Income Per Common Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 28, 2013

The following are reconciliations of income from continuing operations to income from continuing operations applicable to common stock and the number of common shares outstanding used to calculate basic earnings per share to those shares used to calculate diluted earnings per share:



	Fiscal Year Ended
	April 28, 2013		April 29, 2012		April 27, 2011
	(52 Weeks)		(52 1/2 Weeks)		(52 Weeks)
	(In thousands)
Income from continuing operations attributable to H.J. Heinz Company	$	1,087,615	$	974,374	$	1,029,067
Allocation to participating securities(a)	—		1,991		1,816
Preferred dividends	8		9		12
Income from continuing operations applicable to common stock	$	1,087,607	$	972,374	$	1,027,239
Average common shares outstanding-basic	320,662		320,686		320,118
Effect of dilutive securities:
Convertible preferred stock	92		104		105
Stock options, restricted stock and the global stock purchase plan	2,418		2,531		2,819
Average common shares outstanding-diluted	323,172		323,321		323,042

(a) Represents unvested share-based payment awards that contain certain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid).