EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE OF INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY Press release of International Paper Company

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News Release

International Paper Reports Fourth-Quarter and 2010 Earnings

Strong Seasonal Earnings, Strong Free Cash Flow

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Feb. 3, 2011 – International Paper (NYSE: IP) reported preliminary full-year 2010 net earnings attributable to common shareholders totaling $644 million ($1.48 per share) compared with $663 million ($1.55 per share) in full-year 2009. In the fourth quarter of 2010, the company reported net earnings of $316 million ($0.73 per share) compared with a net loss of $101 million ($0.24 per share) in the fourth quarter of 2009. Amounts in all periods include special items.

Diluted Earnings Per Share Attributable to International Paper Shareholders

 

     Fourth
Quarter
2010
    Fourth
Quarter
2009
    Full
Year
2010
     Full
Year
2009
 

Net Earnings (Loss)

   $ 0.73      ($ 0.24   $ 1.48       $ 1.55   
                                 

Add Back – Net Special Items Expense (Income)

     (0.05     0.48        0.57         (0.67
                                 

Earnings from Continuing Operations and Before Special Items

   $ 0.68      $ 0.24      $ 2.05       $ 0.88   
                                 

Full-year 2010 earnings from continuing operations and before special items were $890 million ($2.05 per share) compared with $378 million ($0.88 per share) in 2009. Earnings from continuing operations and before special items in the 2010 fourth quarter totaled $296 million ($0.68 per share), compared with $101 million ($0.24 per share) in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Quarterly net sales were $6.5 billion compared with $6.0 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009. Annual sales totaled $25.2 billion compared with $23.4 billion in 2009.

Operating profits in the fourth quarter were $561 million compared with a loss of $147 million in 2009, both of which included special items. Full-year 2010 operating profits were $1.7 billion compared with $2.4 billion in 2009.

The company repaid $350 million of debt during 2010 and contributed $1.2 billion toward its pension plan. At year end, the company had $2.1 billion in cash.

“Our year-over-year fourth quarter operating business earnings were strong with solid revenue growth and margin expansion across IP business segments. We also continued to generate strong cash flow,” said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Faraci. “International Paper performed well during 2010, a year of transition from recession to global economic growth. We expect to further build on our strong earnings and free cash flow momentum in 2011.”

 

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SEGMENT INFORMATION

To measure the performance of the company’s business segments from quarter to quarter without variations caused by special items, management focuses on business segment operating profits excluding those items. Fourth-quarter 2010 segment operating profits and business trends, excluding special items, compared with the prior quarter are as follows (special items were immaterial in the 2010 third quarter).

Industrial Packaging had an operating profit of $274 million ($261 million including special items) compared to an operating profit of $332 million in the third quarter of 2010. Quarterly earnings drivers included modestly higher box prices, offset by seasonally lower box demand, higher mill and fiber costs.

Printing Papers had an operating profit of $236 million ($234 million including special items) compared to an operating profit of $278 million in the third quarter of 2010. Included in the 2010 third quarter was $16 million from the recovery of bad debt. The segment was impacted by seasonally higher energy usage and seasonally lower uncoated freesheet and market pulp demand in North America, partly offset by seasonally higher demand in Brazil.

Consumer Packaging had an operating profit of $64 million ($60 million including special items) compared to an operating profit of $71 million in the third quarter of 2010. Fourth quarter performance was lower than in the third quarter due to seasonally lower sales volumes and higher planned maintenance outages in Coated Paperboard partially offset by increased selling prices. Foodservice reported strong earnings.

xpedx, the company’s distribution business, reported operating profits of $9 million for the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to $22 million posted in the third quarter of 2010. Fourth quarter performance includes one-time costs of exiting certain retail store and printing equipment segments and year-end inventory valuation adjustments.

Forest Products earnings were not meaningful since we sold our remaining land portfolio in North America during the third quarter of 2010.Beginning in 2011, Forest Products will no longer be reported as a separate industry segment.

Net corporate expenses for the 2010 fourth quarter totaled $63 million, compared with $58 million in the 2010 third quarter and $40 million in the fourth quarter of 2009. The increase from the 2009 fourth quarter reflects higher supply chain initiative and pension expenses in 2010.

EFFECTIVE TAX RATE

The effective tax rate from continuing operations and before special items for the fourth quarter of 2010 was 28 percent, compared with 31 percent in the third quarter of 2010. The lower fourth quarter rate is a result of the passage on December 17, 2010, of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. This extended the research and development tax credit and the non-taxability of certain dividend payments between related controlled foreign corporations. The 2010 full year tax rate was 30 percent compared with 30 percent for the 2009 full year.

EFFECTS OF SPECIAL ITEMS

Special items in the fourth quarter of 2010 included pre-tax charges of $35 million ($22 million after taxes) for restructuring and other charges, a pre-tax gain of $25 million ($15 million after taxes)

 

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related to the partial redemption of the Company’s interests in Arizona Chemical, an $18 million pre-tax charge ($11 million after taxes) for an environmental reserve related to the Company’s property in Cass Lake, Minnesota , a charge of $2 million (before and after taxes) for asset impairment costs associated with the Inverurie, Scotland mill which was closed in 2009 and a net $40 million tax benefit related to cellulosic bio-fuel tax credits. Restructuring and other charges included pre-tax charges of $12 million ($7 million after taxes) for closure costs for the Bellevue Washington and Spartanburg South Carolina box plant closures, a pre-tax charge of $13 million ($8 million after taxes) for early debt extinguishment costs, a pre-tax charge of $5 million ($3 million after taxes) for severance and benefit costs associated with the Company’s 2008 overhead cost reduction initiative, a pre-tax charge of $4 million ($3 million after taxes) for costs associated with the reorganization of the Company’s Shorewood operations, a pre-tax charge of $3 million ($2 million after taxes) for closure costs for three box plants in Asia and a pre-tax gain of $2 million ($1 million after taxes) for other items.

Special items in the third quarter of 2010 were immaterial.

Special items in the fourth quarter of 2009 included a $516 million pre-tax credit ($469 million after taxes) for alternative fuel mixture credits earned under 2007 legislation enacted to provide a tax credit for companies that use alternative fuel mixtures to produce renewable energy to operate their businesses, a $15 million pre-tax charge ($10 million after taxes) for costs associated with the Industrial Packaging business integration, a pre-tax charge of $1.0 billion ($638 million after taxes) for restructuring and other charges, and an $11 million pre-tax charge ($8 million after taxes) for net losses on sales and impairments of businesses. Restructuring and other charges included a pre-tax charge of $861 million ($525 million after taxes) for shutdown costs for the closures of the Albany, Oregon, Franklin, Virginia and Pineville, Louisiana mills announced in the fourth quarter of 2009; a pre-tax charge of $82 million ($50 million after taxes) for the shutdown of a paper machine at the Valliant, Oklahoma mill; a pre-tax charge of $58 million ($35 million after taxes) for early debt extinguishment costs; a pre-tax charge of $23 million ($15 million after taxes) for severance and benefit costs associated with the company’s 2008 overhead reduction program; a $9 million charge, before and after taxes, for severance and other costs associated with the planned closure of the Etienne mill in France; and pre-tax charges of $7 million ($4 million after taxes) for costs associated with the reorganizations of the company’s Shorewood and xpedx operations. Additionally, a $15 million income tax expense was recorded to write off a deferred tax asset for a recycling credit in the state of Louisiana. The net after-tax effect of these special items is a loss of $202 million, or $0.48 per share.

EARNINGS WEBCAST

The company will hold a webcast to review earnings at 10 a.m. EST / 9 a.m. CST today. All interested parties are invited to listen to the webcast live via the company’s Internet site at http://www.internationalpaper.com by clicking on the Investors tab and going to the Presentations page. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Web site beginning approximately two hours after the call. Parties who wish to participate in the webcast via teleconference may dial +1 (706) 679-8242 or, within the U.S. only, (877) 316-2541 and ask to be connected to the International Paper Fourth-Quarter Earnings Call. The conference ID number is 34891863. Participants should call in no later than 9:45 a.m. EST/8:45 a.m. CST. An audio-only replay will be available for four weeks following the call. To access the replay, dial +1 (706) 645-9291 or, within the U.S. only, (800) 642-1687, and when prompted for the conference ID, enter 34891863.

 

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International Paper (NYSE: IP) is a global paper and packaging company with manufacturing operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, Russia, Asia and North Africa. Its businesses include uncoated papers and industrial and consumer packaging, complemented by xpedx, the company’s North American distribution company. Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., the company employs about 59,500 people in more than 20 countries and serves customers worldwide. 2010 net sales were more than $25 billion. For more information about International Paper, its products and stewardship efforts, visit internationalpaper.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management’s current views and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. Factors which could cause actual results to differ relate to: (i) increases in interest rates; (ii) industry conditions, including but not limited to changes in the cost or availability of raw materials, energy and transportation costs, competition we face, cyclicality and changes in consumer preferences, demand and pricing for its products; (iii) global economic conditions and political changes, including but not limited to the impairment of financial institutions, changes in currency exchange rates, credit ratings issued by recognized credit rating organizations, the amount of our future pension funding obligation, changes in tax laws and pension and health care costs; (iv) unanticipated expenditures related to the cost of compliance with existing and new environmental and other governmental regulations and to actual or potential litigation; and (v) whether we experience a material disruption at one of our manufacturing facilities and risks inherent in conducting business through a joint venture. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. These and other factors that could cause or contribute to actual results differing materially from such forward looking statements are discussed in greater detail in the company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

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Contacts:

Media: Thomas J. Ryan, 901-419-4333; Investors: Thomas A. Cleves, 901-419-7566; and Emily Nix, 901-419-4987

 

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INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

Consolidated Statement of Operations

Preliminary and Unaudited

(In millions, except per share amounts)

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
    Three Months Ended
September 30,

2010
       Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2010     2009          2010     2009  

Net Sales

   $ 6,531      $ 5,977      $ 6,720         $ 25,179      $ 23,366   
                                           

Costs and Expenses

             

Cost of products sold

     4,770 (a)      3,950 (e)      4,758           18,482 (a)      15,220 (l) 

Selling and administrative expenses

     533        496 (f)      504           1,930        2,031 (m) 

Depreciation, amortization and cost of timber harvested

     360        384        362           1,456        1,472   

Distribution expenses

     332        318        339           1,318        1,175   

Taxes other than payroll and income taxes

     42        43        58           192        188   

Restructuring and other charges

     35 (b)      1,040 (g)      —             394 (j)      1,353 (n) 

Net losses on sales and impairments of businesses

     (23 )(c)      11 (h)      —             (23 )(c)      59 (o) 

Interest expense, net

     150        163        152           608        669   
                                           

Earnings (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes and Equity Earnings

     332        (428 )(e-h)      547           822 (a,c,j)      1,199 (l-o) 

Income tax provision (benefit)

     50 (d)      (321 )(i)      170           221 (k)      469 (p) 

Equity earnings (losses), net of taxes

     37        10        22           64        (49
                                           

Net Earnings (Loss)

   $ 319 (a-d)    $ (97 )(e-i)    $ 399         $ 665 (a,c,j,k)    $ 681 (l-p) 

Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests

     3        4        2           21        18   
                                           

Net Earnings (Loss) Attributable to International Paper Company

   $ 316 (a-d)    $ (101 )(e-i)    $ 397         $ 644 (a,c,j,k)    $ 663 (l-p) 
                                           

Basic Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share Attributable to International Paper Common Shareholders

   $ 0.74 (a-d)    $ (0.24 )(e-i)    $ 0.92         $ 1.50 (a,c,d,j,k)    $ 1.56 (l-p) 
                                           

Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share Attributable to International Paper Common Shareholders

   $ 0.73 (a-d)    $ (0.24 )(e-i)    $ 0.91         $ 1.48 (a,c,d,j,k)    $ 1.55 (l-p) 
                                           

Average Shares of Common Stock Outstanding - Diluted

     434.7        426.7        433.8           434.2        428.0   
                                           

Cash Dividends Per Common Share

   $ 0.125      $ 0.025      $ 0.125         $ 0.400      $ 0.325   
                                           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this consolidated statement of operations.

 

(a) Includes a pre-tax charge of $18 million ($11 million after taxes) for an environmental reserve related to the Company’s property in Cass Lake, Minnesota.
(b) Includes a pre-tax charge of $12 million ($7 million after taxes) for closure costs for the Bellevue and Spartanburg box plants, a pre-tax charge of $13 million ($8 million after taxes) for early debt extinguishment costs, a pre-tax charge of $5 million ($3 million after taxes) for severance and benefit costs associated with the Company’s 2008 overhead cost reduction initiative, a pre-tax charge of $4 million ($3 million after taxes) for costs associated with the reorganization of the Company’s Shorewood operations, a pre-tax charge of $3 million ($2 million after taxes) for costs associated with the shutdown of three box plants in Asia and a net pre-tax gain of $2 million ($1 million after taxes) for other items.
(c) Includes a pre-tax gain of $25 million ($15 million after taxes) related to the partial redemption of the Company’s interests in Arizona Chemicals and a charge of $2 million (before and after taxes) for asset impairment costs associated with the Inverurie, Scotland mill which was closed in 2009.
(d) Includes a tax benefit of $40 million related to cellulosic bio-fuel tax credits.
(e) Includes a pre-tax gain of $516 million ($469 million after taxes) related to alternative fuel mixture credits.
(f) Includes a pre-tax charge of $15 million ($10 million after taxes) for integration costs associated with the acquisition of the Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling business (CBPR) in August 2008.
(g) Includes pre-tax charges of $469 million ($286 million after taxes), $290 million ($177 million after taxes), and $102 million ($62 million after taxes) for shutdown costs for the Albany, Franklin, and Pineville mills, respectively, a pre-tax charge of $82 million ($50 million after taxes) for costs related to the shutdown of a paper machine at the Valliant mill, a pre-tax charge of $23 million ($15 million after taxes) for severance and benefit costs associated with the Company’s 2008 overhead cost reduction initiative, a pre-tax charge of $58 million ($35 million after taxes) for early debt extinguishment costs, a charge of $9 million (before and after taxes) for severance and other costs associated with the planned closure of the Etienne mill in France, and pre-tax charges of $5 million ($3 million after taxes) and $2 million ($1 million after taxes) for costs associated with the reorganization of the Company’s xpedx and Shorewood operations, respectively.
(h) Includes a charge of $8 million (before and after taxes) related to the Etienne mill in France.
(i) Includes a $15 million write-off of a deferred tax asset for a recycling tax credit in the state of Louisiana.
(j) Includes a pre-tax charge of $315 million ($192 million after taxes) for shutdown costs for the Franklin mill (including $236 million of accelerated depreciation and $36 million of environmental closure costs), a pre-tax charge of $35 million ($21 million after taxes) for early debt extinguishment costs, pre-tax charges of $12 million ($7 million after taxes) for the closure costs for the Bellevue and Spartanburg box plants, a pre-tax charge of $11 million ($7 million after taxes) for an Ohio Commercial Activity tax adjustment, a pre-tax charge of $6 million ($4 million after taxes) for severance and benefit costs associated with the Company’s 2008 overhead cost reduction initiative, a pre-tax charge of $8 million ($5 million after taxes) for costs associated with the reorganization of the Company’s Shorewood operations, a pre-tax charge of $3 million ($2 million after taxes) for costs associated with the closure of three box plants in Asia and charges of $4 million (before and after taxes) for other items.
(k) Includes a $14 million tax expense and a $32 million tax expense for incentive compensation and Medicare Part D deferred tax write-offs, respectively and a $40 million tax benefit related to cellulosic bio-fuel tax credits.
(l) Includes a pre-tax gain of $2.1 billion ($1.4 billion after taxes) related to alternative fuel mixture credits.
(m) Includes a pre-tax charge of $87 million ($54 million after taxes) for integration costs associated with the acquisition of the CBPR business.
(n) Includes pre-tax charges of $469 million ($286 million after taxes), $290 million ($177 million after taxes), and $102 million ($62 million after taxes) for shutdown costs for the Albany, Franklin, and Pineville mills, respectively, a pre-tax charge of $82 million ($50 million after taxes) for costs related to the shutdown of a paper machine at the Valliant mill, a pre-tax charge of $148 million ($92 million after taxes) for severance and benefit costs associated with the Company’s 2008 overhead cost reduction initiative, a pre-tax charge of $185 million ($113 million after taxes) for early debt extinguishment costs, a pre-tax charge of $23 million ($28 million after taxes) for closure costs associated with the Inverurie, Scotland mill, a charge of $31 million (before and after taxes) for severance and other costs associated with the planned closure of the Etienne mill in France, and a pre-tax charge of $23 million ($14 million after taxes) for other items.
(o) Includes a charge of $56 million (before and after taxes) related to the Etienne mill.
(p) Includes a $156 million tax expense for the write off of deferred tax assets in France, a $15 million write-off of a deferred tax asset for a recycling tax credit in the state of Louisiana, and a $26 million tax benefit related to the settlement of the 2004 and 2005 U.S. federal income tax audit.


