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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Mark One)
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 28, 2019June 27, 2020
OR
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 1-4171
KELLOGG COMPANY
State of Incorporation—DelawareIRS Employer Identification No.38-0710690
One Kellogg Square,, P.O. Box 3599,, Battle Creek,, MI49016-3599
Registrant’s telephone number: 269-961-2000269-961-2000
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.25 par value per shareKKNew York Stock Exchange
1.750% Senior Notes due 2021K 21New York Stock Exchange
0.800% Senior Notes due 2022K 22ANew York Stock Exchange
1.000% Senior Notes due 2024K 24New York Stock Exchange
1.250% Senior Notes due 2025K 25New York Stock Exchange
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  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Yes      No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filerAccelerated filerNon-accelerated filerSmaller reporting companyEmerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes      No  
Common Stock outstanding as of September 28, 2019June 27, 2020341,094,178342,919,265 shares



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KELLOGG COMPANY
INDEX
 
Page
Financial Statements
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Controls and Procedures
Risk Factors
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Exhibits



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Part I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
Kellogg Company and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(millions, except per share data)
 September 28,
2019 (unaudited)
December 29,
2018
Current assets  
Cash and cash equivalents$453
$321
Accounts receivable, net1,643
1,375
Inventories1,200
1,330
Other current assets196
131
Total current assets3,492
3,157
Property, net3,493
3,731
Operating lease right-of-use assets464

Goodwill5,842
6,050
Other intangibles, net2,572
3,361
Investments in unconsolidated entities405
413
Other assets1,231
1,068
Total assets$17,499
$17,780
Current liabilities  
Current maturities of long-term debt$6
$510
Notes payable185
176
Accounts payable2,338
2,427
Current operating lease liabilities105

Other current liabilities1,755
1,416
Total current liabilities4,389
4,529
Long-term debt7,683
8,207
Operating lease liabilities366

Deferred income taxes589
730
Pension liability605
651
Other liabilities579
504
Commitments and contingencies


Equity  
Common stock, $.25 par value105
105
Capital in excess of par value909
895
Retained earnings7,910
7,652
Treasury stock, at cost(4,714)(4,551)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(1,483)(1,500)
Total Kellogg Company equity2,727
2,601
Noncontrolling interests561
558
Total equity3,288
3,159
Total liabilities and equity$17,499
$17,780

June 27,
2020 (unaudited)
December 28,
2019
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents$1,047  $397  
Marketable securities200  —  
Accounts receivable, net1,692  1,576  
Inventories1,230  1,226  
Other current assets323  232  
Total current assets4,492  3,431  
Property, net3,436  3,612  
Operating lease right-of-use assets662  541  
Goodwill5,768  5,861  
Other intangibles, net2,486  2,576  
Investments in unconsolidated entities399  404  
Other assets1,308  1,139  
Total assets$18,551  $17,564  
Current liabilities
Current maturities of long-term debt$1,396  $620  
Notes payable121  107  
Accounts payable2,393  2,387  
Current operating lease liabilities115  114  
Accrued advertising and promotion694  641  
Other current liabilities1,137  909  
Total current liabilities5,856  4,778  
Long-term debt6,929  7,195  
Operating lease liabilities532  433  
Deferred income taxes597  596  
Pension liability697  705  
Other liabilities534  543  
Commitments and contingencies
Equity
Common stock, $.25 par value105  105  
Capital in excess of par value929  921  
Retained earnings8,166  7,859  
Treasury stock, at cost(4,613) (4,690) 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(1,717) (1,448) 
Total Kellogg Company equity2,870  2,747  
Noncontrolling interests536  567  
Total equity3,406  3,314  
Total liabilities and equity$18,551  $17,564  
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


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Kellogg Company and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
(millions, except per share data)
 Quarter ended Year-to-date period ended
(Results are unaudited)September 28,
2019
September 29,
2018
 September 28,
2019
September 29,
2018
Net sales$3,372
$3,469
 $10,355
$10,230
Cost of goods sold2,372
2,293
 7,062
6,593
Selling, general and administrative expense737
780
 2,252
2,257
Operating profit263
396
 1,041
1,380
Interest expense72
72
 221
213
Other income (expense), net150
130
 247
269
Income before income taxes341
454
 1,067
1,436
Income taxes91
69
 237
206
Earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities(2)(2) (5)196
Net income248
383
 825
1,426
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests1
3
 10
6
Net income attributable to Kellogg Company$247
$380
 $815
$1,420
Per share amounts:     
Basic earnings$0.73
$1.10
 $2.39
$4.10
Diluted earnings$0.72
$1.09
 $2.38
$4.07
Average shares outstanding:     
Basic341
347
 341
346
Diluted342
349
 342
349
Actual shares outstanding at period end



 341
347

 Quarter endedYear-to-date period ended
(unaudited)June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
Net sales$3,465  $3,461  $6,877  $6,983  
Cost of goods sold2,268  2,275  4,536  4,690  
Selling, general and administrative expense691  789  1,375  1,515  
Operating profit506  397  966  778  
Interest expense69  75  133  149  
Other income (expense), net30  45  79  97  
Income before income taxes467  367  912  726  
Income taxes109  74  203  146  
Earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities(4) (1) (5) (3) 
Net income354  292  704  577  
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests    
Net income attributable to Kellogg Company$351  $286  $698  $568  
Per share amounts:
Basic earnings$1.02  $0.84  $2.04  $1.66  
Diluted earnings$1.02  $0.84  $2.02  $1.66  
Average shares outstanding:
Basic343  340  342  341  
Diluted345  341  345  342  
Actual shares outstanding at period end343  341  
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


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Kellogg Company and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(millions)

Quarter ended
September 28, 2019

Year-to-date period ended
September 28, 2019
(Results are unaudited)Pre-tax
amount
Tax (expense)
benefit
After-tax
amount

Pre-tax
amount
Tax (expense)
benefit
After-tax
amount
Net income  $248
   $825
Other comprehensive income (loss):       
Foreign currency translation adjustments:       
Foreign currency translation adjustments during period$35
$(38)(3) $96
$(47)49
Cash flow hedges:       
Unrealized gain (loss)(12)4
(8) (12)4
(8)
Reclassification to net income(1)
(1) 2
(1)1
Postretirement and postemployment benefits:       
Net experience (gain) loss(1)
(1) (3)1
(2)
Available-for-sale securities:       
Unrealized gain (loss)1

1
 4

4
Reclassification to net income(4)
(4) (4)
(4)
Other comprehensive income (loss)$18
$(34)$(16) $83
$(43)$40
Comprehensive income  $232
   $865
Net Income attributable to noncontrolling interests

  1
   10
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests  (2)   1
Comprehensive income attributable to Kellogg Company  $233
   $854














 Quarter ended
September 29, 2018

Year-to-date period ended
September 29, 2018
(Results are unaudited)Pre-tax
amount
Tax (expense)
benefit
After-tax
amount

Pre-tax
amount
Tax (expense)
benefit
After-tax
amount
Net income  $383
   $1,426
Other comprehensive income (loss):       
Foreign currency translation adjustments$(5)$(7)(12) $(29)$(34)(63)
Cash flow hedges:       
Unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges


 3
(1)2
Reclassification to net income2
(1)1
 6
(2)4
Postretirement and postemployment benefits:       
Reclassification to net income:       
Net experience (gain) loss(1)
(1) (3)
(3)
Prior service cost(1)
(1) (1)
(1)
Other comprehensive income (loss)$(5)$(8)$(13) $(24)$(37)$(61)
Comprehensive income  $370
   $1,365
Net Income attributable to noncontrolling interests  3
   6
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests  (2)   (6)
Comprehensive income attributable to Kellogg Company  $369
   $1,365

Quarter ended June 27, 2020Year-to-date period ended June 27, 2020
(unaudited)Pre-tax
amount
Tax (expense)
benefit
After-tax
amount
Pre-tax
amount
Tax (expense)
benefit
After-tax
amount
Net income$354  $704  
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments:
Foreign currency translation adjustments during period$(20) $10  (10) $(261) $(10) (271) 
Cash flow hedges:
Unrealized gain (loss)12  (3)  (53) 14  (39) 
Reclassification to net income (2)   (2)  
Postretirement and postemployment benefits:
Reclassification to net income:
Net experience (gain) loss(1)  —  (2)  (1) 
Prior service cost(1) —  (1) (1) —  (1) 
Available-for-sale securities:
Unrealized gain (loss) —    —   
Other comprehensive income (loss)$—  $ $ $(308) $ $(305) 
Comprehensive income$360  $399  
Net Income attributable to noncontrolling interests  
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests(4) (36) 
Comprehensive income attributable to Kellogg Company$361  $429  
 Quarter ended June 29, 2019Year-to-date period ended June 29, 2019
(unaudited)Pre-tax
amount
Tax (expense)
benefit
After-tax
amount
Pre-tax
amount
Tax (expense)
benefit
After-tax
amount
Net income$292  $577  
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments:
Foreign currency translation adjustments during period$(5) $ (4) $61  $(9) 52  
Cash flow hedges:
Reclassification to net income (1)   (1)  
Postretirement and postemployment benefits:
Reclassification to net income:
Net experience (gain) loss(1)  —  (2)  (1) 
Available-for-sale securities:
Unrealized gain (loss) —    —   
Other comprehensive income (loss)$(3) $ $(2) $65  $(9) $56  
Comprehensive income$290  $633  
Net Income attributable to noncontrolling interests  
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests—   
Comprehensive income attributable to Kellogg Company$284  $621  
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Kellogg Company and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY
(millions)
 
Quarter ended June 27, 2020
 
 
Common
stock
Capital in
excess of
par value
Retained
earnings
 
Treasury
stock
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss)
Total Kellogg
Company
equity
Non-controlling
interests
Total
equity
(unaudited)sharesamountsharesamount
Balance, March 28, 2020421  $105  $911  $8,010  78  $(4,625) $(1,727) $2,674  $538  $3,212  
Net income351  351   354  
Dividends declared ($0.57 per share)(195) (195) (195) 
Distributions to noncontrolling interest—  (1) (1) 
Other comprehensive income10  10  (4)  
Stock compensation18  18  18  
Stock options exercised and other—  —  —  12  12  12  
Balance, June 27, 2020421  $105  $929  $8,166  78  $(4,613) $(1,717) $2,870  $536  $3,406  
 Quarter ended September 28, 2019
 
 
Common
stock
Capital in
excess of
par value
Retained
earnings
 
Treasury
stock
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss)
Total Kellogg
Company
equity
Non-controlling
interests
Total
equity
(unaudited)sharesamountsharesamount
Balance, June 29, 2019421
$105
$895
$7,858
80
$(4,739)$(1,469)$2,650
$562
$3,212
Net income   247
   247
1
248
Sale of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interest       


Dividends declared ($0.57 per share)   (194)   (194) (194)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest       


Other comprehensive income      (14)(14)(2)(16)
Stock compensation  13
    13
 13
Stock options exercised and other  1
(1)
25
 25
 25
Balance, September 28, 2019421
$105
$909
$7,910
80
$(4,714)$(1,483)$2,727
$561
$3,288
           
Year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019Year-to-date period ended June 27, 2020
 
Common
stock
Capital in
excess of
par value
Retained
earnings
 
Treasury
stock
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss)
Total Kellogg
Company
equity
Non-controlling
interests
Total
equity
 
Common
stock
Capital in
excess of
par value
Retained
earnings
 
Treasury
stock
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss)
Total Kellogg
Company
equity
Non-controlling
interests
Total
equity
(unaudited)sharesamountsharesamount(unaudited)sharesamountsharesamount
Balance, December 29, 2018421
$105
$895
$7,652
77
$(4,551)$(1,500)$2,601
$558
$3,159
Common stock repurchases  4
(220) (220) (220)
Balance, December 28, 2019Balance, December 28, 2019421  $105  $921  $7,859  79  $(4,690) $(1,448) $2,747  $567  $3,314  
Net income  815
  815
10
825
Net income698  698   704  
Sale of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interest    
1
1
Dividends declared ($1.69 per share)  (574)  (574) (574)
Dividends declared ($1.14 per share)Dividends declared ($1.14 per share)(390) (390) (390) 
Distributions to noncontrolling interest    
(9)(9)Distributions to noncontrolling interest—  (1) (1) 
Other comprehensive income    39
39
1
40
Other comprehensive income(269) (269) (36) (305) 
Reclassification of tax effects relating to U.S. tax reform  22
  (22)
 
Stock compensation  42
   42
 42
Stock compensation37  37  37  
Stock options exercised and other  (28)(5)(1)57
 24
 24
Stock options exercised and other(29) (1) (1) 77  47  47  
Balance, September 28, 2019421
$105
$909
$7,910
80
$(4,714)$(1,483)$2,727
$561
$3,288
Balance, June 27, 2020Balance, June 27, 2020421  $105  $929  $8,166  78  $(4,613) $(1,717) $2,870  $536  $3,406  
    
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Kellogg Company and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY (cont.)
(millions)

Quarter ended June 29, 2019
 
 
Common
stock
Capital in
excess of
par value
Retained
earnings
 
Treasury
stock
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss)
Total Kellogg
Company
equity
Non-controlling
interests
Total
equity
(unaudited)sharesamountsharesamount
Balance, March 30, 2019421  $105  $877  $7,762  80  $(4,744) $(1,467) $2,533  $564  $3,097  
Net income286  286   292  
Sale of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interest—    
Dividends declared ($0.56 per share)(188) (188) (188) 
Distributions to noncontrolling interest—  (9) (9) 
Other comprehensive income(2) (2) —  (2) 
Reclassification of tax effects relating to U.S. tax reform—  —  —  —  
Stock compensation16  16  16  
Stock options exercised and other (2) —     
Balance, June 29, 2019421  $105  $895  $7,858  80  $(4,739) $(1,469) $2,650  $562  $3,212  
 Quarter ended September 29, 2018
 
 
Common
stock
Capital in
excess of
par value
Retained
earnings
 
Treasury
stock
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss)
Total Kellogg
Company
equity
Non-controlling
interests
Total
equity
(unaudited)sharesamountsharesamount
Balance, June 30, 2018421
$105
$866
$7,743
74
$(4,375)$(1,501)$2,838
$566
$3,404
Common stock repurchases    1
(70) (70) (70)
Net income   380
   380
3
383
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest - Multipro       


Dividends declared ($0.56 per share)   (194)   (194) (194)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest       


Other comprehensive income      (11)(11)(2)(13)
Stock compensation  12
    12
 12
Stock options exercised and other  5

(1)88
 93
 93
Balance, September 29, 2018421
$105
$883
$7,929
74
$(4,357)$(1,512)$3,048
$567
$3,615

Year-to-date period ended September 29, 2018Year-to-date period ended June 29, 2019
 
Common
stock
Capital in
excess of
par value
Retained
earnings
 
Treasury
stock
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss)
Total Kellogg
Company
equity
Non-controlling
interests
Total
equity
 
Common
stock
Capital in
excess of
par value
Retained
earnings
 
Treasury
stock
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss)
Total Kellogg
Company
equity
Non-controlling
interests
Total
equity
(unaudited)sharesamountsharesamount(unaudited)sharesamountsharesamount
Balance, December 30, 2017421
$105
$878
$7,069
75
$(4,417)$(1,457)$2,178
$16
$2,194
Balance, December 29, 2018Balance, December 29, 2018421  $105  $895  $7,652  77  $(4,551) $(1,500) $2,601  $558  $3,159  
Common stock repurchases  2
(120) (120) (120)Common stock repurchases (220) (220) (220) 
Net income  1,420
  1,420
6
1,426
Net income568  568   577  
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest - Multipro    
552
552
Dividends declared ($1.64 per share)  (568)  (568) (568)
Sale of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interestSale of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interest—    
Dividends declared ($1.12 per share)Dividends declared ($1.12 per share)(380) (380) (380) 
Distributions to noncontrolling interest    
(1)(1)Distributions to noncontrolling interest—  (9) (9) 
Other comprehensive income    (55)(55)(6)(61)Other comprehensive income53  53   56  
Reclassification of tax effects relating to U.S. tax reformReclassification of tax effects relating to U.S. tax reform22  (22) —  —  
Stock compensation  42

  42
 42
Stock compensation29  29  29  
Stock options exercised and other  (37)8
(3)180
 151
 151
Stock options exercised and other(29) (4) (1) 32  (1) (1) 
Balance, September 29, 2018421
$105
$883
$7,929
74
$(4,357)$(1,512)$3,048
$567
$3,615
Balance, June 29, 2019Balance, June 29, 2019421  $105  $895  $7,858  80  $(4,739) $(1,469) $2,650  $562  $3,212  
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.



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Kellogg Company and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(millions)
 Year-to-date period ended
(unaudited)June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
Operating activities
Net income$704  $577  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to operating cash flows:
Depreciation and amortization234  243  
Postretirement benefit plan expense (benefit)(58) (65) 
Deferred income taxes23  23  
Stock compensation37  29  
Other(17)  
Postretirement benefit plan contributions(12) (12) 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
Trade receivables(165) (239) 
Inventories(33) (6) 
Accounts payable105  29  
All other current assets and liabilities153  (60) 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities971  520  
Investing activities
Additions to properties(218) (294) 
Purchase of marketable securities(200) —  
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired—  (8) 
Acquisition of cost method investments(4) —  
Purchases of available for sale securities(70) (16) 
Sales of available for sale securities 16  
Other(30) (25) 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities(515) (327) 
Financing activities
Net issuances (reductions) of notes payable13  391  
Issuances of long-term debt554  28  
Reductions of long-term debt(40) —  
Net issuances of common stock60  12  
Common stock repurchases—  (220) 
Cash dividends(390) (380) 
Collateral received on derivative instruments38  —  
Other(1) (8) 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities234  (177) 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(40)  
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents650  19  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period397  321  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$1,047  $340  
Supplemental cash flow disclosures
Interest paid$140  $154  
Income taxes paid$33  $157  
Supplemental cash flow disclosures of non-cash investing activities:
   Additions to properties included in accounts payable$78  $100  
 Year-to-date period ended
(unaudited)September 28,
2019
September 29,
2018
Operating activities  
Net income$825
$1,426
Adjustments to reconcile net income to operating cash flows:  
Depreciation and amortization360
374
Postretirement benefit plan expense (benefit)(158)(188)
Deferred income taxes(206)99
Stock compensation42
42
Multi-employer pension plan exit liability132

Gain on unconsolidated entities, net
(200)
Other(70)(91)
Postretirement benefit plan contributions(19)(279)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:  
Trade receivables(253)(139)
Inventories16
(67)
Accounts payable
103
All other current assets and liabilities256
(154)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities925
926
Investing activities  
Additions to properties(436)(389)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired(8)(28)
Divestiture1,332

Investments in unconsolidated entities


(389)
Acquisition of cost method investments
(6)
Purchases of available for sale securities(18)
Sales of available for sale securities83

Other(22)27
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities931
(785)
Financing activities  
Net issuances (reductions) of notes payable9
(198)
Issuances of long-term debt40
993
Reductions of long-term debt(1,000)(401)
Debt redemption costs(17)
Net issuances of common stock40
160
Common stock repurchases(220)(120)
Cash dividends(574)(568)
Other(9)(2)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities(1,731)(136)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents7
23
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents132
28
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period321
281
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$453
$309
   
Supplemental cash flow disclosures  
Interest paid$180
$153
Income taxes paid$211
$163
   
Supplemental cash flow disclosures of non-cash investing activities:  
   Additions to properties included in accounts payable$93
$98
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Table of Contents

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
for the quarter ended September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 (unaudited)
Note 1 Accounting policies

Basis of presentation
The unaudited interim financial information of Kellogg Company (the Company) included in this report reflects all adjustments, all of which are of a normal and recurring nature, that management believes are necessary for a fair statement of the results of operations, comprehensive income, financial position, equity and cash flows for the periods presented. This interim information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and accompanying footnotes within the Company’s 20182019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The condensed balance sheet information at December 29, 201828, 2019 was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The results of operations for the quarterly periodquarter ended September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for other interim periods or the full year.

Accounts payable
The Company has agreements with certain third parties to provide accounts payable tracking systems which facilitates participating suppliers’ ability to monitor and, if elected, sell payment obligations from the Company to designated third-party financial institutions. Participating suppliers may, at their sole discretion, make offers to sell one or more payment obligations of the Company prior to their scheduled due dates at a discounted price to participating financial institutions. The Company’s goal in entering into these agreements is to capture overall supplier savings, in the form of payment terms or vendor funding, created by facilitating suppliers’ ability to sell payment obligations, while providing them with greater working capital flexibility. We have no economic interest in the sale of these suppliers’ receivables and no direct financial relationship with the financial institutions concerning these services. The Company’s obligations to its suppliers, including amounts due and scheduled payment dates, are not impacted by suppliers’ decisions to sell amounts under these arrangements. However, the Company’s right to offset balances due from suppliers against payment obligations is restricted by this agreement for those payment obligations that have been sold by suppliers. The payment of these obligations by the Company is included in cash used in operating activities in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. As of September 28, 2019, $809June 27, 2020, $899 million of the Company’s outstanding payment obligations had been placed in the accounts payable tracking system, and participating suppliers had sold $572$667 million of those payment obligations to participating financial institutions. As of December 29, 2018, $89328, 2019, $812 million of the Company’s outstanding payment obligations had been placed in the accounts payable tracking system, and participating suppliers had sold $701$605 million of those payment obligations to participating financial institutions.

NewAdoption of new accounting standards adopted in the period
Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.
In February 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an Accounting Standard Update (ASU) permitting a company to reclassify the disproportionate income tax effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 on items within accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) to retained earnings. We elected to adopt the ASU effective in the first quarter of 2019 and reclassified the disproportionate income tax effect recorded within AOCI to retained earnings. This resulted in a decrease to AOCI and an increase to retained earnings of $22 million. The adjustment primarily related to deferred taxes previously recorded for pension and other postretirement benefits, as well as hedging positions for debt and net investment hedges.

Leases. In February 2016, the FASB issued an ASU requiring the recognition of lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for all leases with terms greater than 12 months. The distinction between finance leases and operating leases remains, with similar classification criteria as current GAAP to distinguish between capital and operating leases. The principal difference from prior guidance is that the lease assets and lease liabilities arising from operating leases will be recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2018.

The Company adopted the ASU in the first quarter of 2019, using the optional transition method that allows for a cumulative-effect adjustment in the period of adoption with no restatement of prior periods. The Company elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance that allows for the carry forward of historical lease classifications and consistent treatment of initial direct costs for existing leases. The Company also elected to apply the practical expedient that allows the continued historical treatment of land easements. The

Company did not elect the practical expedient for the use of hindsight in evaluating the expected lease term of existing leases.

The adoption of the ASU resulted in the recording of operating lease assets and operating lease liabilities of approximately $453 million and $461 million, respectively, as of December 30, 2018. The difference between the additional lease assets and lease liabilities, represents existing deferred rent and prepaid lease balances that were reclassified on the balance sheet. The adoption of the ASU did not have a material impact to the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income or Cash Flows.

Accounting standards to be adopted in future periods
Cloud Computing Arrangements. In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15: Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software: Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract. The ASU allows companies to capitalize implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract over the term of the hosting arrangement, including periods covered by renewal options that are reasonably certain to be exercised. The ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2019 and can be applied retrospectively or prospectively. Early adoption is permitted. The Company plans to adoptadopted the ASU in the first quarter of 2020 and elected to apply it prospectively. The adoption isdid not expected to have a material impact to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

Accounting standards to be adopted in future periods

Compensation Retirement Benefits. In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-14: Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans. The ASU removed disclosures that no longer are considered cost beneficial, clarified the specific requirements of disclosures, and added disclosure requirements identified as relevant. The ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2020 and can be applied retrospectively or prospectively. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing when to adopt the ASU and the impact of adoption.

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Note 2 Sale of accounts receivable
The Company has a program in which a discrete group of customers are allowed to extend their payment terms in exchange for the elimination of early payment discounts (Extended Terms Program).

The Company has two Receivable Sales Agreements (Monetization Programs) described below, which are intended to directly offset the impact the Extended Terms Program would have on the days-sales-outstanding (DSO) metric that is critical to the effective management of the Company's accounts receivable balance and overall working capital. The Monetization Programs are designed to effectively offset the impact on working capital of the Extended Terms Program. The Monetization Programs sell, on a revolving basis, certain trade accounts receivable invoices to third party financial institutions. Transfers under these agreements are accounted for as sales of receivables resulting in the receivables being de-recognized from the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Monetization Programs provide for the continuing sale of certain receivables on a revolving basis until terminated by either party; however the maximum receivables that may be sold at any time is $1,033 million. 

The Company has no retained interest in the receivables sold, however the Company does have collection and administrative responsibilities for the sold receivables. The Company has not recorded any servicing assets or liabilities as of SeptemberJune 27, 2020 and December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018 for these agreements as the fair value of these servicing arrangements as well as the fees earned were not material to the financial statements.
Accounts receivable sold of $918$964 million and $900$774 million remained outstanding under these arrangements as of SeptemberJune 27, 2020 and December 28, 2019, and December 29, 2018, respectively. The proceeds from these sales of receivables are included in cash from operating activities in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows in the period of sale. The recorded net loss on sale of receivables was $6$3 million and $21$8 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 28, 2019,June 27, 2020, respectively and was $7 million and $20$15 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended SeptemberJune 29, 2018,2019, respectively. The recorded loss is included in Other income and expense.expense (OIE).

