$
3,735,462

 
$
4,569,459

 
$
37,154

 
$
(5,466,954
)
 
$
4,414,075

Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short-term borrowings
$

 
$

 
$
1,342

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,342

Current portion of long-term obligations

 
16,300

 
3,920

 

 

 
20,220

Accounts payable

 
83

 
115,698

 
1,365

 

 
117,146

Intercompany accounts payable

 
221,742

 

 
8,590

 
(230,332
)
 

Accrued trade marketing expense

 

 
32,773

 
3,681

 

 
36,454

Accrued liabilities

 
15,015

 
87,955

 
413

 

 
103,383

Dividends payable
21,107

 

 

 

 

 
21,107

Total current liabilities
21,107

 
253,140

 
241,688

 
14,049

 
(230,332
)
 
299,652

Long-term debt

 
1,951,127

 
22,060

 

 

 
1,973,187

Intercompany note payable

 

 
1,517,140

 
7,740

 
(1,524,880
)
 

Pension and other postretirement benefits

 

 
97,084

 

 

 
97,084

Other long-term liabilities

 

 
21,349

 
2,730

 

 
24,079

Deferred tax liabilities

 
13,348

 
766,185

 
345

 
(277,652
)
 
502,226

Total liabilities
21,107

 
2,217,615

 
2,665,506

 
24,864

 
(2,032,864
)
 
2,896,228

Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)
 


 


 


 


 


Shareholder’s equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pinnacle common stock
1,171

 

 

 

 

 
1,171

Additional paid-in-capital
1,323,433

 
1,324,604

 
1,284,776

 
2,324

 
(2,611,704
)
 
1,323,433

Retained earnings
224,804

 
224,804

 
671,259

 
9,100

 
(905,163
)
 
224,804

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(31,561
)
 
(31,561
)
 
(52,082
)
 
866

 
82,777

 
(31,561
)
Total Shareholders' equity
1,517,847

 
1,517,847

 
1,903,953

 
12,290

 
(3,434,090
)
 
1,517,847

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
$
1,538,954

 
$
3,735,462

 
$
4,569,459

 
$
37,154

 
$
(5,466,954
)
 
$
4,414,075

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

41

PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


Pinnacle Foods Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
December 30, 2012

  
Pinnacle
Foods
Inc.
 
Pinnacle
Foods
Finance LLC
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
and
Reclassifications
 
Consolidated
Total
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$

 
$

 
$
83,123

 
$
9,158

 
$

 
$
92,281

Accounts receivable, net

 

 
135,791

 
8,093

 

 
143,884

Intercompany accounts receivable

 

 
73,769

 

 
(73,769
)
 

Inventories, net

 

 
350,922

 
7,129

 

 
358,051

Other current assets

 
1,130

 
10,546

 
186

 

 
11,862

Deferred tax assets

 

 
100,245

 
74

 
(1,120
)
 
99,199

Total current assets

 
1,130

 
754,396

 
24,640

 
(74,889
)
 
705,277

Plant assets, net

 

 
493,640

 
26

 

 
493,666

Investment in subsidiaries
888,726

 
1,840,632

 
11,222

 

 
(2,740,580
)
 

Intercompany note receivable

 
1,469,135

 
7,270

 
9,800

 
(1,486,205
)
 

Tradenames

 

 
1,603,992

 

 

 
1,603,992

Other assets, net

 
23,691

 
131,707

 
160

 

 
155,558

Deferred tax assets

 
239,347

 

 

 
(239,347
)
 

Goodwill

 

 
1,441,495

 

 

 
1,441,495

Total assets
$
888,726

 
$
3,573,935

 
$
4,443,722

 
$
34,626

 
$
(4,541,021
)
 
$
4,399,988

Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short-term borrowings
$

 
$

 
$
2,139

 
$

 
$

 
$
2,139

Current portion of long-term obligations

 
27,411

 
3,008

 

 

 
30,419

Accounts payable

 
37

 
136,220

 
1,069

 

 
137,326

Intercompany accounts payable

 
65,888

 

 
7,881

 
(73,769
)
 

Accrued trade marketing expense

 

 
41,396

 
3,175

 

 
44,571

Accrued liabilities

 
29,662

 
90,000

 
727

 
(1,120
)
 
119,269

Total current liabilities

 
122,998

 
272,763

 
12,852

 
(74,889
)
 
333,724

Long-term debt

 
2,558,404

 
17,982

 

 

 
2,576,386

Intercompany note payable

 

 
1,478,593

 
7,612

 
(1,486,205
)
 

Pension and other postretirement benefits

 

 
100,918

 

 

 
100,918

Other long-term liabilities

 
3,807

 
22,168

 
2,730

 

 
28,705

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 
710,666

 
210

 
(239,347
)
 
471,529

Total liabilities

 
2,685,209

 
2,603,090

 
23,404

 
(1,800,441
)
 
3,511,262

Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)
 


 


 


 


 


Shareholder’s equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pinnacle common stock
812

 

 

 

 

 
812

Additional paid-in-capital
696,512

 
697,324

 
1,284,155

 
2,324

 
(1,983,803
)
 
696,512

Retained earnings
252,955

 
252,955

 
608,788

 
8,842

 
(870,585
)
 
252,955

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(61,553
)
 
(61,553
)
 
(52,311
)
 
56

 
113,808

 
(61,553
)
Total Shareholders' equity
888,726

 
888,726

 
1,840,632

 
11,222

 
(2,740,580
)
 
888,726

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
$
888,726

 
$
3,573,935

 
$
4,443,722

 
$
34,626

 
$
(4,541,021
)
 
$
4,399,988



42

PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)



Pinnacle Foods Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Earnings
For the three months ended June 30, 2013

  
Pinnacle
Foods
Inc.
 
Pinnacle
Foods
Finance LLC
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Total
Net sales
$

 
$

 
$
562,492

 
$
21,932

 
$
(15,380
)
 
$
569,044

Cost of products sold

 
289

 
421,143

 
18,317

 
(15,133
)
 
424,616

Gross profit

 
(289
)
 
141,349

 
3,615

 
(247
)
 
144,428

Operating expenses

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marketing and selling expenses

 
865

 
44,468

 
2,175

 

 
47,508

Administrative expenses

 
13,887

 
30,571

 
869

 

 
45,327

Research and development expenses

 
64

 
2,725

 

 

 
2,789

Intercompany royalties

 

 

 
19

 
(19
)
 

Intercompany technical service fees

 

 

 
228

 
(228
)
 

Other expense (income), net

 
34,180

 
3,653

 

 

 
37,833

Equity in (earnings) loss of investees
31,839

 
(27,046
)
 
(169
)
 

 
(4,624
)
 

Total operating expenses
31,839

 
21,950

 
81,248

 
3,291

 
(4,871
)
 
133,457

Earnings before interest and taxes
(31,839
)
 
(22,239
)
 
60,101

 
324

 
4,624

 
10,971

Intercompany interest (income) expense

 
(15,261
)
 
15,220

 
41

 

 

Interest expense

 
47,137

 
483

 
7

 

 
47,627

Interest income

 

 
31

 
11

 

 
42

Earnings before income taxes
(31,839
)
 
(54,115
)
 
44,429

 
287

 
4,624

 
(36,614
)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes

 
(22,276
)
 
17,383

 
118

 

 
(4,775
)
Net earnings
$
(31,839
)
 
$
(31,839
)
 
$
27,046

 
$
169

 
$
4,624

 
$
(31,839
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total comprehensive earnings (loss)
$
(2,970
)
 
$
(2,970
)
 
$
27,399

 
$
361

 
$
(24,790
)
 
$
(2,970
)
 


43

PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


Pinnacle Foods Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Earnings
For the three months ended June 24, 2012

  
Pinnacle
Foods
Inc.
 
Pinnacle
Foods
Finance LLC
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Total
Net sales
$

 
$

 
$
582,896

 
$
20,917

 
$
(15,218
)
 
$
588,595

Cost of products sold

 
52

 
453,257

 
18,107

 
(14,977
)
 
456,439

Gross profit

 
(52
)
 
129,639

 
2,810

 
(241
)
 
132,156

Operating expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marketing and selling expenses

 
120

 
45,575

 
2,509

 

 
48,204

Administrative expenses

 
801

 
22,537

 
788

 

 
24,126

Research and development expenses

 
9

 
3,318

 

 

 
3,327

Intercompany royalties

 

 

 
15

 
(15
)
 

Intercompany technical service fees

 

 

 
226

 
(226
)
 

Other expense (income), net

 
10,785

 
3,725

 

 

 
14,510

Equity in (earnings) loss of investees
10,560

 
(18,797
)
 
586

 

 
7,651

 

Total operating expenses
10,560

 
(7,082
)
 
75,741

 
3,538

 
7,410

 
90,167

Earnings before interest and taxes
(10,560
)
 
7,030

 
53,898

 
(728
)
 
(7,651
)
 
41,989

Intercompany interest (income) expense

 
(23,411
)
 
23,381

 
30

 

 

Interest expense

 
59,960

 
560

 
7

 

 
60,527

Interest income

 

 
43

 

 

 
43

Earnings (loss) before income taxes
(10,560
)
 
(29,519
)
 
30,000

 
(765
)
 
(7,651
)
 
(18,495
)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes

 
(18,959
)
 
11,203

 
(179
)
 

 
(7,935
)
Net earnings (loss)
$
(10,560
)
 
$
(10,560
)
 
$
18,797

 
$
(586
)
 
$
(7,651
)
 
$
(10,560
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total comprehensive earnings
$
(9,083
)
 
$
(9,083
)
 
$
19,221

 
$
(175
)
 
$
(9,963
)
 
$
(9,083
)

 


44

PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


Pinnacle Foods Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Earnings
For the six months ended June 30, 2013

  
Pinnacle
Foods
Inc.
 
Pinnacle
Foods
Finance LLC
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Total
Net sales
$

 
$

 
$
1,169,073

 
$
42,548

 
$
(29,596
)
 
$
1,182,025

Cost of products sold

 
301

 
875,626

 
35,882

 
(29,053
)
 
882,756

Gross profit

 
(301
)
 
293,447

 
6,666

 
(543
)
 
299,269

Operating expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marketing and selling expenses

 
935

 
88,369

 
3,832

 

 
93,136

Administrative expenses

 
14,465

 
51,634

 
1,786

 

 
67,885

Research and development expenses

 
69

 
5,047

 

 

 
5,116

Intercompany royalties

 

 

 
28

 
(28
)
 

Intercompany technical service fees

 

 

 
515

 
(515
)
 

Other expense (income), net

 
34,180

 
7,310

 

 

 
41,490

Equity in (earnings) loss of investees
7,043

 
(62,471
)
 
(258
)
 

 
55,686

 

Total operating expenses
7,043

 
(12,822
)
 
152,102

 
6,161

 
55,143

 
207,627

Earnings before interest and taxes
(7,043
)
 
12,521

 
141,345

 
505

 
(55,686
)
 
91,642

Intercompany interest (income) expense

 
(38,551
)
 
38,478

 
73

 

 

Interest expense

 
87,217

 
1,052

 
14

 

 
88,283

Interest income

 

 
33

 
12

 

 
45

Earnings before income taxes
(7,043
)
 
(36,145
)
 
101,848

 
430

 
(55,686
)
 
3,404

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

 
(29,102
)
 
39,377

 
172

 

 
10,447

Net earnings
$
(7,043
)
 
$
(7,043
)
 
$
62,471

 
$
258

 
$
(55,686
)
 
$
(7,043
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total comprehensive earnings (loss)
$
22,949

 
$
22,949

 
$
63,508

 
$
854

 
$
(87,311
)
 
$
22,949



45

PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


Pinnacle Foods Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Earnings
For the six months ended June 24, 2012

  
Pinnacle
Foods
Inc.
 