International Paper Company

Reconciliation of Earnings Before Special Items to Net Earnings

Attributable to International Paper Company

Preliminary and Unaudited

(In millions except for per share amounts)

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
    Three Months Ended
September 30,

2010
     Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2010     2009        2010     2009  

Earnings Before Special Items

   $ 296      $ 101      $ 397       $ 890      $ 378   

Restructuring and other charges

     (33     (638     —           (253     (853

CBPR business integration costs

     —          (10     —           —          (54

Alternative fuel mixture credits

     —          469        —           —          1,413   

Net losses on sales and impairments of businesses

     13        (8     —           13        (56

Income tax adjustments

     40        (15     —           (6     (165
                                         

Net Earnings as Reported

   $ 316      $ (101   $ 397       $ 644      $ 663   
                                         
     Three Months Ended
December 31,
    Three Months Ended
September 30,

2010
     Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
 
Diluted Earnings per Common Share    2010     2009        2010     2009  

Earnings Per Share Before Special Items

   $ 0.68      $ 0.24      $ 0.91       $ 2.05      $ 0.88   

Restructuring and other charges

     (0.07     (1.52     —           (0.59     (2.00

CBPR business integration costs

     —          (0.02     —           —          (0.13

Alternative fuel mixture credits

     —          1.11        —           —          3.32   

Net gain (losses) on sales and impairments of businesses

     0.03        (0.02     —           0.03        (0.13

Income tax adjustments

     0.09        (0.03     —           (0.01     (0.39
                                         

Diluted Earnings per Common Share as Reported

   $ 0.73      $ (0.24   $ 0.91       $ 1.48      $ 1.55   
                                         

Notes:

 

(1) The Company calculates Earnings Before Special Items by excluding the after-tax effect of items considered by management to be unusual from the earnings reported under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Management uses this measure to focus on on-going operations, and believes that it is useful to investors because it enables them to perform meaningful comparisons of past and present operating results. International Paper believes that using this information, along with net earnings, provides for a more complete analysis of the results of operations by quarter. Net earnings is the most directly comparable GAAP measure.
(2) Since diluted earnings per share are computed independently for each period, twelve-month per share amounts may not equal the sum of the respective quarters.