Other programs
Additionally, from time to time certain of the Company's foreign subsidiaries will transfer, without recourse, accounts receivable invoices of certain customers to financial institutions. These transactions are accounted for as sales of the receivables resulting in the receivables being de-recognized from the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Accounts receivable sold of $23$30 million and $93$89 million remained outstanding under these programs as of SeptemberJune 27, 2020 and December 28, 2019, and December 29, 2018, respectively. The proceeds from these sales of receivables are included in cash from operating activities in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows in the period of sale. The recorded net loss on the sale of these receivables is included in Other income and expense (OIE)OIE and is not material.


Note 3 Divestiture
On July 28, 2019, the Company completed its sale of selected cookies, fruit and fruit-flavored snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cones businesses to Ferrero International S.A. (“Ferrero”) for approximately $1.3 billion in cash, subject to a working capital adjustment mechanism.  Both the total assets and net assets of the businesses were approximately $1.3 billion, resulting in a net pre-tax gain of $38 million during the third quarter ended September 28,of 2019, recorded in Other income and (expense), after including related costs to sell of $14 million. Additionally, the Company recognized curtailment gains related to the divestiture totaling $17 million in our U.S. pension and nonpension postretirement plans. The operating results for these businesses were primarily included in the North America reporting segment prior to the sale.

Proceeds from the divestiture were used primarily to redeem $1.0 billion of debt during the third quarter. The Company expects to pay approximately $260 million of cash taxes on the divestiture in the fourth quarter of 2019.

In connection with the sale, the Company entered into a transition services agreement (TSA) with Ferrero, under which the Company will provide certain services to Ferrero to help facilitate an orderly transition of the businesses following the sale. In return for these services, Ferrero is required to pay certain agreed upon fees that are designed to reimburse the Company for certain costs incurred by the Company in providing such services, plus specified nominal margins which are immaterial.margins. The TSA provides for a term of services starting at the sale completion date and continuing for a period of up to 18 months.

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Note 4 Acquisitions, West Africa investments, goodwillGoodwill and otherOther intangible assets

Multipro acquisition
On May 2, 2018, the Company (i) acquired an incremental 1% ownership interest in Multipro, a leading distributor of a variety of food products in Nigeria and Ghana, and (ii) exercised its call option (Purchase Option) to acquire a 50% interest in Tolaram Africa Foods, PTE LTD (TAF), a holding company with a 49% equity interest in an affiliated food manufacturer, resulting in the Company having a 24.5% interest in the affiliated food manufacturer. The aggregate cash consideration paid was approximately $419 million and was funded through cash on hand and short-term borrowings, which was refinanced with long-term borrowings in May 2018. As part of the consideration for the acquisition, an escrow established in connection with the original Multipro investment in 2015, which represented a significant portion of the amount paid for the Company’s initial investment, was released by the Company. 

As a result of the Company’s incremental ownership interest in Multipro and concurrent changes to the shareholders' agreement, the Company has a 51% controlling interest in and is consolidating Multipro. The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination and the assets and liabilities of Multipro were included in the September 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018 Consolidated Balance Sheet and the results of its operations have been included in the Consolidated Statement of Income subsequent to the acquisition date within the AMEA reporting segment. The Multipro investment was previously accounted for under the equity method of accounting and the Company recorded our share of equity income or loss from Multipro within Earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities. In connection with the business combination, the Company recognized a one-time, non-cash gain in the second quarter of 2018 on the disposition of our previously held equity interest in Multipro of $245 million, which is included within Earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities.

The Company's September 29, 2018 quarter and year-to-date consolidated unaudited pro forma historical net sales and net income, as if Multipro had been acquired at the beginning of 2018, exclusive of the non-cash $245 million gain on the disposition of the equity interest recognized in the second quarter of 2018, are estimated as follows:
 Quarter ended Year-to-date period ended
(millions)September 29, 2018 September 29, 2018
Net sales$3,469

$10,512
Net Income attributable to Kellogg Company$380

$1,420


Investment in TAF
The investment in TAF, our interest in an affiliated food manufacturer, is accounted for under the equity method of accounting with the Company’s share of equity income or loss being recognized within Earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities. The $458 million aggregate of the consideration paid upon exercise and the historical cost value of the Purchase Option was compared to the estimated fair value of the Company’s ownership percentage of TAF and the Company recognized a one-time, non-cash loss in the second quarter of 2018 of $45 million within Earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities, which represents an other than temporary excess of cost over fair value of the investment. The difference between the carrying amount of TAF and the underlying equity in net assets is primarily attributable to brand and customer list intangible assets, a portion of which is being amortized over future periods, and goodwill.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill, intangible assets subject to amortization, consisting primarily of customer relationships, distribution agreements, and indefinite-lived intangible assets, consisting of brands and distribution agreements, are presented in the following tables:

Carrying amount of goodwill
(millions)
North
America
Europe
Latin
America
AMEA
Consoli-
dated
December 29, 2018$4,611
$346
$218
$875
$6,050
Divestiture(191)


(191)
Currency translation adjustment
(10)(10)3
(17)
September 28, 2019$4,420
$336
$208
$878
$5,842


(millions)North
America
EuropeLatin
America
AMEAConsoli-
dated
December 28, 2019$4,422  $347  $213  $879  $5,861  
Currency translation adjustment(2) (8) (43) (40) (93) 
June 27, 2020$4,420  $339  $170  $839  $5,768  
Intangible assets subject to amortization
Gross carrying amount     
(millions)
North
America
Europe
Latin
America
AMEA
Consoli-
dated
December 29, 2018$74
$39
$63
$432
$608
Additions2



2
Divestiture(12)


(12)
Currency translation adjustment
(3)(4)1
(6)
September 28, 2019$64
$36
$59
$433
$592
      
Accumulated Amortization     
December 29, 2018$39
$18
$12
$18
$87
Amortization2
2
3
13
20
Divestiture(12)


(12)
Currency translation adjustment
(1)(1)(1)(3)
September 28, 2019$29
$19
$14
$30
$92
      
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net     
December 29, 2018$35
$21
$51
$414
$521
Amortization(2)(2)(3)(13)(20)
Currency translation adjustment
(2)(3)2
(3)
September 28, 2019$33
$17
$45
$403
$498

Gross carrying amount
(millions)North
America
EuropeLatin
America
AMEAConsoli-
dated
December 28, 2019$64  $41  $60  $429  $594  
Currency translation adjustment—  —  (15) (26) (41) 
June 27, 2020$64  $41  $45  $403  $553  
Accumulated Amortization
December 28, 2019$31  $21  $15  $34  $101  
Amortization    14  
Currency translation adjustment—  —  (3) (2) (5) 
June 27, 2020$33  $24  $13  $40  $110  
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net
December 28, 2019$33  $20  $45  $395  $493  
Amortization(2) (3) (1) (8) (14) 
Currency translation adjustment—  —  (12) (24) (36) 
June 27, 2020$31  $17  $32  $363  $443  
For intangible assets in the preceding table, amortization was $20$14 million and $16 million for each of the year-to-date periods ended September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 and SeptemberJune 29, 2018, respectively.2019. The currently estimated aggregate annual amortization expense for full-year 20192020 is approximately $27$28 million.

Intangible assets not subject to amortization
(millions)
North
America
Europe
Latin
America
AMEA
Consoli-
dated
December 29, 2018$1,985
$401
$73
$381
$2,840
Additions18



18
Divestiture(765)


(765)
Currency translation adjustment
(16)(5)2
(19)
September 28, 2019$1,238
$385
$68
$383
$2,074

(millions)North
America
EuropeLatin
America
AMEAConsoli-
dated
December 28, 2019$1,238  $392  $70  $383  $2,083  
Currency translation adjustment—   (19) (23) (40) 
June 27, 2020$1,238  $394  $51  $360  $2,043  


Impairment Testing
Goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of the asset may be impaired, including a change in reporting units or composition of reporting units as a result of a re-organization in internal reporting structures.

For the goodwill impairment test, the fair value of the reporting units are estimated based on market multiples. This approach employs market multiples based on either sales or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for companies that are comparable to the Company’s reporting units. In the event the fair value determined using the market multiple approach is close to carrying value, the Company may supplement the fair value determination using discounted cash flows. The assumptions used for the impairment test are consistent with those utilized by a market participant performing similar valuations for the Company’s reporting units.

These estimates are made using various inputs including historical data, current and anticipated market conditions, management plans, and market comparables.

On December 30, 2018 the Company reorganized our North American business. The reorganization eliminated the legacy business unit structure and internal reporting. In addition, the Company changed the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision maker (CODM) and segment manager. As a result, the Company reevaluated its operating segments and reporting units.

In addition, we transferred the management of our Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey businesses from Kellogg Europe to Kellogg AMEA, effective December 30, 2018.

Refer to Note 13, Reportable Segments for further details on these changes. As a result of these changes in operating segments and related reporting units, the Company re-allocated goodwill between reporting units where necessary and compared the carrying value to the fair value of each impacted reporting unit on a before and after basis. This evaluation was only required to be performed on reporting units impacted by the changes noted above.

Effective December 30, 2018 in North America, the previous U.S. Snacks, U.S. Morning Foods, U.S. Specialty Channels, U.S. Frozen Foods, Kashi, Canada and RX operating segments are now a single operating segment (Kellogg North America). At the beginning of 2019, the Company evaluated the related impacted reporting units for impairment on a before and after basis and concluded that the fair values of each reporting unit exceeded their carrying values. On a before basis, the previous Kashi reporting unit's percentage of excess of fair value over carrying value was approximately 18% using the same methodology as the 2018 annual impairment analysis, which was performed as of the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2018. The fair value of the previous Kashi reporting unit was estimated primarily based on a multiple of net sales and discounted cash flows.

Approximately $46 million of goodwill was re-allocated between the impacted reporting units within Kellogg Europe and Kellogg AMEA related to the transfer of businesses between these operating segments. The Company performed a goodwill evaluation of the impacted reporting units on a before and after basis and concluded that the fair value of the impacted reporting units exceeded their carrying values.

Additionally, during the first quarter of 2019, the Company determined that it was more likely than not that the Company would be selling selected cookies, fruit and fruit-flavored snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cones businesses within the North America reporting unit. As a result, the Company performed a goodwill impairment evaluation on the North America reporting unit in the first quarter of 2019 and concluded that the fair value

exceeded the carrying value of the reporting unit. During the second quarter of 2019, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell the businesses to Ferrero. The sale was completed during the third quarter of 2019 and resulted in the divestiture of the net assets and liabilities of these businesses, included in the North America reporting unit, including $191 million of Goodwill and $765 million of Net Intangibles. In addition to the cash consideration received, the Company entered into a perpetual royalty-free licensing agreement with Ferrero, allowing Kellogg the use of certain brand names for cracker products. The license agreement was fair valued at $18 million and recorded as an indefinite-lived intangible asset.
Note 5 Restructuring Programs
The Company views its restructuring programs as part of its operating principles to provide greater visibility in achieving its long-term profit growth targets. Initiatives undertaken are currently expected to recover cash implementation costs within a 3 to 5-year period of completion. Upon completion (or as each major stage is completed in the case of multi-year programs), the project begins to deliver cash savings and/or reduced depreciation.
Project K
Since inception, Project K has reduced the Company’s cost structure, and is expected to provide enduring benefits, including an optimized supply chain infrastructure, an efficient global business services model, a global focus on categories, increased agility from a more efficient organization design, and improved effectiveness in go-to-market models.  These benefits are intended to strengthen existing businesses in core markets, increase growth in developing and emerging markets, and drive an increased level
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The Company approved all remaining Project K initiatives as of the end of 2018 and implementation of these remaining initiatives will be completed in 2019. Project charges, after-tax costs and annual savings remain in line with previous estimates.

The Company currently anticipates that the program will result in total pre-tax charges, once all phases are implemented, of $1.6 billion, with after-tax cash costs, including incremental capital investments, estimated to be approximately $1.2 billion. Based on current estimates and actual charges to date, the Company expects the total project charges will consist of asset-related costs of approximately $500 million which will consist primarily of asset impairments, accelerated depreciation and other exit-related costs; employee-related costs of approximately $400 million which includes severance, pension and other termination benefits; and other costs of approximately
$700 million which consists primarily of charges related to the design and implementation of global business capabilities and a more efficient go-to-market model.
The Company currently expects that total pre-tax charges related to Project K will impact reportable segments as follows: North America (approximately 65%), Europe (approximately 22%), Latin America (approximately 3%), AMEA (approximately 6%), and Corporate (approximately 4%).

During the quarter and year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019, the Company recorded total net charges of $15 million and $38 million, respectively related to Project K. During the quarter and year-to-date period ended September 29, 2018, the Company recorded total net charges of $34 million and $59 million, respectively related to Project K.

Since the inception of Project K, the Company has recognized charges of $1,558 million that have been attributed to the program. The charges consist of $6 million recorded as a reduction of revenue, $923 million recorded in cost of goods sold (COGS), $796 million recorded in selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expense, and $(167) million recorded in OIE.

Other Programs
During the second quarter of 2019, the Company announced a reorganization plan for the European reportable segment designed to simplify the organization, increase organizational efficiency, and enhance key processes. The overall project is expected to be substantially completed by December 31,the end of fiscal year 2020.
The project is expected to result in cumulative pretax net charges of approximately $40 million, including certain non-cash credits. Cash costs are expected to be approximately $50 million. The total expected charges will include severance and other termination benefits and charges related to relocation, third party legal and consulting fees, and contract termination costs.

During the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 28, 2019,June 27, 2020, the Company recorded total charges of $32$2 million and $3 million, respectively, related to this initiative. These charges were recorded in SG&A expense. Since inception, the Company has recognized total charges, including non-cash credits, of $41 million attributed to this initiative.
Additionally during the second quarter of 2019, the Company announced a reorganization plan which primarily impactsimpacted the North America reportable segment. The reorganization plan iswas designed to simplify the organization that supports the remaining North America reportable segment after the divestiture and related transition. The overall project is expected to be substantially completed by December 31,the end of fiscal year 2020.
The overall project is expected to result in cumulative pretax charges of approximately $30$25 million. Cash costs are expected to approximate the pretax charges. Total expected charges will include severance and other termination benefits and charges related to third party consulting fees.
The charges related to this initiative were not material during the quarter ended and year-to-date period ended June 27, 2020. These charges were recorded in SG&A expense. Since inception, the Company has recognized total charges of $21 million attributed to this initiative.

In addition to the projects discussed above, during the quarter-end June 27, 2020 the Company also incurred restructuring costs of $4 million in the Latin America reportable segment and $8 million in the AMEA reportable segment related to reorganization and simplification of those businesses. These costs primarily relate to severance and other termination benefits.
Project K
As of the end of 2019, the Company completed implementation of all Project K initiatives. Total project charges, after-tax cash costs and annual savings delivered by Project K were in line with expectations.

During the quarter and year-to-date periodsperiod ended September 28,June 29, 2019, the Company recorded total charges of $3$15 million and $21$23 million, respectively, related to this initiative. TheseProject K.

















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Total Projects
The tables below provide the details for charges were recorded in SG&A expense.incurred during the quarters and year-to-date periods ended June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019 and program costs to date for all programs currently active as of June 27, 2020.

All Programs
 Quarter endedYear-to-date period endedProgram costs to date
(millions)June 27, 2020June 29, 2019June 27, 2020June 29, 2019June 27, 2020
Employee related costs$13  $45  $13  $42  $63  
Pension curtailment (gain) loss, net—  —  —  —  (5) 
Asset related costs—   —  10  —  
Other costs 13   21  16  
Total$14  $65  $15  $73  $74  
 Quarter endedYear-to-date period endedProgram costs to date
(millions)June 27, 2020June 29, 2019June 27, 2020June 29, 2019June 27, 2020
North America$(1) $28  $(2) $32  $19  
Europe 33   34  41  
Latin America     
AMEA     
Corporate —   —   
Total$14  $65  $15  $73  $74  
During the quarter ended September 28, 2019,June 27, 2020, the Company recorded total net charges of $18$14 million across all restructuring programs. These charges were comprised of $6 million recorded in COGS and $8 million recorded in SG&A expense. During the year-to-date period ended June 27, 2020, the Company recorded total charges of $15 million across all restructuring programs. The charges were comprised of $13$6 million recorded in COGS and $9 million recorded in SG&A expense.
During the quarter ended June 29, 2019, the Company recorded total net charges of $65 million across all restructuring programs. The charges were comprised of $11 million of expense recorded in COGS $5and $54 million of expense recorded in SG&A expense. During the year-to-date period ended September 28,June 29, 2019, the Company recorded total charges of $91$73 million across all restructuring programs. The charges were comprised of $30$17 million recorded in COGS and $61$56 million recorded in SG&A expense.
During the quarter ended September 29, 2018, the Company recorded total net charges of $34 million across all restructuring programs. The charges were comprised of $49 million recorded in COGS, $15 million recorded in SG&A expense and a $(30) million net curtailment gain recorded in OIE. During the year-to-date period ended September 29, 2018, the Company recorded total charges of $59 million across all restructuring programs. The charges were comprised of $58 million recorded in COGS, $31 million recorded in SG&A expense and a net gain of $(30) million recorded in OIE.

The tables below provide the details for charges incurred during the quarters ended September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018 and program costs to date for all programs currently active as of September 28, 2019.
 Quarter ended Year-to-date period ended Program costs to date
(millions)September 28, 2019September 29, 2018 September 28, 2019September 29, 2018 September 28, 2019
Employee related costs$(1)$17
 $41
$22
 $638
Pension curtailment (gain) loss, net
(30) 
(30) (167)
Asset related costs5
10
 15

 300
Asset impairment
14
 
14
 169
Other costs14
23
 35
53
 671
Total$18
$34
 $91
$59
 $1,611
        
 Quarter ended Year-to-date period ended Program costs to date
(millions)September 28, 2019September 29, 2018 September 28, 2019September 29, 2018 September 28, 2019
North America$13
$44
 $45
$66
 $1,067
Europe1
(16) 35
(22) 368
Latin America4
3
 8
7
 50
AMEA
2
 3
5
 101
Corporate
1
 
3
 25
Total$18
$34
 $91
$59
 $1,611

Employee related costs consist primarily of severance and related benefits. Pension curtailment (gain) loss consists of curtailment gains or losses that resulted from project initiatives. Asset related costs consist primarily of accelerated depreciation. Asset impairments were recorded for fixed assets that were determined to be impaireddepreciation and were written down to their estimated fair value.asset write-offs. Other costs consist of third-party incremental costs related to the development and implementation of enhanced global structures and capabilities.

At September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 total project reserves were $84$29 million, related to severance payments and other costs of which a substantial portion will be paid in 2019.2020. The following table provides details for exit cost reserves.reserves related to the reorganizations described above.
Employee
Related
Costs
Pension curtailment (gain) loss, netOther
Costs
Total
Liability as of December 28, 2019$37  $—  $ $38  
2020 restructuring charges13  —   15  
Cash payments(21) —  (3) (24) 
Non-cash charges and other—  —  —  —  
Liability as of June 27, 2020$29  $—  $—  $29  
 
Employee
Related
Costs
Pension curtailment (gain) loss, net
Asset
Impairment
Asset
Related
Costs
Other
Costs
Total
Liability as of December 29, 2018$93
$
$
$1
$10
$104
2019 restructuring charges41


15
35
91
Cash payments(58)

(7)(38)(103)
Non-cash charges and other


(8)
(8)
Liability as of September 28, 2019$76
$
$
$1
$7
$84
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Note 6 Equity

Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share is determined by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is similarly determined, except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if all dilutive potential common shares had been issued. Dilutive potential common shares consist principally of employee stock options issued by the Company, restricted stock units, and to a lesser extent, certain contingently issuable performance shares. There were 108 million and 7 million anti-dilutive potential common shares excluded from the reconciliation for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended June 27, 2020. There were 15 million and 14 million anti-dilutive potential common shares excluded from the reconciliation for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 28,June 29, 2019. There were 7 million and 6 million anti-dilutive potential common shares excluded from the reconciliation for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 29, 2018. Please refer to the Consolidated Statement of Income for basic and diluted earnings per share for the quartersquarter and year-to-date periods ended September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 and SeptemberJune 29, 2018.2019.

Share repurchases
In December 2017,February 2020, the board of directors approved a new authorization to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of our common stock beginning in January 2018 through December 2019. As2022. During the year-to-date period ended June 27, 2020, the company did not repurchase any shares of September 28, 2019, $960 millioncommon stock and $1.5 billion remains available under the authorization.
During the year-to-date period ended September 28,June 29, 2019, the Company repurchased approximately 4 million shares of common stock for a total of $220 million. During the year-to-date period ended September 29, 2018, the Company repurchased approximately 2 million shares of common stock for a total of $120 million.

Comprehensive income
Comprehensive income includes net income and all other changes in equity during a period except those resulting from investments by or distributions to shareholders. Other comprehensive income consists of foreign currency translation adjustments, fair value adjustments associated with cash flow hedges, and adjustments for net experience losses and prior service cost related to employee benefit plans, and adjustments for unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities, net of related tax effects.

Reclassifications out of AOCI for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 28,June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019, and September 29, 2018, consisted of the following:
(millions)
  
  
  
Details about AOCI
components
Amount reclassified
from AOCI
Line item impacted
within Income Statement
 Quarter ended
June 27, 2020
Year-to-date period ended
June 27, 2020
  
(Gains) losses on cash flow hedges:
Interest rate contracts$ $ Interest expense
$ $ Total before tax
(2) (2) Tax expense (benefit)
$ $ Net of tax
Amortization of postretirement and postemployment benefits:
Net experience (gain) loss$(1) $(2) OIE
Prior service cost(1) (1) See Note 9 for further details
$(2) $(3) Total before tax
  Tax expense (benefit)
$(1) $(2) Net of tax
Total reclassifications$ $ Net of tax
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(millions)
  
  
(millions)      
Details about AOCI
components
Amount reclassified
from AOCI
Line item impacted
within Income Statement
Details about AOCI
components
Amount reclassified
from AOCI
Line item impacted
within Income Statement
Quarter ended
September 28, 2019
Year-to-date period ended
September 28, 2019
  
Quarter ended
June 29, 2019
Year-to-date period ended
June 29, 2019
  
(Gains) losses on cash flow hedges:  (Gains) losses on cash flow hedges:
Interest rate contracts$(1)$2
Interest expenseInterest rate contracts$ $ Interest expense
$(1)$2
Total before tax

(1)Tax expense (benefit)$ $ Total before tax
$(1)$1
Net of tax(1) (1) Tax expense (benefit)
$ $ Net of tax
Amortization of postretirement and postemployment benefits:  Amortization of postretirement and postemployment benefits:
Net experience (gain) loss$(1)$(3)OIE
Net experience lossNet experience loss$(1) $(2) See Note 9 for further details
$(1)$(3)Total before tax

1
Tax expense (benefit)
$(1)$(2)Net of tax
(Gains) losses on available-for-sale securities:  
Corporate bonds$(4)$(4)OIE
$(4)$(4)Total before tax$(1) $(2) Total before tax


Tax expense (benefit)  Tax expense (benefit)
$(4)$(4)Net of tax$—  $(1) Net of tax
Total reclassifications$(6)$(5)Net of taxTotal reclassifications$ $ Net of tax


    
(millions)      
Details about AOCI
components
Amount reclassified
from AOCI
Line item impacted
within Income Statement
 
Quarter ended
September 29, 2018
Year-to-date period ended
September 29, 2018
  
(Gains) losses on cash flow hedges:   
Interest rate contracts$2
$6
Interest expense
 $2
$6
Total before tax
 (1)(2)Tax expense (benefit)
 $1
$4
Net of tax
Amortization of postretirement and postemployment benefits:   
Net experience loss$(1)$(3)See Note 10 for further details
 $(1)$(3)Total before tax
 

Tax expense (benefit)
 $(1)$(3)Net of tax
Total reclassifications$
$1
Net of tax


Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, as of SeptemberJune 27, 2020 and December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018 consisted of the following:
(millions)September 28,
2019
December 29,
2018
Foreign currency translation adjustments$(1,432)$(1,467)
Cash flow hedges — unrealized net gain (loss)(74)(53)
Postretirement and postemployment benefits:  
Net experience gain (loss)20
23
Prior service credit (cost)3
(3)
Total accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)$(1,483)$(1,500)

(millions)June 27,
2020
December 28,
2019
Foreign currency translation adjustments$(1,634) $(1,399) 
Cash flow hedges — unrealized net gain (loss)(94) (60) 
Postretirement and postemployment benefits:
Net experience gain (loss)  
Prior service credit (cost)  
Available-for-sale securities unrealized net gain (loss) —  
Total accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)$(1,717) $(1,448) 

Note 7 Leases

The Company leases certain warehouses, equipment, vehicles, and office space primarily through operating lease agreements. Finance lease obligations and activity are not material to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Lease obligations are primarily for real estate assets, with the remainder related to manufacturing and distribution related equipment, vehicles, information technology equipment, and rail cars. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet.

A portion of the Company's real estate leases include future variable rental payments that include inflationary adjustment factors. The future variability of these adjustments is unknown and therefore not included in the minimum lease payments. The Company's lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

The leases have remaining terms which range from less than 1 year to 10 years and the majority of leases provide the Company with the option to exercise one or more renewal terms. The length of the lease term used in recording lease assets and lease liabilities is based on the contractually required lease term adjusted for any options to renew or early terminate the lease that are reasonably certain of being executed.

The Company combines lease and non-lease components together in determining the minimum lease payments for the majority of leases. The Company has elected to not combine lease and non-lease components for certain asset types in service-related agreements that include significant production related costs. The Company has closely

analyzed these agreements to ensure any embedded costs related to the securing of the leased asset is properly segregated and accounted for in measuring the lease assets and liabilities.

The majority of the leases do not include a stated interest rate, and therefore the Company's periodic incremental borrowing rate is used to determine the present value of lease payments. This rate is calculated based on a collateralized rate for the specific currencies used in leasing activities and the borrowing ability of the applicable Company legal entity. For the initial implementation of the lease standard, the incremental borrowing rate at December 29, 2018 was used to present value operating lease assets and liabilities.

The Company recorded operating lease costs of $36 million and $100 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 28, 2019. Lease related costs associated with variable rent, short-term leases, and sale-leaseback arrangements, as well as sublease income, are each immaterial.
(millions) Quarter ended September 28, 2019 Year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019
Other information    
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:    
Operating cash flows from operating leases $39
 $102
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities $67
 $87
     
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases 7 years
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases 3.0%


At September 28, 2019, future maturities of operating leases were as follows:
(millions) 
Operating
leases
2019 (three months remaining) 36
2020 111
2021 86
2022 69
2023 57
2024 and beyond 166
Total minimum payments $525
Less interest $(54)
Present value of lease liabilities $471


Operating lease payments presented in the table above exclude $82 million of minimum lease payments for real-estate leases signed but not yet commenced. The leases are expected to commence in 2019 and 2020.

As previously disclosed in our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K and under previous lease standard (Topic 840), at December 29, 2018, future minimum annual lease commitments under non-cancelable operating leases were as follows:
(millions) 
Operating
leases
2019 121
2020 97
2021 73
2022 57
2023 48
2024 and beyond 129
Total minimum payments $525


Rent expense on operating leases for the year ended December 29, 2018 was $133 million.

Note 8 Debt
The following table presents the components of notes payable at September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 and December 29, 2018:28, 2019:
 June 27, 2020December 28, 2019
(millions)Principal
amount
Effective
interest rate
Principal
amount
Effective
interest rate
U.S. commercial paper$—  — %$ 1.78 %
Bank borrowings121  104  
Total$121  $107  
 September 28, 2019 December 29, 2018
(millions)
Principal
amount
Effective
interest rate
 
Principal
amount
Effective
interest rate
U.S. commercial paper$25
2.13% $15
2.75%
Bank borrowings160
  161
 
Total$185
  $176
 


In August 2019,May of 2020, the Company redeemed $191issued $500 million of its 4.15% U.S. Dollarten-year 2.10% Notes due November 2019, $2482030, resulting in net proceeds after debt discount of $496 million. The proceeds from these notes were used for general corporate purposes, including the payment of offering related fees and expenses, repayment of a portion of the $600 million of its 4.00% U.S. Dollar Notes due 2020 $202 millionwhen they mature on December 15, 2020, and repayment of a portion of commercial paper borrowings. The Notes contain customary covenants that limit the ability of the Company and its 3.25% U.S. Dollar Notes due 2021,restricted subsidiaries (as defined) to incur certain liens or enter into certain sale and $50 millionlease-back transactions, as well as a change of its 2.65% U.S. Dollar Notes due 2023. control provision.

In connection with the May 2020 debt redemption,issuance, the Company incurred $15terminated forward starting interest rate swaps with notional amounts totaling $500 million, ofresulting in a $51 million loss that will be amortized to interest expense consisting primarilyover
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the term of the Notes. The effective interest rate on the tender offer and also including accelerated losses on pre-issuance interest rate hedges, acceleration of unamortized debtNotes, reflecting issuance discount and fees on the redeemed debt and fees related to the tender offer.hedge settlement, was 3.03% at June 27, 2020.

In September 2019, the Company redeemed $309 million of its 4.15% U.S. Dollar Notes due November 2019, the remaining principal balance subsequent to the August redemption. In connection with the debt redemption, the Company incurred $1 million of interest expense, consisting primarily of a premium and also including accelerated losses on pre-issuance interest rate hedges, acceleration of fees and debt discount on the redeemed debt and fees related to the make whole call.
Note 98 Stock compensation
The Company uses various equity-based compensation programs to provide long-term performance incentives for its global workforce. Currently, these incentives consist principally of stock options, restricted stock units, and to a lesser extent, executive performance shares and restricted stock grants.shares. The Company also sponsors a discounted stock purchase plan in the United States and matching-grant programs in several international locations. Additionally, the Company awards restricted stock to its outside directors. The interim information below should be read in conjunction with the disclosures included within the stock compensation footnote of the Company’s 20182019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In April 2020, the Amended and Restated Kellogg Company 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan was approved by shareholders, effective July 1, 2020. The plan is a tax-qualified employee stock purchase plan made available to substantially all U.S. employees, which allows participants to acquire Kellogg stock at a discounted price. The purpose of the plan is to encourage employees at all levels to purchase stock and become shareholders.

The Company classifies pre-tax stock compensation expense in COGS and SG&A expense principally within its Corporate segment. For the periods presented, compensation expense for all types of equity-based programs and the related income tax benefit recognized was as follows:
 Quarter endedYear-to-date period ended
(millions)June 27, 2020June 29, 2019June 27, 2020June 29, 2019
Pre-tax compensation expense$21  $18  $41  $32  
Related income tax benefit$ $ $11  $ 
 Quarter ended Year-to-date period ended
(millions)September 28, 2019September 29, 2018 September 28, 2019September 29, 2018
Pre-tax compensation expense$14
$13
 $46
$46
Related income tax benefit$4
$3
 $12
$11
In February, the Company granted stock options, restricted stock units, and performance shares, in conjunction with our primary annual award, under the 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan, approved by shareholders in 2017.

During the year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019,June 27, 2020, the Company granted approximately 0.90.6 million restricted stock units at a weighted average cost of $56$66 per share and 2.82.3 million non-qualified stock options at a weighted average cost of $7 per share. Terms of these grants and the Company’s methods for determining grant-date fair value of the awards were consistent with that described within the stock compensation footnote in the Company’s 20182019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Performance shares
In the first quarter of 2019,2020, the Company granted performance shares to a limited number of senior executive-levellevel employees, which entitle these employees to receive a specified number of shares of the Company’s common stock upon vesting. The number of shares earned could range between 0% and 200% of the target amount depending upon performance achieved over the three year vesting period. The performance conditions of the award include three year cumulative organic net sales growth and total shareholder return (TSR) of the Company’s common stock relative to a select group of peer companies.three year aggregate operating cash flow.

A Monte Carlo valuation model was used to determine the fair value of the awards. The TSR performance metric is a market condition. Therefore, compensation cost of the TSR condition is fixed at the measurement date and is not revised based on actual performance. The TSR metric was valued as a multiplier of possible levels of organic net sales growth achievement. Compensation cost related to organic net sales growth performance isand cash flow targets are revised for changes in the expected outcome. The 20192020 target grant currently corresponds to approximately 236,000338,000 shares, with a grant-date fair value of $59$66 per share.
The 20162017 performance share award, payable in stock, was settled at 85%90% of target in February 20192020 for a total dollar equivalent of $6 million.
Note 109 Employee benefits
The Company sponsors a number of U.S. and foreign pension plans as well as other nonpension postretirement and postemployment plans to provide various benefits for its employees. These plans are described within the footnotes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s 20182019 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Components of Company plan benefit expense for the periods presented are included in the tables below.
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Pension
Quarter ended Year-to-date period ended Quarter endedYear-to-date period ended
(millions)September 28, 2019September 29, 2018 September 28, 2019September 29, 2018(millions)June 27, 2020June 29, 2019June 27, 2020June 29, 2019
Service cost$9
$22
 $27
$66
Service cost$ $ $18  $18  
Interest cost42
41
 131
124
Interest cost33  44  68  89  
Expected return on plan assets(86)(91) (254)(273)Expected return on plan assets(85) (83) (170) (168) 
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost1
2
 5
6
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost    
Recognized net (gain) loss23
(36) 34
(47)Recognized net (gain) loss43  10  57  11  
Net periodic benefit cost$(11)$(62) $(57)$(124)Net periodic benefit cost$ $(18) $(23) $(46) 
Curtailment (gain) loss(11)(30) (11)(30)Curtailment (gain) loss(7) —  (7) —  
Total pension (income) expense$(22)$(92) $(68)$(154)Total pension (income) expense$(5) $(18) $(30) $(46) 
Other nonpension postretirement
 Quarter endedYear-to-date period ended
(millions)June 27, 2020June 29, 2019June 27, 2020June 29, 2019
Service cost$ $ $ $ 
Interest cost 10  16  20  
Expected return on plan assets(23) (21) (46) (42) 
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost(3) (2) (5) (4) 
Total postretirement benefit (income) expense$(14) $(9) $(28) $(19) 
Postemployment
 Quarter endedYear-to-date period ended
(millions)June 27, 2020June 29, 2019June 27, 2020June 29, 2019
Service cost$ $ $ $ 
Interest cost—   —   
Recognized net (gain) loss(1) (1) (2) (2) 
Total postemployment benefit expense$—  $ $—  $ 

Other nonpension postretirement
 Quarter ended Year-to-date period ended
(millions)September 28, 2019September 29, 2018 September 28, 2019September 29, 2018
Service cost$5
$5
 $12
$14
Interest cost10
10
 30
28
Expected return on plan assets(23)(22) (65)(69)
Amortization of unrecognized prior service (gain)(2)(3) (6)(7)
Recognized net (gain) loss(55)
 (55)
Net periodic benefit cost(65)(10) (84)(34)
Curtailment (gain) loss(6)
 (6)
Total postretirement benefit (income) expense$(71)$(10) $(90)$(34)

Postemployment
 Quarter ended Year-to-date period ended
(millions)September 28, 2019September 29, 2018 September 28, 2019September 29, 2018
Service cost$1
$1
 $3
$3
Interest cost

 1

Recognized net (gain) loss(1)(1) (3)(3)
Total postemployment benefit expense$
$
 $1
$


In conjunction with the completion of the sale of selected cookies, fruit and fruit-flavored snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cones businesses on July 28, 2019, the Company recognized curtailment gains in its U.S. pension and nonpension postretirement plans of $11 million and $6 million, respectively. Additionally, the Company was required

to remeasure those plans. The Company recorded a mark-to-market loss of $8 million in our U.S. pension plan due to a lower discount rate and a reduction of the expected return on assets from 7.5% to 7.0% based on an updated target portfolio mix. These decreases were partially offset by better than expected asset returns. We recorded a mark-to-market gain of $55 million related to the remeasurement of a U.S. nonpension postretirement plan as a result of better than expected asset returns, partially offset by a lower discount rate and a reduction of the expected return on assets from 7.5% to 7.0% based on an updated target portfolio mix.

For the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 28, 2019,June 27, 2020, the Company recognized a gain of $6 million and loss of $15 million and $26$8 million, respectively, related to the remeasurement of a U.S. pension plan as current year distributions are expected to exceed service and interest costs resulting in settlement accounting for that particularparticular plan. The amount of the remeasurement loss recognized was due primarily to a lowerchanges in the discount rate relative to the previous measurement.

During the thirdsecond quarter of 2018,2020, the Company recognized a curtailment gain of $30$7 million, as certain EuropeanU.S. pension plansplan benefits were frozen asfor a portion of December 31, 2018 in conjunction with Project K restructuring activity.the population. The Company remeasured the benefit obligation for the impacted pension plan, resulting in a mark-to-market gain loss of $33$49 million. The gainThe loss was due primarily to a lower discount rate partially offset by plan asset returns in excess of the expected rate of return and a favorable change in the discount rate relative to prior year end.return.

For the quarter and year-to-date periods ended SeptemberJune 29, 2018,2019, the Company recognized mark-to-market gainsa loss of $3$10 million and $14$11 million, respectively, related to the remeasurement of a U.S. pension plan as current year distributions arewere expected to exceed service and interest costs, resulting in settlement accounting for that particular plan. The amount of the remeasurement gainloss recognized was due primarily to a favorablean unfavorable change in the discount rate relative to the previous measurement.rate.

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Company contributions to employee benefit plans are summarized as follows:
(millions)PensionNonpension postretirementTotal
Quarter ended:
June 27, 2020$—  $ $ 
June 29, 2019$ $ $ 
Year-to-date period ended:
June 27, 2020$ $ $12  
June 29, 2019$ $ $12  
Full year:
Fiscal year 2020 (projected)$ $19  $26  
Fiscal year 2019 (actual)$10  $18  $28  
(millions)PensionNonpension postretirementTotal
Quarter ended:   
September 28, 2019$2
$5
$7
September 29, 2018$
$5
$5
Year-to-date period ended:   
September 28, 2019$6
$13
$19
September 29, 2018$266
$13
$279
Full year:   
Fiscal year 2019 (projected)$7
$18
$25
Fiscal year 2018 (actual)$270
$17
$287


Prior year contributions included $250 million of pre-tax discretionary contributions to U.S. plans in the second quarter of 2018 designated for the 2017 tax year. Plan funding strategies may be modified in response to management's evaluation of tax deductibility, market conditions, and competing investment alternatives.

Multi-employerMulti-employer pension plan exit liability
During the second quarter of 2020, the Company adjusted the estimated withdrawal liability associated with a plan withdrawn from during the third quarter of 2019,2019. The adjustment resulted in a gain of $5 million during the second quarter and resulted from a July 2020 agreement with the plan under which the Company incurred a pre-tax charge of $132paid $7 million due to withdrawing from two multi-employer pension plans. While this is our best estimatein full settlement of the ultimate cost of withdrawing from the plans at this time, the actual cost could differ based on final funding assessments. Any changes to the estimate will be recorded in the period identified. The cash obligation is approximately $8 million annually for 20 years. The net present value of the liability was determined using a risk free interest rate.  The charge was recorded within Cost of goods sold on the Consolidated Statement of Income and Other current liabilities and Other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.withdrawal liability.

Note 1110 Income taxes
The consolidated effective tax rate for the quarter ended September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 was 27%23% as compared to 15%20% in the same quarter of the prior year. The effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2019 was unfavorably impacted by a permanent basis difference in the assets sold to Ferrero partially offset by the resolution of an uncertain tax position. The effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2018 benefited from a $16 million reduction of income tax expense related to the updated estimate of the Company's U.S. Tax Reform transition tax liability.

The consolidated effective tax rate for the year-to-date periods ended September 28,June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019 was 22%and September 29, 2018 was 22% and 14%20%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the quarter and year-to-date periodperiods ended September 28, 2019 wasJune 27, 2020, were unfavorably impacted by a permanent basis difference in the assets sold to Ferrero. The effective tax rate for the year-to-date period ended September 29, 2018 benefited from a reduction of income tax expense related to the updated estimate of the Company's transition tax liability, a discretionary pension contribution, and a $44 million discrete tax benefit as a result of the remeasurement of deferred taxes followingprimarily due to a legal entity restructuring.

Aschange in the Company's indefinite reinvestment assertion on foreign earnings of a result of the divestiture of selected cookies, fruit and fruit-flavored snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cones businessessubsidiary during the third quarter of 2019, the Company reclassified approximately $200 million of deferred tax liabilities to current tax liability and recognized approximately $60 million of current tax liability related to permanent basis differences on the assets sold to Ferrero. The Company expects to pay cash taxes of approximately $260 million in the fourth quarter of 2019 related to the divestiture.second quarter.

As of September 28, 2019,June 27, 2020, the Company classified $19$22 million of unrecognized tax benefits as a net current tax liability. Management’s estimateThe Company believes a decrease of reasonably possible changes$44 million in unrecognized tax benefits during the next twelve months consistsis reasonably possible, primarily due to finalization of the current liability balancetax examinations. In addition, this decrease is expected to be settled within one year, offset by approximately $2$3 million of projected additions related primarily to ongoing intercompany transfer pricing activity. Management is currently unaware of any issues under review that could result in significant additional payments, accruals or other material deviation in this estimate.
The Company’s total gross unrecognized tax benefits as of September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 was $86$95 million. Of this balance, $78$85 million represents the amount that, if recognized, would affect the Company’s effective income tax rate in future periods.
December 28, 2019$90 
Tax positions related to current year:
Additions
Reductions— 
Tax positions related to prior years:
Additions
Reductions— 
Settlements(1)
Lapse in statute of limitations— 
June 27, 2020$95 
 
December 29, 2018$97
Tax positions related to current year: 
Additions2
Reductions
Tax positions related to prior years: 
Additions
Reductions(12)
Settlements
Lapse in statute of limitations(1)
September 28, 2019$86


The accrual balance for tax-related interest was approximately $11$13 million at September 28, 2019. During the third quarterJune 27, 2020.

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Note 1211 Derivative instruments and fair value measurements
The Company is exposed to certain market risks such as changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, and commodity prices, which exist as a part of its ongoing business operations. Management uses derivative and nonderivative financial instruments and commodity instruments, including futures, options, and swaps, where appropriate, to manage these risks. Instruments used as hedges must be effective at reducing the risk associated with the exposure being hedged.
The Company designates derivatives and nonderivative hedging instruments as cash flow hedges, fair value hedges, net investment hedges, and uses other contracts to reduce volatility in interest rates, foreign currency and commodities. As a matter of policy, the Company does not engage in trading or speculative hedging transactions.


Derivative instruments are classified on the Consolidated Balance Sheet based on the contractual maturity of the instrument or the timing of the underlying cash flows of the instrument for derivatives with contractual maturities beyond one year.  Any collateral associated with derivative instruments is classified as other assets or other current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet depending on whether the counterparty collateral is in an asset or liability position.  Margin deposits related to exchange-traded commodities are recorded in accounts receivable, net on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.  On the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, cash flows associated with derivative instruments are classified according to the nature of the underlying hedged item.  Cash flows associated with collateral and margin deposits on exchange-traded commodities are classified as investing cash flows when the collateral account is in an asset position and as financing cash flows when the collateral account is in a liability position.
Total notional amounts of the Company’s derivative instruments as of SeptemberJune 27, 2020 and December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018 were as follows:
(millions)September 28,
2019
December 29,
2018
Foreign currency exchange contracts$2,250
$1,863
Cross-currency contracts1,480
1,197
Interest rate contracts1,856
1,608
Commodity contracts319
417
Total$5,905
$5,085

(millions)June 27,
2020
December 28,
2019
Foreign currency exchange contracts$4,236  $2,628  
Cross-currency contracts1,503  1,540  
Interest rate contracts2,162  1,871  
Commodity contracts516  524  
Total$8,417  $6,563  
Following is a description of each category in the fair value hierarchy and the financial assets and liabilities of the Company that were included in each category at SeptemberJune 27, 2020 and December 28, 2019, and December 29, 2018, measured on a recurring basis.
Level 1 – Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market. For the Company, level 1 financial assets and liabilities consist primarily of commodity derivative contracts.
Level 2 – Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or model inputs that are observable either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. For the Company, level 2 financial assets and liabilities consist of interest rate swaps, cross-currency swaps and over-the-counter commodity and currency contracts.
The Company’s calculation of the fair value of interest rate swaps is derived from a discounted cash flow analysis based on the terms of the contract and the interest rate curve. Over-the-counter commodity derivatives are valued using an income approach based on the commodity index prices less the contract rate multiplied by the notional amount. Foreign currency contracts are valued using an income approach based on forward rates less the contract rate multiplied by the notional amount. Cross-currency contracts are valued based on changes in the spot rate at the time of valuation compared to the spot rate at the time of execution, as well as the change in the interest differential between the two currencies. The Company’s calculation of the fair value of level 2 financial assets and liabilities takes into consideration the risk of nonperformance, including counterparty credit risk.

Level 3 – Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. These inputs reflect management’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in pricing the asset or
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liability. The Company did not have any level 3 financial assets or liabilities as of September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 or December 29, 2018.28, 2019.
The following table presents assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value in the Consolidated Balance Sheet on a recurring basis as of September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 and December 29, 2018:28, 2019:
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
 September 28, 2019 December 29, 2018
(millions)Level 1Level 2Total Level 1Level 2Total
Assets:       
Cross-currency contracts:       
Other assets$
$143
$143
 $
$79
$79
Interest rate contracts:  
   
Other assets (a)
11
11
 
17
17
Total assets$
$154
$154

$
$96
$96
Liabilities:  
   
Interest rate contracts:  
   
Other liabilities (a)
(13)(13) 
(22)(22)
Total liabilities$
$(13)$(13)
$
$(22)$(22)

 June 27, 2020December 28, 2019
(millions)Level 1Level 2TotalLevel 1Level 2Total
Assets:
Cross-currency contracts:
Other current assets$—  $74  $74  $—  $45  $45  
Other assets—  71  71  —  40  40  
Interest rate contracts:
Other current assets—  —  —  —    
Other assets (a)—  13  13  —    
Total assets$—  $158  $158  $—  $96  $96  
Liabilities:
Interest rate contracts:
Other current liabilities$—  $(1) $(1) $—  $(4) $(4) 
Other liabilities—  (3) (3) —  —  —  
Total liabilities$—  $(4) $(4) $—  $(4) $(4) 
(a) The fair value of the related hedged portion of the Company's long-term debt, a level 2 liability, was $0.7 billion and $1.6 billion as of September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 and December 29, 2018, respectively.

28, 2019.
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 September 28, 2019 December 29, 2018
(millions)Level 1Level 2Total Level 1Level 2Total
Assets:       
Foreign currency exchange contracts:       
Other current assets$
$23
$23
 $
$3
$3
Commodity contracts:       
Other current assets4

4
 3

3
Total assets$4
$23
$27

$3
$3
$6
Liabilities:       
Foreign currency exchange contracts:       
Other current liabilities$
$(14)$(14) $
$(4)$(4)
Interest rate contracts:       
Other liabilities
(13)(13) 


Commodity contracts:       
Other current liabilities(2)
(2) (9)
(9)
Total liabilities$(2)$(27)$(29)
$(9)$(4)$(13)

 June 27, 2020December 28, 2019
(millions)Level 1Level 2TotalLevel 1Level 2Total
Assets:
Foreign currency exchange contracts:
Other current assets$—  $61  $61  $—  $12  $12  
  Other assets—    —  —  —  
Interest rate contracts:
Other current assets—    —  —  —  
Other assets—  16  16  —  —  —  
Commodity contracts:
Other current assets —    —   
Total assets$ $89  $92  $ $12  $21  
Liabilities:
Foreign currency exchange contracts:
Other current liabilities$—  $(31) $(31) $—  $(18) $(18) 
Other liabilities—  (6) (6) —  —  —  
Interest rate contracts:
Other current liabilities—  (6) (6) —  —  —  
Other liabilities—  (26) (26) —  (13) (13) 
Commodity contracts:
Other current liabilities(14) —  (14) (1) —  (1) 
Total liabilities$(14) $(69) $(83) $(1) $(31) $(32) 
The Company has designated its outstanding foreign currency denominated long-term debt as a net investment hedge of a portion of the Company’s investment in its subsidiaries’ foreign currency denominated net assets. The carrying value of this debt, including current and long-term, was approximately $2.5 billion and $2.6 billion as of September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 and December 29, 2018, respectively.28, 2019.
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The following amounts were recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheet related to cumulative basis adjustments for existing fair value hedges as of September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 and December 29, 2018.28, 2019.
(millions) Line Item in the Consolidated Balance Sheet in which the hedged item is included Carrying amount of the hedged liabilities Cumulative amount of fair value hedging adjustment included in the carrying amount of the hedged liabilities (a)(millions)Line Item in the Consolidated Balance Sheet in which the hedged item is includedCarrying amount of the hedged liabilitiesCumulative amount of fair value hedging adjustment included in the carrying amount of the hedged liabilities (a)
 September 28,
2019
December 29,
2018
 September 28,
2019
December 29,
2018
June 27,
2020
December 28,
2019
June 27,
2020
December 28,
2019
Interest rate contracts Current maturities of long-term debt $
$503
 $
$3
Interest rate contractsCurrent maturities of long-term debt$493  $493  $—  $—  
Interest rate contracts Long-term debt $3,114
$3,354
 $27
$(18)Interest rate contractsLong-term debt$2,802  $2,643  $22  $19  
(a) The current maturities of hedged long-term debt includes $3 million of hedging adjustment on discontinued hedging relationships as of December 29, 2018. The hedged long-term debt includes $16$14 million and $(12)$15 million of hedging adjustment on discontinued hedging relationships as of SeptemberJune 27, 2020 and December 28, 2019, and December 29, 2018, respectively.

The Company has elected to not offset the fair values of derivative assets and liabilities executed with the same counterparty that are generally subject to enforceable netting agreements. However, if the Company were to offset and record the asset and liability balances of derivatives on a net basis, the amounts presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of SeptemberJune 27, 2020 and December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018 would be adjusted as detailed in the following table:
    
As of June 27, 2020:
  
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Consolidated Balance Sheet
  
  
Amounts
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
Financial
Instruments
Cash Collateral
Received/
Posted
Net
Amount
Total asset derivatives$250  $(73) $(32) $145  
Total liability derivatives$(87) $73  $—  $(14) 
    
As of September 28, 2019:
  
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Consolidated Balance Sheet
  
  
Amounts
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
Financial
Instruments
Cash Collateral
Received/
Posted
Net
Amount
Total asset derivatives$181
$(38)$(9)$134
Total liability derivatives$(42)$38
$
$(4)

 
As of December 28, 2019:
  
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Consolidated Balance Sheet
  
  
Amounts
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
Financial
Instruments
Cash Collateral
Received/
Posted
Net
Amount
Total asset derivatives$117  $(27) $(7) $83  
Total liability derivatives$(36) $27  $—  $(9) 
     
As of December 29, 2018:
  
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Consolidated Balance Sheet
  
  
Amounts
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheet
Financial
Instruments
Cash Collateral
Received/
Posted
Net
Amount
Total asset derivatives$102
$(27)$(2)$73
Total liability derivatives$(35)$27
$
$(8)
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The effect of derivative instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the quarters ended September 28,June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019 and September 29, 2018 was as follows:
Derivatives and non-derivatives in net investment hedging relationships
(millions)
Gain (loss)
recognized in
AOCI
 Gain (loss) excluded from assessment of hedge effectivenessLocation of gain (loss) in income of excluded component(millions)Gain (loss)
recognized in
AOCI
Gain (loss) excluded from assessment of hedge effectivenessLocation of gain (loss) in income of excluded component
September 28,
2019
 September 29,
2018
 September 28,
2019
 September 29,
2018
  June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
Foreign currency denominated long-term debt$99
 $16
 $
 $
 Foreign currency denominated long-term debt$(18) $(35) $—  $—  
Cross-currency contracts49
 9
 9
 4
Interest expenseCross-currency contracts(4) 23    Interest expense
Total$148
 $25
 $9
 $4
 Total$(22) $(12) $ $ 
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
(millions)Location of gain
(loss) recognized
in income
Gain (loss)
recognized in
income
  June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
Foreign currency exchange contractsCOGS$(5) $ 
Foreign currency exchange contractsOther income (expense), net(3) —  
Interest rate contractsInterest expense —  
Commodity contractsCOGS(26) 40  
Total$(33) $41  
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(millions)
Location of gain
(loss) recognized
in income
Gain (loss)
recognized in
income
  September 28,
2019
 September 29,
2018
Foreign currency exchange contractsCOGS$7
 $1
Foreign currency exchange contractsOther income (expense), net
 2
Commodity contractsCOGS(21) (2)
Total $(14)
$1


The effect of derivative instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the year-to-date periods ended September 28,June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019 and September 29, 2018 was as follows:

Derivatives and non-derivatives in net investment hedging relationships
        
(millions)
Gain (loss)
recognized in
AOCI
 Gain (loss) excluded from assessment of hedge effectivenessLocation of gain (loss) in income of excluded component(millions)Gain (loss)
recognized in
AOCI
Gain (loss) excluded from assessment of hedge effectivenessLocation of gain (loss) in income of excluded component
September 28,
2019
 September 29,
2018
 September 28,
2019
 September 29,
2018
  June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
Foreign currency denominated long-term debt$115
 $89
 $
 $
 Foreign currency denominated long-term debt$(9) $16  $—  $—  
Cross-currency contracts64
 36
 25
 10
Interest expenseCross-currency contracts62  15  18  16  Interest expense
Total$179
 $125
 $25
 $10
 Total$53  $31  $18  $16  
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
(millions)Location of gain
(loss) recognized
in income
Gain (loss)
recognized in
income
  June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
Foreign currency exchange contractsCOGS$46  $(10) 
Foreign currency exchange contractsOther income (expense), net (1) 
Foreign currency exchange contractsSGA —  
Interest rate contractsInterest expense —  
Commodity contractsCOGS(50)  
Total$ $(3) 
     
(millions)
Location of gain
(loss) recognized
in income
Gain (loss)
recognized in
income
  September 28,
2019
 September 29,
2018
Foreign currency exchange contractsCOGS$(3) $8
Foreign currency exchange contractsOther income (expense), net(1) (2)
Foreign currency exchange contractsSGA
 1
Commodity contractsCOGS(13) (5)
Total $(17) $2
     

The effect of fair value and cash flow hedge accounting on the Consolidated Income Statement for the quarters ended September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 and SeptemberJune 29, 2018:2019:
 September 28, 2019 September 29, 2018June 27, 2020June 29, 2019
(millions)(millions) Interest Expense Interest Expense(millions)Interest ExpenseInterest Expense
Total amounts of income and expense line items presented in the Consolidated Income Statement in which the effects of fair value or cash flow hedges are recordedTotal amounts of income and expense line items presented in the Consolidated Income Statement in which the effects of fair value or cash flow hedges are recorded $72
 $72
Total amounts of income and expense line items presented in the Consolidated Income Statement in which the effects of fair value or cash flow hedges are recorded$69  $75  
Gain (loss) on fair value hedging relationships:    Gain (loss) on fair value hedging relationships:
Interest contracts:    Interest contracts:
Hedged items (5) 9
Hedged items(2) (13) 
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments 7
 (9)Derivatives designated as hedging instruments 13  
    
Gain (loss) on cash flow hedging relationships:    Gain (loss) on cash flow hedging relationships:
Interest contracts:    Interest contracts:
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income 1
 (2)Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income(5) (2) 
The effect of fair value and cash flow hedge accounting on the Consolidated Income Statement for the year-to-date periods ended September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 and SeptemberJune 29, 2018:2019:
       
    September 28, 2019 September 29, 2018
(millions) Interest Expense Interest Expense
Total amounts of income and expense line items presented in the Consolidated Income Statement in which the effects of fair value or cash flow hedges are recorded $221
 $213
 Gain (loss) on fair value hedging relationships:    
 Interest contracts:    
 Hedged items (42) 34
 Derivatives designated as hedging instruments 44
 (30)
       
 Gain (loss) on cash flow hedging relationships:    
 Interest contracts:    
 Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income (2) (6)
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June 27, 2020June 29, 2019
(millions)Interest ExpenseInterest Expense
Total amounts of income and expense line items presented in the Consolidated Income Statement in which the effects of fair value or cash flow hedges are recorded$133  $149  
Gain (loss) on fair value hedging relationships:
Interest contracts:
Hedged items(3) (37) 
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments 37  
Gain (loss) on cash flow hedging relationships:
Interest contracts:
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into income(7) (3) 
During the next 12 months, the Company expects $9$16 million of net deferred losses reported in AOCI at September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 to be reclassified to income, assuming market rates remain constant through contract maturities.

Certain of the Company’s derivative instruments contain provisions requiring the Company to post collateral on those derivative instruments that are in a liability position if the Company’s credit rating is at or below BB+ (S&P), or Baa1 (Moody’s). The fair value of all derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features in a liability position on September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 was not material. In addition, certain derivative instruments contain provisions that would be triggered in the event the Company defaults on its debt agreements. There were 0 collateral posting as of September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 triggered by credit-risk-related contingent features.

Other fair value measurements

Marketable securities

During the quarter ended June 27, 2020, the Company invested $200 million in a mutual fund holding short term debt securities. The followinginvestment is measured at fair value using the net asset value (NAV) per share as a summarypractical expedient and as a result, this investment has not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. As of June 27, 2020, fair value using the carrying and market values of the Company's availableNAV was $200 million.

Available for sale securities:securities
 September 28, 2019 December 29, 2018
  Unrealized   Unrealized 
(millions)CostGain (Loss)Market Value CostGain (Loss)Market Value
Corporate bonds$
$
$
 $59
$
$59


During the third quarter of 2019, the Company's investments in level 2 corporate bonds were sold for $63 million resulting in a gain of $4 million, recorded in Other income and (expense).

June 27, 2020December 28, 2019
UnrealizedUnrealized
(millions)CostGain (Loss)Market ValueCostGain (Loss)Market Value
Corporate bonds$62  $ $64  $—  $—  $—  
The market values of the Company's investments in level 2 corporate bonds were based on matrices or models from pricing vendors. Unrealized gains and losses were included in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income. Additionally, these investments were recorded within Other current assets and Other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, based on the maturity of the individual security. The maturity dates of the securities range from 2020 to 2036.

The Company reviews its investment portfolio for any unrealized losses that would be deemed other-than-temporary and requires the recognition of an impairment loss in earnings. If the cost of an investment exceeds its fair value, the Company evaluates, among other factors, general market conditions, the duration and extent to which the fair value is less than its cost, the Company's intent to hold the investment, and whether it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the investment before recovery of the cost basis. The Company also considers the type of security, related industry and sector performance, and published investment ratings. Once a decline in fair value is determined to be other-than-temporary, an impairment charge is recorded and a new cost basis in the investment is established. If conditions within individual markets, industry segments, or macro-economic environments deteriorate, the Company could incur future impairments.

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Financial instruments
The carrying values of the Company’s short-term items, including cash, cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt approximate fair value. The fair value of the Company’s long-term debt, which are level 2 liabilities, is calculated based on broker quotes. The fair value and carrying value of the Company's long-term debt was $8.3$7.7 billion and $7.7$6.9 billion, respectively, as of September 28, 2019.June 27, 2020. The fair value and carrying value of the Company's long-term debt were both $8.2$7.8 billion and $7.2 billion, respectively, as of December 29, 2018.

28, 2019.
Counterparty credit risk concentration and collateral requirements
The Company is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by counterparties on derivative financial and commodity contracts. Management believes a concentration of credit risk with respect to derivative counterparties is limited due to the credit ratings and use of master netting and reciprocal collateralization agreements with the counterparties and the use of exchange-traded commodity contracts.
Master netting agreements apply in situations where the Company executes multiple contracts with the same counterparty. Certain counterparties represent a concentration of credit risk to the Company. If those counterparties fail to perform according to the terms of derivative contracts, this would result in a loss to the Company of approximately $112$86 million, net of collateral already received from those counterparties, as of September 28, 2019.June 27, 2020.
For certain derivative contracts, reciprocal collateralization agreements with counterparties call for the posting of collateral in the form of cash, treasury securities or letters of credit if a fair value loss position to the Company or its counterparties exceeds a certain amount. In addition, the Company is required to maintain cash margin accounts in connection with its open positions for exchange-traded commodity derivative instruments executed with the counterparty that are subject to enforceable netting agreements. As of September 28, 2019,June 27, 2020, the Company had 0 collateral posting requirements related to reciprocal collateralization agreements and collected approximately $19$58 million of collateral related to reciprocal collaterizationcollateralization agreements which is reflected as an increaserecorded in other current liabilities. As of September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 the Company posted $10$28 million in margin deposits for exchange-traded commodity derivative instruments, which was reflected as an increaserecorded in accounts receivable, net on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Management believes concentrations of credit risk with respect to accounts receivable is limited due to the generally high credit quality of the Company’s major customers, as well as the large number and geographic dispersion of smaller customers. However, the Company conducts a disproportionate amount of business with a small number of large multinational grocery retailers, with the five largest accounts encompassing approximately 19%24% of consolidated trade receivables at September 28, 2019.June 27, 2020.
Note 1312 Reportable segments
Kellogg Company is the world’s leading producer of cereal, second largest producer of crackers, and a leading producer of savory snacks and frozen foods. Additional product offerings include toaster pastries, cereal bars, veggie foods and noodles. Kellogg products are manufactured and marketed globally. Principal markets for these products include the United States, United Kingdom, and Nigeria.

On December 30, 2018 the Company reorganized its North American business. The reorganization eliminated the legacy business unit structure and internal reporting. In addition, the Company changed the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision maker (CODM) and segment manager. As a result, the Company reevaluated its operating segments. In conjunction with the reorganization, certain global research and development resources and related activities were transferred from the North America business to Corporate. Prior period segment results were not restated for the transfer as the impacts were not considered material.

In addition, the Company transferred its Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey businesses from Kellogg Europe to Kellogg AMEA, effective December 30, 2018. This consolidated the Company's Africa business under a single regional management team. All comparable prior periods have been restated to reflect the change. For the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 29, 2018, the change resulted in $65 million and $194 million, respectively, of reported net sales and $11 million and $35 million, respectively, of reported operating profit transferring from Kellogg Europe to Kellogg AMEA.
The Company manages its operations through 4 operating segments that are based on geographic location – North America which includes U.S. businesses and Canada; Europe which consists principally of European countries; Latin America which consists of Central and South America and includes Mexico; and AMEA (Asia Middle East Africa) which consists of Africa, Middle East, Australia and other Asian and Pacific markets. These operating segments also represent our reportable segments.
On July 28, 2019, the Company completed its sale of selected cookies, fruit and fruit-flavored snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cones businesses to Ferrero for approximately $1.3 billion in cash.  Both the total assets and net assets, consisting primarily of goodwill and intangibles, property, plant and equipment, and inventory, of the businesses were approximately $1.3 billion. The operating results for these businesses were primarily included in the North America reporting segment prior to the sale. Reported net sales for the divested businesses totaled $194 million and $507 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended June 29, 2019, respectively.


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The measurement of reportable segment results is based on segment operating profit which is generally consistent with the presentation of operating profit in the Consolidated Statement of Income. Reportable segment results were as follows:
 Quarter endedYear-to-date period ended
(millions)June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
Net sales
North America$2,167  $2,148  $4,264  $4,437  
Europe546  541  1,072  1,038  
Latin America223  239  450  464  
AMEA529  533  1,091  1,044  
Consolidated$3,465  $3,461  $6,877  $6,983  
Operating profit
North America$464  $322  $830  $702  
Europe92  36  162  96  
Latin America31  17  53  38  
AMEA38  45  84  92  
Total Reportable Segments625  $420  $1,129  $928  
Corporate(119) (23) (163) (150) 
Consolidated$506  $397  $966  $778  
 Quarter ended Year-to-date period ended
(millions)September 28,
2019
September 29,
2018
 September 28,
2019
September 29,
2018
Net sales     
North America$2,059
$2,188
 $6,496
$6,645
Europe527
531
 1,566
1,610
Latin America244
239
 707
710
AMEA542
511
 1,586
1,265
Consolidated$3,372
$3,469
 $10,355
$10,230
Operating profit     
North America (a)(b)$208
$330
 $910
$1,114
Europe68
63
 164
210
Latin America23
28
 61
70
AMEA (c)53
46
 145
125
Total Reportable Segments352
467
 1,280
1,519
Corporate (b)(89)(71) (239)(139)
Consolidated$263
$396
 $1,041
$1,380

(a) During the third quarter of 2019, North America operating profit includes the recognition of multi-employer pension plan exit liabilities totaling $132 million.
(b) Corporate operating profit in 2019 includes the cost of certain global research and development activities that were previously included in the North America reportable segment in 2018 that totaled approximately $12 million and $36 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods, respectively.
(c) During the third quarter of 2019, AMEA operating profit includes the $13 million reversal of indirect excise tax liabilities largely the result of participating in a tax amnesty program.
Supplemental product information is provided below for net sales to external customers:
Quarter endedYear-to-date period ended
(millions)June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
Snacks*$1,522  $1,741  $3,076  $3,521  
Cereal*1,444  1,256  2,769  2,531  
Frozen284  256  578  527  
Noodles and other215  208  454  404  
Consolidated$3,465  $3,461  $6,877  $6,983  
  Quarter ended Year-to-date period ended
(millions) September 28,
2019
September 29,
2018
 September 28,
2019
September 29,
2018
Snacks $1,610
$1,688
 $5,132
$5,146
Cereal 1,280
1,330
 3,811
3,985
Frozen 260
258
 786
781
Noodles and other 222
193
 626
318
Consolidated $3,372
$3,469
 $10,355
$10,230
* The year-to-date snacks and cereal net sales reflect the correction of an error in the Company’s first quarter 2020 disclosure. First quarter net sales for snacks was understated $229 million and net sales for cereal was overstated $229 million within the disclosure included in our previously issued first quarter financial statements. The revisions, which did not impact consolidated net sales, are not considered material to the first or second quarter 2020 financial statements.


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Note 1413 Supplemental Financial Statement Data
Consolidated Balance Sheet
(millions)June 27, 2020 (unaudited)December 28, 2019
Trade receivables$1,452  $1,315  
Allowance for doubtful accounts(23) (10) 
Refundable income taxes13  56  
Other receivables250  215  
Accounts receivable, net$1,692  $1,576  
Raw materials and supplies$327  $303  
Finished goods and materials in process903  923  
Inventories$1,230  $1,226  
Property$8,921  $9,051  
Accumulated depreciation(5,485) (5,439) 
Property, net$3,436  $3,612  
Pension$269  $241  
Deferred income taxes223  231  
Nonpension postretirement benefits312  283  
Other504  384  
Other assets$1,308  $1,139  
Accrued income taxes$146  $42  
Accrued salaries and wages253  290  
Other738  577  
Other current liabilities$1,137  $909  
Income taxes payable$82  $81  
Nonpension postretirement benefits31  33  
Other421  429  
Other liabilities$534  $543  
Consolidated Balance Sheet  
(millions)September 28, 2019 (unaudited)December 29, 2018
Trade receivables$1,399
$1,163
Allowance for doubtful accounts(9)(10)
Refundable income taxes14
28
Other receivables239
194
Accounts receivable, net$1,643
$1,375
Raw materials and supplies$320
$339
Finished goods and materials in process880
991
Inventories$1,200
$1,330
Property$8,804
$9,173
Accumulated depreciation(5,311)(5,442)
Property, net$3,493
$3,731
Pension$275
$228
Deferred income taxes256
246
Other700
594
Other assets$1,231
$1,068
Accrued income taxes$294
$48
Accrued salaries and wages259
309
Accrued advertising and promotion643
557
Other559
502
Other current liabilities$1,755
$1,416
Income taxes payable$97
$115
Nonpension postretirement benefits36
34
Other446
355
Other liabilities$579
$504



Note 1514 Contingencies
The Company is subject to various legal proceedings, claims, and governmental inspections or investigations in the ordinary course of business covering matters such as general commercial, governmental regulations, antitrust and trade regulations, product liability, environmental, intellectual property, workers’ compensation, employment and other actions. These matters are subject to uncertainty and the outcome is not predictable with assurance. The Company uses a combination of insurance and self-insurance for a number of risks, including workers’ compensation, general liability, automobile liability and product liability.

In 2016, a class action complaint was filed against Kellogg in the Northern District of California relating to statements made on packaging for certain products. In August 2019, the Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff regarding certain statements made on the Company’s products and ordered the parties to conduct settlement discussions related to all matters in dispute. As of September 28,In October 2019, the plaintiff filed a motion to the Court to approve a settlement between Kellogg and the class. During 2019, the Company concluded that the contingency related to the unfavorable ruling was probable and estimable, resulting in a liability being recorded. On October 21, 2019,In February 2020, the Court denied plaintiff’s motion to approve the settlement and the parties filed a motion to the Court to approve a settlement.are continuing arbitration. This litigation, including any potential settlement, is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.  The Company will continue to evaluate the likelihood of potential outcomes as the litigation continues.


The Company has established accruals for certain matters where losses are deemed probable and reasonably estimable. There are other claims and legal proceedings pending against the Company for which accruals have not been established. It is reasonably possible that some of these matters could result in an unfavorable judgment against the Company and could require payment of claims in amounts that cannot be estimated at June 27, 2020. Based upon current information, management does not expect any of the claims or legal proceedings pending against the Company to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


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KELLOGG COMPANY
PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Business overview
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) is intended to help the reader understand Kellogg Company, our operations and our present business environment. MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, our Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes thereto contained in Item 1 of this report. Our MD&A references consumption and net sales in discussing our sales trends for certain categories and brands.  We record net sales upon delivery of shipments to our customers.  Consumption and share data noted within is based on Nielsen x-AOC or other comparable source, for the applicable period. Consumption refers to consumer purchases of our products from our customers,customers. Unless otherwise noted, consumption and is based on third party consumption data. shipment trends are materially consistent.

For more than 100110 years, consumers have counted on Kellogg for great-tasting, high-quality and nutritious foods. These foods include snacks, such as crackers, savory snacks, toaster pastries, cereal bars and bites; and convenience foods, such as, ready-to-eat cereals, frozen waffles, veggie foods and noodles.
Kellogg products are manufactured and marketed globally.

SegmentsCOVID-19 Response
On December 30, 2018 we reorganizedIn March 2020, the World Health Organization categorized the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic, and it continues to spread across the world.  To limit the spread of COVID-19, governments took various actions to slow and otherwise control the spread of COVID-19, including the issuance of stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines. While many governments have eased stay-at-home orders, some governments have taken steps to reimplement restrictions. The Company has taken proactive steps to protect our North Americanpeople and otherwise mitigate the impact to our business. The reorganization eliminatedCompany’s business has been designated as “essential services”, “critical infrastructure” and the legacy business unit structurelike by governments where we operate. The Company has taken numerous measures during the pandemic to fulfill our key objectives: 1) ensuring the health and internal reporting. In addition,safety of our employees, 2) safely producing and delivering our foods to customers and consumers, 3) supporting the communities in which we changedoperate, and 4) maintaining financial flexibility. Our efforts have been led by the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision maker (CODM)Company’s Executive Committee, a committee composed of senior leaders, and segment manager.our global Crisis Management Process. As part of that process, we have worked closely with medical, regulatory and other experts as we deliver on our objectives.

Employee health and safety
The health and safety of our employees is our top priority. As a result, the Company has designed and implemented a number of actions across the business. From the outset of the pandemic, the Company restricted travel and visitors to its facilities, prohibited external group meetings and established quarantine procedures for any potentially exposed employees. The Company subsequently required employees who could do so to work remotely to further minimize the exposure of our employees to COVID-19. At this time, most of our office employees continue to work remotely. For those who are not able to work remotely, the Company implemented new protocols at all of our facilities to protect our employees, including temperature checks, social distancing, response plans, face coverings, contact tracing, enhanced sanitation procedures, and additional personal protection equipment

Maintain our ability to produce and deliver essential food supply
In addition to our efforts to keep our people safe, the Company has taken several actions to ensure that we reevaluatedmaintain our operating segments.ability to operate effectively during this pandemic, providing our foods to our customers and consumers. While we have experienced limited disruption in the operation of our facilities, we are taking the appropriate actions to ensure the continuity of our business. We are working proactively with our suppliers to maintain our supply of raw materials and packaging during this time of increased demand for our products. We have secured access to contracted labor forces. We have made incremental investments in our workforce, additional warehouse capacity and increased access to transportation so that our products are delivered in a timely manner to our customers. In conjunction with our management of production capacity, we have simplified our operations (as well as our customers' operations) by prioritizing our offerings to increase the reorganization,supply of our most demanded products to our customers, as well as delaying innovation launches and commercial activities. At the same time, the Company reinforced food safety practices across our manufacturing network.

We have partnered with our strategic technology providers in order to maintain support for our critical business and finance systems as well as additional network bandwidth and support for the transition to a work-from-home
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environment. We are also working to mitigate system-related risks in this environment through heightened monitoring of cybersecurity and network capacity as well as reevaluation of contingency plans.

Community support
Kellogg is a company with a heart and soul, and we are working together across our company to help our food bank partners and neighbors in need. To date, Kellogg and our charitable funds have donated almost $15 million in cash and food to global COVID-19 hunger relief efforts. As always, through our global Kellogg’s® Better Days purpose platform, we help deliver critical nourishment to people when they need it most. Local governments have identified food security as a top priority in their fight against COVID-19. With school and business closures and “shelter-at-home” mandates, Kellogg is providing support to our food bank partners on the front-lines, helping those who may not know where their next meal is coming from.
Maintain financial flexibility
At this time, the COVID-19 pandemic has not materially impacted our liquidity and we anticipate current cash and marketable security balances, operating cash flows, together with our credit facilities and other financing sources including commercial paper, credit and bond markets, will be adequate to meet our operating, investing and financing needs. We expect cash provided by operating activities reduced by capital expenditures of approximately $1.0 billion in 2020. We currently have $2.5 billion of unused revolving credit agreements, including $1.5 billion effective through 2023 and $1.0 billion effective through January 2021, as well as continued access to the commercial paper markets. We are currently in compliance with all debt covenants and do not have material uncertainty about our ability to maintain compliance in future periods. In May, we issued $500 million of ten-year 2.10% Notes in anticipation of our $600 million December maturity. We continue to utilize available capacity within the Monetization and Accounts Payable Programs to maintain financial flexibility without negatively impacting working capital. Additionally, we utilized certain global researchaspects of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and development resourcesEconomic Security Act, to delay the employer share of certain U.S. payroll taxes until 2021 and 2022. Our utilization does not include a government loan and is not expected to result in any restrictions on the Company’s decisions on executive compensation, payment of dividends, or share buy-back programs. As the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and our operations evolves, we will continue to assess our liquidity needs.

Monitoring future impacts
The severity, magnitude and duration of the current COVID-19 pandemic is uncertain and rapidly changing. The Company is actively monitoring the pandemic and related activities were transferredgovernmental actions as they continue to develop and evolve. We will adjust our mitigation strategies as necessary to address any changing health, operational or financial risks that may arise. Beginning in March, the Company experienced a significant increase in demand for our retail products as consumers stocked up on food for at-home consumption in those markets. While this demand has moderated for certain products, we will continue to manage our production capacity during this period of high demand. We continue to monitor the business for adverse impacts of the pandemic, including volatility in the foreign exchange markets, reduced demand in our away from home businesses, supply-chain disruptions in certain markets, increased costs of employee safety and maintaining food supply, and lower revenues for certain emerging market countries with a higher concentration of traditional trade outlets. In the event the Company experiences adverse impacts from the North America businessabove or other factors, the Company would also evaluate the need to Corporate. Prior period segment results were not restatedperform interim impairment tests for the transfer asCompany’s goodwill, indefinite lived intangible assets, investments in unconsolidated affiliates and property, plant and equipment. There can be no assurance that volatility and/or disruption in the impacts wereglobal capital and credit markets will not considered material.impair our ability to access these markets on terms acceptable to us, or at all. See further discussion within Future Outlook.