Pinnacle
Foods
Finance LLC
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Total
Net sales
$

 
$

 
$
1,195,175

 
$
39,380

 
$
(29,035
)
 
$
1,205,520

Cost of products sold

 
106

 
930,557

 
35,590

 
(28,566
)
 
937,687

Gross profit

 
(106
)
 
264,618

 
3,790

 
(469
)
 
267,833

Operating expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marketing and selling expenses

 
241

 
88,499

 
3,464

 

 
92,204

Administrative expenses

 
1,820

 
41,341

 
1,579

 

 
44,740

Research and development expenses

 
18

 
5,516

 

 

 
5,534

Intercompany royalties

 

 

 
28

 
(28
)
 

Intercompany technical service fees

 

 

 
441

 
(441
)
 

Other expense (income), net

 
10,785

 
7,411

 

 

 
18,196

Equity in (earnings) loss of investees
1,021

 
(44,566
)
 
1,359

 

 
42,186

 

Total operating expenses
1,021

 
(31,702
)
 
144,126

 
5,512

 
41,717

 
160,674

Earnings before interest and taxes
(1,021
)
 
31,596

 
120,492

 
(1,722
)
 
(42,186
)
 
107,159

Intercompany interest (income) expense

 
(46,834
)
 
46,774

 
60

 

 

Interest expense

 
108,916

 
1,209

 
14

 

 
110,139

Interest income

 

 
101

 

 

 
101

Earnings before income taxes
(1,021
)
 
(30,486
)
 
72,610

 
(1,796
)
 
(42,186
)
 
(2,879
)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes

 
(29,465
)
 
28,044

 
(437
)
 

 
(1,858
)
Net earnings
$
(1,021
)
 
$
(1,021
)
 
$
44,566

 
$
(1,359
)
 
$
(42,186
)
 
$
(1,021
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total comprehensive earnings (loss)
$
520

 
$
520

 
$
44,381

 
$
(1,497
)
 
$
(43,404
)
 
$
520



46

PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)


Pinnacle Foods Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For the six months ended June 30, 2013
  
Pinnacle
Foods
Inc.
 
Pinnacle
Foods
Finance LLC
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
and
Reclassifications
 
Consolidated
Total
Cash flows from operating activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
$

 
$
(55,886
)
 
$
165,264

 
$
2,739

 
$

 
$
112,117

Cash flows from investing activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Intercompany accounts receivable/payable

 
99,748

 

 

 
(99,748
)
 

Investment in subsidiaries
(624,146
)
 

 

 

 
624,146

 

Capital expenditures

 

 
(43,823
)
 

 

 
(43,823
)
Sale of plant assets

 

 
1,775

 

 

 
1,775

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
(624,146
)
 
99,748

 
(42,048
)
 

 
524,398

 
(42,048
)
Cash flows from financing activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from issuance of initial public offering
623,929

 

 

 

 

 
623,929

Proceeds from issuance of common stock
217

 

 

 

 

 
217

Proceeds from bond offering

 
350,000

 

 

 

 
350,000

Proceeds from bank term loans

 
1,625,925

 

 

 

 
1,625,925

Repayments of long-term obligations

 
(1,732,071
)
 

 

 

 
(1,732,071
)
Repurchase of notes

 
(899,180
)
 

 

 

 
(899,180
)
Proceeds from short-term borrowing

 

 
1,935

 

 

 
1,935

Repayments of short-term borrowing

 

 
(2,732
)
 

 

 
(2,732
)
Intercompany accounts receivable/payable

 

 
(99,748
)
 


 
99,748

 

Repayment of capital lease obligations

 

 
(1,377
)
 

 

 
(1,377
)
Investment from parent

 
624,146

 

 

 
(624,146
)
 

Parent reduction in investment in subsidiary
191

 
(191
)
 

 

 

 

Repurchases of equity
(191
)
 

 

 

 

 
(191
)
Debt acquisition costs

 
(12,491
)
 

 

 

 
(12,491
)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
624,146

 
(43,862
)
 
(101,922
)
 

 
(524,398
)
 
(46,036
)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

 

 
212

 

 
212

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 
21,294

 
2,951

 

 
24,245

Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period

 

 
83,123

 
9,158

 

 
92,281

Cash and cash equivalents - end of period
$

 
$

 
$
104,417

 
$
12,109

 
$

 
$
116,526

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest paid
$

 
$
76,725

 
$
1,009

 
$

 
$

 
$
77,734

Interest received

 

 
34

 
11

 

 
45

Income taxes paid

 

 
1,939

 
205

 

 
2,144

Non-cash investing and financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New capital leases

 

 
6,461

 

 

 
6,461

Dividends payable
21,107

 

 

 

 

 
21,107


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PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)



Pinnacle Foods Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For the six months ended June 24, 2012

  
Pinnacle
Foods
Inc.
 
Pinnacle
Foods
Finance LLC
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
and
Reclassifications
 
Consolidated
Total
Cash flows from operating activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
$

 
$
(52,432
)
 
$
118,664

 
$
1,465

 
$

 
$
67,697

Cash flows from investing activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Intercompany accounts receivable/payable

 
176,331

 

 

 
(176,331
)
 

Repayments of intercompany loans

 
34,604

 

 

 
(34,604
)
 

Capital expenditures

 

 
(34,699
)
 

 

 
(34,699
)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 
210,935

 
(34,699
)
 

 
(210,935
)
 
(34,699
)
Cash flows from financing activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from bank term loan

 
396,000

 

 

 

 
396,000

Repayments of long-term obligations

 
(319,444
)
 

 

 

 
(319,444
)
Repurchase of notes

 
(219,785
)
 

 

 

 
(219,785
)
Proceeds from short-term borrowing

 

 
815

 

 

 
815

Repayments of short-term borrowing

 

 
(1,807
)
 

 

 
(1,807
)
Intercompany accounts receivable/payable

 

 
(176,331
)
 

 
176,331

 

Proceeds from Intercompany loans

 

 

 

 

 

Repayments of intercompany loans

 

 
(34,604
)
 

 
34,604

 

Repayment of capital lease obligations

 

 
(1,815
)
 

 

 
(1,815
)
Debt acquisition costs

 
(14,645
)
 

 

 

 
(14,645
)
Parent reduction in investment in subsidiary
629

 
(629
)
 

 

 

 

Equity contributions

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchases of equity
(629
)
 

 

 

 

 
(629
)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 
(158,503
)
 
(213,742
)
 

 
210,935


(161,310
)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash


 

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 
(129,777
)
 
1,465

 

 
(128,312
)
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period

 

 
150,493

 
538

 

 
151,031

Cash and cash equivalents - end of period
$

 
$

 
$
20,716

 
$
2,003

 
$

 
$
22,719

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest paid
$

 
$
95,723

 
$
1,176

 
$

 
$

 
$
96,899

Interest received

 

 
101

 

 

 
101

Income taxes (refunded) paid

 

 
1,913

 

 

 
1,913

Non-cash investing and financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New capital leases

 

 
1,548

 

 

 
1,548



48

PINNACLE FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
(thousands of dollars, except share and per share amounts and where noted in millions)



18. Subsequent Event

On August 11, 2013 the Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Wish-Bone® salad dressing business from Unilever PLC for cash consideration of $580.0 million. The acquired portfolio includes a broad range of liquid and dry-mix salad dressing flavors under the Wish-Bone® and Western® brand names. The acquisition, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to be completed late in the third quarter or early in the fourth quarter of 2013. The purchase price will be funded using a combination of cash on hand and new debt. Pinnacle Foods Finance has received a financing commitment for an incremental term loan for up to $550.0 million from Bank of America, N.A. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.

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ITEM 2:
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
(dollars in millions, except where noted)

You should read the following discussion of our results of operations and financial condition together with the audited consolidated financial statements appearing in our prospectus filed with the SEC on March 28, 2013 and the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto included in this quarterly report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements and involves numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described in the “Risk Factors” section of our prospectus filed with the SEC on March 28, 2013, and the section entitled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in this report. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

Overview
We are a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of high quality, branded food products in North America. We manage the business in three operating segments: Birds Eye Frozen, Duncan Hines Grocery and Specialty Foods.
Our Birds Eye Frozen Division manages our Leadership Brands in the United States retail frozen vegetables (Birds Eye), frozen complete bagged meals (Birds Eye Voila!), and frozen prepared seafood (Van de Kamp's and Mrs. Paul's) categories, as well as our Foundation Brands in the full-calorie single-serve frozen dinners and entrées (Hungry-Man), frozen pancakes / waffles / French Toast (Aunt Jemima), frozen and refrigerated bagels (Lender's) and frozen pizza for one (Celeste) categories.
Our Duncan Hines Grocery Division manages our Leadership Brands in the baking mixes and frostings (Duncan Hines), shelf-stable pickles (Vlasic), and table syrups (Mrs. Butterworth's and Log Cabin) categories, and our Foundation Brands in the canned meat (Armour, Nalley and Brooks), pie and pastry fillings (Comstock and Wilderness), barbecue sauces (Open Pit) and salad dressing (Bernstein's) categories as well as all Canadian operations.
We refer to the sum of our Birds Eye Frozen Division and our Duncan Hines Grocery Division as our North American retail businesses.
Our Specialty Foods Division consists of snack products (Tim's Cascade and Snyder of Berlin) and our foodservice and private label businesses.
Within our divisions, we actively manage our portfolio by segregating our business into Leadership Brands and Foundation Brands. Our Leadership Brands enjoy a combination of higher growth, greater potential for value-added innovation and enhanced responsiveness to consumer marketing than do our Foundation Brands and, as a result, we focus our brand-building activities on our Leadership Brands. By contrast, we manage our Foundation Brands for revenue and market share stability and for cash flow generation to support investment in our Leadership Brands, reduce our debt and fund other corporate priorities. As a result, we focus spending for our Foundation Brands on brand renovation and targeted consumer and trade programs.

We use market share data provided by Information Resources Inc. ("IRI"), previously Symphony IRI Group, Inc. This data now includes Wal-Mart and other retailers not previously measured in addition to traditional supermarkets. Retail sales are dollar sales estimated by IRI and represent the value of units sold through cash registers for the relevant period. Market share is the Company's percentage of the overall category and is calculated using dollar retail sales of U.S. brands.
Segment performance is evaluated by the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker and is based on earnings before interest and taxes. Transfers between segments and geographic areas are recorded at cost plus markup or at market. Identifiable assets are those assets, including goodwill, which are identified with the operations in each segment or geographic region. Corporate assets consist of prepaid and deferred tax assets. Unallocated corporate expenses consist of corporate overhead such as executive management and finance and legal functions. Product contribution is defined as gross profit less direct to consumer advertising and marketing expenses, selling commission and direct brand marketing overhead expenses.


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Business Drivers and Measures
In operating our business and monitoring its performance, we pay attention to trends in the food manufacturing industry and a number of performance measures and operational factors. The industry has experienced volatility in overall commodity prices over the past five years. The industry has managed this commodity inflation by increasing retail prices, which has affected consumer buying patterns and led to lower volumes in many categories. The overall food industry continues to face top line challenges, with overall volume softness and a more challenging environment to fully pass on price increases due to weak consumer demand.
Industry Trends
Growth in our industry is driven primarily by population growth, changes in product selling prices and changes in consumption between out-of-home and in-home eating. With the slow economic recovery since the recession in 2008 and 2009, consumers are looking for value alternatives, which has caused an increase in the percentage of products sold on promotion and a shift from traditional retail grocery to mass merchandisers, club stores and the dollar store channel. We are well positioned in grocery and alternative channels, maintaining strong customer relationships across key retailers in each division.
Over the long term, the share of food consumed at restaurants and in other foodservice venues had been increasing, with the share of food consumed at home in decline. During the 2008-09 recession, this trend reversed, with consumers eating more at home. Recently, the industry has experienced a decline in the volume of food consumed at home, yet away from home eating venues have not experienced corresponding volume increases.

During 2012 and 2013, the industry shifted investment spending to trade promotions during a period of heightened competitive activity and significant consumer price sensitivity.