International Paper

Sales and Earnings by Industry Segment

Preliminary and Unaudited

(In Millions)

 

Sales by Industry Segment

  

     Three Months
Ended
December  31,
    Three  Months
Ended
September 30,

2010
    Twelve Months
Ended

December 31,
 
     2010     2009       2010     2009  

Industrial Packaging

   $ 2,570      $ 2,210      $ 2,610      $ 9,840      $ 8,890   

Printing Papers

     1,540        1,525        1,550        5,940        5,680   

Consumer Packaging

     880        785        870        3,400        3,060   

Distribution

     1,770        1,675        1,755        6,735        6,525   

Forest Products

     —          25        205        220        45   

Corporate and Inter-segment Sales

     (229     (243     (270     (956     (834
                                        

Net Sales

   $ 6,531      $ 5,977      $ 6,720      $ 25,179      $ 23,366   
                                        

Operating Profit by Industry Segment

          
     Three Months
Ended
December 31,
    Three  Months
Ended
September 30,

2010
    Twelve Months
Ended
December 31,
 
     2010     2009       2010     2009  

Industrial Packaging

   $ 261 (2)    $ (391 )(5,6,7)    $ 332      $ 826 (2)    $ 761 (5,6,7) 

Printing Papers

     234 (3)      137 (5,8)      278        481 (3)      1,091 (5,8) 

Consumer Packaging

     60 (4)      63 (4,5)      71        207 (4)      433 (4,5) 

Distribution

     9        26 (9)      22        78        50 (9) 

Forest Products

     (3     18        49        94        25   
                                        

Operating Profit (1)

     561        (147     752        1,686        2,360   

Interest expense, net

     (150     (163     (152     (608     (669

Noncontrolling interest/equity earnings adjustment (10)

     (5     4        5        15        23   

Corporate items, net

     (63     (40     (58     (226     (181

Restructuring and other charges

     (36     (81     —          (70     (333

Net gains (losses) on sales and impairments of businesses

     25        (1     —          25        (1
                                        

Earnings (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes and Equity Earnings

   $ 332      $ (428   $ 547      $ 822      $ 1,199   
                                        

Equity Earnings (Loss) in Ilim Holdings S.A., Net of Taxes (1)

   $ 31      $ 6      $ 22      $ 55      $ (50
                                        

 

(1) In addition to the operating profits shown above, International Paper recorded equity earnings, net of taxes, of $31 million, $6 million and $22 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010, December 31, 2009 and September 30, 2010, respectively, and $55 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2010; and equity losses, net of taxes, of $50 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009, related to the equity investment in Ilim Holdings S.A., a separate reportable industry segment.
(2) Includes charges of $12 million for closure costs for the Bellevue and Spartanburg box plants for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2010, a gain of $2 million and a net charge of $1 million for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2010, respectively, related to closure costs for U.S. mills closed in 2009, charges of $3 million for additional closure costs for the Etienne mill in France for the twelve months ended December 31, 2010, and charges of $3 million for closure costs for three Asian box plants for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2010.
(3) Includes charges of $2 million for asset impairment costs associated with the Inverurie mill for the 3 months and twelve months ended December 31, 2010 and charges of $315 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2010, for shutdown costs for the Franklin mill.
(4) Includes a charge of $67 million for the three months and twelve months ended December 31, 2009 related to the closure of the Franklin paper mill, charges of $4 million and $2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, and $8 million and $7 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, related to the reorganization of the Company’s Shorewood operations.
(5) Includes gains of $212 million in the Industrial Packaging segment, $221 million in the Printing Papers segment, and $83 million in the Consumer Packaging segment for the three months ended December 31, 2009, and gains of $849 million in the Industrial Packaging segment, $884 million in the Printing Papers segment, and $330 million in the Consumer Packaging segment for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009, relating to alternative fuel mixture credits.
(6) Includes charges of $15 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009, and $87 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009, for CBPR integration costs.
(7) Includes charges of $469 million, $102 million and $82 million for the three months and twelve months ended December 31, 2009 for shutdown costs for the Albany mill, Pineville mill and a paper machine at the Valliant mill, respectively, charges of $8 million and $56 million for the three months and twelve months ended December 31, 2009, respectively, to write down the assets at the Etienne mill in France to estimated fair value, and charges of $9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009 , and $31 million for the twelve months ended December 31,2009 for severance and other costs related to the planned closure of the Etienne mill, and $2 million for the three months and twelve months ended December 31, 2009 for the impairment of an investment in Asia.
(8) Includes charges of $223 million for the three months and twelve months ended December 31, 2009 for shutdown costs for the Franklin mill; $11 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009, related to the shutdown of a paper machine at the Franklin paper mill, the shutdown of the Franklin lumber mill, sheet converting plant and converting innovations center and the Louisiana mill; and a charge of $23 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009 for the closure of the Inverurie, Scotland mill.
(9) Includes a charge of $5 million for the three months and twelve months ended December 31, 2009 related to the reorganizaton of the Company’s xpedx operations.
(10) Operating profits for industry segments include each segment’s percentage share of the profits of subsidiaries included in that segment that are less than wholly owned. The pre-tax noncontrolling interest and equity earnings for these subsidiaries are adjusted here to present consolidated earnings before income taxes and equity earnings.


