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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 27, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies
E. Commitments and Contingencies

Purchase Commitments

The Company had outstanding total non-cancelable purchase commitments of $138.7 million at June 27, 2015. These commitments are made up of hops, barley and wheat totaling $60.5 million, equipment and machinery of $25.3 million, apples and other ingredients of $22.2 million, advertising contracts of $16.2 million, glass bottles of $10.6 million and other commitments of $3.9 million.

The Company has entered into contracts for the supply of a portion of its hops requirements. These purchase contracts extend through crop year 2018 and specify both the quantities and prices, denominated in Euros and U.S. Dollars, to which the Company is committed. Hops purchase commitments outstanding at June 27, 2015 totaled $36.4 million, based on the exchange rates on that date.

Currently, the Company has entered into contracts for barley and wheat with two major suppliers. The contracts include crop years 2014 and 2015 and cover the Company’s barley, wheat, and malt requirements for 2015 and part of 2016. These purchase commitments outstanding at June 27, 2015 totaled $24.1 million.

The Company sources some of its glass bottles needs pursuant to a Glass Bottle Supply Agreement with Anchor Glass Container Corporation (“Anchor”), under which Anchor is the supplier of certain glass bottles for the Company’s Cincinnati Brewery and its Pennsylvania Brewery. This agreement also establishes the terms on which Anchor may supply glass bottles to other breweries where the Company brews its beers. Under the agreement with Anchor, the Company has minimum purchase commitments that are based on Company-provided production estimates which, under normal business conditions, are expected to be fulfilled. Minimum purchase commitments under the agreement, assuming the supplier is unable to replace lost production capacity cancelled by the Company, as of June 27, 2015 totaled $10.6 million.

Currently, the Company brews and packages more than 95% of its core brands volume at Company-owned breweries. In the normal course of its business, the Company has historically entered into various production arrangements with other brewing companies. Pursuant to these arrangements, the Company purchases the liquid produced by those brewing companies, including the raw materials that are used in the liquid, at the time such liquid goes into fermentation. The Company is required to repurchase all unused raw materials purchased by the brewing company specifically for the Company’s beers at the brewing company’s cost upon termination of the production arrangement. The Company is also obligated to meet annual volume requirements in conjunction with certain production arrangements. These requirements are not material to the Company’s operations.

 

Litigation

The Company is not a party to any pending or threatened litigation, the outcome of which would be expected to have a material adverse effect upon its financial condition or the results of its operations. In general, while the Company believes it conducts its business appropriately in accordance with laws, regulations and industry guidelines, claims, whether or not meritorious, could be asserted against the Company that might adversely impact the Company’s results.