In order to maintain and grow our business, we must successfully react to, and offer products that respond to, evolving consumer trends, such as changing health trends and focus on convenience and products tailored for busy lifestyles. Incremental growth in the industry is principally driven by product and packaging innovation.

Revenue Factors

Our net sales are driven principally by the following factors:
Gross sales, which change as a function of changes in volume and list price; and

the costs that we deduct from gross sales to reach net sales, which consist of:
Cash discounts, returns and other allowances.
Trade marketing expenses, which include the cost of temporary price reductions (“on sale” prices), promotional displays and advertising space in store circulars.
New product distribution (slotting) expenses, which are the costs of having certain retailers stock a new product, including amounts retailers charge for updating their warehousing systems, allocating shelf space and in-store systems set-up, among other things.
Consumer coupon redemption expenses, which are costs from the redemption of coupons we circulate as part of our marketing efforts.

Cost Factors

Costs recorded in Cost of products sold in the consolidated statement of operations include:

Raw materials, such as sugar, cucumbers, broccoli, corn, peas, green beans, carrots, flour (wheat), poultry, seafood, vegetable oils, shortening, meat and corn syrup, among others, are available from numerous independent suppliers but are subject to price fluctuations due to a number of factors, including changes in crop size, federal and state agricultural programs, export demand, weather conditions and insects, among others.
Packaging costs. Our broad array of products entails significant costs for packaging and is subject to fluctuations in the price of aluminum, glass jars, plastic trays, corrugated fiberboard, and plastic packaging materials.
Conversion costs, which include all costs necessary to convert raw materials into finished product. Key components of this cost include direct labor, and plant overhead such as rent, utilities and depreciation.

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Freight and distribution. We use a combination of common carriers and inter-modal rail to transport our products from our manufacturing facilities to distribution centers and to deliver products to our customers from both those centers and directly from our manufacturing plants. Our freight and distribution costs are influenced by fuel costs as well as capacity within the industry.

Costs recorded in marketing and selling expenses in the consolidated statement of operations include:

Advertising and other marketing expenses. These expenses represent advertising and other consumer and trade-oriented marketing programs. A key strategy is to continue to invest in marketing and public relations that builds brand affinity for our Leadership Brands.
Brokerage commissions and other overhead expenses.

Working Capital
Our working capital is primarily driven by accounts receivable and inventories, which fluctuate throughout the year due to seasonality in both sales and production. See “Seasonality.” We will continue to focus on reducing our working capital requirements while simultaneously maintaining our customer service levels and fulfilling our production requirements. We have historically relied on internally generated cash flows and temporary borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility to satisfy our working capital requirements.
Other Factors
Other factors that have influenced our results of operations and may do so in the future include:
Interest Expense. Our recent IPO and debt refinancings (the "April 2013 Refinancing") have significantly reduced our leverage and our expected future interest expense. See Note 1 and Note 9 to the Financial Statements for further details. However, as a result of the Blackstone Transaction and the Birds Eye Foods Acquisition, we still have significant indebtedness. Although we expect to continue to reduce our leverage over time, we expect interest expense to continue to be a significant, although much less than before, component of our expenses. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below.

Cash Taxes. We have significant tax-deductible intangible asset amortization and federal and state NOLs, which resulted in minimal federal and state cash taxes in recent years. We expect to pay minimal federal and state taxes through 2015.

Acquisitions and Consolidations. We believe we have the expertise to identify and integrate value-enhancing acquisitions to further grow our business. We have successfully integrated acquisitions in the past. We have, however, incurred significant costs in connection with integrating these businesses and streamlining our operations.

Impairment of Goodwill, Tradenames and Long-Lived Assets. We test our goodwill and intangible assets annually or more frequently (if necessary) for impairment and have recorded impairment charges in recent years. The value of goodwill and intangibles from the allocation of purchase price from the Blackstone Transaction and the Birds Eye Acquisition is derived from our business operating plans at that time and is therefore susceptible to an adverse change that could require an impairment charge. We have incurred impairment charges in each of the fiscal years ended on December 30, 2012 and December 25, 2011, the amounts of which are discussed in greater detail in Note 7 to our consolidated financial statements included in our prospectus that was filed on March 28, 2013.

Seasonality
Our sales and cash flows are affected by seasonal cyclicality. Sales of frozen foods, including frozen vegetables and frozen complete bagged meals tend to be marginally higher during the winter months. Seafood sales peak during Lent, in advance of the Easter holiday. Sales of pickles, relishes, barbecue sauces, potato chips and salad dressings tend to be higher in the spring and summer months, and demand for Duncan Hines products, Birds Eye vegetables and our pie and pastry fruit fillings tend to be higher around the Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas holidays. Since many of the raw materials we process under the Birds Eye, Vlasic, Comstock and Wilderness brands are agricultural crops, production of these products is predominantly seasonal, occurring during and immediately following the purchase of such crops. We also increase our Duncan Hines inventories in advance of the peak fall selling season. As a result, our inventory levels tend to be higher during August, September, and October, and thus we require more working capital during these months. We are a seasonal net user of cash in the third quarter of the calendar year.

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Restructuring Charges

From time to time, we voluntarily undertake consolidation and restructuring activities in order to optimize our manufacturing footprint, reduce our supply chain costs and increase organizational effectiveness.

Pickle supply chain improvements

On May 25, 2012, we announced plans to further improve the efficiency of our supply chain by consolidating our Vlasic pickle production into one plant in Imlay City, MI. Our decision to focus on our branded Vlasic business and de-emphasize our lower-margin, un-branded pickle business was the catalyst for this consolidation. Our pickle production plant, located in Millsboro, DE ended production at year-end 2012. We recorded employee termination costs of $1.3 million in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012. We recorded asset retirement obligation charges of $0.8 million in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012. In addition, we recorded accelerated depreciation charges of $1.7 million in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012. As a result of exiting the lower-margin un-branded pickle business, we terminated the use of a third party ingredients storage facility in the third quarter of 2012. In doing so, we recorded contract termination fees that were paid in July 2013. All restructuring charges related to the closure of the Millsboro, DE plant are recorded in the Duncan Hines Grocery Division and in the Cost of products sold line in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Green Bay, WI Research Facility

On May 15, 2012, we announced plans to relocate the Birds Eye Frozen Division Research and Development team from Green Bay, WI to our new facility at our Parsippany, NJ headquarters. We believe that the relocation will allow for seamless collaboration between marketing, sales, procurement and R&D that will drive superior brand innovation, marketing and productivity. We closed our Green Bay, WI research facility in December 2012. We recorded employee termination costs of $0.7 million in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012. In addition, we recorded accelerated depreciation charges of $0.2 million in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012. All restructuring charges related to the closure of the Green Bay, WI research facility are recorded in the Birds Eye Frozen Division and in the Research and development line in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Fulton, NY Plant

On April 15, 2011, we announced plans to consolidate the Birds Eye Frozen Division's Fulton, NY plant operations into our Darien, WI and Waseca, MN facilities in order to locate vegetable processing closer to the crop-growing region and thus reduce the related freight costs. In connection with this project, we made significant capital investments in our Darien, WI and Waseca, MN plants. We recorded accelerated depreciation costs of $0.5 million and $2.3 million in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012. All restructuring charges related to the closure of the Fulton, NY plant were recorded in the Birds Eye Frozen Division and in the Cost of products sold line in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Severance costs were accrued in the second quarter of 2011 and payments were substantially completed in the third quarter of 2012. On January 13, 2013, the sale of the Fulton location was finalized for total net proceeds of $0.9 million.

Tacoma, WA Plant

On December 3, 2010, in an effort to improve our supply chain operations, we announced the closure of the Tacoma, WA plant and the consolidation of production into our Fort Madison, IA plant. We recorded accelerated depreciation costs of $0.0 million and $0.3 million in the three and six months ended June 24, 2012. All restructuring charges related to the closure of the Tacoma, WA plant were recorded in the Duncan Hines Grocery Division and in the Cost of products sold line in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Severance costs were accrued in the fourth quarter of 2010 and payments were substantially completed in the second quarter of 2012. Our Tacoma, WA location was sold in July 2013 for net proceeds of $5.1 million.

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Results of Operations:
Consolidated Statements of Operations
The following tables set forth our statement of operations data expressed in dollars and as a percentage of net sales.
 
 
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
 
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
Net sales
$
569.0

 
100.0
%
 
$
588.6

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,182.0

 
100.0
%
 
$
1,205.5

 
100.0
%
Cost of products sold
424.6

 
74.6
%
 
456.4

 
77.5
%
 
882.8

 
74.7
%
 
937.7

 
77.8
%
Gross profit
144.4

 
25.4
%
 
132.2

 
22.5
%
 
299.2

 
25.3
%
 
267.8

 
22.2
%
Operating expenses:
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marketing and selling expenses
$
47.5

 
8.3
%
 
$
48.2

 
8.2
%
 
$
93.1

 
7.9
%
 
$
92.2

 
7.6
%
Administrative expenses
45.3

 
8.0
%
 
24.1

 
4.1
%
 
67.9

 
5.7
%
 
44.7

 
3.7
%
Research and development expenses
2.8

 
0.5
%
 
3.3

 
0.6
%
 
5.1

 
0.4
%
 
5.5

 
0.5
%
Other expense (income), net
37.8

 
6.6
%
 
14.5

 
2.5
%
 
41.5

 
3.5
%
 
18.2

 
1.5
%
Total operating expenses
$
133.4

 
23.4
%
 
$
90.1

 
15.3
%
 
$
207.6

 
17.6
%
 
$
160.7

 
13.3
%
Earnings before interest and taxes
$
11.0

 
1.9
%
 
$
42.0

 
7.1
%
 
$
91.6

 
7.7
%
 
$
107.2

 
8.9
%
 
 
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
 
June 30,
2013

June 24,
2012
Net sales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Birds Eye Frozen
$
244.0

 
$
241.1

 
$
536.5

 
$
531.7

Duncan Hines Grocery
238.8

 
249.6

 
466.0

 
471.6

North American Retail
482.8

 
490.7

 
1,002.5

 
1,003.2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Specialty Foods
86.2

 
97.9

 
179.5

 
202.3

Total
$
569.0

 
$
588.6

 
$
1,182.0

 
$
1,205.5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings before interest and taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Birds Eye Frozen
$
36.5

 
$
29.9

 
$
85.5

 
$
67.1

Duncan Hines Grocery
29.7

 
24.5

 
59.1

 
50.8

Specialty Foods
4.9

 
5.3

 
13.1

 
12.1

Unallocated corporate expenses
(60.1
)
 
(17.7
)
 
(66.0
)
 
(22.9
)
Total
$
11.0

 
$
42.0

 
$
91.6

 
$
107.2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Birds Eye Frozen
$
9.3

 
$
9.2

 
$
18.6

 
$
19.3

Duncan Hines Grocery
5.5

 
8.2

 
11.3

 
14.6

Specialty Foods
3.9

 
4.2

 
8.1

 
8.2

Total
$
18.7

 
$
21.6

 
$
38.0


$
42.1





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Adjustments to Earnings (loss) before Interest and Taxes and Depreciation and Amortization used in the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA as described below in the "Covenant Compliance" section, by Segment, are as follows:

 
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
 
June 30,
2013
 
June 24,
2012
Adjustments to Earnings (loss) before interest and taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Birds Eye Frozen
$
3.2

 
$
4.7

 
$
4.1

 
$
8.4

Duncan Hines Grocery
5.1

 
5.3

 
7.6

 
5.2

Specialty Foods
0.4

 
0.6

 
0.4

 
0.5

Unallocated corporate expenses
54.6

 
11.2

 
55.7

 
11.9

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjustments to Depreciation and amortization
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Birds Eye Frozen
$

 
$
0.7

 
$

 
$
2.5

Duncan Hines Grocery

 
1.7

 

 
2.0

Specialty Foods

 

 

 

Unallocated corporate expenses

 

 

 