International Paper Company

Reconciliation of Operating Profit to Operating Profit Before Special Items

(In millions)

 

     Three Months Ended December 31, 2010  
     Industrial
Packaging
    Printing
Papers
    Consumer
Packaging
    Distribution      Forest
Products
    Total  

Operating Profit as Reported

     261        234        60        9         (3     561   

Restructuring and other charges

     13        —          4        —           —          17   

Net losses on sales and impairments of businesses

       2        —          —           —          2   
                                                 

Operating Profit Before Special Items

     274        236        64        9         (3     580   
                                                 
     Three Months Ended September 30, 2010  
     Industrial
Packaging
    Printing
Papers
    Consumer
Packaging
    Distribution      Forest
Products
    Total  

Operating Profit as Reported

     332        278        71        22         49        752   

Restructuring and other charges*

     —          —          —          —           —          —     
                                                 

Operating Profit Before Special Items

     332        278        71        22         49        752   
                                                 
*Note: Special items were immaterial in the third quarter of 2010.   
     Three Months Ended December 31, 2009  
     Industrial
Packaging
    Printing
Papers
    Consumer
Packaging
    Distribution      Forest
Products
    Total  

Operating Profit as Reported

     (391     137        63        26         18        (147

Restructuring and other charges

     662        223        69        5         —          959   

Alternative fuel mixture credits

     (212     (221     (83          (516

CBPR business integration costs

     15                 15   

Net losses on sales and impairments of businesses

     10                 10   
                                                 

Operating Profit Before Special Items

     84        139        49        31         18        321   
                                                 


International Paper

Sales Volume by Product (1)

Preliminary and Unaudited

International Paper Consolidated

 

     Three Months
Ended
December 31,
     Three Months
Ended
September 30,

2010
     Twelve Months
Ended
December 31,
 
     2010      2009         2010      2009  

Industrial Packaging (In thousands of short tons)

              

Corrugated Packaging

     1,832         1,782         1,928         7,525         7,313   

Containerboard

     591         677         634         2,458         2,258   

Recycling

     626         521         636         2,486         2,280   

Saturated Kraft

     40         43         45         176         126   

Bleached Kraft

     19         20         23         85         72   

European Industrial Packaging

     272         256         251         1,040         1,046   

Asian Box

     110         40         114         307         149   

Asian Distribution

     90         147         87         360         465   
                                            

Industrial Packaging

     3,580         3,486         3,718         14,437         13,709   
                                            

Printing Papers (In thousands of short tons)

              

U.S. Uncoated Papers

     644         734         684         2,695         2,882   

European & Russian Uncoated Papers

     306         330         311         1,235         1,336   

Brazilian Uncoated Papers

     289         311         262         1,081         1,007   

Asian Uncoated Papers

     21         41         24         96         81   
                                            

Uncoated Papers

     1,260         1,416         1,281         5,107         5,306   
                                            

Market Pulp (2)