In addition, we transferred our Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey businesses (MENAT) from Kellogg Europe to Kellogg AMEA, effective December 30, 2018. This consolidated all of the Company's Africa business under a single regional management team. All comparable prior periods have been restated to reflect the change. For the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 29, 2018, the change resulted in $65 million and $194 million, respectively, of reported net sales and $11 million and $35 million, respectively, of reported operating profit transferring from Europe to AMEA.

Segments
On July 28, 2019, we completed the sale of selected cookies, fruit and fruit-flavored snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cones businesses to Ferrero International S.A. (“Ferrero”) for $1.3 billion in cash, on a cash-free, debt-free basis and subject to a working capital adjustment mechanism. The operating results for these businesses were included in our North America and Latin America reporting segments prior to the sale.

We manage our operations through four operating segments that are based primarily on geographic location – North America which includes the U.S. businesses and Canada; Europe which consists principally of European countries; Latin America which consists of Central and South America and includes Mexico; and AMEA (Asia Middle East Africa) which consists of Africa, Middle East, Australia and other Asian and Pacific markets. These operating segments also represent our reportable segments.

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Non-GAAP financial measures
This filing includes non-GAAP financial measures that we provide to management and investors that exclude certain items that we do not consider part of on-going operations. Items excluded from our non-GAAP financial measures are discussed in the "Significant items impacting comparability" section of this filing. Our management team consistently utilizes a combination of GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate business results, to make decisions regarding the future direction of our business, and for resource allocation decisions, including incentive compensation. As a result, we believe the presentation of both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures provides investors with increased transparency into financial measures used by our management team and improves investors’ understanding of our underlying operating performance and in their analysis of ongoing operating trends. All historic non-GAAP financial measures have been reconciled with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

Non-GAAP financial measures used for evaluation of performance include currency-neutral and organic net sales, adjusted and currency-neutral adjusted operating profit, adjusted and currency-neutral adjusted diluted EPS,earnings per share (EPS), currency-neutral adjusted gross profit,

currency-neutral currency neutral adjusted gross margin, adjusted other income (expense), net debt, and cash flow. We determine currency-neutral results by dividing or multiplying, as appropriate, the current-period local currency operating results by the currency exchange rates used to translate our financial statements in the comparable prior-year period to determine what the current period U.S. dollar operating results would have been if the currency exchange rate had not changed from the comparable prior-year period. These non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similar measures used by other companies.

Currency-neutral net sales and organic net sales: We adjust the GAAP financial measure to exclude the impact of foreign currency, resulting in currency-neutral net sales. In addition, we exclude the impact of acquisitions, divestitures, and foreign currency, resulting in organic net sales. We excluded the items which we believe may obscure trends in our underlying net sales performance. By providing these non-GAAP net sales measures, management intends to provide investors with a meaningful, consistent comparison of net sales performance for the Company and each of our reportable segments for the periods presented. Management uses these non-GAAP measures to evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives behind net sales growth, pricing realization, and the impact of mix on our business results. These non-GAAP measures are also used to make decisions regarding the future direction of our business, and for resource allocation decisions.

: We adjust the GAAP financial measure to exclude the impact of foreign currency, resulting in currency-neutral sales. In addition, we exclude the impact of acquisitions, divestitures, and foreign currency, resulting in organic net sales. We excluded the items which we believe may obscure trends in our underlying net sales performance. By providing these non-GAAP net sales measures, management intends to provide investors with a meaningful, consistent comparison of net sales performance for the Company and each of our reportable segments for the periods presented. Management uses these non-GAAP measures to evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives behind net sales growth, pricing realization, and the impact of mix on our business results. These non-GAAP measures are also used to make decisions regarding the future direction of our business, and for resource allocation decisions.

Adjusted: operating profit and diluted EPS: We adjust the GAAP financial measures to exclude the effect of restructuring programs, mark-to-market adjustments for pension plans (service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, and other net periodic pension costs are not excluded), commodities and certain foreign currency contracts, multi-employer pension plan exit liabilities, the gain on the divestiture of selected cookies, fruit snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cone businesses, and other costs impacting comparability resulting in adjusted. We excluded the items which we believe may obscure trends in our underlying profitability. By providing these non-GAAP profitability measures, management intends to provide investors with a meaningful, consistent comparison of the Company's profitability measures for the periods presented. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives intended to improve profitability, as well as to evaluate the impacts of inflationary pressures and decisions to invest in new initiatives within each of our segments.

Currency-neutral adjusted: gross profit, gross margin, operating profit, and diluted EPS: We adjust the GAAP financial measures to exclude the effect of restructuring programs, mark-to-market adjustments for pension plans (service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, and other net periodic pension costs are not excluded), commodities and certain foreign currency contracts, multi-employer pension plan exit liabilities, the gain on the divestiture of selected cookies, fruit snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cone businesses, other costs impacting comparability, and foreign currency, resulting in currency-neutral adjusted. We excluded the items which we believe may obscure trends in our underlying profitability. By providing these non-GAAP profitability measures, management intends to provide investors with a meaningful, consistent comparison of the Company's profitability measures for the periods presented. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives intended to improve profitability, as well as to evaluate the impacts of inflationary pressures and decisions to invest in new initiatives within each of our segments.

Adjusted effective income tax rate: We adjust the GAAP financial measures to exclude the effect of restructuring programs, mark-to-market adjustments for pension plans (service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, and other net periodic pension costs are not excluded), commodities and certain foreign currency contracts, multi-employer pension plan exitwithdrawal liabilities, the gain on the divestiture of selected cookies, fruit snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cone businesses, and other costs impacting comparability resulting in adjusted. We excluded the items which we believe may obscure trends in our underlying profitability. By providing these non-GAAP profitability measures, management intends to provide investors with a meaningful, consistent comparison of the Company's profitability measures for the periods presented. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives intended to improve profitability, as well as to evaluate the impacts of inflationary pressures and decisions to invest in new initiatives within each of our segments.

Currency-neutral adjusted: gross profit, gross margin, operating profit, and diluted EPS: We adjust the GAAP financial measures to exclude the effect of restructuring programs, mark-to-market adjustments for pension plans (service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, and other net periodic pension costs are not excluded), commodities and certain foreign currency contracts, multi-employer pension plan withdrawal liabilities, the gain on the divestiture of selected cookies, fruit snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cone businesses, other costs impacting comparability, and foreign currency, resulting in currency-neutral adjusted. We excluded the items which we believe may obscure trends in our underlying profitability. By providing these non-GAAP profitability measures, management intends to provide investors with a meaningful, consistent comparison of the Company's profitability measures for the periods presented. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives intended to improve profitability, as well as to evaluate the impacts of inflationary pressures and decisions to invest in new initiatives within each of our segments.

Adjusted effective income tax rate: We adjust the GAAP financial measures to exclude the effect of restructuring programs, mark-to-market adjustments for pension plans (service cost, interest cost, expected
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return on plan assets, and other net periodic pension costs are not excluded), commodities and certain foreign currency contracts, multi-employer pension plan withdrawal liabilities, the gain on the divestiture of selected cookies, fruit snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cone businesses, and other costs impacting comparability. We excluded the items which we believe may obscure trends in our pre-tax income and the related tax effect of those items on our adjusted effective income tax rate. By providing this non-GAAP measure, management intends to provide investors with a meaningful, consistent comparison of the Company's effective tax rate, excluding the pre-tax income and tax effect of the items noted above, for the periods presented. Management uses this non-GAAP measure to monitor the effectiveness of initiatives in place to optimize our global tax rate.


Cash flow:Net debt: Defined as the sum of long-term debt, current maturities of long-term debt and notes payable, Defined as net cash provided by operating activities reduced by expenditures for property additions. Cash flow does not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures. We use this non-GAAP financial measure of cash flow to focus management and investors on the amount of cash available for debt repayment, dividend distributions, acquisition opportunities, and share repurchases

less cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities. With respect to net debt, cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities are subtracted from the GAAP measure, total debt liabilities, because they could be used to reduce the Company’s debt obligations. Company management and investors use this non-GAAP measure to evaluate changes to the Company's capital structure and credit quality assessment.

Cash flow: Defined as net cash provided by operating activities reduced by expenditures for property additions. Cash flow does not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures. We use this non-GAAP financial measure of cash flow to focus management and investors on the amount of cash available for debt repayment, dividend distributions, acquisition opportunities, and share repurchases once all of the Company’s business needs and obligations are met. Additionally, certain performance-based compensation includes a component of this non-GAAP measure.

These measures have not been calculated in accordance with GAAP and should not be viewed as a substitute for GAAP reporting measures.

Significant items impacting comparability

Mark-to-market accounting for pension plans, commodities and certain foreign currency contracts
We recognize mark-to-market adjustments for pension plans, commodity contracts, and certain foreign currency contracts as incurred. Actuarial gains/losses for pension plans are recognized in the year they occur. Changes between contract and market prices for commodities contracts and certain foreign currency contracts result in gains/losses that are recognized in the quarter they occur. We recorded a pre-tax mark-to-market benefitloss of $21$86 million and a pre-tax mark-to-market expense of $15$74 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 28,June 27, 2020, respectively. Included within the aforementioned was a pre-tax mark-to-market expense for pension plans of $43 million and $57 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended June 27, 2020, respectively. Additionally, we recorded a pre-tax mark-to-market benefit of $35 million and a pre-tax mark-to-market expense of $6 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended June 29, 2019, respectively. Included within the aforementioned was a pre-tax mark-to-market benefitexpense for pension plans of $32$11 million and $22$10 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 28, 2019, respectively. We also recorded a pre-tax mark-to-market benefit of $25 million and $69 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended SeptemberJune 29, 2018, respectively. Included within the aforementioned was a pre-tax mark-to-market benefit for pension plans of $36 million and $63 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 29, 2018, respectively.2019.

Project K
In 2019, the Company completed implementation of all Project K continued generating savings used to invest in key strategic areas of focus for the business.initiatives. We recorded pre-tax charges related to this program of $15 million and $38$23 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 28,June 29, 2019, respectively. We also recorded pre-tax charges related to this program of $34 million and $59 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 29, 2018, respectively.

See the Restructuring Programs section for more information.

Brexit impacts
WithDuring 2019, with the uncertainty of the United KingdomKingdom's (U.K.) exitingexit from the European Union (EU), commonly referred to as Brexit, we have begun preparationsincurred certain costs to proactively prepare for the potential adverse impacts, of Brexit, such as delays at ports of entry and departure. As a result, we incurred pre-taxpretax charges of $1$3 million and $7$6 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 28,June 29, 2019, respectively.

Business and portfolio realignment
One-time costs related to: completed and prospective divestitures and acquisitions, including the divestiture of our selected cookies, fruit snacks, pie crusts, and ice-cream cone businesses;to reorganizations in support of our Deploy for Growth priorities and a reshaped portfolio; and investments in enhancing capabilities prioritized by our Deploy for Growth strategy. Westrategy; and completed and prospective divestitures and acquisitions, including the divestiture of our cookies, fruit snacks, pie crusts, and ice-cream cone
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businesses. As a result, we incurred pre-tax charges, primarily related primarily to reorganizations, of $21$17 million and $135$23 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 28,June 27, 2020, respectively. We also recorded pre-tax charges of $83 million and $114 million for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended June 29, 2019, respectively.

Multi-employer pension plan exit liabilitywithdrawal
During the thirdsecond quarter of 2019,2020, the Company incurredrecorded a pre-tax chargegain of $132approximately $5 million duerelated to withdrawing from twothe settlement of a multi-employer pension plans.plan withdrawal liability.

Divestiture
On July 28, 2019, the Company completed its sale of selected cookies, fruit and fruit-flavored snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cones businesses to Ferrero for approximately $1.3 billion in cash, subject to a working capital adjustment mechanism.  Both the total assets and net assets of the businesses were approximately $1.3 billion, resulting in a net pre-tax gain of $38 million for the quarter ended September 28, 2019, recorded in Other income and (expense). Additionally, the Company recognized curtailment gains related to the divestiture totaling $17 million in our U.S. pension and nonpension postretirement plans.

The operating results for these businesses were included primarily in our North America reportable segment, and to a lesser extent, Latin America, prior to the sale. Reported net sales for the divested businesses totaled $132$194 million for the two month period ended September 29, 2018.

Adoption of U.S. Tax Reform
In conjunction with the adoption of U.S. Tax Reform, the Company recorded a $16 million reduction of income tax expenseand $507 for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended SeptemberJune 29, 2018 related to our transition tax liability.2019.

Gain on unconsolidated entities, net
In connection with the Multipro business combination during the second quarter of 2018, the Company recognized a one-time, non-cash gain on the disposition of our previously held equity interest in Multipro of $245 million. Additionally, the Company exercised its call option to acquire a 50% interest in Tolaram Africa Foods, PTE LTD, a holding company with a 49% equity interest in an affiliated food manufacturer, resulting in the Company having a 24.5% interest in the affiliated food manufacturer. In conjunction with the exercise, the Company recognized a one-time, non-cash loss of $45 million, which represents an other than temporary excess of cost over fair value of the investment. These amounts were recorded within Earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities during the second quarter of 2018.

Acquisitions
In May of 2018, the Company acquired an incremental 1% ownership interest in Multipro, which along with concurrent changes to the shareholders' agreement, resulted in the Company now having a 51% controlling interest in and began consolidating Multipro, a leading distributor of a variety of food products in Nigeria and Ghana. In our AMEA reportable segment, for the year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019, the acquisition added $271 million, in net sales that impacted the comparability of our reported results.

Foreign currency translation
We evaluate the operating results of our business on a currency-neutral basis. We determine currency-neutral operating results by dividing or multiplying, as appropriate, the current-period local currency operating results by the currency exchange rates used to translate our financial statements in the comparable prior-year period to determine what the current period U.S. dollar operating results would have been if the currency exchange rate had not changed from the comparable prior-year period.

Financial results
For the quarter ended September 28, 2019,June 27, 2020, our reported net sales decreased 2.8% due primarily towere flat versus the prior year as the absence of results from the selected cookies, fruit snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cones businesses that were divested in July 2019 and unfavorable foreign currency.currency were offset by strong organic growth. Net sales growth was mostly attributable to increased demand for packaged foods for at-home consumption as a result of the global pandemic, partially offset by a decline in away-from-home channels and modestly negative price/mix due to country and category mix. Organic net sales increased 2.4%9% from the prior year after excluding the impact of the divestiture and foreign currency, due to growth and favorable pricing/mix across all of our operating segments.currency.

ThirdSecond quarter reported operating profit decreased 33%increased 27% versus the year-ago quarter due primarily to higher net sales and operating leverage, lower business and portfolio realignment charges, and lower brand building due to the recognitionphasing of a $132 million liability duringspending towards the back half of the year, partially offset by unfavorable mark-to-market impacts, the absence of results from the divested businesses, incremental safety, sanitation, and labor costs related to the pandemic, and foreign currency impacts. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit increased almost 27%, after excluding the impact of the divested businesses, mark-to-market, business and portfolio realignment, Project K, and foreign currency.


Reported diluted EPS of $1.02 for the quarter relatedwas up 21% compared to our exit from two multi-employer pension plansthe prior year quarter of $0.84 due to higher operating profit and lower business and portfolio realignment charges versus the prior year. These impacts were partially offset by the absence of results from the businesses divested during the quarter. Additionally,in July 2019, a higher business and portfolio realignment costs,tax rate and unfavorable foreign currency contributed to the decline. These impacts were partially offset by lower Project K costs during the current quarter. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit decreased 4.4%, which included 5 percentage points of decline related to the absence of results from the businesses divested during the quarter. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit excludes the impact of multi-employer pension plan exit liabilities, foreign currency, Project K, business and portfolio realignment, and Brexit.


Reported diluted EPS of $0.72 for the quarter was down 34% compared to the prior year quarter of $1.09 due primarily to the recognition of liabilities related to our exit from multi-employer pension plans during the current quarter, the unfavorable impact of the divestiture, increased business and portfolio realignment costs, U.S. Tax Reform, and unfavorable foreign currency, partially offset by lower Project K costs.currency. Currency-neutral adjusted diluted EPS of $1.05 decreased less than 1%$1.26 for the quarter increased 27% compared to prior year quarter of $1.06,$0.99, after excluding the impact of multi-employer pension plan exit liabilities, foreign currency, mark-to-market, Project K, business and portfolio realignment, Project K, and Brexit.foreign currency.

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Reconciliation of certain non-GAAP Financial Measures
 Quarter endedYear-to-date period ended
Consolidated results
(dollars in millions, except per share data)
September 28,
2019
September 29,
2018
September 28,
2019
September 29,
2018
Reported net income$247
$380
$815
$1,420
Mark-to-market (pre-tax)21
25
15
69
Project K (pre-tax)(15)(34)(38)(59)
Brexit impacts (pre-tax)(1)
(7)
Business and portfolio realignment (pre-tax)(21)
(135)
Multi-employer pension plan exit liability (pre-tax)(132)
(132)
Gain on divestiture (pre-tax)55

55

Income tax impact applicable to adjustments, net*(13)4
21
1
Adoption of U.S Tax Reform
16

16
Gain from unconsolidated entities, net


200
Adjusted net income$353
$369
$1,036
$1,193
Foreign currency impact(6) (23) 
Currency-neutral adjusted net income$359
$369
$1,059
$1,193
Reported diluted EPS$0.72
$1.09
$2.38
$4.07
Mark-to-market (pre-tax)0.06
0.07
0.04
0.20
Project K (pre-tax)(0.04)(0.10)(0.11)(0.17)
Brexit impacts (pre-tax)

(0.02)
Business and portfolio realignment (pre-tax)(0.06)
(0.39)
Multi-employer pension plan exit liability (pre-tax)(0.39)
(0.39)
Gain on divestiture (pre-tax)0.16

0.16

Income tax impact applicable to adjustments, net*(0.04)0.01
0.06

Adoption of U.S Tax Reform
0.05

0.05
Gain from unconsolidated entities, net


0.57
Adjusted diluted EPS$1.03
$1.06
$3.03
$3.42
Foreign currency impact(0.02) (0.07) 
Currency-neutral adjusted diluted EPS$1.05
$1.06
$3.10
$3.42
Currency-neutral adjusted diluted EPS growth(0.9)%

(9.4)%

Note: Tables may not foot due to rounding.
* Represents the estimated income tax effect on the reconciling items, using weighted-average statutory tax rates, depending upon the applicable jurisdiction.
For more information on the reconciling items in the table above, please refer to the Significant items impacting comparability section.


Net sales and operating profit
The following tables provide an analysis of net sales and operating profit performance for the third quarter of 2019 versus 2018:

Quarter ended September 28, 2019            
(millions) 
North
America
 Europe 
Latin
America
 AMEA Corporate 
Kellogg
Consolidated
Reported net sales $2,059
 $527
 $244
 $542
 $
 $3,372
Foreign currency impact on total business (inc)/dec (3) (27) (8) (7) 
 (45)
Currency-neutral net sales $2,061
 $554
 $251
 $549
 $
 $3,416
Acquisitions 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency impact on acquisitions (inc)/dec 
 
 
 
 
 
Organic net sales $2,061
 $554
 $251
 $549
 $
 $3,416
             
Quarter ended September 29, 2018            
(millions) 
North
America
 Europe 
Latin
America
 AMEA Corporate 
Kellogg
Consolidated
Reported net sales $2,188
 $531
 $239
 $511
 $
 $3,469
Divestiture 130
 
 2
 
 
 132
Organic net sales $2,058
 $531
 $237
 $511
 $
 $3,337
             
% change - 2019 vs. 2018:            
Reported growth (5.9)% (0.7)% 1.7 % 6.1 % % (2.8)%
Foreign currency impact on total business (inc)/dec (0.1)% (4.9)% (3.4)% (1.5)% % (1.3)%
Currency-neutral growth (5.8)% 4.2 % 5.1 % 7.6 % % (1.5)%
Acquisitions  %  %  %  % %  %
Divestiture (6.0)%  % (0.8)%  % % (3.9)%
Foreign currency impact on acquisitions (inc)/dec  %  %  %  % %  %
Organic growth 0.2 % 4.2 % 5.9 % 7.6 % % 2.4 %
Volume (tonnage) (2.5)% 2.1 % 2.1 % (0.1)% % (0.7)%
Pricing/mix 2.7 % 2.1 % 3.8 % 7.7 % % 3.1 %
 Quarter endedYear-to-date period ended
Consolidated results
(dollars in millions, except per share data)
June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
Reported net income$351  $286  $698  $568  
Mark-to-market (pre-tax)(86) 35  (74) (6) 
Project K (pre-tax)—  (15) —  (23) 
Brexit impacts (pre-tax)—  (3) —  (6) 
Business and portfolio realignment (pre-tax)(17) (83) (23) (114) 
Multi-employer pension plan withdrawal (pre-tax) —   —  
Income tax impact applicable to adjustments, net*23  15  23  34  
Adjusted net income$426  $337  $766  $683  
Foreign currency impact(9) —  (13) —  
Currency-neutral adjusted net income$435  $337  $780  $683  
Reported diluted EPS$1.02  $0.84  $2.02  $1.66  
Mark-to-market (pre-tax)(0.25) 0.10  (0.21) (0.02) 
Project K (pre-tax)—  (0.05) —  (0.07) 
Brexit impacts (pre-tax)—  (0.01) —  (0.02) 
Business and portfolio realignment (pre-tax)(0.05) (0.24) (0.07) (0.33) 
Multi-employer pension plan withdrawal (pre-tax)0.01  —  0.01  —  
Income tax impact applicable to adjustments, net*0.07  0.05  0.07  0.10  
Adjusted diluted EPS$1.24  $0.99  $2.22  $2.00  
Foreign currency impact(0.02) (0.04) 
Currency-neutral adjusted diluted EPS$1.26  $0.99  $2.26  $2.00  
Currency-neutral adjusted diluted EPS growth27.3 %13.0 %
Note: Tables may not foot due to rounding.
For more information on the reconciling items in the table above, please refer to the Significant items impacting comparability section.




Quarter ended September 28, 2019            
(millions) 
North
America*
 Europe 
Latin
America
 AMEA Corporate* 
Kellogg
Consolidated
Reported operating profit $208
 $68
 $23
 $53
 $(89) $263
Mark-to-market 
 
 
 
 (11) (11)
Project K (9) (1) (4) 
 
 (15)
Brexit impacts 
 (1) 
 
 
 (1)
Business and portfolio realignment (2) 1
 
 (2) (18) (21)
Multi-employer pension plan liability (132) 
 
 
 
 (132)
Adjusted operating profit $351
 $69
 $28
 $56
 $(61) $444
Foreign currency impact 
 (4) (1) (1) 
 (6)
Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit $352
 $73
 $29
 $58
 $(61) $450
             
Quarter ended September 29, 2018            
(millions) 
North
America*
 Europe 
Latin
America
 AMEA Corporate* 
Kellogg
Consolidated
Reported operating profit $330
 $63
 $28
 $46
 $(71) $396
Mark-to-market 
 
 
 
 (11) (11)
Project K (44) (14) (3) (2) (1) (64)
Brexit impacts 
 
 
 
 
 
Business and portfolio realignment 
 
 
 
 
 
Multi-employer pension plan exit liability 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted operating profit $374
 $77
 $31
 $48
 $(59) $471
             
% change - 2019 vs. 2018:            
Reported growth (36.7)% 8.9 % (14.5)% 14.9 % (27.8)% (33.4)%
Mark-to-market  %  %  %  % 5.4 % (0.9)%
Project K 5.0 % 19.0 % (6.0)% 4.8 % 2.9 % 6.2 %
Brexit impacts  % (1.9)%  %  %  % (0.4)%
Business and portfolio realignment (0.6)% 1.8 % (0.3)% (4.9)% (30.7)% (4.4)%
Multi-employer pension plan exit liability (35.4)%  %  %  %  % (28.2)%
Adjusted growth (5.7)% (10.0)% (8.2)% 15.0 % (5.4)% (5.7)%
Foreign currency impact (0.1)% (4.7)% (3.4)% (2.9)%  % (1.3)%
Currency-neutral adjusted growth (5.6)% (5.3)% (4.8)% 17.9 % (5.4)% (4.4)%
Note: Tables may not foot due to rounding.
* Corporate in 2019 includesRepresents the cost of certain global research and development activities that were previously included in the North America reportable segment in 2018 that totaled approximately $12 million.
For more informationestimated income tax effect on the reconciling items, inusing weighted-average statutory tax rates, depending upon the table above, please refer to the Significant items impacting comparability section.

North America
Reported net sales decreased 5.9% versus the comparable quarter of 2018 due primarily to the absence of selected cookies, fruit and fruit-flavored snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cones businesses that were divested in July and unfavorable foreign currency, partially offset by favorable price/mix. Organic net sales increased 0.2% after excluding the impact of the divestiture and foreign currency.
Net sales % change - third quarter 2019 vs. 2018:  
North AmericaReported net salesForeign currencyCurrency-neutral net salesDivestitureOrganic net sales
Snacks(7.6)% %(7.6)%(12.8)%5.2 %
Cereal(5.0)%(0.2)%(4.8)% %(4.8)%
Frozen0.5 %(0.1)%0.6 % %0.6 %

applicable jurisdiction.
North America snacks reported net sales decreased 7.6% due primarily to the divestiture. Organic net sales increased 5.2% in the quarter primarily due to sustained momentum in key brands, including Cheez-It, Rice Krispies Treats, and Pop-Tarts.