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Three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to the three months ended June 24, 2012
Net sales
Net sales in the three months ended June 30, 2013 were $569.0 million, a decline of 3.3%, reflecting higher net pricing of 1.5%, more than offset by a 4.8% decrease from volume/mix.
Net sales in our North American retail businesses were $482.8 million, a decrease of 1.6% in the second quarter, reflecting higher net pricing of 1.6%, more than offset by a 3.2% decrease from volume/mix. Approximately one half of the net sales decline was attributable to the timing impact of the earlier Easter holiday in 2013, which accelerated sales across our portfolio into the first quarter, as well as the continuing impact of overall volume softness in the food industry which weighed on our results for the quarter.
Birds Eye Frozen Division:
Net sales in the three months ended June 30, 2013 increased 1.2% versus year ago to $244.0 million, reflecting higher net pricing of 3.3%, partially offset by a 2.1% decrease from volume/mix. The earlier timing of Easter this year reduced the net sales comparison by approximately 0.7%. The increase is primarily attributable to strong sales of Birds Eye Voila!, which included the Chipotle Chicken line extension introduced during the first quarter and Mrs. Paul's and Van de Kamp's seafood products, driven by Spicy Fish Fillet Sandwiches introduced last quarter, partially offset by decreased Aunt Jemima breakfast product sales resulting from a heightened promotional environment. The period also benefited from the introduction of our Recipe Ready line of Birds Eye frozen vegetables, a new line of pre-chopped and blended vegetables designed to enable faster preparation of top meal dishes.
Duncan Hines Grocery Division:
Net sales in the three months ended June 30, 2013 were $238.8 million, a decline of 4.3%, reflecting lower net pricing of 0.2% in addition to a 4.1% decrease from volume/mix. Approximately 0.6% of the net sales decline was due to the earlier timing of Easter in 2013. Positive contributions to the quarter included higher sales of our Mrs. Butterworth's and Log Cabin syrups due to increased investment in promotions and merchandising. Additionally, increased sales of our Comstock and Wilderness pie/pastry fruit fillings, in addition to strong sales from our Canadian subsidiary were more than offset by lower sales of our Duncan Hines frostings line of products, due to heightened competitive activity and comparison against last year's introduction of Duncan Hines Frosting Creations and lower sales of Vlasic pickles, due to comparison against a larger seasonal retail inventory build in the year ago quarter.
Specialty Foods Division:
Net sales in the three months ended June 30, 2013 were $86.2 million, a decline of 12.0%, reflecting a 13.3% decrease from volume/mix, partially offset by higher net pricing of 1.3%. Lower sales in the division were primarily driven by our planned exit of the lower margin un-branded pickle business in addition to lower sales of private label canned meat.
Gross profit
Gross profit for the three months ended June 30, 2013 was $144.4 million, or 25.4% of net sales, compared to $132.2 million, or 22.5% of net sales, in the comparable prior year period. The increase in gross profit as a percentage of net sales was largely driven by improved plant productivity and higher net price realization, primarily resulting from the shift to the first quarter of promotions due to the timing of the Easter holiday, which were partially offset by higher input costs. Also benefiting gross profit was $2.9 million of lower restructuring charges and restructuring-related expenses.
The following table outlines the factors affecting gross profit as a percentage of net sales in the three months ended June 30, 2013.

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$ (in millions)
 
% net sales
Productivity including footprint consolidation
$
15.0

 
2.6
 %
Favorable product mix
2.9

 
0.2

Inflation (principally higher commodity costs)
(12.0
)
 
(2.1
)
Higher net price realization, net of slotting
9.4

 
1.3

Lower mark to market losses on financial instruments
3.0

 
0.5

Lower restructuring and restructuring related
2.9

 
0.6

Higher depreciation expense
(1.1
)
 
(0.2
)
Subtotal
$
20.1

 
2.9
 %
Lower sales volume
(7.9
)
 
 
Total
$
12.2

 
 




Marketing and selling expenses
Marketing and selling expenses of $47.5 million, or 8.3% of net sales, for the three months ended June 30, 2013, were comparable to $48.2 million, or 8.2% of net sales for the prior year period. Higher business optimization expenses related to the expansion of direct sales coverage for retailer headquarters to more than fifty percent of our U.S. retail business, equity based compensation and other charges of $3.9 million impacted the three months ended June 30, 2013.
Administrative expenses
Administrative expenses were $45.3 million, or 8.0% of net sales, for the three months ended June 30, 2013, compared to $24.1 million, or 4.1% of net sales, for the comparable prior year period. The increase was principally related to $18.5 million in charges from the termination at the IPO date of the advisory agreement previously in place with Blackstone. Also impacting Administrative expense for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 was an additional $1.8 million of equity based compensation. Excluding items affecting comparability from both years, Administrative expense increased by $2.2 million compared to the prior year period.

Research and development expenses:
Research and development expenses were $2.8 million, or 0.5% of net sales, for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $3.3 million, or 0.6% of net sales, for the comparable prior year period. This decrease was primarily driven by $0.8 million less expense in the current period related to the 2012 consolidation of research and development activities of our Birds Eye Frozen Division at our Parsippany, NJ headquarters.

Other income and expense:
 
Three months ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
Other expense (income), net consists of:
 
 
 
Amortization of intangibles/other assets
$
3.9

 
$
3.9

Redemption premiums on the early extinguishment of debt
34.2

 
10.8

Royalty income and other
(0.2
)
 
(0.2
)
Total other expense (income), net
$
37.8

 
$
14.5



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On May 10, 2013, as part of a debt refinancing (the "April 2013 Refinancing") the Company redeemed all $400.0 million of its outstanding 8.25% Senior Notes at a redemption price of 108.5% of the aggregate principal amount at a premium of $34.2 million. In 2012, on April 19, as part of a debt refinancing (the "2012 Refinancing") the Company redeemed all $199.0 million of its outstanding 10.625% Senior Subordinated Notes at a redemption price of 105.313% of the aggregate principal amount at a premium of $10.6 million. On June 5, 2012, the Company repurchased and retired $10.0 million of 9.25% Senior Notes at a price of 102.125% of the aggregate principal amount at a premium of $0.2 million. For more information on the 2012 Refinancing see Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for Debt and Interest Expense.

Earnings before interest and taxes

Earnings before interest and taxes for the three months ended June 30, 2013 were $11.0 million, a decline of $31.0 million, or 73.9% as compared to the prior year period. The primary driver of the decrease was $52.7 million of charges related to the early extinguishment of debt and the IPO related termination of the advisory agreement with Blackstone as compared to $11.9 million of refinancing and other charges in the comparable prior year period. Also equity-based compensation expense increased $2.9 million. Partially offsetting these are lower restructuring charges of $1.8 million and lower non-cash mark to market charges of $3.0 million, as compared to the second quarter of 2012. Excluding these items, Earnings before interest and taxes for the three months ended June 30, 2013 increased by $8.1 million, or 12.3%, compared to the prior year period.

Birds Eye Frozen Division:
Earnings before interest and taxes increased 22.1%, or $6.6 million, versus year-ago to $36.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013, primarily reflecting higher gross profit, driven by productivity savings and higher net pricing. Earnings before interest and taxes were also impacted by charges of $1.0 million in the second quarters of 2012, related to our Fulton, NY plant consolidation project.

Duncan Hines Grocery Division:
Earnings before interest and taxes increased 21.3%, or $5.2 million, versus year-ago to $29.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013, primarily reflecting lower commodity costs and ongoing productivity programs. Earnings before interest and taxes were also impacted by charges of $2.1 million and $4.1 million in the second quarters of 2013 and 2012, respectively, related to our Millsboro, DE and Tacoma, WA plant consolidation projects.
Specialty Foods Division:
Earnings before interest and taxes decreased 7.4%, or $0.4 million, versus year ago to $4.9 million, primarily reflecting lower private label canned meat sales.

Interest expense, net

Net interest expense declined 21.3%, or $12.9 million, to $47.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2013 from $60.5 million in the three months ended June 24, 2012. Included in net interest expenses in both periods are charges associated with our 2013 refinancing and our 2012 refinancing. These items which total $22.5 million in 2013 and $14.8 million in 2012 are described below. Excluding these items from both periods, net interest expense declined by $20.6 million principally related to lower interest expense of $15.7 million related to lower outstanding balances as well as lower interest rates on our Notes and $3.7 million lower expense on interest rate swap agreements. Also, interest rates on bank borrowings under Term Loan G are lower than a year ago.

Our 2013 refinancing included using the net proceeds of $623.9 million ($667.0 million of gross proceeds net of $43.1 million of underwriting discounts and other fees) from our April 3, 2013 IPO along with cash on hand to redeem all $465.0 million of our 9.25% Senior Notes on April 15, 2013 and to repay $202.0 million of Tranche B Term Loans. In addition, on April 29, 2013, the Company entered into the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement which provided for the issuance of $1.63 billion of Tranche G Term Loans due 2020 and the extension of the due date of our revolving credit facility to 2018. The proceeds were used to repay all previous outstanding borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facility. This refinancing resulted in our recognizing approximately $22.5 million of charges to interest expense during the second quarter of 2013. The charges recognized consisted of $14.9 million of existing deferred financing costs and original issue discounts as well as $4.8 million of new costs incurred in connection with the transaction that were recorded directly to interest expense and a $2.8 million charge resulting from the de-designation and termination of interest rate swaps.


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Our 2012 refinancing involved the Company entering into an amended and restated credit agreement on April 17, 2012, which provided for the extension of certain Tranche B Term Loans and our Revolving Credit facility, the repayment of our Tranche D term loans and the issuance of a new Tranche E term loan. In connection with this refinancing, we also redeemed all of our outstanding 10.625% Senior Subordinated Notes. This refinancing resulted in our recognizing approximately $14.8 million of charges to interest expense during the second quarter of 2012. The charges recognized consisted of $7.3 million of write downs of existing deferred financing costs and original issue discounts as well as $7.5 million of new costs incurred in connection with the transaction that were recorded directly to interest expense.

We utilize interest rate swap agreements to reduce the potential exposure to interest rate movements and to achieve a desired proportion of variable versus fixed rate debt. Any gains or losses realized on the interest rate swap agreements, excluding the Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) earnings (“AOCL”) portion, are recorded as an adjustment to interest expense. Included in net interest expense was $0.1 million and $3.8 million for the first quarters of 2013 and 2012, respectively, recorded from losses on interest rate swap agreements.
Provision (benefit) for income taxes

The effective tax rate was 13.0% for the three months ended June 30, 2013, compared to 42.9% for the three months ended June 24, 2012.  The effective rate difference is primarily driven by the Company discontinuing hedge accounting at the time of the April 2013 Refinancing for interest rate swaps in effect at that time (Note 11). Accordingly, changes to the fair value and associated tax effects accumulated in other comprehensive income were recognized to the statement of operations during the second quarter of 2013, resulting in a $9.1 million non-cash deferred tax charge to the provision for income taxes. Comparatively, the effective rate difference for the prior year primarily resulted from a $1.9 million increase in the valuation allowance due to restructuring activities. For the three months ended June 30, 2013, and June 24, 2012 we maintained a valuation allowance against certain state net operating loss carryovers, state tax credit carryovers and foreign loss carryovers. See Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for Income Taxes.

Under Internal Revenue Code (“the Code”) Section 382, the Company is a loss corporation. Section 382 of the Code places limitations on our ability to use a portion of our NOL carryovers to offset income. The annual Federal NOL limitation that applies to a portion of our NOLs is approximately $17.0 million to $23.0 million, subject to other rules and restrictions. The Company also has available unencumbered NOLs that are expected to be utilized. Our NOLs and certain other tax attributes generated prior to December 23, 2009 may not be utilized to offset Birds Eye income from recognized built-in gains through December 2014, pursuant to Section 384 of the Code.

We have significant tax-deductible intangible asset amortization and federal and state NOLs, which resulted in minimal federal and state cash taxes in recent years. We expect to pay minimal federal and state taxes through 2015.



