SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
[X] Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended July 2, 2011
or
[ ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Commission File Number 033-75706-01
BERRY PLASTICS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 35-1814673 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (IRS employer identification number) |
SEE TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANT GUARANTORS
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (812) 424-2904
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants: (1) have 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 such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post such files). Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are large accelerated filers, accelerated filers, or non-accelerated filers. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer [ ] Accelerated filer [ ] Non-accelerated filer [ X ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are shell companies (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Yes [ ] No [X]
As of August 15, 2011, all of the outstanding 100 shares of the Common Stock, $.01 par value, of Berry Plastics Corporation were held by Berry Plastics Group, Inc.
Table of Additional Registrant Guarantors
Exact Name | Jurisdiction of Organization | Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number | I.R.S. Employer Identification No. | Name, Address and Telephone Number of Principal Executive Offices |
Aerocon, LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 35-1948748 | (a) |
Berry Iowa, LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 42-1382173 | (a) |
Berry Plastics Design, LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 62-1689708 | (a) |
Berry Plastics Technical Services, Inc. | Delaware | 3089 | 57-1029638 | (a) |
Berry Sterling Corporation | Delaware | 3089 | 54-1749681 | (a) |
CPI Holding Corporation | Delaware | 3089 | 34-1820303 | (a) |
Knight Plastics, LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 35-2056610 | (a) |
Packerware, LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 48-0759852 | (a) |
Pescor, Inc. | Delaware | 3089 | 74-3002028 | (a) |
Poly-Seal, LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 52-0892112 | (a) |
Venture Packaging, Inc. | Delaware | 3089 | 51-0368479 | (a) |
Venture Packaging Midwest, Inc. | Delaware | 3089 | 34-1809003 | (a) |
Berry Plastics Acquisition Corporation III | Delaware | 3089 | 37-1445502 | (a) |
Berry Plastics Opco, Inc. | Delaware | 3089 | 30-0120989 | (a) |
Berry Plastics Acquisition Corporation V | Delaware | 3089 | 36-4509933 | (a) |
Berry Plastics Acquisition Corporation VIII | Delaware | 3089 | 32-0036809 | (a) |
Berry Plastics Acquisition Corporation IX | Delaware | 3089 | 35-2184302 | (a) |
Berry Plastics Acquisition Corporation X | Delaware | 3089 | 35-2184301 | (a) |
Berry Plastics Acquisition Corporation XI | Delaware | 3089 | 35-2184300 | (a) |
Berry Plastics Acquisition Corporation XII | Delaware | 3089 | 35-2184299 | (a) |
Berry Plastics Acquisition Corporation XIII | Delaware | 3089 | 35-2184298 | (a) |
Berry Plastics Acquisition Corporation XV, LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 35-2184293 | (a) |
Kerr Group, LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 95-0898810 | (a) |
Saffron Acquisition, LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 94-3293114 | (a) |
Setco, LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 56-2374074 | (a) |
Sun Coast Industries, LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 59-1952968 | (a) |
Cardinal Packaging, Inc. | Ohio | 3089 | 34-1396561 | (a) |
Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC | Delaware | 2672 | 20-4104683 | (a) |
Covalence Specialty Coatings LLC | Delaware | 2672 | 20-4104683 | (a) |
Caplas LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 20-3888603 | (a) |
Caplas Neptune, LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 20-5557864 | (a) |
Captive Plastics Holding, LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 20-1290475 | (a) |
Captive Plastics, LLC | Delaware | 3089 | 22-1890735 | (a) |
Grafco Industries Limited Partnership | Maryland | 3089 | 52-1729327 | (a) |
Rollpak Corporation | Indiana | 3089 | 35-1582626 | (a) |
Pliant, LLC | Delaware | 2673 | 43-2107725 | (a) |
Pliant Corporation International | Utah | 2673 | 87-0473075 | (a) |
Uniplast Holdings, LLC | Delaware | 2673 | 13-3999589 | (a) |
Uniplast U.S., Inc. | Delaware | 2673 | 04-3199066 | (a) |
Berry Plastics SP, Inc. | Virginia | 3089 | 52-1444795 | (a) |
(a) 101 Oakley Street, Evansville, IN 47710
