Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies
Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies	1. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies *Basis of Presentation* The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of Jarden Corporation and its subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to as the "Company" or "Jarden") have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, normal and recurring and necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim period. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2010 has been derived from the audited financial statements as of that date, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Company's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. *Supplemental Information* Stock-based compensation costs, which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses ("SG&A"), were $3.3 and $4.1 for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $18.9 and $20.6 for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Interest expense is net of interest income of $1.4 and $1.2 for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $2.6 and $2.9, for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. *Venezuela Operations* Effective January 1, 2010, the Company's subsidiaries operating in Venezuela are considered under GAAP to be operating in a highly inflationary economy based on the use of the blended National Consumer Price Index (a blend of the National Consumer Price Index subsequent to January 1, 2008 and the Consumer Price Index for Caracas and Maracaibo prior to January 1, 2008), as the Venezuela economy exceeded the three year cumulative inflation rate of 100%. The Company's financial statements of its subsidiaries operating in Venezuela are remeasured as if their functional currency were the U.S. dollar. As such, gains and losses resulting from the remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities are reflected in current earnings. In January 2010, the Venezuelan government announced its intention to devalue its currency (Bolivar) relative to the U.S. dollar. The official exchange rate for imported goods classified as essential, such as food and medicine, changed from 2.15 to 2.60 Bolivars per U.S. dollar, while payments for other non-essential goods moved to an official exchange rate of 4.30 Bolivars per U.S. dollar. As such, beginning in 2010, the financial statements of the Company's subsidiaries operating in Venezuela are remeasured at and are reflected in the Company's consolidated financial statements at the official exchange rate of 4.30, which is the Company's expected settlement rate. As a result of the change in the official exchange rate to 4.30 Bolivars per U.S. dollar, the Company recorded a non-cash pre-tax loss of approximately $21.5 in the first quarter of 2010, primarily reflecting the write-down of monetary assets as of January 1, 2010. This charge is classified in SG&A. In March 2010, the SEC provided guidance on certain exchange rate issues specific to Venezuela. This SEC guidance, in part, requires that any differences between the amounts reported for financial reporting purposes and actual U.S. dollar-denominated balances that may have existed prior to the application of the highly inflationary accounting requirements (effective January 1, 2010 for the Company) should be recognized in the income statement. As a result of applying this SEC guidance, the results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2010 include a non-cash charge of $56.6 classified in SG&A related to remeasuring U.S. dollar-denominated assets at the parallel exchange rate and subsequently translating at the official exchange rate. This SEC guidance was codified by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") in May 2010, with the issuance of Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2010-19. *New Accounting Guidance* In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, "Presentation of Comprehensive Income" ("ASU 2011-05"). ASU 2011-05 requires companies to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The provisions of ASU 2011-05 are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. Since ASU 2011-05 amends the disclosure requirements concerning comprehensive income, the adoption of ASU 2011-05 will not affect the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company. Adoption of New Accounting Guidance In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-13, "Revenue Recognition" ("ASU 2009-13"). ASU 2009-13 requires companies to allocate revenue in multiple-element arrangements based on an element's estimated selling price if vendor-specific or other third-party evidence of value is not available. ASU 2009-13 was effective for the Company beginning in 2011. The adoption of the provisions of ASU 2009-13 did not have a material effect on the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company. In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-06, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures" ("ASU 2010-06"). ASU 2010-06 requires companies to provide additional disclosures related to transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 and in the reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2010-06 was effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures related to the reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements, which was effective for the Company beginning in 2011. Since ASU 2010-06 requires only additional disclosures, the adoption of ASU 2010-06 did not affect the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company. In July 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-20, "Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses" ("ASU 2010-20"). ASU 2010-20 requires companies to provide additional disclosures about the credit quality of their financing receivables and the credit reserves held against them. The additional disclosures include, in part, aging of past due receivables, credit quality indicators and the modification of financing receivables. ASU 2010-20 also requires companies to disaggregate new and existing disclosures based on how the allowance for credit losses is developed and credit exposures are managed. Short-term trade accounts receivable and receivables measured at fair value or lower of cost or fair value are exempt from the quantitative disclosure requirements of ASU 2010-20. Since ASU 2010-20, which was effective for the Company beginning in 2011, requires only additional disclosures concerning financing receivables and the allowance for credit losses, the adoption of the provisions of ASU 2010-20 did not affect the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies

Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies

1. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of Jarden Corporation and its subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to as the "Company" or "Jarden") have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, normal and recurring and necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim period. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2010 has been derived from the audited financial statements as of that date, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Company's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

Supplemental Information

Stock-based compensation costs, which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses ("SG&A"), were $3.3 and $4.1 for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $18.9 and $20.6 for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Interest expense is net of interest income of $1.4 and $1.2 for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $2.6 and $2.9, for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Venezuela Operations

Effective January 1, 2010, the Company's subsidiaries operating in Venezuela are considered under GAAP to be operating in a highly inflationary economy based on the use of the blended National Consumer Price Index (a blend of the National Consumer Price Index subsequent to January 1, 2008 and the Consumer Price Index for Caracas and Maracaibo prior to January 1, 2008), as the Venezuela economy exceeded the three year cumulative inflation rate of 100%. The Company's financial statements of its subsidiaries operating in Venezuela are remeasured as if their functional currency were the U.S. dollar. As such, gains and losses resulting from the remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities are reflected in current earnings.

In January 2010, the Venezuelan government announced its intention to devalue its currency (Bolivar) relative to the U.S. dollar. The official exchange rate for imported goods classified as essential, such as food and medicine, changed from 2.15 to 2.60 Bolivars per U.S. dollar, while payments for other non-essential goods moved to an official exchange rate of 4.30 Bolivars per U.S. dollar. As such, beginning in 2010, the financial statements of the Company's subsidiaries operating in Venezuela are remeasured at and are reflected in the Company's consolidated financial statements at the official exchange rate of 4.30, which is the Company's expected settlement rate.

As a result of the change in the official exchange rate to 4.30 Bolivars per U.S. dollar, the Company recorded a non-cash pre-tax loss of approximately $21.5 in the first quarter of 2010, primarily reflecting the write-down of monetary assets as of January 1, 2010. This charge is classified in SG&A.

In March 2010, the SEC provided guidance on certain exchange rate issues specific to Venezuela. This SEC guidance, in part, requires that any differences between the amounts reported for financial reporting purposes and actual U.S. dollar-denominated balances that may have existed prior to the application of the highly inflationary accounting requirements (effective January 1, 2010 for the Company) should be recognized in the income statement. As a result of applying this SEC guidance, the results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2010 include a non-cash charge of $56.6 classified in SG&A related to remeasuring U.S. dollar-denominated assets at the parallel exchange rate and subsequently translating at the official exchange rate. This SEC guidance was codified by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") in May 2010, with the issuance of Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2010-19.

New Accounting Guidance

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, "Presentation of Comprehensive Income" ("ASU 2011-05"). ASU 2011-05 requires companies to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The provisions of ASU 2011-05 are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. Since ASU 2011-05 amends the disclosure requirements concerning comprehensive income, the adoption of ASU 2011-05 will not affect the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

Adoption of New Accounting Guidance

In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-13, "Revenue Recognition" ("ASU 2009-13"). ASU 2009-13 requires companies to allocate revenue in multiple-element arrangements based on an element's estimated selling price if vendor-specific or other third-party evidence of value is not available. ASU 2009-13 was effective for the Company beginning in 2011. The adoption of the provisions of ASU 2009-13 did not have a material effect on the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-06, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures" ("ASU 2010-06"). ASU 2010-06 requires companies to provide additional disclosures related to transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 and in the reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2010-06 was effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures related to the reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements, which was effective for the Company beginning in 2011. Since ASU 2010-06 requires only additional disclosures, the adoption of ASU 2010-06 did not affect the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

In July 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-20, "Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses" ("ASU 2010-20"). ASU 2010-20 requires companies to provide additional disclosures about the credit quality of their financing receivables and the credit reserves held against them. The additional disclosures include, in part, aging of past due receivables, credit quality indicators and the modification of financing receivables. ASU 2010-20 also requires companies to disaggregate new and existing disclosures based on how the allowance for credit losses is developed and credit exposures are managed. Short-term trade accounts receivable and receivables measured at fair value or lower of cost or fair value are exempt from the quantitative disclosure requirements of ASU 2010-20. Since ASU 2010-20, which was effective for the Company beginning in 2011, requires only additional disclosures concerning financing receivables and the allowance for credit losses, the adoption of the provisions of ASU 2010-20 did not affect the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

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