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Six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to the six months ended June 24, 2012
Net sales
Net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2013 were $1,182.0 million, a decline of 1.9%, compared to net sales of $1,205.5 million in the comparable prior year period, primarily resulting from a decline in our Specialty Division as we continue to focus on our branded retail business. The decline reflected higher net pricing of 0.9%, more than offset by a 2.8% decrease from volume/mix.
Net sales in our North American retail businesses for the six months ended June 30, 2013 were flat at $1,002.5 million, compared to net sales of $1,003.2 million in the comparable prior year period, reflecting higher net pricing of 0.9%, offset by a 0.9% decrease from volume/mix.
Birds Eye Frozen Division:
Net sales in the six months ended June 30, 2013 increased 0.9% versus year-ago to $536.5 million, reflecting higher net pricing of 1.6%, partially offset by a 0.7% decrease from volume/mix. The increase is primarily attributable to strong sales of Birds Eye Voila!, which included the Chipotle Chicken line extension introduced during the first quarter and Lender's bagels, partially offset by decreased Birds Eye Steamfresh vegetables sales resulting from a heightened promotional environment and lower Aunt Jemima breakfast product sales. The period also benefited from the introduction of our new Recipe Ready line of Birds Eye frozen vegetables, a new 20-item line of pre-chopped and blended vegetables designed to enable faster preparation of top meal dishes.
Duncan Hines Grocery Division:
Net sales in the six months ended June 30, 2013 were $466.0 million, a decrease of 1.2%, reflecting a 1.3% decrease from volume/mix partially offset by higher net pricing of 0.1%. Higher sales of our Mrs. Butterworth's, Log Cabin and Country Kitchen syrups, Comstock and Wilderness pie/pastry fruit fillings, in addition to increased sales from our Canadian subsidiary were more than offset by lower sales of our Duncan Hines frostings line of products due to heightened competitive activity and comparison against last year's introduction of Duncan Hines Frosting Creations.
Specialty Foods Division:
Net sales in the six months ended June 30, 2013 were $179.5 million, a decline of 11.3%, reflecting a 11.9% decrease from volume/mix, partially offset by higher net pricing of 0.6%. Consistent with the three months ended June 30, 2013 the decrease was primarily attributable to our planned exit of the lower margin un-branded pickle business in addition to lower sales of private label canned meat.
Gross profit
Gross profit for the six months ended June 30, 2013 was $299.2 million, or 25.3% of net sales, compared to $267.8 million, or 22.2% of net sales, in the comparable prior year period. The increase in gross profit as a percentage of net sales was largely driven by improved plant productivity, favorable product mix and higher net price realization, primarily resulting from the planned lower new product introduction costs which were partially offset by higher input costs. Also benefiting gross profit was $4.6 million of lower restructuring charges and restructuring-related expenses.

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The following table outlines the factors affecting gross profit as a percentage of net sales in the six months ended June 30, 2013.
 
$ (in millions)
 
% net sales
Productivity including footprint consolidation
$
32.0

 
2.7
 %
Favorable product mix
11.7

 
0.7

Inflation (principally higher commodity costs)
(18.2
)
 
(1.5
)
Higher net price realization, net of slotting
8.2

 
0.5

Lower mark to market losses on financial instruments
1.0

 
0.1

Lower restructuring and restructuring related
4.6

 
0.4

Other
2.4

 
0.2

Higher depreciation expense
0.8

 

Subtotal
$
42.5

 
3.1
 %
Lower sales volume
(11.1
)
 
 
Total
$
31.4

 
 

Marketing and selling expenses
Marketing and selling expenses were $93.1 million, or 7.9% of net sales, for the six months ended June 30, 2013, compared to $92.2 million, or 7.6% of net sales, for the comparable prior year period. We continue to focus our consumer oriented marketing such as advertising on our leadership brands, such as Birds Eye frozen vegetables and Duncan Hines. Higher business optimization expenses related to the expansion of direct sales coverage for retailer headquarters to more than fifty percent of our U.S. retail business, equity based compensation and other charges of $5.4 million impacted the six months ended June 30, 2013.
Administrative expenses
Administrative expenses were $67.9 million, or 5.7% of net sales, for the six months ended June 30, 2013, compared to $44.7 million, or 3.7% of net sales, for the comparable prior year period. The increase was principally related to $18.5 million in charges from the termination at the IPO date, of the advisory agreement previously in place with Blackstone. Additionally, for the period ended June 30, 2013, there was an additional $1.8 million of equity based compensation. Excluding items affecting comparability from both years, Administrative expense increased $4.4 million compared to the prior year period.

Research and development expenses:
Research and development expenses were $5.1 million, or 0.4% of net sales, for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to $5.5 million, or 0.5% of net sales, for the comparable prior year period.

Other income and expense:
 
Six months ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
Other expense (income), net consists of:
 
 
 
Amortization of intangibles/other assets
$
7.7

 
$
7.8

Redemption premiums on the early extinguishment of debt
34.2

 
10.8

Royalty income and other
(0.4
)
 
(0.4
)
Total other expense (income), net
$
41.5

 
$
18.2


On May 10, 2013, as part of a debt refinancing (the "April 2013 Refinancing") the Company redeemed all $400.0 million of its outstanding 8.25% Senior Notes at a redemption price of 108.5% of the aggregate principal amount at a premium of $34.2 million. In 2012, on April 19, as part of a debt refinancing (the "2012 Refinancing") the Company redeemed all $199.0 million of its outstanding 10.625% Senior Subordinated Notes at a redemption price of 105.313% of the aggregate principal amount at a premium of $10.6 million. On June 5, 2012, the Company repurchased and retired $10.0 million of 9.25% Senior Notes at a price of 102.125% of the aggregate principal amount at a premium of $0.2 million. For more information on the 2012 Refinancing see Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for Debt and Interest Expense.

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Earnings before interest and taxes

Earnings before interest and taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2013 were $91.6 million, a decline of $15.5 million, or 14.5% as compared to the prior year period. The primary driver of the decrease was $53.4 million of charges related to the early extinguishment of debt and the IPO related termination and ongoing fees of the advisory agreement with Blackstone as compared to $13.1 million in the comparable prior year period. Also equity based compensation increased $2.8 million. Partially offsetting these are lower restructering charges of $2.0 million, lower non-cash mark to market charges of $1.0 million and $2.8 million less of other items affecting comparability as compared to 2012. Excluding these items, Earnings before interest and taxes increased $21.7 million, or 15.7%, primarily driven by increased gross profit.

Birds Eye Frozen Division:
Earnings before interest and taxes increased 27.3%, or $18.3 million, versus year-ago to $85.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013, primarily reflecting higher gross profit, driven by higher net pricing and ongoing productivity savings including the benefit from the closure of our Fulton, NY plant partially offset by higher input costs. Earnings before interest and taxes were also impacted by charges of $0.1 million and $4.8 million in the first half of 2013 and 2012, respectively, related to our Fulton, NY plant consolidation project and consolidating research and development activities at our Parsippany, NJ location.

Duncan Hines Grocery Division:
Earnings before interest and taxes were $59.1 million, an increase of 16.4%, primarily reflecting lower commodity costs and ongoing productivity programs. Earnings before interest and taxes were also impacted by charges of $3.9 million and $4.6 million in the first quarters of 2013 and 2012, respectively, related to our Millsboro, DE and Tacoma, WA plant consolidation projects.
Specialty Foods Division:
Earnings before interest and taxes increased 7.6%, or $0.9 million, versus year ago to $13.1 million, primarily driven by improved plant productivity, despite lower private label canned meat sales.

Interest expense, net
Net interest expense declined 19.8%, or $21.9 million, to $88.3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2013 from $110.1 million in the six months ended June 24, 2012. Included in net interest expense in both periods are charges associated with our 2013 refinancing and our 2012 refinancing. These items which total $22.5 million in 2013 and $14.8 million in 2012 are described below. Excluding these items from both periods, net interest expense declined by $29.5 million principally related to lower interest expense of $24.7 million from Notes due to to lower outstanding balances as well as lower interest rates and $7.0 million due to lower expense on interest rate swap agreements.

Our 2013 refinancing included using the net proceeds of $623.9 million ($667.0 million of gross proceeds net of $43.1 million of underwriting discounts) from our April 3, 2013 IPO along with cash on hand to redeem all $465.0 million of our 9.25% Senior Notes on April 15, 2013 and to repay $202.0 million of Tranche B Term Loans. In addition, on April 29, 2013, the Company entered into the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement which provided for the issuance of $1.63 billion of Tranche G Term Loans due 2020 and the extension of the due date of our revolving credit facility to 2018. The proceeds were used to repay all previous outstanding borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facility. This refinancing resulted in our recognizing approximately $22.5 million of charges to interest expense during the second quarter of 2013. The charges recognized consisted of $14.9 million of existing deferred financing costs and original issue discounts as well as $4.8 million of new costs incurred in connection with the transaction that were recorded directly to interest expense and a $2.8 million charge resulting from the de-designation and termination of interest rate swaps.

Our 2012 refinancing involved the Company entering into an amended and restated credit agreement on April 17, 2012, which provided for the extension of certain Tranche B Term Loans and our Revolving Credit facility, the repayment of our Tranche D term loans and the issuance of a new Tranche E term loan. In connection with this refinancing, we also redeemed all of our outstanding 10.625% senior subordinated notes. This refinancing resulted in our recognizing approximately $14.8 million of charges to interest expense during the second quarter of 2012. The charges recognized consisted of $7.3 million of write downs of existing deferred financing costs and original issue discounts as well as $7.5 million of new costs incurred in connection with the transaction that were recorded directly to interest expense.

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We utilize interest rate swap agreements to reduce the potential exposure to interest rate movements and to achieve a desired proportion of variable versus fixed rate debt. Any gains or losses realized on the interest rate swap agreements, excluding the Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) earnings (“AOCL”) portion, are recorded as an adjustment to interest expense. Included in net interest expense was $0.9 million and $7.9 million for the first quarters of 2013 and 2012, respectively, recorded from losses on interest rate swap agreements.
Provision (benefit) for income taxes

The effective tax rate was 306.9% for the six months ended June 30, 2013, compared to 64.5% for the six months ended June 24, 2012.  The effective rate difference is primarily driven by the Company discontinuing hedge accounting at the time of the April 2013 Refinancing for interest rate swaps in effect at that time (Note 11). Accordingly, changes to the fair value and associated tax effects accumulated in other comprehensive income were recognized to the statement of operations during the second quarter of 2013, resulting in a $9.1 million non-cash deferred tax charge to the provision for income taxes. Comparatively, the effective rate difference for the prior year primarily resulted from a $1.9 million increase in the valuation allowance due to restructuring activities. For the six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012 we maintained a valuation allowance against certain state net operating carryovers, state tax credit carryovers and foreign loss carryovers. See Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for Income Taxes.

Under Internal Revenue Code (“the Code”) Section 382, the Company is a loss corporation. Section 382 of the Code places limitations on our ability to use a portion of our NOL carryovers to offset income. The annual Federal NOL limitation that applies to a portion of our NOLs is approximately $17.0 million to $23.0 million, subject to other rules and restrictions. The Company also has available unencumbered NOLs that are expected to be utilized. Our NOLs and certain other tax attributes generated prior to December 23, 2009 may not be utilized to offset Birds Eye income from recognized built-in gains through December 2014, pursuant to Section 384 of the Code.

We have significant tax-deductible intangible asset amortization and federal and state NOLs, which resulted in minimal federal and state cash taxes in recent years. We expect to pay minimal federal and state taxes through 2015.




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Liquidity and capital resources

Historical
Our cash flows are seasonal. Typically we are a net user of cash in the third quarter of the calendar year (i.e., the quarter ending in September) and a net generator of cash over the balance of the year.
Our principal liquidity requirements have been, and we expect will be, for working capital and general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures and debt service. In addition, subsequent to the IPO, the Company announced its quarterly dividend program. Currently, the quarterly payment is $0.18 per share or approximately $21 million. Two quarterly dividends will be paid in 2013 (July and October). Capital expenditures are expected to be approximately $80 to $90 million in 2013, which include approximately $7 million related to our facility restructuring projects. We have historically satisfied our liquidity requirements with internally generated cash flows and availability under our Revolving Credit Facility (as defined in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements). We expect that our ability to generate cash from our operations and ability to borrow from our credit facilities should be sufficient to support working capital needs, planned growth and capital expenditures for the next 12 months and for the foreseeable future. We keep an insignificant amount of cash in foreign accounts, primarily related to the operations of our Canadian business. Tax liabilities related to bringing these funds back into the United States would not be significant and have been accrued. Our recent IPO and refinancing has significantly reduced interest expense and improved our maturity profile.
Statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to the six months ended June 24, 2012
For the six months ended June 30, 2013, the net of all activities resulted in an increase in cash of $24.2 million compared to a decrease in cash of $128.3 million for the six months ended June 24, 2012.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $112.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and was the result of net earnings, excluding non-cash charges and credits, of $95.3 million and a decrease in working capital of $16.8 million. The decrease in working capital was primarily the result of a $69.1 million decrease in inventories resulting from the sell-down of the seasonal inventory build from December 2012. These were offset by a a $13.2 million decrease in accrued liabilities primarily attributable to lower interest payable resulting from the refinancings and pay downs, $5.4 million increase in accounts receivable driven by the timing of sales, a $21.1 million decrease in accounts payable driven by the timing of our inventory purchases and a $8.0 million decrease in accrued trade marketing expense driven by the seasonality of our marketing programs. The aging profile of accounts receivable has not changed significantly from December 2012. All other working capital accounts generated a net $4.7 million cash outflow.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $67.7 million for the six months ended June 24, 2012 and was the result of net earnings, excluding non-cash charges and credits, of $69.3 million and an increase in working capital of $1.6 million. The increase in working capital was primarily the result of a seasonal decrease of $25.0 million in accounts payable driven by lower inventory levels and a $6.1 million decrease in accrued trade marketing expense driven by the timing of our marketing programs. Offsetting these increases in working capital were a seasonal decrease of $26.3 million in inventories and a $6.3 million decrease in accounts receivable driven by the timing of sales. All other working capital accounts increased by $3.1 million.

Net cash used in investing activities was $42.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and was primarily related to capital expenditures. Capital expenditures during the first six months of 2013 included approximately $5.9 million of costs related to our facility consolidation projects. Investing activities also included $1.8 million of proceeds from the sale of assets previously held for sale.

Net cash used in investing activities was $34.7 million for the six months ended June 24, 2012 and was entirely related to capital expenditures. Capital expenditures during the first six months of 2012 included approximately $2.6 million of costs related to our plant consolidation projects in Millsboro, DE, Tacoma, WA and Fulton, NY.
Net cash used by financing activities was impacted by our April 2013 refinancing, which is explained in greater detail in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Net cash used by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2013 was $46.0 million and consisted of $1,625.9 million of proceeds from our new Tranche G Term Loan, $623.9 million of proceeds ($667.0 million of gross proceeds net of $43.1 million of underwriting discounts and other fees) from our IPO and $350.0 million of proceeds from our bond offering which were more than offset by $1,732.1 million of term Loan repayments, $899.2 million of repurchases of outstanding notes, $12.5 million of debt acquisition costs and $2.2 million of net capital leases and notes payable activity. All other financing activities generated a net $0.4 million outflow.

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Net cash used by financing activities was impacted by our April 2012 refinancing, which is explained in greater detail in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Net cash used by financing activities for the six months ended June 24, 2012 was $161.3 million and consisted of $319.4 million of term loan repayments, $219.8 million of repurchases of outstanding notes, $14.7 million of debt acquisition costs, $2.8 million of net capital leases and notes payable activity, and $0.6 million of equity repurchases. These outflows were partially offset by $396.0 million of proceeds from our new Tranche E Term Loan.



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Debt
As of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012, our long term debt consisted of the following:

June 30,
2013
 
December 30,
2012
Long-term debt
 
 
 
- Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche B Non Extended Term Loans due 2014
$

 
$
243.3

- Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche B Extended Term Loans due 2016

 
637.9

- Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche E Term Loans due 2018

 
398.0

- Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche F Term Loans due 2018

 
448.9

- Senior Secured Credit Facility - Tranche G Term Loans due 2020
1,625.9

 

- 4.875% Senior Notes due 2021
350.0

 

- 9.25% Senior Notes due 2015

 
465.0

- 8.25% Senior Notes due 2017

 
400.0

- Unamortized discount on long term debt
(8.5
)
 
(7.2
)
- Capital lease obligations
26.0

 
21.0


1,993.4

 
2,606.9

Less: current portion of long-term obligations
20.2

 
30.4

Total long-term debt
$
1,973.2

 
$
2,576.5


On April 29, 2013, Pinnacle Foods Finance, entered into the second amendment to the amended and restated Senior Secured Credit Facility, which provided for a seven year term loan facility in the amount of $1,630.0 million (the "Tranche G Term Loans") and replaced the existing revolving credit facility with a new five year $150.0 million revolving credit facility. Additionally, Pinnacle Foods Finance issued $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes (the "4.875% Senior Notes") due 2021.

On April 17, 2012 we entered into an amended and restated credit agreement which extended a portion of our Tranche B Term Loans to 2016, allowed us to borrow on new $400 million Tranche E Term Loans and replace our existing revolving credit facility with a new $150 million revolving credit facility. We used proceeds from the Tranche E Term Loans to pay off all of our outstanding balance of $313.2 million aggregate principal amount of Tranche D Term Loans. On April 19, 2012, we redeemed all $199.0 million of our outstanding 10.625% Senior Subordinated Notes using proceeds from the Tranche E Term Loans along with available cash.

On August 30, 2012, we entered into the first amendment to the amended and restated credit agreement which allowed us to borrow on new $450 million Tranche F Term Loans. The Company used proceeds from the Tranche F Term Loans along with available cash to pay off $300 million of the aggregate principal amount of Tranche B Non Extended Term Loans and $150 million of the aggregate principal amount of 9.25% Senior Notes. For additional details regarding our debt instruments and our April and September 2012 refinancing, please refer to Note 9 of the Consolidated Financial Statements, "Debt and Interest Expense".
We meet the service requirements on our debt utilizing cash flow generated from operations. In addition to the above facilities, we have a $150.0 million revolving credit facility, which can be used to fund our working capital needs and can also be used to issue up to $50.0 million of letters of credit. There were no borrowings against the revolving credit facility as of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012, except in respect of letters of credit as set forth below. As of June 30, 2013 and December 30, 2012, we had issued approximately $34.0 million and $33.5 million, respectively, of letters of credit under this facility, leaving approximately $116.0 million and $116.5 million, respectively, of unused capacity under the revolving credit facility.

The term loans under the Senior Secured Credit Facility mature in quarterly installments of 0.25% of their aggregate funded total principal amount. The aggregate maturities of the Tranche G Term Loans outstanding as of June 30, 2013 are $4.1 million in the remainder of 2013, $16.3 million in 2014, $16.3 million in 2015, $16.3 million in 2016, $20.4 million in 2017 and $1,552.6 million thereafter.


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Under the terms of our Senior Secured Credit Facility, we are required to use 50% of our “Excess Cash Flow” to prepay the term loans under the Senior Secured Credit Facility (which percentage will be reduced to 25% at a total leverage ratio of 4.50 to 5.49 and to 0% at a total leverage ratio below 4.50). Excess Cash Flow is defined as consolidated net income (as defined), as adjusted for certain items, including (1) all non-cash charges and credits included in arriving at consolidated net income, (2) changes in working capital, (3) capital expenditures (to the extent they were not financed with debt), (4) the aggregate amount of principal payments on indebtedness and (5) certain other items defined in the Senior Secured Credit Facility. For the 2012 reporting year we determined that there were no amounts due under the Excess Cash Flow requirements of the Senior Secured Credit Facility. In December 2013, we will determine if amounts are due under the Excess Cash Flow requirements of the Senior Secured Credit Facility for the 2013 reporting year.

As market conditions warrant, we and our subsidiaries, affiliates or significant equity holders (including Blackstone and its affiliates) may from time to time, in our or their sole discretion, purchase, repay, redeem or retire any of our outstanding debt or equity securities (including any publicly issued debt or equity securities), in privately negotiated or open market transactions, by tender offer, exchange offer or otherwise.

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Covenant Compliance

The following is a discussion of the financial covenants contained in our debt agreements.
Senior Secured Credit Facility
Our Senior Secured Credit Facility contains a number of covenants that, among other things, restrict, subject to certain exceptions, our ability to:
incur additional indebtedness and make guarantees;
create liens on assets;
engage in mergers or consolidations;
sell assets;
pay dividends and distributions or repurchase our capital stock;
make investments, loans and advances, including acquisitions; and
engage in certain transactions with affiliates.

The Senior Secured Credit Facility also contains certain customary affirmative covenants and events of default.

4.875% Senior Notes

On April 29, 2013, we issued the 4.875% Senior Notes.The Senior Notes are general senior unsecured obligations, effectively subordinated in right of payment to all of our existing and future senior secured indebtedness, and guaranteed on a full, unconditional, joint and several basis by our wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries that guarantee our other indebtedness.
The indenture governing the 4.875% Senior Notes limits our (and most or all of our subsidiaries’) ability to, subject to certain exceptions:
incur additional debt or issue certain preferred shares;
pay dividends on or make other distributions in respect of our capital stock or make other restricted payments;
make certain investments;
sell certain assets;
create liens on certain assets to secure debt;
consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets;
enter into certain transactions with our affiliates; and
designate our subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries.
Subject to certain exceptions, the indenture governing the 4.875% Senior Notes permits us and our restricted subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness, including secured indebtedness.



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Adjusted EBITDA

The Company's metric of Adjusted EBITDA, which is used in creating targets for the bonus and equity portions of our compensation plans, is equivalent to Covenant Compliance EBITDA under our debt agreements.

Pursuant to the terms of the Senior Secured Credit Facility, we are required to maintain a ratio of Net First Lien Secured Debt to Adjusted EBITDA of no greater than 5.75 to 1.00. Net First Lien Secured Debt is defined as our aggregate consolidated secured indebtedness secured on a first lien basis, less the aggregate amount of all unrestricted cash and cash equivalents.

In addition, under the Senior Secured Credit Facility and the indenture governing the 4.875% Senior Notes, our ability to engage in activities such as incurring additional indebtedness, making investments and paying dividends is tied to the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (which is currently the same as the ratio of Net First Lien Secured Debt to Adjusted EBITDA above), in the case of the Senior Secured Credit Facility, or to the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to fixed charges for the most recently concluded four consecutive fiscal quarters, in the case of the Senior Notes. As of June 30, 2013, we were in compliance with all covenants and other obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Facility and the indenture governing the 4.875% Senior Notes.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings (loss) before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), further adjusted to exclude non-cash items, extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items and other adjustment items permitted in calculating Adjusted EBITDA under the Senior Secured Credit Facility and the indenture governing the Senior Notes. We believe that the inclusion of supplementary adjustments to EBITDA applied in presenting Adjusted EBITDA is appropriate to provide additional information to investors to demonstrate compliance with our financial covenants.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not represent net earnings or loss or cash flow from operations as those terms are defined by U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and do not necessarily indicate whether cash flows will be sufficient to fund cash needs. In particular, the definitions of Adjusted EBITDA in the Senior Secured Credit Facility and the indenture allow us to add back certain non-cash, extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring charges that are deducted in calculating net earnings or loss. However, these are expenses that vary greatly and are difficult to predict. While EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA and similar measures are frequently used as measures of operations and the ability to meet debt service requirements, they are not necessarily comparable to other similarly titled captions of other companies due to the potential inconsistencies in the method of calculation.