North America cereal reported net sales declined by 5.0% due primarily to category softness and a gradual return to brand building activity during the quarter following our pack-size harmonization during the first half of the year.

North America frozen foods reported net sales increased 0.5%, lapping strong prior year growth and the impact of phasing out certain SKU’s. More than offsetting these factors was accelerated growth in MorningStar Farms, with double-digit netNet sales and consumption growth during the quarter behind innovation and strong commercial programs.

North America reported operating profit decreased 37% due primarily to the recognition of a $132 million liability during the quarter related to our exit from two multi-employer pension plans and the absence of results from the businesses divested during the quarter. Additionally, higher business and portfolio realignment costs, and unfavorable foreign currency contributed to the decline. These impacts were partially offset by lower Project K costs during the current quarter. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit declined 5.6%, which included 6 percentage points of decline related to the absence of results from the businesses divested during the quarter. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit excludes the impact of the multi-employer plan exit liability, Project K, business and portfolio realignment, and foreign currency. Additionally, North America operating profit benefited from the transfer of certain global research and development activities from North America to Corporate at the beginning of 2019.

Europe
Reported net sales decreased 0.7% due primarily to unfavorable foreign currency. Currency-neutral net sales increased 4.2% after excluding the impact of foreign currency, driven by higher volume and favorable price/mix.

Growth was driven by snacks, led by Pringles, with increased net sales and consumption in key markets behind innovation, effective brand-building, and new pack formats. Growth was partially offset by modest declines in certain developed markets' cereal and wholesome snacks businesses.

Reported operating profit increased 8.9% due primarily to lower Project K costs partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency, timing of promotional activities, and cost pressures. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit decreased 5.3% after excluding the impact of foreign currency, and costs related to Project K, business and portfolio realignment, and Brexit.

Latin America
Reported net sales increased 1.7% due to higher volume and favorable pricing/mix partially offset by the impact of the divestiture and unfavorable foreign currency. Organic net sales increased 5.9% after excluding the impact of the divestiture and foreign currency.

Cereal performance was led by net sales and consumption growth in Mexico for the quarter, despite lapping strong prior year comparisons. Cereal net sales in Brazil also increased despite category softness.

Snacks performance was led by Pringles, with increased net sales and consumption in both Mexico and Brazil for the quarter.

Reported operating profit decreased 14.5% due primarily to unfavorable foreign currency, higher input costs, and investments in capabilities. These impacts were partially offset by the recognition of an indirect tax receivable for prior periods during the quarter. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit decreased 4.8% after excluding the impact of foreign currency and Project K.

AMEA
Reported net sales improved 6.1% due to improved price realization, partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency. Currency-neutral net sales increased 7.6% after excluding the impact of foreign currency.

Snacks posted solid growth in the quarter, led by sustained momentum in Pringles, which grew net sales and consumption collectively across the region.

Cereal net sales growth for the region was led by Asia and MENAT.


Africa posted reported net sales growth during the quarter on continued growth of the Multipro business in West Africa as well as expanded distribution of Kellogg-branded noodles elsewhere on the continent.

Reported operating profit increased 15% due to the reversal of indirect excise tax liabilities largely the result of participating in a tax amnesty program and higher net sales partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit improved 18% after excluding the impact of Project K, business and portfolio realignment, and foreign currency.

Corporate
Reported operating profit decreased $18 million versus the comparable prior year quarter due primarily to higher business and portfolio realignment costs during the current quarter as well as the transfer of certain global research and development activities from North America to Corporate at the beginning of 2019, partially offset by savings resulting from restructuring programs. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit decreased $2 million after excluding the impact of mark-to-market, Project K, and business and portfolio realignment.

The following tables provide an analysis of net sales and operating profit performance for the year-to-date periods ended September 28, 2019 and September 29, 2018:second quarter of 2020 versus 2019:
Quarter ended June 27, 2020Quarter ended June 27, 2020
(millions)(millions)
North
America
EuropeLatin
America
AMEACorporateKellogg
Consolidated
Reported net salesReported net sales$2,167  $546  $223  $529  $—  $3,465  
Year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019            
Foreign currency impact on total business (inc)/decForeign currency impact on total business (inc)/dec(6) (18) (48) (31) —  (103) 
Organic net salesOrganic net sales$2,173  $564  $271  $560  $—  $3,569  
Quarter ended June 29, 2019Quarter ended June 29, 2019
(millions) 
North
America
 Europe 
Latin
America
 AMEA Corporate 
Kellogg
Consolidated
(millions)
Reported net sales $6,496
 $1,566
 $707
 $1,586
 $
 $10,355
Reported net sales$2,148  $541  $239  $533  $—  $3,461  
Foreign currency impact on total business (inc)/dec (12) (100) (30) (87) 
 (230)
Currency-neutral net sales $6,508
 $1,666
 $738
 $1,673
 $
 $10,585
Acquisitions 
 
 
 271
 
 271
Foreign currency impact on acquisitions (inc)/dec 
 
 
 49
 
 49
DivestitureDivestiture191  —   —  —  194  
Organic net sales $6,508
 $1,666
 $738
 $1,353
 $
 $10,265
Organic net sales$1,956  $542  $237  $533  $—  $3,268  
            
Year-to-date period ended September 29, 2018            
(millions) 
North
America
 Europe 
Latin
America
 AMEA Corporate 
Kellogg
Consolidated
Reported net sales $6,645
 $1,610
 $710
 $1,265
 $
 $10,230
Divestiture 130
 
 2
 
 
 132
Organic net sales $6,515
 $1,610
 $708
 $1,265
 $
 $10,098
% change - 2020 vs. 2019:% change - 2020 vs. 2019:
Reported growthReported growth0.9 %0.8 %(6.9)%(0.7)%— %0.1 %
            
% change - 2019 vs. 2018:            
Reported growth (2.3)% (2.8)% (0.4)% 25.5 % % 1.2 %
Foreign currency impact on total business (inc)/dec (0.2)% (6.2)% (4.3)% (6.9)% % (2.3)%Foreign currency impact on total business (inc)/dec(0.3)%(3.3)%(20.0)%(5.8)%— %(3.0)%
Currency-neutral growth (2.1)% 3.4 % 3.9 % 32.4 % % 3.5 %Currency-neutral growth1.2 %4.1 %13.1 %5.1 %— %3.1 %
Acquisitions  %  %  % 21.5 % % 2.7 %
Divestiture (2.0)%  % (0.3)%  % % (1.3)%Divestiture(9.9)%— %(1.2)%— %— %(6.1)%
Foreign currency impact on acquisitions (inc)/dec  %  %  % 3.9 % % 0.5 %
Organic growth (0.1)% 3.4 % 4.2 % 7.0 % % 1.6 %Organic growth11.1 %4.1 %14.3 %5.1 %— %9.2 %
Volume (tonnage) (1.9)% 2.0 % 0.2 % 0.1 % % (0.7)%Volume (tonnage)13.0 %8.7 %11.4 %5.8 %— %10.3 %
Pricing/mix 1.8 % 1.4 % 4.0 % 6.9 % % 2.3 %Pricing/mix(1.9)%(4.6)%2.9 %(0.7)%— %(1.1)%
Note: Tables may not foot due to rounding.
For more information on the reconciling items in the table above, please refer to the Significant items impacting comparability section.


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Quarter ended June 27, 2020Quarter ended June 27, 2020
(millions)(millions)North
America
EuropeLatin
America
AMEACorporateKellogg
Consolidated
Reported operating profitReported operating profit$464  $92  $31  $38  $(119) $506  
Mark-to-marketMark-to-market—  —  —  —  (43) (43) 
Year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019            
Business and portfolio realignmentBusiness and portfolio realignment—  (1) (4) (10) (1) (17) 
Multi-employer pension plan withdrawalMulti-employer pension plan withdrawal —  —  —  —   
Adjusted operating profitAdjusted operating profit$459  $94  $35  $48  $(75) $562  
Foreign currency impactForeign currency impact(1) (3) (6) (3)  (11) 
Currency-neutral adjusted operating profitCurrency-neutral adjusted operating profit$460  $97  $42  $51  $(76) $573  
Quarter ended June 29, 2019Quarter ended June 29, 2019
(millions) 
North
America*
 Europe 
Latin
America
 AMEA Corporate* 
Kellogg
Consolidated
(millions)
Reported operating profit $910
 $164
 $61
 $145
 $(239) $1,041
Reported operating profit$322  $36  $17  $45  $(23) $397  
Mark-to-market 
 
 
 
 (7) (7)Mark-to-market—  —  —  —  46  46  
Project K (23) (2) (8) (4) 
 (38)Project K(10) —  (2) (3) —  (15) 
Brexit impacts 
 (7) 
 
 
 (7)Brexit impacts—  (3) —  —  —  (3) 
Business and portfolio realignment (55) (35) (2) (4) (39) (135)Business and portfolio realignment(42) (32) (2) (2) (5) (83) 
Multi-employer pension plan exit liability (132) 
 
 
 
 (132)
Adjusted operating profit $1,120
 $208
 $72
 $153
 $(193) $1,361
Foreign currency impact (1) (13) (2) (8) 
 (24)
Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit $1,121
 $222
 $74
 $161
 $(193) $1,385
            
Year-to-date period September 29, 2018            
(millions) North America* Europe 
Latin
America
 AMEA Corporate* 
Kellogg
Consolidated
Reported operating profit $1,114
210
$210
 $70
 $125
 $(139) $1,380
Mark-to-market 
 
 
 
 22
 22
Project K (66) (8) (7) (5) (3) (89)
Adjusted operating profit $1,180
 $218
 $77
 $130
 $(158) $1,447
Adjusted operating profit$374  $72  $22  $49  $(64) $452  
            
% change - 2019 vs. 2018:            
% change - 2020 vs. 2019:% change - 2020 vs. 2019:
Reported growth (18.3)% (21.8)% (11.9)% 15.6 % (72.1)% (24.5)%Reported growth44.2 %156.6 %77.1 %(13.7)%(445.3)%27.3 %
Mark-to-market  %  %  %  % (28.4)% (1.8)%Mark-to-market— %— %— %— %(434.2)%(29.2)%
Project K 2.6 % 1.9 % (2.8)% 1.3 % 3.0 % 2.2 %Project K4.5 %3.5 %21.7 %4.6 %0.4 %6.8 %
Brexit impacts  % (3.3)%  %  %  % (0.5)%Brexit impacts— %17.1 %— %— %— %1.1 %
Business and portfolio realignment (4.7)% (16.0)% (2.6)% (3.4)% (24.5)% (9.3)%Business and portfolio realignment15.5 %104.9 %(5.3)%(16.7)%6.1 %23.4 %
Multi-employer pension plan exit liability (11.2)%  %  %  %  % (9.2)%
Multi-employer pension plan withdrawalMulti-employer pension plan withdrawal1.2 %— %— %— %— %1.0 %
Adjusted growth (5.0)% (4.4)% (6.5)% 17.7 % (22.2)% (5.9)%Adjusted growth23.0 %31.1 %60.7 %(1.6)%(17.6)%24.2 %
Foreign currency impact (0.1)% (6.2)% (2.5)% (5.8)% 0.1 % (1.6)%Foreign currency impact(0.2)%(4.1)%(28.7)%(5.3)%1.7 %(2.5)%
Currency-neutral adjusted growth (4.9)% 1.8 % (4.0)% 23.5 % (22.3)% (4.3)%Currency-neutral adjusted growth23.2 %35.2 %89.4 %3.7 %(19.3)%26.7 %
Note: Tables may not foot due to rounding.
* Corporate in 2019 includes the cost of certain global research and development activities that were previously included in the North America reportable segment in 2018 that totaled approximately $36 million.
For more information on the reconciling items in the table above, please refer to the Significant items impacting comparability section.

North America
Reported net sales decreased 2.3%for the second quarter increased almost 1% versus the comparable year-to-date period of 2018 due primarily to the divestitureprior year as strong organic growth was partially offset by favorable pricing/mix.the absence of results from the businesses divested in July 2019. Net sales growth was driven by increased demand for packaged foods for at-home consumption as a result of the pandemic. This acceleration of demand was partly offset by a related decline in net sales in the away from home channels, also due to the pandemic. Organic net sales decreased 0.1%increased 11% after excluding the impact of the divestiture and foreign currency.

During the second quarter, shipments exceeded consumption across most of our retail categories resulting in the anticipated replenishment of trade inventory held by retailers, which was largely depleted during the first quarter. In general, trade inventory levels at the end of the second quarter approximate typical pre-pandemic levels. Our net sales performance could be impacted in future periods by fluctuations in trade inventory levels. The timing and extent of any impact will depend on the how the pandemic impacts demand in subsequent periods as well as decisions made by our retail customers.

Net sales % change - second quarter 2020 vs. 2019:
North AmericaReported net salesForeign currencyCurrency-neutral net salesDivestitureOrganic net sales
Snacks(12.8)%(0.1)%(12.7)%(18.7)%6.0 %
Cereal25.0 %(0.6)%25.6 %— %25.6 %
Frozen10.6 %(0.3)%10.9 %— %10.9 %
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Net sales % change - third quarter year-to-date 2019 vs. 2018:  
North AmericaReported net salesForeign currencyCurrency-neutral net salesDivestitureOrganic net sales
Snacks(1.4)%(0.1)%(1.3)%(4.1)%2.8 %
Cereal(4.9)%(0.3)%(4.6)% %(4.6)%
Frozen0.6 %(0.2)%0.8 % %0.8 %

North America snacks reported net sales decreased 1.4%13% due primarily to the divestiture.absence of the divested businesses, whose results were seasonally weighted to the first half of the year. Organic net sales increased 2.8%6.0% in the year-to-date periodquarter due primarily to sustained momentumhigh demand for packaged foods for at-home consumption as a result of the pandemic. Cracker consumption in the U.S. increased nearly 9%, resulting in gained share, led by Cheez-it, Club and innovationsCarr's. In salty snacks, Pringles grew consumption, with it's core-four flavors growing in key brands, including Cheez-It, Rice Krispies Treats, Pringles and Pop-Tarts partially offset byline with the first quarter RXBAR recall.category.


North America cereal reported net sales declined by 4.9% largely due to reduced promotional activity during two waves of pack-size harmonizationincreased 25% during the first halfsecond quarter, as a result of the yearshare gains as well as pandemic-related consumption growth. U.S. cereal consumption was up almost 16% year on year, outpacing the loss ofcategory. Importantly, we are gaining share of our not only behind taste-fun brands like Froot Loops and Frosted Flakes, but also behind Health & Wellness-oriented brands that we set out to revitalize this year through refreshed messaging and media. Special K gained share in Q2, as did Mini-Wheats and Raisin Bran.
branded cereals.


North America frozen foods reported net sales increased 11% during the second quarter, driven by 0.6%, lappingshare gains of our Eggo brand and double-digit consumption growth of Morningstar Farms. In the frozen “from the griddle” category, our Eggo brand posted consumption growth of approximately 26% during the quarter, gaining substantial share, while our Kashi brand grew consumption by approximately 19%. We outpaced each of the category’s three product segments – waffles, pancakes, and French toast – aided by the strong year-agoinnovation and renovation we have completed over the past year. In frozen veggie foods, our MorningStar Farms brand grew consumption by more than 31% in the quarter, with growth and feltbeing limited only by capacity limitations in the impact of phasing out certain SKU’s. More than offsetting these factors was acceleratedquarter.

Canada reported net sales growth, despite unfavorable foreign currency, due to growth in MorningStar Farms cereal and frozen foods resulting from share gains as net sales,well as pandemic-related consumption and share grew during the year-to-date period on innovation and strong commercial programs.growth.

North America reported operating profit decreased 18%increased 44% due primarily to the recognition of a $132 million liability related to our exit from two multi-employer pension planshigher net sales and the absence of results from the businesses divested during the quarter. Additionally, higher input costs, higheroperating leverage, lower Project K and business and portfolio realignment costs, and unfavorable foreign currency contributedlower brand building due to the decline. These impacts werephasing of spending towards the back half of the year, partially offset by lower Project K costs.the absence of results of the divested businesses. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit declined 4.9%increased 23%, which included 2 percentage pointsafter excluding the impact of decline related to the absence of results from the businesses divested during the period. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit excludes the impacts of the multi-employer plan exit liability, Project K, business and portfolio realignment, multi-employer pension withdrawal impacts and foreign currency. Additionally, North America operating profit benefited from the transfer of certain global research and development activities from North America to Corporate at the beginning of 2019.

Europe
Reported net sales decreased 2.8%increased 0.8% due to elevated demand for at-home consumption of our products partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency. Organic net sales increased 4.1%.

Cereal reported net sales growth for the quarter was driven largely by accelerated consumption in our developed markets as a result of share gains in our five largest markets (UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain) as well as pandemic-related consumption growth during the stay-at-home mandates. Snacks reported net sales declined due to reduced demand for on-the-go foods and pack formats, and the repurpose of marketing programs for Pringles due to the cancellation of a major sporting event.

Reported operating profit increased 157% due primarily to unfavorable foreign currency partially offset by higher volume and favorable pricing/mix. Currency-neutral net sales, increased 3.4% after excluding the impact of foreign currency.

Growth was driven by snacks, led by Pringles, with increased net sales and consumption in key markets behind innovation, effective brand-building, and new pack formats. In addition, Russia net sales showed strong growth in both cereal and snacks in the year-to-date period.

Growth was partially offset by declines in certain developed cereal markets, most notably France.

As reported operating profit decreased 22% due primarily tolower business and portfolio realignment costs, Brexit, and lower brand building due to the phasing of spending towards the back half of the year, partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit increased 1.8%35% after excluding the impact of foreign currency, and costs related to Project K, business and portfolio realignment, and Brexit.realignment.

Latin America
Reported net sales decreased 0.4%6.9% due primarily to the impact of unfavorable foreign currency partially offset by favorable pricing/mix.and the divestiture. Organic net sales increased 4.2%14%, after excluding the impact of the divestiture and foreign currency.currency, driven by higher cereal sales, which accelerated during stay-at-home mandates as consumers increased purchases of food for at-home consumption in modern trade channels as a result of the pandemic.

Cereal performance was led by net sales growth in Mexico, for the year-to-date period, despite lappingincluding strong growth prior year comparisons. Cerealto stay-at-home mandates.

Snacks net sales in Brazil also increased despite category softness.

Snacks performance was led by Pringles, with increased net sales and consumption growth in Mexico fordeclined during the year-to-date period.

Reported operating profit decreased 12% due primarily to higher input costs and investments as well as higher business and portfolio realignment costs and unfavorable foreign currency. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit decreased 4.0% after excluding the impact of foreign currency, Project K, and business and portfolio realignment.

AMEA
Reported net sales improved 26%quarter due to higher volume from the consolidationshut-downs of Multipro results beginning in May 2018,high frequency stores and Pringles growth across the region, partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency. Organic net sales increased 7.0% due primarily to favorable pricing/mix after excluding the acquisition impact of Multipro and foreign currency.

Multipro posted double-digit reported net sales growthdiminished on-the-go snacking occasions during the year-to-date period and contributed to organic growth beginning in May, lapping last year's consolidation of the business.

pandemic.
Snacks posted solid growth in the year-to-date period, led by sustained momentum in
Pringles, which grew net sales and consumption collectively across the region.

Reported operating profit increased 16%77% due to the consolidation of Multipro results, higher organic net sales and the reversal of indirect excise tax liabilities largely the result of participating in a tax amnesty program partially offset

by unfavorable foreign currency. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit improved 24%increased 89% after excluding the impact of foreign currency, Project K, and business and portfolio realignment.

Corporaterealignment and Project K.

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AMEA
Reported net sales declined 0.7% due primarily to unfavorable foreign currency offset by growth in developed market cereal and our West Africa distribution business, Multipro. Organic net sales increased 5.1% after excluding the impact of foreign currency.

Cereal reported net sales growth for the region was driven by elevated demand for at-home consumption of our products in developed markets, primarily Australia and South Africa as well as emerging markets in our MENAT business.

Snacks reported net sales declined due to pandemic-related disruptions and slowing economies in the region in the Middle East and other emerging markets, like India.

Reported operating profit decreased $10014% due primarily to the negative impact of foreign currency and higher business and portfolio realignment charges, partially offset by higher organic net sales. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit increased 3.7%, after excluding the impact of business and portfolio realignment, Project K, and foreign currency.

Corporate
Reported operating profit decreased $96 million versus the comparable prior year-to-date periodyear quarter due primarily to higher business and portfolio realignmentcosts and the transfer of certain global research and development activities from North America to Corporate at the beginning of 2019. These impacts were partially offset by favorableunfavorable mark-to-market impacts and lower Project K costs.impacts. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit decreased $35$12 million from the prior year after excluding the impact of mark-to-market Project K, and business and portfolio realignment costs.activities.


Margin performance
Our currency-neutral adjusted grossThe following tables provide an analysis of net sales and operating profit and gross profit margin performance for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 28, 2019 and SeptemberJune 27, 2020 versus June 29, 2018 are reconciled to the directly comparable GAAP measures as follows:2019:

Quarter endedSeptember 28, 2019 September 29, 2018
GM change vs. prior
year (pts.)
 Gross Profit (a)Gross Margin (b) Gross Profit (a)Gross Margin (b)
Reported$1,000
29.7 % $1,176
33.9 %(4.2)
Mark-to-market(12)(0.3)% (10)(0.3)%
Project K(13)(0.4)% (49)(1.4)%1.0
Brexit impacts(1)(0.1)% 
 %(0.1)
Business and portfolio realignment(3) % 
 %
Multi-employer pension plan exit liability(132)(4.0)% 
 %(4.0)
Foreign currency impact(16) % 
 %
Currency-neutral adjusted$1,177
34.5 % $1,235
35.6 %(1.1)
Year-to-date period ended June 27, 2020
(millions)
North
America
EuropeLatin
America
AMEACorporateKellogg
Consolidated
Reported net sales$4,264  $1,072  $450  $1,091  $—  $6,877  
Foreign currency impact on total business (inc)/dec(8) (31) (68) (48) —  (156) 
Organic net sales$4,272  $1,103  $518  $1,139  $—  $7,033  
Year-to-date period ended June 29, 2019
(millions)
Reported net sales$4,437  $1,038  $464  $1,044  $—  $6,983  
Divestiture502  —   —  —  507  
Organic net sales$3,935  $1,038  $460  $1,044  $—  $6,476  
% change - 2020 vs. 2019:
Reported growth(3.9)%3.3 %(3.2)%4.5 %— %(1.5)%
Foreign currency impact on total business (inc)/dec(0.2)%(3.0)%(14.6)%(4.6)%— %(2.2)%
Currency-neutral growth(3.7)%6.3 %11.4 %9.1 %— %0.7 %
Divestiture(12.3)%— %(1.2)%— %— %(7.9)%
Organic growth8.6 %6.3 %12.6 %9.1 %— %8.6 %
Volume (tonnage)8.9 %9.0 %10.8 %9.8 %— %9.4 %
Pricing/mix(0.3)%(2.7)%1.8 %(0.7)%— %(0.8)%
Note: Tables may not foot due to rounding.
For more information on the reconciling items in the table above, please refer to the Significant items impacting comparability section.
(a) Gross profit is equal
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Year-to-date period ended June 27, 2020
(millions)North
America
EuropeLatin
America
AMEACorporateKellogg
Consolidated
Reported operating profit$830  $162  $53  $84  $(163) $966  
Mark-to-market—  —  —  —  (17) (17) 
Business and portfolio realignment—  (2) (4) (12) (4) (23) 
Multi-employer pension plan withdrawal —  —  —  —   
Adjusted operating profit$825  $164  $57  $96  $(142) $1,001  
Foreign currency impact(1) (4) (8) (5)  (17) 
Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit$826  $169  $65  $102  $(143) $1,018  
Year-to-date period ended June 29, 2019
(millions)
Reported operating profit$702  $96  $38  $92  $(150) $778  
Mark-to-market—  —  —  —    
Project K(14) (1) (4) (4) —  (23) 
Brexit impacts—  (6) —  —  —  (6) 
Business and portfolio realignment(53) (36) (2) (2) (21) (114) 
Adjusted operating profit$769  $139  $44  $97  $(132) $917  
% change - 2020 vs. 2019:
Reported growth18.2 %69.2 %39.3 %(8.2)%(9.5)%24.1 %
Mark-to-market— %— %— %— %(13.8)%(2.8)%
Project K2.3 %2.5 %13.7 %3.5 %0.1 %3.7 %
Brexit impacts— %9.2 %— %— %— %0.9 %
Business and portfolio realignment8.0 %39.4 %(3.9)%(10.7)%12.1 %12.7 %
Multi-employer pension plan withdrawal0.6 %— %— %— %— %0.5 %
Adjusted growth7.3 %18.1 %29.5 %(1.0)%(7.9)%9.1 %
Foreign currency impact(0.2)%(3.2)%(17.1)%(5.4)%0.7 %(1.9)%
Currency-neutral adjusted growth7.5 %21.3 %46.6 %4.4 %(8.6)%11.0 %
Note: Tables may not foot due to rounding.
For more information on the reconciling items in the table above, please refer to the Significant items impacting comparability section.

North America
Reported net sales less costdecreased 3.9% versus the first half of goods sold.
(b) Gross profit as a percentage of net sales.