     369         410         385         1,422         1,524   
                                            

Consumer Packaging (In thousands of short tons)

              

U.S. Coated Paperboard

     341         310         364         1,398         1,242   

European Coated Paperboard

     87         89         88         351         354   

Asian Coated Paperboard

     219         231         213         870         859   

Other Consumer Packaging

     45         39         45         174         169   
                                            

Consumer Packaging

     692         669         710         2,793         2,624   
                                            

 

(1) Sales volumes include third party and inter-segment sales and exclude sales of equity investees.
(2) Includes internal sales to mills.


INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

Consolidated Balance Sheet

Preliminary and Unaudited

(In Millions)

 

     December 31,
2010
     December 31,
2009
 

Assets

     

Current Assets

     

Cash and Temporary Investments

   $ 2,073       $ 1,892   

Accounts and Notes Receivable, Net

     3,039         2,695   

Inventories

     2,347         2,179   

Deferred Income Tax Assets

     339         368   

Other

     230         417   
                 

Total Current Assets

     8,028         7,551   
                 

Plants, Properties and Equipment, Net

     12,002         12,688   

Forestlands

     747         757   

Investments

     1,092         1,077   

Goodwill

     2,308         2,290   

Deferred Charges and Other Assets

     1,191         1,185   
                 

Total Assets

   $ 25,368       $ 25,548   
                 

Liabilities and Equity

     

Current Liabilities

     

Notes Payable and Current Maturities of Long-Term Debt

   $ 313       $ 304   

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

     4,190         3,708   
                 

Total Current Liabilities

     4,503         4,012   
                 

Long-Term Debt

     8,358         8,729   

Deferred Income Taxes

     2,793         2,425   

Pension Benefit Obligation

     1,482         2,765   

Postretirement and Postemployment Benefit Obligation

     499         538   

Other Liabilities

     649         824   

Equity

     

Invested Capital

     4,418         4,074   

Retained Earnings

     2,416         1,949   
                 

Total Shareholders’ Equity

     6,834         6,023   
                 

Noncontrolling interests

     250         232   
                 

Total Equity

     7,084         6,255   
                 

Total Liabilities and Equity

   $ 25,368       $ 25,548   
                 


INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

Preliminary and Unaudited

(In Millions)

 

     Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2010     2009  

Operating Activities

    

Net Earnings

     665        681   

Depreciation, amortization and cost of timber harvested

     1,456        1,472   

Deferred income tax expense (benefit), net

     422        160   

Restructuring and other charges

     394        1,353   

Payments related to restructuring and legal reserves

     (2     (38

Pension plan contribution

     (1,150     —     

Net losses on sales and impairments of businesses

     (23     59   

Cost of timberlands sold

     143        —     

Equity (earnings) loss, net

     (64     49   

Periodic pension expense, net

     231        213   

Other, net

     17        227   

Changes in current assets and liabilities

    

Accounts and notes receivable

     (327     604   

Inventories

     (186     316   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     (52     (321

Interest payable

     3        (8

Other

     104        (112
                

Cash Provided by Operations

     1,631        4,655   
                

Investment Activities

    

Invested in capital projects

     (775     (534

Acquisitions, net of cash received

     (152     (17

Other

     93        (42
                

Cash Used for Investment Activities

     (834     (593
                

Financing Activities

    

Repurchases of common stock and payments of restricted stock tax withholding

     (26     (10

Issuance of debt

     193        3,229   

Reduction of debt

     (576     (6,318

Change in book overdrafts

     38        20   

Dividends paid

     (175     (140

Other

     (42     (157
                

Cash Used for Financing Activities

     (588     (3,376
                

Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash

     (28     62   
                

Change in Cash and Temporary Investments

     181        748   

Cash and Temporary Investments

    

Beginning of the period

     1,892        1,144   
                

End of the period

   $ 2,073      $ 1,892