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Form 10-Q includes "forward-looking statements," within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), with respect to our financial condition, results of operations and business and our expectations or beliefs concerning future events. The forward-looking statements include, in particular, statements about our plans, strategies and prospects under the heading "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations". You can identify certain forward-looking statements by our use of forward-looking terminology such as, but not limited to, "believes," "estimates," "intends," "plans," "likely," "will," "would," "could" and similar expressions that identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Many risks and uncertainties are inherent in our industry and markets. Others are more specific to our operations. The occurrence of the events described and the achievement of the expected results depend on many events, some or all of which are not predictable or within our control. Actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include:
· | risks associated with our substantial indebtedness and debt service; |
· | changes in prices and availability of resin and other raw materials and our ability to pass on changes in raw material prices on a timely basis; |
· | performance of our business and future operating results; |
· | risks related to our acquisition strategy and integration of acquired businesses; |
· | reliance on unpatented know-how and trade secrets; |
· | increases in the cost of compliance with laws and regulations, including environmental laws and regulations; |
· | risks related to disruptions in the overall economy and the financial markets may adversely impact our business; |
· | catastrophic loss of one of our key manufacturing facilities; |
· | risks of competition, including foreign competition, in our existing and future markets; |
· | general business and economic conditions, particularly an economic downturn; and |
· | the other factors discussed in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2010 in the section titled “Risk Factors.” |
Readers should carefully review the factors discussed in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2010 in the section titled “Risk Factors” and other risk factors identified from time to time in our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, future events or other changes.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
We make available, free of charge, our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments, if any, to those reports through our Internet website as soon as practicable after they have been electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our internet address is www.berryplastics.com. The information contained on our website is not being incorporated herein.
Berry Plastics Corporation
Form 10-Q Index
For Quarterly Period Ended July 2, 2011
Part I. | Financial Information | | Page No. |
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| Item 1. | Financial Statements: | |
| | Consolidated Balance Sheets | 5 |
| | Consolidated Statements of Operations | 6 |
| | Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity | 7 |
| | Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | 8 |
| | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | 9 |
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| Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of | |
| | Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 22 |
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| Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | 30 |
| Item 4. | Controls and Procedures | 30 |
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Part II. | Other Information | | |
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| Item 1. | Legal Proceedings | 31 |
| Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 31 |
| Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | 31 |
| Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities | 31 |
| Item 4. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders | 31 |
| Item 5. | Other Information | 31 |
| Item 6. | Exhibits | 31 |
Signature | | | 32 |
Berry Plastics Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In Millions of Dollars)
| | July 2, 2011 | | | October 2, 2010 | |
Assets | | (Unaudited) | | | | |
Current assets: | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 171 | | | $ | 148 | |
Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $11 at July 2, 2011 and $13 at October 2, 2010, respectively) | | | 511 | | | | 485 | |
Inventories: | | | | | | | | |
Finished goods | | | 329 | | | | 316 | |