Our ability to meet the covenants specified above in future periods will depend on events beyond our control, and we cannot assure you that we will meet those ratios. A breach of any of these covenants in the future could result in a default under, or an inability to undertake certain activities in compliance with, the Senior Secured Credit Facility and the indenture governing the 4.875% Senior Notes, at which time the lenders could elect to declare all amounts outstanding under the Senior Secured Credit Facility to be immediately due and payable. Any such acceleration would also result in a default under the indenture governing the 4.875% Senior Notes.


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The following table provides a reconciliation from our net earnings to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012, and the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012. The terms and related calculations are defined in the Senior Secured Credit Facility and the indenture governing the 4.875% Senior Notes.
(thousands of dollars)
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
Fiscal Year Ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
December 30, 2012
Net earnings (loss)
$
(31,839
)
 
$
(10,560
)
 
$
(7,043
)
 
$
(1,021
)
 
$
52,519

Interest expense, net
47,585

 
60,484

 
88,238

 
110,038

 
198,374

Income tax expense (benefit)
(4,775
)
 
(7,935
)
 
10,447

 
(1,858
)
 
32,701

Depreciation and amortization expense
18,755

 
21,566

 
38,025

 
42,056

 
98,123

EBITDA
$
29,726

 
$
63,555

 
$
129,667

 
$
149,215

 
$
381,717

Non-cash items (a)
3,580

 
3,727

 
3,351

 
1,599

 
63

Acquisition, merger and other restructuring charges (b)
7,088

 
6,227

 
11,106

 
8,033

 
23,276

Other adjustment items (c)
52,636

 
11,826

 
53,361

 
16,361

 
21,040

Adjusted EBITDA
$
93,030

 
$
85,335

 
197,485

 
175,208

 
$
426,096

Last twelve months Adjusted EBITDA


 
 
 
$
448,373

 
 
 
 

(a)
Non-cash items are comprised of the following:
(thousands of dollars)
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
Fiscal Year Ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
December 30, 2012
Non-cash compensation charges (1)
$
3,150

 
$
300

 
$
3,325

 
$
600

 
$
850

Unrealized losses resulting from hedging activities (2)
430

 
3,427

 
26

 
999

 
(1,307
)
Other impairment charges (3)

 

 

 

 
520

Total non-cash items
$
3,580

 
$
3,727

 
$
3,351

 
$
1,599

 
$
63

 _________________
(1)
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012, and the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012, represents non-cash compensation charges related to the granting of equity awards.
(2)
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012, and the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012, represents non-cash gains and losses resulting from mark-to-market adjustments of obligations under foreign exchange and commodity derivative contracts.
(3)
For the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012, represents a tradename impairment on Bernstein's.

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(b)
Acquisition, merger and other restructuring charges are comprised of the following:
(thousands of dollars)
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
Fiscal Year Ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
December 30, 2012
Expenses in connection with an acquisition or other non-recurring merger costs (1)
$
452

 
$
1,307

 
$
791


$
1,623

 
$
2,349

Restructuring charges, integration costs and other business optimization expenses (2)
3,963

 
4,092

 
7,444


5,477

 
19,911

Employee severance (3)
2,673

 
828

 
2,871


933

 
1,016

Total acquisition, merger and other restructuring charges
$
7,088

 
$
6,227

 
$
11,106

 
$
8,033

 
$
23,276

_________________
(1)
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012 and the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012 primarily represents IPO related expenses and due diligence investigations.
(2)
For the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012, primarily represents restructuring and restructuring related charges, consulting and business optimization expenses related to closures at our Tacoma, WA, Fulton, NY, Green Bay, WI and Millsboro, DE facilities, as a result of footprint consolidation projects. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, primarily represents restructuring and restructuring related charges related to the closure of our Millsboro, DE facility and consulting and business optimization expenses related to the expansion of direct sales coverage for retailer headquarters to more than fifty percent of our U.S. retail business. For the three and six months ended June 24, 2012, primarily represents restructuring and restructuring related charges related to the closure of our Fulton, NY, Green Bay, WI and Millsboro, DE facilities, as a result of footprint consolidation projects.
(3)
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012, and the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012, represents severance costs paid, or to be paid, to terminated employees.

(c)
Other adjustment items are comprised of the following:
(thousands of dollars)
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
Fiscal Year Ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
December 30, 2012
Management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees (1)
$
18,456

 
$
1,035

 
$
19,181

 
$
2,346

 
$
4,707

Bond redemption fees (2)
34,180

 
10,785

 
34,180

 
10,785

 
14,255

Other (3)

 
6

 

 
3,230

 
2,078

Total other adjustments
$
52,636

 
$
11,826

 
$
53,361

 
$
16,361

 
$
21,040

_________________
(1)
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012, and the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012, represents management/advisory fees and expenses paid to an affiliate of Blackstone. For the three months ending June 30, 2013, it also includes a $15.1 million expense to terminate the Blackstone advisory fee agreement. This is is explained in greater detail in Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements "Related Party Transactions".
(2)
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, represents the premiums paid on the redemption of $400.0 million of 8.25% Senior Notes due 2017 at a premium of $34.2 million. For 2012, represents $14.3 million ($10.8 million for the three months ended June 2102 and $3.5 million for the three months ended September 2012) of the premiums paid on the redemption of $150.0 million of 9.25% Senior Notes due 2015, the redemption of $199.0 million of 10.625% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 and the repurchase and retirement of $10.0 million of 9.25% Senior Notes due 2015.
(3)
For the three months ended June 24, 2012 and the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012, this includes costs for the recall of Aunt Jemima product of $3.2 million (before insurance recovery) and $2.1 million (after insurance recovery), respectively.



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Our covenant requirements and actual ratios for the twelve months ended June 30, 2013 are as follows:
 
  
Covenant
Requirement
Actual Ratio
Senior Secured Credit Facility
 
 
Net First Lien Leverage Ratio (1)
5.75 to 1.00
3.42
Total Leverage Ratio (2)
Not applicable
4.21
Senior Notes (3)
 
 
Minimum Adjusted EBITDA to fixed charges ratio required to incur additional debt pursuant to ratio provisions (4)
2.00 to 1.00
3.00
 _________________
(1)
Pursuant to the terms of the Senior Secured Credit Facility, we are required to maintain a ratio of Net First Lien Secured Debt to Adjusted EBITDA of no greater than 5.75 to 1.00. Net First Lien Secured Debt is defined as our aggregate consolidated secured indebtedness secured on a first lien basis, less the aggregate amount of all unrestricted cash and cash equivalents.
(2)
The Total Leverage Ratio is not a financial covenant but is used to determine the applicable rate under the Senior Secured Credit Facility. The Total Leverage Ratio is calculated by dividing consolidated total debt less the aggregate amount of all unrestricted cash and cash equivalents by Adjusted EBITDA.
(3)
Our ability to incur additional debt and make certain restricted payments under the indenture governing the 4.875% Senior Notes, subject to specified exceptions, is tied to an Adjusted EBITDA to fixed charges ratio of at least 2.00 to 1.
(4)
Fixed charges is defined in the indenture governing the 4.875% Senior Notes as (i) consolidated interest expense (excluding specified items) plus consolidated capitalized interest less consolidated interest income, plus (ii) cash dividends and distributions paid on preferred stock or disqualified stock.

Inflation
Historically, inflation did not have a significant effect on us as we had been successful in mitigating the effects of inflation with cost reduction and productivity programs. However inflation became more pronounced in 2011 and 2012, particularly in ingredient costs such as vegetables, flours, shortening/oils, beef, dairy, cocoa, corn sweeteners and energy. In the first half of 2013, inflation was far less pronounced compared to the first half of 2012, and it is expected to be less pronounced over the course of 2013. To the extent possible, we offset inflation with productivity programs. However, we spend approximately $1.1 billion each year on ingredients, therefore each 1% change in our weighted average ingredient costs would increase our Cost of products sold by approximately $11 million. If we experience significant inflation, price increases may be necessary in order to preserve our margins and returns. Severe increases in inflation could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.


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Adjusted Gross Profit

Our management uses Adjusted gross profit as an operating performance measure. Adjusted gross profit is defined as gross profit before accelerated depreciation related to restructuring activities, certain non-cash items, acquisition, merger and other restructuring charges and other adjustments noted in the table below. We believe that the presentation of Adjusted gross profit is useful to investors because it is consistent with our definition of Adjusted EBITDA (defined above), a measure frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in their evaluation of the operating performance of companies in industries similar to ours. In addition, we also use targets based on Adjusted gross profit as one of the components used to evaluate our management’s performance. Adjusted gross profit is not defined under GAAP, should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for measures of our performance prepared in accordance with GAAP and is not indicative of gross profit as determined under GAAP.
The following table provides a reconciliation from our gross profit to Adjusted gross profit for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012, and the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012.
(thousands of dollars)
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
Fiscal Year Ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
December 30, 2012
Gross profit

$
144,428

 
$
132,156

 
$
299,269

 
$
267,833

 
$
584,549

Accelerated depreciation expense (a)

 
2,402

 

 
4,554

 
20,990

Non-cash items (b)
715

 
3,467

 
334

 
1,079

 
(1,194
)
Acquisition, merger and other restructuring charges (c)
2,355

 
2,828

 
4,144

 
4,222

 
16,934

Other adjustment items (d)

 

 

 
2,555

 
1,618

Adjusted gross profit
$
147,498

 
$
140,853

 
$
303,747

 
$
280,243

 
$
622,897

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 _________________
(a)
Reflects accelerated depreciation related to plant closures.

(b)
Non-cash items are comprised of the following:

(thousands of dollars)
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
Fiscal Year Ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
December 30, 2012
Non-cash compensation charges (1)

$
285

 
$
40

 
$
308

 
$
80

 
$
113

Unrealized losses (gains) resulting from hedging activities (2)
430

 
3,427

 
26

 
999

 
(1,307
)
Non-cash items
$
715

 
$
3,467

 
$
334

 
$
1,079

 
$
(1,194
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 _________________
(1)
Represents non-cash compensation charges related to the granting of equity awards.
(2)
Represents non-cash gains and losses resulting from mark-to-market obligations under derivative contracts.



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(c)
Acquisition, merger and other restructuring charges are comprised of the following:
(thousands of dollars)
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
Fiscal Year Ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
December 30, 2012
Restructuring charges, integration costs and other business optimization expenses (1)
$
2,156

 
$
2,828

 
$
3,945

 
$
4,211

 
$
16,923

Employee severance and recruiting (2)
199

 

 
199

 
11

 
11

Total acquisition, merger and other restructuring charges
$
2,355

 
$
2,828

 
$
4,144

 
$
4,222

 
$
16,934

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 _________________
(1)
For the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012, primarily represents restructuring and restructuring related charges, consulting and business optimization expenses related to closures at our Tacoma, WA, Fulton, NY, Green Bay, WI and Millsboro, DE facilities, as a result of footprint consolidation projects. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and June 24, 2012, primarily represents restructuring and restructuring related charges, consulting and business optimization expenses related to closures at our Millsboro, DE (March, 2013) and Fulton, NY (March, 2012) facilities.
(2)
Represents severance costs paid or accrued to terminated employees.

(d)
Other adjustment items are comprised of the following:
(thousands of dollars)
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
 
Fiscal Year Ended


June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 24, 2012
 
December 30, 2012
Other (1)
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
2,555

 
$
1,618

Total other adjustments
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
2,555

 
$
1,618

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 _________________
(1)
For the three and six months ended June 24, 2012 and the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012, primarily represents costs for the recall of Aunt Jemima product, net of insurance recoveries.



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Contractual Commitments

Our contractual commitments consist mainly of payments related to long-term debt and related interest, operating and capital lease payments, certain take-or-pay arrangements entered into as part of the normal course of business and pension obligations. Refer to the “Contractual Commitments” section of the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our prospectus filed with the SEC on March 28, 2013 for details on our contractual obligations and commitments.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of June 30, 2013, we did not have any off-balance sheet obligations.