Reported gross margin for the quarter was unfavorable 420 basis points2019, due primarily to the recognitionabsence of results from the businesses divested in July 2019, partially offset by strong organic growth. Net sales growth was driven by the acceleration of demand in March for snacks, cereal, and frozen food as consumers increased purchases of food for at-home consumption when the stay-at-home mandates went into effect in most of North America. This acceleration of demand was partly offset by a $132 million liabilityrelated decline in net sales in the away from home channels, also due to the pandemic. Organic net sales increased 8.6% after excluding the impact of the divestiture and foreign currency.

Net sales % change - second quarter year-to-date 2020 vs. 2019:
North AmericaReported net salesForeign currencyCurrency-neutral net salesDivestitureOrganic net sales
Snacks(15.1)%(0.1)%(15.0)%(23.4)%8.4 %
Cereal13.5 %(0.3)%13.8 %— %13.8 %
Frozen9.5 %(0.2)%9.7 %— %9.7 %
North America snacks reported net sales decreased 15% due to the absence of the divested businesses, whose results were seasonally weighted to the first half of the year. Organic net sales increased 8.4% during the quarterfirst half of 2020, as strong growth in the first two months of the year-to-date period accelerated in March when stay-at-home mandates went into effect as a result of the pandemic.

North America cereal and frozen foods reported net sales during the first half of 2020 increased 13.5% and 9.5%, respectively, as growth accelerated in March when stay-at-home mandates went into effect as a result of the pandemic.
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Canada reported net sales growth, despite unfavorable foreign currency, due to growth in cereal and frozen foods resulting from market share gains as well as pandemic-related consumption growth.

North America reported operating profit increased 18% due primarily to higher net sales and operating leverage, lower Project K and business and portfolio realignment costs, and lower brand building due to the phasing of spending towards the back half of the year, partially offset by the absence of results from the businesses divested. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit increased 7.5%, after excluding the impact of Project K, business and portfolio realignment, multi-employer pension plan withdrawal impact and foreign currency.

Europe
Reported net sales increased 3.3% due to elevated demand for at-home consumption of our products partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency. Organic net sales increased 6.3%.

Cereal reported net sales growth for the year-to-date period was driven largely by accelerated consumption in our developed markets as a result of the stay-at-home mandates. Growth in cereal was partially offset by a decline in snacks, related to our exit from two multi-employer pension plans. Additionally, margins were negatively impactedreduced demand for on-the-go foods and pack formats and the repurpose of marketing programs related to Pringles due to the cancellation of major sporting event.

Reported operating profit increased 69% due primarily to higher organic net sales, lower business and portfolio realignment costs, and lower brand building due to the phasing of spending towards the back half of the year, partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit increased 21% after excluding the consolidationimpact of Multipro results, higher input costs, mix shiftsforeign currency, and costs related to growth in new pack formats. Currency-neutral adjusted gross margin was unfavorable 110 basis points comparedProject K, business and portfolio realignment.

Latin America
Reported net sales decreased 3.2% due primarily to the third quarterimpact of 2018unfavorable foreign currency and the divestiture. Organic net sales increased 13%, after eliminatingexcluding the impact of the multi-employer pension plan exit liability, mark-to-market, Project K, Brexit,divestiture and foreign currency. Organic net sales growth was driven by higher cereal sales, which accelerated during stay-at-home mandates as consumers increased purchases of food for at-home consumption in modern trade channels as a result of the pandemic.

Cereal performance was led by growth in Mexico, including strong growth prior to stay-at-home mandates.

Snacks net sales declined during the year-to-date period due to the shut-downs of high frequency stores and diminished on-the-go snacking occasions during the pandemic.

Reported operating profit increased 39% due to higher organic net sales partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit increased 47% after excluding the impact of foreign currency, business and portfolio realignment and Project K costs.

AMEA
Reported net sales improved 4.5% due primarily to growth in Multipro and cereal, partially offset by unfavorable foreign currency. Organic net sales increased 9.1% after excluding the impact of foreign currency.

Cereal reported net sales growth for the region was driven by elevated demand for at-home consumption of our products in developed markets, primarily Australia and South Africa as well as emerging markets in our MENAT business.

Snacks reported net sales declined due to pandemic-related disruptions and slowing economies in the region.

Reported operating profit decreased 8.2% due primarily to the negative impact of foreign currency and higher business and portfolio realignment charges, partially offset by higher organic net sales. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit increased 4.4%, after excluding the impact of business and portfolio realignment, Project K, and foreign currency.

Corporate
Reported operating profit decreased $13 million versus the comparable prior year-to-date period due primarily to unfavorable mark-to-market impacts partially offset by lower business and portfolio realignment costs during the current year. Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit decreased $11 million from the prior year-to-date period after excluding the impact of mark-to-market and business and portfolio realignment activities.
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Year-to-date period endedSeptember 28, 2019 September 29, 2018
GM change vs. prior
year (pts.)
 Gross Profit (a)Gross Margin (b) Gross Profit (a)Gross Margin (b)
Reported$3,293
31.8 % $3,637
35.6 %(3.8)
Mark-to-market(7)(0.1)% 22
0.3 %(0.4)
Project K(30)(0.3)% (58)(0.6)%0.3
Brexit impacts(7) % 
 %
Business and portfolio realignment(11)(0.1)% 
 %(0.1)
Multi-employer pension plan exit liability(132)(1.3)% 
 %(1.3)
Foreign currency impact(71) % 
 %
Currency-neutral adjusted$3,551
33.6 % $3,673
35.9 %(2.3)

Margin performance
Our currency-neutral adjusted gross profit and gross profit margin performance for the quarter ended June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019 are reconciled to the directly comparable GAAP measures as follows:
Quarter endedJune 27, 2020June 29, 2019GM change vs. prior
year (pts.)
Gross Profit (a)Gross Margin (b)Gross Profit (a)Gross Margin (b)
Reported$1,197  34.5 %$1,186  34.3 %0.2  
Mark-to-market(43) (1.3)%47  1.4 %(2.7) 
Project K—  — %(11) (0.3)%0.3  
Brexit impacts—  — %(3) (0.1)%0.1  
Business and portfolio realignment(4) (0.1)%(4) (0.1)%—  
Multi-employer pension plan withdrawal 0.1 %—  — %0.1  
Foreign currency impact(32) 0.2 %—  — %0.2  
Currency-neutral adjusted$1,271  35.6 %$1,157  33.4 %2.2  
Note: Tables may not foot due to rounding.
For more information on the reconciling items in the table above, please refer to the Significant items impacting comparability section.
(a) Gross profit is equal to net sales less cost of goods sold.
(b) Gross profit as a percentage of net sales.


Reported gross margin for the quarter was favorable 20 basis points due primarily to operating leverage as a result of higher net sales partially offset by incremental costs of safety, sanitation, and labor related to the pandemic, unfavorable quarter over quarter mark-to-market impacts and foreign currency. Currency-neutral adjusted gross margin increased 220 basis points compared to the second quarter of 2019 after eliminating the impact of mark-to-market and foreign currency.

Our currency-neutral adjusted gross profit and gross profit margin performance for the year-to-date periods ended June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019 are reconciled to the directly comparable GAAP measures as follows:
Year-to-date period endedJune 27, 2020June 29, 2019GM change vs. prior
year (pts.)
Gross Profit (a)Gross Margin (b)Gross Profit (a)Gross Margin (b)
Reported$2,341  34.0 %$2,293  32.8 %1.2  
Mark-to-market(21) (0.3)% — %(0.3) 
Project K—  — %(17) (0.2)%0.2  
Brexit impacts—  — %(6) (0.1)%0.1  
Business and portfolio realignment(4) (0.1)%(8) (0.1)%—  
Multi-employer pension plan withdrawal 0.1 %$—  — %0.1  
Foreign currency impact(50) — %—  — %—  
Currency-neutral adjusted$2,411  34.3 %$2,319  33.2 %1.1  
Note: Tables may not foot due to rounding.
For more information on the reconciling items in the table above, please refer to the Significant items impacting comparability section.
(a) Gross profit is equal to net sales less cost of goods sold.
(b) Gross profit as a percentage of net sales.

Reported gross margin for the year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019, was unfavorable 380increased 120 basis points due primarily to the recognitionoperating leverage as a result of a $132 million liability during the quarterhigher net sales partially offset by incremental costs of safety, sanitation, and labor related to our exit from two multi-employer pension plans. Additionally, margins were negatively impacted by the consolidation of Multipro results, higher input costs, mix shiftspandemic, unfavorable year over year mark-to-market impacts and costs related to growth in new pack formats.foreign currency. Currency-neutral adjusted gross margin was unfavorable 230increased 110 basis points compared to the prior year-to-date periodfirst half of 2019 after eliminating the impact of the multi-employer pension plan exit liability, mark-to-market Project K, Brexit, business and portfolio realignment, and foreign currency.

Restructuring Programs
We view our restructuring programs as part of our operating principles to provide greater visibility in achieving our long-term profit growth targets. Initiatives undertaken are currently expected to recover cash implementation costs within a 3 to 5-year period of completion. Upon completion (or as each major stage is completed in the case of multi-year programs), the project begins to deliver cash savings and/or reduced depreciation. We continually
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evaluate potential restructuring programs and may pursue future initiatives that generate meaningful savings that can be utilized in achieving our long-term profit growth targets.
Project K
Since inception, Project K has reduced the Company’s cost structure, and is expected to provide enduring benefits, including an optimized supply chain infrastructure, an efficient global business services model, a global focus on categories, increased agility from a more efficient organization design, and improved effectiveness in go-to-market models.  These benefits are intended to strengthen existing businesses in core markets, increase growth in developing and emerging markets, and drive an increased level of value-added innovation.

The Company approved all remaining Project K initiatives as of the end of 2018 and implementation of these remaining initiatives will be completed in 2019. We expect to incur total charges of approximately $50 million in 2019 as we complete the implementation of previously approved Project K initiatives. For year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019, the Company has recorded total net charges of approximately $38 million related to Project K.

We currently anticipate that Project K will result in total pre-tax charges, once all phases are approved and implemented, of approximately $1.6 billion, with after-tax cash costs, including incremental capital investments, estimated to be approximately $1.2 billion. Cash expenditures of approximately $1,150 million have been incurred through the end of fiscal year 2018.

We expect annual cost savings generated from Project K will be approximately $700 million in 2019. The savings will be realized primarily in selling, general and administrative expense with additional benefit realized in gross profit as cost of goods sold savings are partially offset by negative volume and price impacts resulting from go-to-market business model changes. The overall savings profile of the project reflects our go-to-market initiatives that will impact both selling, general and administrative expense and gross profit. We have realized approximately $650 million of annual savings through the end of 2018. Cost savings have been utilized to offset inflation and fund investments in areas such as in-store execution, sales capabilities, including adding sales representatives, re-establishing the Kashi business, and in the design and quality of our products. We have also invested in production capacity in developing and emerging markets, and in global category teams.
We also expect that the project will have an impact on our consolidated effective income tax rate during the execution of the project due to the timing of charges being taken in different tax jurisdictions. The impact of this project on our consolidated effective income tax rate will be excluded from the adjusted income tax rate that will be disclosed on a quarterly basis.
Project charges, after-tax cash costs and annual savings remain in line with previous estimates.

Other Programs
During the second quarter of 2019, the Company announced a reorganization plan for the European reportable segment designed to simplify the organization, increase organizational efficiency, and enhance key processes. The overall program is expected to be substantially completed by December 31,the end of fiscal year 2020.

The program is expected to result in cumulative pretax charges of approximately $40 million, including certain non-cash credits. Cash costs are expected to be approximately $50 million. The total expected charges will include severance and other termination benefits; and charges related to relocation, third party legal and consulting fees,

and contract termination costs. Annual savings from the program are expected to be approximately $35 million, with the majority of the savings realized by the end of 2020.
During the year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019, Since inception, the Company recordedhas recognized total net charges, including non-cash credits, of $32$41 million relatedattributed to this initiative. The charges were recorded in SG&A expense.

Additionally during the second quarter of 2019, the Company announced a reorganization plan which primarily impactsimpacted the North America segment. The reorganization plan iswas designed to simplify the organization that supports the remaining North America business after the divestiture and related transition. This program is expected to be substantially completed by December 31,the end of fiscal year 2020.
The overall program is expected to result in cumulative pretax charges of approximately $30$25 million. Cash costs are expected to approximate the pretax charges. Total expected charges will include severance and other termination benefits and charges related to third party consulting fees. Annual savings from the project are expected to be approximately $50 million, with the majority of the savings realized by the end of 2020. Since inception, the Company has recognized total charges of $21 million attributed to this initiative.
In addition to the projects discussed above, during the quarter-end June 27, 2020 the Company also incurred restructuring costs of $4 million in the Latin America reportable segment and $8 million in the AMEA reportable segment related to reorganization and simplification of those businesses. These costs primarily relate to severance and other termination benefits.
Project K
As of the end of 2019, the Company completed implementation of all Project K initiatives. Total project charges, after-tax cash costs and annual savings delivered by Project K were in line with expectations.

During the quarter and year-to-date period ended September 28,June 29, 2019, the Company recorded total net charges of $3$15 million and $21$23 million, respectively related to this initiative. The charges were recorded in SG&A expense.Project K.

Foreign currency translation
The reporting currency for our financial statements is the U.S. dollar. Certain of our assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, primarily in the euro, British pound, Mexican peso, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, Brazilian Real, Nigerian Naira, and Russian ruble. To prepare our consolidated financial statements, we must translate those assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues into U.S. dollars at the applicable exchange rates. As a result, increases and decreases in the value of the U.S. dollar against these other currencies will affect the amount of these items in our consolidated financial statements, even if their value has not changed in their original currency. This could have significant impact on our results if such increase or decrease in the value of the U.S. dollar is substantial.

Interest expense
For the quarters ended September 28,June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019, and September 29, 2018, interest expense was $72 million. Debt redemption costs of $16$69 million during the current quarter were offset by interest savings on the related debt and the impact of a favorable settlement of tax-related interest.

$75 million, respectively. For the year-to-date periods ended September 28,June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019, and September 29, 2018, interest expense was $221$133 million and $213$149 million, respectively. The increasedecrease from the comparable prior year-to-date periodyear is due primarily to higher average commercial paper balances, primarily during the first halfredemption of the year, as well as Senior Notes issued in May 2018approximately $1.0 billion of debt in conjunction with our purchasethe July 2019 divestiture.

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Income Taxes
Our reported effective tax rate for the quarters ended September 28,June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019 was 23% and September 29, 2018 was 27% and 15%20%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2019 was unfavorably impacted by a permanent basis difference in the assets sold to Ferrero partially offset by the resolution of an uncertain tax position. The effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2018 benefited from a $16 million reduction of income tax expense related to the updated estimate of the Company's transition tax liability.
The reported effective tax rate for the year-to-date periods ended September 28,June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019 and September 29, 2018 was 22% and 14%20%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the quarter and year-to-date periodperiods ended September 28, 2019 wasJune 27, 2020, were unfavorably impacted by a permanent basis difference in the assets sold to Ferrero. For the year-to-date period ended September 29, 2018, the effective tax rate benefited from a $16 million reduction of income tax expense related to the updated estimate of the Company's transition tax liability, a discretionary pension contribution, and a $44 million discrete tax benefit as a result of the remeasurement of deferred taxes followingprimarily due to a legal entity restructuring.change in our indefinite reinvestment assertion on foreign earnings of a subsidiary during the second quarter.
The adjusted effective income tax rate for the quarters ended September 28,June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019 was 23% and September 29, 2018 was 18% and 19%21%, respectively. The adjusted effective income tax rate for the year-to-date periods ended September 28,June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019 was 23% and September 29, 2018 was 20% and 16%21%, respectively.

As a result of the divestiture of selected cookies, fruit and fruit-flavored snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cones businesses during the third quarter of 2019, the Company reclassified approximately $200 million of deferred tax liabilities to current tax liability and recognized approximately $60 million of current tax liability related to permanent

basis differences on the assets sold to Ferrero. The Company expects to pay cash taxes of approximately $260 million in the fourth quarter of 2019 related to the divestiture.

Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates could impact the expected effective income tax rate as it is dependent upon U.S. dollar earnings of foreign subsidiaries doing business in various countries with differing statutory rates. Additionally, the rate could be impacted by tax legislation and if pending uncertain tax matters, including tax positions that could be affected by planning initiatives, are resolved more or less favorably than we currently expect.
Quarter endedYear-to-date period ended Quarter endedYear-to-date period ended
Consolidated results (dollars in millions)September 28,
2019
September 29,
2018
September 28,
2019
September 29,
2018
Consolidated results (dollars in millions)June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
June 27,
2020
June 29,
2019
Reported income taxes$91
$69
$237
$206
Reported income taxes$109  $74  $203  $146  
Mark-to-market5
4
3
12
Mark-to-market(23) 10  (20) (2) 
Project K(4)(8)(8)(13)Project K—  (4) —  (4) 
Brexit impacts

(1)
Brexit impacts—  (1) —  (1) 
Business and portfolio realignment(12)
(39)
Business and portfolio realignment(1) (20) (4) (27) 
Multiemployer pension plan liability(31)
(31)
Gain on divestiture55

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Adoption of U.S. Tax Reform
(16)
(16)
Multi-employer pension plan withdrawalMulti-employer pension plan withdrawal —   —  
Adjusted income taxes$78
$89
$258
$223
Adjusted income taxes$132  $89  $226  $180  
Reported effective income tax rate26.7 %15.0 %22.2 %14.3 %Reported effective income tax rate23.3 %20.1 %22.2 %20.1 %
Mark-to-market % % %0.1 %Mark-to-market(0.5)%0.7 %(0.3)%(0.1)%
Project K %(0.6)% %(0.3)%Project K— %(0.3)%— %0.1 %
Brexit impacts % %0.1 % %Brexit impacts— %— %— %0.1 %
Business and portfolio realignment(1.8)% %(0.7)% %Business and portfolio realignment0.4 %(0.8)%0.1 %(0.5)%
Multiemployer pension plan liability1.3 % %(0.1)% %
Gain on divestiture9.3 % %3.3 % %
Adoption of U.S. Tax Reform %(3.4)% %(1.1)%
Multi-employer pension plan withdrawalMulti-employer pension plan withdrawal— %— %— %— %
Adjusted effective income tax rate17.9 %19.0 %19.6 %15.6 %Adjusted effective income tax rate23.4 %20.5 %22.5 %20.5 %
Note: Tables may not foot due to rounding.

Brexit
In June 2016, a majority of votersFor more information on the reconciling items in the United Kingdom electedtable above, please refer to withdraw from the European UnionSignificant items impacting comparability section.

Liquidity and capital resources
At this time, the COVID-19 pandemic has not materially impacted our liquidity and we anticipate current cash and marketable security balances, operating cash flows, together with our credit facilities and other financing sources including commercial paper, credit and bond markets, will be adequate to meet our operating, investing and financing needs. We expect cash provided by operating activities reduced by capital expenditures of approximately $1.0 billion in a national referendum.2020. We currently have $2.5 billion of unused revolving credit agreements, including $1.5 billion effective through 2023 and $1.0 billion effective through January 2021, as well as continued access to the commercial paper markets. We are currently in compliance with all debt covenants and do not have material uncertainty about our ability to maintain compliance in future periods. In February 2017,May, we issued $500 million of ten-year 2.10% Notes in anticipation of our $600 million December maturity. We continue to utilize available capacity within the British Parliament voted in favor of allowing the British governmentMonetization and Accounts Payable Programs to begin negotiating the termsmaintain financial flexibility without negatively impacting working capital. Additionally, we utilized certain aspects of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal fromCoronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, to delay the European Union,employer share of certain U.S. payroll taxes until 2021 and 2022. Our utilization does not include a government loan and is not expected to result in March 2017,any restrictions on the British government invoked Article 50Company’s decisions on executive compensation, payment of dividends, or share buy-back programs.

As the Treatyimpact of COVID-19 on European Union, which, per the terms of the treaty, formally triggered a two-year negotiation processeconomy and put the United Kingdom on a course to withdraw from the European Union by the end of March 2019. The European Union recently granted an extension of the withdrawal date to January 31, 2020. With no agreement concluded as yet, the referendum has created significant uncertainty about the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, including with respect to the laws and regulations that will apply as the United Kingdom determines which European Union laws to replace or replicate in the event of a withdrawal.

The impact to the financial trends of our European and Consolidated businesses resulting from Brexit continues to be evaluated. During 2018 we generated approximately 5% of our net sales and hold approximately 4% of consolidated assets in the United Kingdom as of September 28, 2019. As details of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union are finalized,operations evolves, we will continue to evaluateassess our liquidity needs. There can be no assurance that volatility and/or disruption in the impactsglobal capital and credit markets will not impair our ability to our business.access these markets on terms acceptable to us, or at all.

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Liquidity and capital resources
Our principal source of liquidity is operating cash flows supplemented by borrowings for major acquisitions and other significant transactions. Our cash-generating capability is one of our fundamental strengths and provides us with substantial financial flexibility in meeting operating and investing needs.

We have historically reported negative working capital primarily as the result of our focus to improve core working capital by reducing our levels of trade receivables and inventory while extending the timing of payment of our trade payables.  The impacts of the extended customer terms program and the monetization programs are included in our

calculation ofon core working capital and are largely offsetting. Core working capital was improved by the extension of supplier payment terms. These programs are all part of our ongoing working capital management.

We have a substantial amount of indebtedness which results in current maturities of long-term debt and notes payable which can have a significant impact on working capital as a result of the timing of these required payments. These factors, coupled with the use of our ongoing cash flows from operations to service our debt obligations, pay dividends, fund acquisition opportunities, and repurchase our common stock, reduce our working capital amounts. We had negative working capital of $0.9$1.4 billion and $0.6$1.5 billion as of September 28,June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019, and September 29, 2018, respectively.

WithThe following table reflects net debt amounts:
(millions, unaudited)June 27, 2020December 28, 2019
Notes payable$121  $107  
Current maturities of long-term debt1,396  620  
Long-term debt6,929  7,195  
Total debt liabilities$8,446  $7,922  
Less:
Cash and cash equivalents(1,047) (397) 
Marketable securities(200) —  
Net debt$7,199  $7,525  

The decrease in net debt from the July 28, 2019 closing ofprior year-end is primarily due to increased operating cash flow as the sale of selected cookies, fruit and fruit-flavored snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cones businesses to Ferrero for approximately $1.3 billionincrease in cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities balances more than offset the $500 million debt issue during the second quarter. Marketable securities consists of our investment in a mutual fund holding short-term debt instruments, which we reducedexpect to hold until our non-GAAP cash flow guidance for the estimated cash tax on proceeds from the sale, the absence of the divested businesses cash flow, working capital impacts of assets and liabilities not sold with the businesses, and transaction-related costs.  After-tax proceeds of approximately $1.0 billion were used to redeem outstandingDecember 2020 debt which reduced our leverage and provides additional financial flexibility for future operating and investing needs.maturity.

We believe that our operating cash flows, together with our credit facilities and other available financing, will be adequate to meet our operating, investing and financing needs in the foreseeable future. However, there can be no assurance that volatility and/or disruption in the global capital and credit markets will not impair our ability to access these markets on terms acceptable to us, or at all.
The following table sets forth a summary of our cash flows:
 Year-to-date period ended
(millions)September 28, 2019September 29, 2018
Net cash provided by (used in):  
Operating activities$925
$926
Investing activities931
(785)
Financing activities(1,731)(136)
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents7
23
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents$132
$28

 Year-to-date period ended
(millions)June 27, 2020June 29, 2019
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities$971  $520  
Investing activities(515) (327) 
Financing activities234  (177) 
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents(40)  
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents$650  $19  
Operating activities
The principal source of our operating cash flow is net earnings, meaning cash receipts from the sale of our products, net of costs to manufacture and market our products.
Net cash provided by our operating activities for the year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019,June 27, 2020, totaled $925$971 million flat compared to the same period in 2018. The impact of the divestiture and related restructuring costs and higher input costs$520 million in the current year-to-date period were mostly offset byprior year period. The increase is due primarily to increased profitability, lower pension contributions.cash outflows related to restructuring and business realignment, improved management of core working capital, and lower tax payments.
Our cash conversion cycle (defined as days of inventory and trade receivables outstanding less days of trade payables outstanding, based on a trailing 12 month average), was approximately negative 57 days and negative 7 6
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days for the 12 month periods ended September 28,June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019, and September 29, 2018, respectively. The decreaseimprovement from the prior year is due primarily to a slight decline in days trade payables are outstanding.lower inventory balances.
We measure cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities reduced by expenditures for property additions. We use this non-GAAP financial measure of cash flow to focus management and investors on the amount of cash available for debt repayment, dividend distributions, acquisition opportunities, and share repurchases. Our cash flow metric is reconciled to the most comparable GAAP measure, as follows:
 Year-to-date period ended
(millions)September 28, 2019September 29, 2018
Net cash provided by operating activities$925
$926
Additions to properties(436)(389)
Cash flow$489
$537


 Year-to-date period ended
(millions)June 27, 2020June 29, 2019
Net cash provided by operating activities$971  $520  
Additions to properties(218) (294) 
Cash flow$753  $226  
Our non-GAAP measure for cash flow decreasedincreased to $489$753 million in the year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019,June 27, 2020, from $537$226 million in the prior year period due primarily to increased profitability, lower cash outflows related to restructuring and business realignment, improved management of core working capital, lower tax payments, and lower capital expenditures.