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Accounting Policies and Pronouncements

In February 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-02, “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income,” (“ASU 2013-02”). This new guidance requires that we present either in a single note or parenthetically on the face of the financial statements, the effect of significant amounts reclassified from each component of accumulated other comprehensive income based on its source and the income statement line items affected by the reclassification. This guidance only impacts disclosures within the consolidated financial statements and notes to the consolidated financial statements and does not result in a change to the accounting treatment of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. We adopted this standard during the three month period ended March 31, 2013.

In July 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-11, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists,” (“ASU 2013-11”). The update provides guidance on financial statement presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss (NOL) carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. This ASU applies to all entities with unrecognized tax benefits that also have tax loss or tax credit carryforwards in the same tax jurisdiction as of the reporting date. We will adopt this standard in December 2013. We anticipate that adoption of the standard will not have a material impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.


Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

We have disclosed in "Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" included in our prospectus filed on March 28, 2013, those accounting policies that we consider to be significant in determining our results of operations and financial condition. There have been no material changes to those policies that we consider to be significant since the filing of our annual report for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2012 on Form 10-K. We believe that the accounting principles utilized in preparing our unaudited consolidated financial statements conform in all material respects to GAAP.

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ITEM 3:     QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Risk Management Strategy
We are exposed to certain risks arising from both our business operations and economic conditions. We principally manage our exposures to a wide variety of business and operational risks through management of our core business activities. We manage economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity, and credit risk primarily by managing the amount, sources, and duration of our debt funding and the use of derivative financial instruments. The primary risks managed by using derivative instruments are interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange risk and commodity price risk. Specifically, we enter into derivative financial instruments to manage exposures that arise from business activities that result in the receipt or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which are determined by interest rates, foreign exchange rates or commodity prices. Please refer to Note 11 of the Consolidated Financial Statements "Financial Instruments" for additional details regarding our derivatives and refer to Note 9 of the Consolidated Financial Statements "Debt and Interest Expense" for additional details regarding our debt instruments. There were no significant changes in our exposures to market risk since December 30, 2012.

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ITEM 4.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in our reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2013. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures are effective at a level of reasonable assurance.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2013 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II
 
ITEM 1:    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
    
No material legal proceedings are currently pending.

ITEM 1A:    RISK FACTORS

Our risk factors are summarized under the“Risk Factors” section of our prospectus filed on March 28, 2013. There have been no material changes to our risk factors since the filing of that prospectus.

ITEM 2:    UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
    
On April 3 2013, the Company completed the initial public offering of 33,350,000 shares of common stock, including 4,350,000 common shares issued pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares, at a price of $20.00 per share. The shares of common stock were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on a registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185565). The registration statement was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2013. Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P., BMO Capital Markets Corp., C.L. King & Associates, Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., Piper Jaffray & Co., Stephens Inc. and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated acted as underwriters for the offering.

We registered 33,350,000 shares of our common stock in connection with the initial public offering, including 4,350,000 shares subject to an over-allotment option that we granted to the underwriters. The aggregate price of the offering amount registered by the Company was $667.0 million. We sold an aggregate of 33,350,000 shares of our common stock in connection with the initial public offering, for an aggregate offering price of the amount sold of $667.0 million. In connection with the offering we paid the underwriters a discount of $1.20 per share, for a total underwriting discount of approximately $40.0 million. In addition, the Company incurred other expenses in connection with the offering which were paid from cash on hand, in the following amounts.

 
 
SEC registration fee
$
90,978

FINRA filing fee
100,550

The New York Stock Exchange listing fee
150,000

Printing fees and expenses
430,886

Legal fees and expenses
2,198,243

Blue sky fees and expenses
15,000

Registrar and transfer agent fees
3,516

Accounting fees and expenses
452,446

Miscellaneous expenses
35,201

 
 
Total
$
3,476,820


The proceeds of the sale of the shares, together with cash on hand, were used to pay down $667.0 million in outstanding debt. Specifically, the Company redeemed at par all $465.0 million in outstanding aggregate principal amount of the 9.25% Senior Notes co-issued by certain of the Company's subsidiaries and repaid $202 million of the Senior Secured Non-extended Term Loan B facility, maturing in April 2014, held by a subsidiary of the Company. There has been no material change in our planned use of proceeds from our initial public offering as described in our final prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b).

Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P, an affiliate of Blackstone, a holder of in excess of 10% of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock, acted as an underwriter for the offering and received a portion of the underwriting discount. Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P., or certain of its affiliates, were lenders under our Tranche B Non-Extended Term Loans due 2014 and, as a result, received a portion of the proceeds from the offering.


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In connection with the offering, the Company terminated its Advisory Agreement and paid a termination fee equal to approximately $15.1 million to Blackstone Management Partners L.L.C., an affiliate of Blackstone and of Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P., with available cash on hand.

ITEM 3:    DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None

ITEM 4:    MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
None

ITEM 5:    OTHER INFORMATION
    
Pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (“ITRSHRA”), which added Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act, the Company hereby incorporates by reference herein Exhibit 99.1 of this report, which includes disclosures publicly filed and/or provided to Blackstone by Hilton Worldwide, Inc., which may be considered our affiliate.


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ITEM 6:     EXHIBITS

See the Exhibit Index immediately following the signature page hereto, which Exhibit Index is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.



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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report contains “forward-looking statements.” All statements, other than statements of historical facts included in this report, including statements concerning our plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events, future revenues or performance, financing needs, plans or intentions relating to acquisitions, business trends and other information referred to under “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies” are forward-looking statements. When used in this report, the words “estimates,” “expects,” “contemplates”, “anticipates,” “projects,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “forecasts,” “may,” “should” and variations of such words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts, and are based upon our current expectations, beliefs and projections, and various assumptions, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and beyond our control. Our expectations, beliefs and projections are expressed in good faith and we believe there is a reasonable basis for them. However, there can be no assurance that management's expectations, beliefs and projections will result or be achieved and actual results may vary materially from what is expressed in or indicated by the forward-looking statements.
There are a number of risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this report. Such risks, uncertainties and other important factors include, among others, the risks, uncertainties and factors set forth in our prospectus filed with the SEC on March 28, 2013 under the section entitled “Risk Factors,” the section entitled “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this report and the following risks, uncertainties and factors:

competition;
our ability to predict, identify, interpret and respond to changes in consumer preferences;
our reliance on single source provider for the manufacturing, co-packing and distribution of many of our products;
fluctuations in price and supply of food ingredients, packaging materials and freight;
volatility in commodity prices and our failure to mitigate the risks related to commodity price fluctuation and foreign exchange risk through the use of derivative instruments;
costs and timeliness of integrating future acquisitions or our failure to realize anticipated cost savings, revenue enhancements or other synergies therefrom;
our substantial leverage;
litigation or claims regarding our intellectual property rights or termination of our material licenses;
our inability to drive revenue growth in our key product categories or to add products that are in faster growing and more profitable categories;
potential product liability claims;
seasonality;
the funding of our defined benefit pension plans;
changes in our collective bargaining agreements or shifts in union policy;
changes in the cost of compliance with laws and regulations, including environmental, worker health and workplace safety laws and regulations;
our failure to comply with FDA, USDA or FTC regulations and the impact of governmental budget cuts;
disruptions in our information technology systems;
future impairments of our goodwill and intangible assets;
difficulty in the hiring or the retention of key management personnel;
changes in tax statutes, tax rates, or case laws which impact tax positions we have taken; and
Blackstone controlling us.
You should evaluate all forward-looking statements made in this report in the context of these risks and uncertainties.

We caution you that the risks, uncertainties and other factors referenced above may not contain all of the risks, uncertainties and other factors that are important to you. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will realize the results, benefits or developments that we expect or anticipate or, even if substantially realized, that they will result in the consequences or affect us or our business in the way expected. All forward-looking statements in this report apply only as of the date made and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included in this report. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.



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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
 

PINNACLE FOODS INC.

By:
/s/ Craig Steeneck
Name:
Craig Steeneck
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Authorized Officer)
Date:
August 14, 2013



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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
 
Description of exhibit
 
 
 
3.1
 
Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Pinnacle Foods Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on April 3, 2013 (Commission File Number: 001-35844 and incorporated herein by reference)
 
 
 
3.2
 
Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Pinnacle Foods Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on April 3, 2013 (Commission File Number: 001-35844 and incorporated herein by reference)
 
 
 
4.1
 
Form of Stock Certificate for Common Stock. (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1A of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on March 6, 2013 (Commission File Number: 333-185565 and incorporated herein by reference)
 
 
 
4.2
 
Registration Rights Agreement among Pinnacle Foods Inc. and certain of its shareholders. (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on April 3, 2013 (Commission File Number: 001-35844 and incorporated herein by reference)
 
 
 
4.3
 
Shareholders Agreement of Pinnacle Foods Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on April 30, 2013 (Commission File Number: 001-35844 and incorporated herein by reference)
 
 
 
4.4
 
Senior Notes Indenture, dated as of April 29, 2013, among Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC and Pinnacle Foods Finance Corp., the Guarantors listed therein and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on April 30, 2013 (Commission File Number: 001-35844) and incorporated herein by reference).

 
 
 
4.5
 
Registration Rights Agreement among Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Pinnacle Foods Finance Corp., the Guarantors listed therein. and Barclays Capital Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on April 30, 2013 (Commission File Number: 001-35844 and incorporated herein by reference)
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.1
 
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Peak Finance Holding LLC, Barclays Bank PLC. and the Other Lenders Party hereto. (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on April 30, 2013 (Commission File Number: 001-35844 and incorporated herein by reference)
 
 
 
10.2
 
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC, Peak Finance Holding LLC, the Guarantors Party hereto, Barclays Bank Plc, Bank of America, NA and the Other Lenders Party hereto. (previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on April 30, 2013 (Commission File Number: 001-35844 and incorporated herein by reference)
 
 
 
10.3
 
Termination of Securityholders' Agreement dated April 3, 2013 among Peak Holdings LLC, Pinnacle Foods Inc. and the other +parties hereto (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on April 3, 2013 (Commission File Number: 001-35844) and incorporated herein by reference)
 
 
 
10.4
 
Termination of Transaction and Advisory Fee Agreement Agreement dated April 3, 2013 among Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC and Blackstone Management Partners V L.L.C. (previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on April 3, 2013 (Commission File Number: 001-35844) and incorporated herein by reference)
 
 
 
10.5+
 
Modification of the Pinnacle Foods Inc. (formerly Crunch Holding Corp.) 2007 Stock Incentive Plan Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (previously filed as Exhibit 10.42 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC filed with the SEC on March 5, 2013 (Commission File Number: 333-148297) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
 
 
10.6+
 
Form of Pinnacle Foods Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on April 3, 2013 (Commission File Number: 001-35844) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
 
 
10.7+
 
Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Conversion Replacement Award) previously filed as Exhibit 10.45 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on March 6, 2013) (Commission File Number: 333-185565)
 
 
 

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10.8+
 
Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (previously filed as Exhibit 10.46 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on March 6, 2013 (Commission File Number: 333-185565) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
 
 
10.9+
 
Form of Restricted Stock Agreement under 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan. (previously filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Pinnacle Foods Inc. filed with the SEC on May 10, 2013 (Commission File Number: 333-185565) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
 
 
31.1*
 
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
 
 
 
31.2*
 
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
 
 
 
32.1*
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (A)
 
 
 
32.2*
 
Certification of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (A)
 
 
 
99.1*
 
Section 13(r) Disclosure
 
 
 
101.1*
 
The following materials are formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings, (iii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Member’s Equity, (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, and (vii) document and entity information. (B)
*    Identifies exhibits that are filed as attachments to this document.
+     Identifies exhibits that consist of a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

(A)
Pursuant to Commission Release No. 33-8212, this certification will be treated as “accompanying” this Form 10-Q and not “filed” as part of such report for purposes of Section 18 of Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of Section 18 of the Exchange Act and this certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.
(B)
Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data files on Exhibit 101.1 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 133, as amended, are deemed not file for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.





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