Investing activities
Our net cash used in investing activities totaled $515 million for the year-to-date period ended June 27, 2020 compared to cash used of $327 million in the comparable prior year period. The increase is due primarily to the purchase of marketable securities during the current year-to-date period as we invested in a mutual fund holding short-term debt instruments that we expect to hold until our December debt maturity.

Financing activities
Our net cash provided by financing activities for the year-to-date period ended June 27, 2020 totaled $234 million compared to cash used of $177 million during the comparable prior year period, due primarily to proceeds from the divestiture and related restructuring costs, increased input costs, and higher capital expenditures, mostly offset by lower pension contributions.

Investing activities
Our net cash provided by investing activities totaled $931 million for the year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019 compared to cash usedissuance of $785 million in the same period of 2018. The year-over-year increase is due primarily to the sale of selected cookies, fruit and fruit-flavored snacks, pie crusts, and ice cream cones businesses to Ferrero for approximately $1.3 billion in cash, and our acquisition of an ownership interest in TAF for $381 million during 2018.
Financing activities
Our net cash used in financing activities for the year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019 totaled $1,731 million compared to $136 million during the comparable period of 2018 due primarily to the debt redemptions during the third quarter of 2019 totaling approximately $1.0 billion as well as net long-term debt issuances in the prior year period. In August 2019, the Company redeemed $191$500 million of its 4.15% U.S. Dollarten-year 2.10% Notes due November 2019, $248 million of its 4.00% U.S. Dollar Notes due 2020, $202 million of its 3.25% U.S. Dollar Notes due 2021, and $50 million of its 2.65% U.S. Dollar Notes due 2023. In September 2019, the Company redeemed $309 million of its 4.15% U.S. Dollar Notes due November 2019, the remaining principal balance subsequent to the August redemption.2030 in May 2020.

In December 2017, the board of directors approved an authorization to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of our common stock beginning in January 2018 through December 2019. In February 2020, the board of directors approved a new authorization to repurchase up to $1.5 billion in shares beginning in 2018of the Company's common stock through December 2019.2022. These authorizations are intended to allow us to repurchase shares for general corporate purposes and to offset issuances for employee benefit programs. Total purchases for the year-to-date period ended September 28,June 29, 2019, were 4 million shares for $220 million. Total purchases forThe Company did not purchase shares in the year-to-date period ended September 29, 2018, were 2 millionJune 27, 2020 and does not expect to purchase shares for $120 million.during the remainder of 2020.

We paid cash dividends of $574$390 million in the year-to-date period ended September 28, 2019,June 27, 2020, compared to $568$380 million during the same periodcomparable prior year period. The increase in 2018. During thedividends paid reflects our third quarter of 2019 we increasedincrease in the quarterly dividend to $.57 per common share from the previous $.56 per common share.share. In October 2019,July 2020, the board of directors declared a dividend of $.57 per common share, payable on December 16, 2019September 15, 2020 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 2, 2019. The dividend is broadly in line with our current plan to maintain our long-term dividend pay-out of approximately 50% of adjusted net income.September 1, 2020.

In January 2018, weWe entered into an unsecured Five-Year Credit Agreement to replace the existing agreementin January 2018, allowing us to borrow, on a revolving credit basis, up to $1.5 billion on a revolving basis.and expiring in January 2023.

In January 2019,2020, we entered into an unsecured 364-Day Credit Agreement to borrow, on a revolving credit basis, up to $1.0 billion at any time outstanding, to replace the $1.0 billion 364-day facility that expired in January 2019.  2020.

The new credit facilities containsFive-Year and 364 Day Credit Agreements, which had no outstanding borrowings as June 27, 2020, contain customary covenants and warranties, including specified restrictions on indebtedness, liens and a specified interest expense coverage ratio.  If an event of default occurs, then, to the extent permitted, the administrative agentagents may terminate the commitments under the credit facility,facilities, accelerate any outstanding loans under the agreement,agreements, and demand the deposit of cash collateral equal to the lender's letter of credit exposure plus interest.

Our Notes contain customary covenants that limit the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries (as defined) to incur certain liens or enter into certain sale and lease-back transactions and also contain a change of
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control provision. There are no borrowings outstanding undersignificant restrictions on the credit facilities.

payment of dividends. We arewere in compliance with all debt covenants. We continue to believecovenants as of June 27, 2020.

The Notes do not contain acceleration of maturity clauses that we will be able to meetare dependent on credit ratings. A change in our interest and principal repayment obligations and maintain our debt covenants for the foreseeable future. We expectcredit ratings could limit our access to financing sources, along with operating cash flows, will be adequatethe U.S. short-term debt market and/or increase the cost of refinancing long-term debt in the future. However, even under these circumstances, we would continue to meet future operating, investinghave access to our 364-Day Credit Facility, which expires in January 2021, as well as our Five-Year Credit Agreement, which expires in January 2023. This source of liquidity is unused and financing needs, including the pursuit of selected acquisitions.available on an unsecured basis, although we do not currently plan to use it.


Monetization and Accounts Payable programs
We have a program in which customers could extend their payment terms in exchange for the elimination of early payment discounts (Extended Terms Program). In order to mitigate the net working capital impact of the Extended Terms Program for discrete customers, we entered into agreements to sell, on a revolving basis, certain trade accounts receivable balances to third party financial institutions (Monetization Programs). Transfers under the Monetization Programs are accounted for as sales of receivables resulting in the receivables being de-recognized from our Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Monetization Programs provide for the continuing sale of certain receivables on a revolving basis until terminated by either party; however the maximum funding from receivables that may be sold at any time is currently $1,033 million, but may be increased or decreased as customers move in or out of the Extended Terms Program and as additional financial institutions move in or out of the Monetization Programs. Accounts receivable sold of $918$964 million and $900$774 million remained outstanding under this arrangement as of SeptemberJune 27, 2020 and December 28, 2019, and December 29, 2018, respectively.

The Monetization Programs are designed to directly offset the impact the Extended Terms Program would have on the days-sales-outstanding (DSO) metric that is critical to the effective management of the Company's accounts receivable balance and overall working capital. Current DSO levels within North America are consistent with DSO levels prior to the execution of the Extended Term Program and Monetization Programs.

Refer to Note 2 within Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information related to the sale of accounts receivable.

We periodically monitor our supplier payment terms to assess whether our terms are competitive and in line with local market terms. To the extent that such assessment indicates that our supplier payment terms are not aligned with local market terms, we may seek to adjust our terms, including extending our payment due dates as appropriate, however, we do not expect supplier payment term extensions to have a material impact on our cash flows during 2020.

We have agreements with third parties (Accounts Payable Program) to provide accounts payable tracking systems which facilitate participating suppliers’ ability to monitor and, if elected, sell our payment obligations to designated third-party financial institutions. Participating suppliers may, at their sole discretion, make offers to sell one or more of our payment obligations prior to their scheduled due dates at a discounted price to participating financial institutions. Our goal is to capture overall supplier savings, in the form of payment terms or vendor funding, and the agreements facilitate the suppliers’ ability to sell payment obligations, while providing them with greater working capital flexibility. We have no economic interest in the sale of these suppliers’ receivables and no direct financial relationship with the financial institutions concerning these services. Our obligations to our suppliers, including amounts due and scheduled payment dates, are not impacted by suppliers’ decisions to sell amounts under the arrangements. However, our right to offset balances due from suppliers against payment obligations is restricted by the agreements for those payment obligations that have been sold by suppliers.

Refer to Note 1 within Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information related to accounts payable.

If financial institutions were to terminate their participation in the Monetization Programs, and we were unable secure alternative arrangements, our ability to offer our Extended Terms Program and effectively manage our accounts receivable balance and overall working capital could be negatively impacted. Additionally for the Accounts Payable Programs, financial institutions may terminate their participation or we could experience a downgrade in our credit rating that could result in higher costs to participating suppliers and our extended payment terms being reversed, both of which could negatively impact working capital. If working capital is negatively impacted as a result of these events and we were unable to secure alternative programs, we may have to utilize our various financing arrangements for short-term liquidity or increase our long-term borrowings.

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Future outlook
The Company reaffirmedraised full-year guidance:guidance, reflecting net sales and profit over-delivery during the first half of the year. The Company has made certain assumptions about the second half amidst an uncertain environment. Notably, the Company assumes at-home consumption growth will moderate to normalized levels by the fourth quarter, with away-from-home demand taking longer to recover, and emerging markets feeling the impact of slowing economies. In addition, the Company expects to sustain direct costs around safety, sanitation, and labor, and has shifted substantial brand building into the second half.

NetSpecifically, based on these assumption, the revised guidance ranges are:

Organic net sales growth for the full year is still expectedprojected to be approximately 5%, versus previous guidance of 1-2% year on year on both a currency-neutral and organic basis.growth.

Currency-neutral adjusted operating profit expectations continueis expected to be fordecline approximately 1%, versus previous guidance of a 4% decline, inand still weighed down by the rangeabsence of 4-5%.results from the divested businesses.

Currency-neutral adjusted EPS for the full year is expected to decline by approximately 10%1%, versus previous guidance of a 3-4% decline, and still weighed down by the favorableabsence of results from the divested businesses.

Cash provided by operating activities is projected to be $1.6 billion, the high end of our previous guidance due primarily to a slightly lower tax rate and favorable Other income (expense).

Non-GAAP operating cash flow, defined as operating cash flow lessrange of $1.5-$1.6 billion. Capital expenditures for property additions, isare expected to be approximately $0.5$0.6 billion. Cash flow, defined as cash provided by operating activities reduced by capital expenditures, is projected to be $1.0 billion, for the year, reflectinghigh end of our previous guidance range of $0.9-$1.0 billion.

Excluded from this guidance are significant supply chain or other market disruptions related to the impact of the divestiture.pandemic or global economy.

We are unable to reasonably estimate the potential full-year financial impact of mark-to-market adjustments and costs associated with Brexit because these impacts are dependent on future changes in market and regulatory conditions. Similarly, because of volatility in foreign exchange rates and shifts in country mix of our international earnings, we are unable to reasonably estimate the potential full-year financial impact of foreign currency translation. 
 
As a result, these impacts are not included in the guidance provided. Therefore, we are unable to provide a full reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures used in our guidance without unreasonable effort as certain information necessary to calculate such measure on a GAAP basis is unavailable, dependent on future events outside of our control and cannot be predicted without unreasonable efforts by the Company.

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See the table below that outlines the projected impact of certain other items that are excluded from non-GAAP guidance for 2019:
2020:
Impact of certain items excluded from Non-GAAP guidance:Net SalesOperating ProfitEarnings Per Share
Business and portfolio realignment (pre-tax)~$60-$70M~$0.17-$0.20
Income tax impact applicable to adjustments, net**~$0.04-$0.05
Impact of certain items excluded from Non-GAAP guidance:Net SalesOperating ProfitEarnings Per Share
Project K (pre-tax)~$50M~$0.15
Business and portfolio realignment (pre-tax)~$170-180~$0.50-0.53
Multi-employer pension plan exit liability (pre-tax)$132M$0.39
Income tax impact applicable to adjustments, net**~$0.24
Currency-neutral adjusted guidance*1-2%2%-3%(4)-(5)~(1)%~(10)(1)%
Subtract: AcquisitionsAbsence of results from divested business2%~4%
Add Back: Divestiture53rd Week~(1)-(2)-(3)%
Organic guidanceguidance*1-2%~5%
* 20192020 full year guidance for net sales, operating profit, and earnings per share are provided on a non-GAAP basis only because certain information necessary to calculate such measures on a GAAP basis is unavailable, dependent on future events outside of our control and cannot be predicted without unreasonable efforts by the Company. These items for 20192020 include impacts of Brexit and mark-to-market adjustments for pension plans (service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, and other net periodic pension costs are not excluded), commodities and certain foreign currency contracts. The Company is providing quantification of known adjustment items where available.

** Represents the estimated income tax effect on the reconciling items, using weighted-average statutory tax rates, depending upon the applicable jurisdiction.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP amounts - Cash Flow Guidance
(billions)Full Year 20192020
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities~$1.01.6
Additions to properties~(0.5)($0.6)
Cash Flow~$0.51.0


Forward-looking statements
This Report contains “forward-looking statements” with projections concerning, among other things, the Company’s global growth and efficiency program (Project K),restructuring programs, the integration of acquired businesses, our strategy, financial principles, and plans;plans, initiatives, improvements and growth; sales, gross margins, advertising, promotion, merchandising, brand building, operating profit, and earnings per share; innovation; investments; capital expenditures;expenditures, asset write-offs and expenditures and costs related to productivity or efficiency initiatives; the impact of accounting changes and significant accounting estimates; our ability to meet interest and debt principal repayment obligations; minimum contractual obligations; future common stock repurchases or debt reduction;reduction, effective income tax rate; cash flow and core working capital improvements; interest expense; commodity and energy prices; and employee benefit plan costs and funding. Forward-looking statements include predictions of future results or activities and may contain the words “expect,” “believe,” “will,” “can,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” “should,” “estimate,” or words or phrases of similar meaning. For example, forward-looking statements are found in this Item 1 and in several sections of Management’s Discussion and Analysis.  Our actual results or activities may differ materially from these predictions.
Our future results could be affected by a variety of other factors, including:
including uncertainty of the magnitude, duration, geographic reach, impact on the global economy and current and potential travel restrictions of the COVID-19 outbreak, the current, and uncertain future, impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on our business, growth, reputation, prospects, financial condition, operating results (including components of our financial results), and cash flows and liquidity, the expected benefits and costs of the divestiture of selected cookies, fruit and fruit flavored-snacks, pie crusts, and ice-cream cones businesses of the Company, the risk that disruptions from the divestiture will divert management's focus or harm the Company’sour business, risks relating to any unforeseen changes to or effects on liabilities, future capital expenditures, revenues, expenses, earnings, synergies, indebtedness, financial condition, losses and future prospects, risks associated with the Company’sour provision of transition services to the divested businesses post-closing;
post-closing, the ability to implement restructuring and reorganization plans, as planned, whether the expected amount of costs associated with these plansrestructuring will exceeddiffer from forecasts, whether the Companywe will be able to realize the anticipated benefits from these plansrestructuring in the amounts and times expected;
the ability to realize the anticipated benefits from our implementation of a more formal revenue growth management discipline;
expected, the ability to realize the anticipated benefits and synergies from acquired businessesbusiness acquisitions in the amounts and at the times expected;

expected, the impact of competitive conditions;
conditions, the effectiveness of pricing, advertising, and promotional programs;
the success of innovation, renovation and new product introductions;
the recoverability of the carrying value of goodwill and other intangibles;
intangibles, the success of productivity improvements and business transitions;
transitions, commodity and energy prices;
prices, transportation costs, labor and transportation costs;
costs, disruptions or inefficiencies in supply chain;
chain, the availability of and interest rates on short-term and long-term financing;
financing, actual market performance of benefit plan trust investments;
investments, the levels of spending on systems initiatives,
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properties, business opportunities, integration of acquired businesses, and other general and administrative costs;
costs, changes in consumer behavior and preferences;
preferences, the effect of U.S. and foreign economic conditions on items such as interest rates, statutory tax rates, currency conversion and availability;
availability, legal and regulatory factors including changes in food safety, advertising and labeling laws and regulations;
regulations, the ultimate impact of product recalls;
adverse changes in global climate or extreme weather conditions;
business disruption or other losses from natural disasters, war, terrorist acts or political unrest; and
the risks and uncertainties described herein under Part II,in Item 1A.

1A below. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update them.


Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Our Company is exposed to certain market risks, which exist as a part of our ongoing business operations. We use derivative financial and commodity instruments, where appropriate, to manage these risks. Refer to Note 1211 within Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on our derivative financial and commodity instruments.
Refer to disclosures contained within Item 7A of our 20182019 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Other than changes noted here, there have been no material changes in the Company’s market risk as of September 28, 2019.June 27, 2020.

There have also been periods of increasedVolatile market volatility and currency exchange rate fluctuations specifically within the United Kingdom and Europe, as a result of the UK referendum held on June 23, 2016, in which voters approved an exitconditions arising from the European Union, commonly referredCOVID-19 pandemic may result in significant changes in foreign exchange rates, and in particular a weakening of foreign currencies relative to as Brexit. As a resultthe U.S. dollar may negatively affect our net sales and operating profit when translated to U.S. dollars.  Primary exposures include the U.S. dollar versus the euro, British pound, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, Mexican peso, Brazilian real, Nigerian naira, Russian ruble and Egyptian pound, and in the case of the referendum,inter-subsidiary transactions, the British government formally initiatedpound versus the process for withdrawal in March 2017. The terms of withdrawal have not yet been ratified by the UK parliament, and the European Union has, therefore, granted a further extension from the original March 29, 2019 deadline to January 31, 2020. If the current agreementeuro. There is not ratified by that date, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union at such time with no agreement. Accordingly, the referendum has created significant uncertainty about the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, including with respect to the laws and regulations that will apply as the United Kingdom determines which European Union laws to replace or replicate in the eventsurrounding impact of a withdrawal. We recognize that there are still significant uncertainties surrounding the ultimate resolution of Brexit negotiations,COVID-19 on financial markets and we will continue to monitor any changes that may arise and assess their potential impact on our business.the business for adverse impacts related to the pandemic. 

During 2019,2020, we've entered into forward starting interest swaps with notional amounts totaling $600€150 million and $525 million, as hedges against interest rate volatility associated with a forecasted issuance of fixed rate Euro and U.S. Dollar denominated debt. These swaps were designated as cash flow hedges.


During 2019, we've settled In May of 2020, the Company issued $500 million of ten-year 2.10% Notes due 2030, resulting in net proceeds after debt discount of $496 million. In connection with this debt issuance, the company terminated forward starting interest rate swaps with notional amounts totaling €1.8 billion that$500 million, resulting in a $51 million loss. These forward starting interest rate swaps were previously designatedaccounted for as fair valuecash flow hedges for certain Euro debt for an aggregate gain of $40 million. This gainand the related loss was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and will be amortized to interest expense over the lifeterm of the related debt. Additionally we've entered into newNotes.

We have interest rate swapscontracts with notional amounts totaling €1.2$2.2 billion that were designatedrepresenting a net settlement obligation of $3 million as fair value hedges for certain Euro debt.

of June 27, 2020. We havehad interest rate contracts with notional amounts totaling $1.9 billion representing a net settlement obligation of $15 million as of September 28, 2019. We had interest rate contracts with notional amounts totaling $1.6 billion representing a settlement obligation of $5$6 million as of December 29, 2018.28, 2019.

During 2019, we entered into cross currency swaps with notional amounts totaling approximately €300 million, as hedges against foreign currency volatility associated with our net investment in our wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries. These swaps were designated as net investment hedges. We have cross currency swaps with notional amounts totaling $1.5 billion outstanding as of September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 representing a net settlement receivable of $143$145 million. The total notional amount of cross currency swaps outstanding as of December 29, 201828, 2019 was $1.2$1.5 billion representing a net settlement receivable of $79$85 million.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports 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, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure under Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e). Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, rather than absolute, assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.
As of September 28, 2019,June 27, 2020, we carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures.

Based on the foregoing, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

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KELLOGG COMPANY
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There
Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1A to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018.28, 2019. The risk factors disclosed under those Reports in addition to the other information set forth in this Report, could materially affect our business, financial condition, or results. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we deem to be immaterial could also materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results.
The COVID-19 pandemic could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and/or cash flows.
The severity, magnitude and duration of the current COVID-19 pandemic is uncertain and rapidly changing.
Measures enacted by authorities, and actions taken by the Company, to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, shelter-in-place orders and shutdowns, have impacted and may further impact all or portions of our workforce and operations, the operations of our customers, and those of our respective vendors and suppliers. There is no certainty that measures taken by governmental authorities will be sufficient to mitigate the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and our ability to perform critical functions could be harmed. A shutdown of one or more of our manufacturing, warehousing or distribution facilities as a result of illness, government restrictions or other workforce disruptions orabsenteeism, or reductions in capacity utilization levels, could result in us incurring additional direct costs and experiencing lost revenue. Illness, travel restrictions or workforce disruptions could negatively affect our supply chain, manufacturing, distribution or other business.The COVID-19 pandemic could disrupt our supply chain, operations and routes to market or those of our suppliers, their suppliers or our brokers or distributors. These disruptions or our failure to effectively respond to them, could increase product or distribution costs, or cause delays or inability to deliver products to our customers. We have experienced temporary disruptions to our supply chain in certain markets that, to date, have not been material to our consolidated results. These disruptions to our work force and supply could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
Further, we have recently delayed certain capital and innovation projects due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Continued disruptions and uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic for a sustained period could result in additional delays or modifications to these projects and other productivity, capital and innovation projects and hinder our ability to achieve the project objectives.
The COVID-19 pandemic has also significantly increased economic and demand uncertainty, including inflation, interest rates, availability of capital markets, consumer spending rates and energy availability and costs (including fuel surcharges). We expect the COVID-19 pandemic to result in lower revenues in some of our emerging market countries that have a higher concentration of traditional trade outlets (such as small family-run stores).
The duration and significance of this sustained demand is uncertain. Volatility in financial markets and deterioration of national and global economic conditions could impact our business and operations in a variety of ways, including as follows:
Consumers may shift purchases to more generic, lower-priced, or other value offerings, or may forego certain purchases altogether during economic downturns, which could result in a reduction in sales of higher margin products or a shift in our product mix to lower margin offerings adversely affecting the results of our operations;
Disruptions or uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic could result in delays or modifications to our strategic plans and initiatives and hinder our ability to achieve our objective to reduce our operating cost structure in both our supply chain and overhead costs;
A strengthening in the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies in the countries in which we operate would negatively affect our reported results of operations and financial results due to currency translation losses and currency transaction losses;
Decreased demand for our products due to unemployment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic;
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Volatility in commodity and other input costs could substantially impact our result of operations and our commodity hedging activities might not sufficiently offset this volatility;
Volatility in the equity markets or interest rates could substantially impact our pension costs and required pension contributions; and
Increased volatility and pricing in the capital markets and commercial paper markets could limit our access to our preferred sources of liquidity when we would like, and our borrowing costs could increase.
These and other impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic could have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section of our 10-K, such as those relating to our reputation, brands, product sales, results of operations or financial condition. The severity, magnitude and duration of the current COVID-19 pandemic is uncertain, rapidly changing and depends on events beyond our knowledge or control. We might not be able to anticipate or respond to all impacts on a timely basis to prevent near- or long-term adverse impacts to our results. As a result, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
In December 2017,February 2020, the board of directors approved an authorization to repurchase of up to $1.5 billion of ourthe Company's common stock beginning in January 2018 through December 2019. This authorization is2022. These authorizations are intended to allow usthe Company to repurchase shares for general corporate purposes and to offset issuances for employee benefit programs.

The following table provides information with respect to purchases of common shares under programs authorized by our board of directors during the quarter ended September 28, 2019.June 27, 2020.

(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
(millions, except per share data)
Period(a) Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
(b) Average Price
Paid Per Share
(c) Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
(d) Approximate
Dollar Value of
Shares that May
Yet Be
Purchased
Under the Plans
or Programs
Month #1:
3/29/2019 - 4/25/2020— $— — $1,500 
Month #2:
4/26/2020 - 5/23/2020— $— — $1,500 
Month #3:
5/24/2020 - 6/27/2020— $— — $1,500 
Total— $— — 

Period
(a) Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
(b) Average Price
Paid Per Share
(c) Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
(d) Approximate
Dollar Value of
Shares that May
Yet Be
Purchased
Under the Plans
or Programs
Month #1:    
6/30/2019 - 7/27/2019
$

$960
Month #2:    
7/28/2019 - 8/24/2019
$

$960
Month #3:    
8/25/2019 - 9/28/2019
$

$960
Total
$

 
Item 6. Exhibits
(a)Exhibits:   
(a)4.1Exhibits:
Officers’ Certificate of Kellogg Company (with form of 2.100% Senior Notes due 2030), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 1, 2020, Commission file number 1-4171.
31.1
31.1Rule 13a-14(e)/15d-14(a) Certification from Steven A. Cahillane
31.2Rule 13a-14(e)/15d-14(a) Certification from Amit Banati
32.1Section 1350 Certification from Steven A. Cahillane
32.2Section 1350 Certification from Amit Banati
101.INSXBRL Instance Document
101.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CALXBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LABXBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PREXBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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KELLOGG COMPANY
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements 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.
 
KELLOGG COMPANY
KELLOGG COMPANY
/s/ Amit Banati
Amit Banati
Principal Financial Officer;

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Kurt Forche
Kurt Forche
Principal Accounting Officer;

Vice President and Corporate Controller

Date: July 31, 2020
Date: October 30, 2019
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KELLOGG COMPANY
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.Description
Electronic (E)

Paper (P)

Incorp. By

Ref. (IBRF)
Officers’ Certificate of Kellogg Company (with form of 2.100% Senior Notes due 2030), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 1, 2020, Commission file number 1-4171.IBRF
Rule 13a-14(e)/15d-14(a) Certification from Steven A. CahillaneE
Rule 13a-14(e)/15d-14(a) Certification from Amit BanatiE
Section 1350 Certification from Steven A. CahillaneE
Section 1350 Certification from Amit BanatiE
101.INSXBRL Instance DocumentE
101.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema DocumentE
101.CALXBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase DocumentE
101.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase DocumentE
101.LABXBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase DocumentE
101.PREXBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase DocumentE


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