Raw materials and supplies | | | 251 | | | | 267 | |
| | | 580 | | | | 583 | |
Deferred income taxes | | | 55 | | | | 53 | |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | | | 46 | | | | 46 | |
Total current assets | | | 1,363 | | | | 1,315 | |
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Property, plant and equipment: | | | | | | | | |
Land, buildings and improvements | | | 243 | | | | 261 | |
Equipment and construction in progress | | | 1,642 | | | | 1,546 | |
| | | 1,885 | | | | 1,807 | |
Less accumulated depreciation | | | 799 | | | | 661 | |
| | | 1,086 | | | | 1,146 | |
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Goodwill, intangible assets and deferred costs | | | 2,796 | | | | 2,872 | |
Other assets | | | 366 | | | | 297 | |
| | | 3,162 | | | | 3,169 | |
Total assets | | $ | 5,611 | | | $ | 5,630 | |
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Liabilities and stockholders' equity | | | | | | | | |
Current liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable | | $ | 364 | | | $ | 362 | |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | | | 295 | | | | 270 | |
Current portion of long-term debt | | | 32 | | | | 29 | |
Total current liabilities | | | 691 | | | | 661 | |
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Long-term debt, less current portion | | | 4,380 | | | | 4,345 | |
Deferred income taxes | | | 195 | | | | 223 | |
Other long-term liabilities | | | 140 | | | | 144 | |
Total liabilities | | | 5,406 | | | | 5,373 | |
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Commitments and contingencies | | | | | | | | |
Stockholders' equity: | | | | | | | | |
Parent company investment, net | | | 627 | | | | 627 | |
Accumulated deficit | | | (406 | ) | | | (347 | ) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | | (16 | ) | | | (23 | ) |
Total stockholders’ equity | | | 205 | | | | 257 | |
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | | $ | 5,611 | | | $ | 5,630 | |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
Berry Plastics Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(In Millions of Dollars)
| | Quarterly Period Ended | | | Three Quarterly Periods Ended | |
| | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | | | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | |
Net sales | | $ | 1,187 | | | $ | 1,168 | | | $ | 3,332 | | | $ | 3,103 | |
Costs and expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cost of goods sold | | | 1,000 | | | | 1,022 | | | | 2,841 | | | | 2,682 | |
Selling, general and administrative | | | 94 | | | | 97 | | | | 280 | | | | 273 | |
Restructuring and impairment charges | | | 5 | | | | 18 | | | | 36 | | | | 27 | |
Other operating expenses | | | 9 | | | | 3 | | | | 26 | | | | 36 | |
Operating income | | | 79 | | | | 28 | | | | 149 | | | | 85 | |
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Loss on extinguishment of debt | | | – | | | | – | | | | 68 | | | | – | |
Other expense (income), net | | | 1 | | | | (3 | ) | | | (1 | ) | | | (10 | ) |
Interest expense | | | 81 | | | | 82 | | | | 242 | | | | 224 | |
Interest income | | | (26 | ) | | | (20 | ) | | | (74 | ) | | | (55 | ) |
Net income (loss) before income taxes | | | 23 | | | | (31 | ) | | | (86 | ) | | | (74 | ) |
Income tax expense (benefit) | | | 10 | | | | (9 | ) | | | (27 | ) | | | (19 | ) |
Net income (loss) | | $ | 13 | | | $ | (22 | ) | | $ | (59 | ) | | $ | (55 | ) |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
Berry Plastics Corporation
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
For the Three Quarterly Periods Ended July 2, 2011 and July 3, 2010
(Unaudited)
(In Millions of Dollars)
| | Parent Company Investment | | | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | | | Accumulated Deficit | | | Total | | | Comprehensive Income (Loss) | |
Balance at September 26, 2009 | | $ | 629 | | | $ | (28 | ) | | $ | (279 | ) | | $ | 322 | | | | |
Stock compensation expense | | | 1 | | | | – | | | | – | | | | 1 | | | | |
Net transfers to parent | | | (1 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | (1 | ) | | | |
Derivative instruments | | | – | | | | 3 | | | | – | | | | 3 | | | | |
Net loss | | | – | | | | – | | | | (55 | ) | | | (55 | ) | | $ | (55 | ) |
Currency translation | | | – | | | | (2 | ) | | | – | | | | (2 | ) | | | (2 | ) |
Balance at July 3, 2010 | | $ | 629 | | | $ | (27 | ) | | $ | (334 | ) | | $ | 268 | | | $ | (57 | ) |
| | Parent Company Investment | | | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | | | Accumulated Deficit | | | Total | | | Comprehensive Income (Loss) | |
Balance at October 2, 2010 | | $ | 627 | | | $ | (23 | ) | | $ | (347 | ) | | $ | 257 | | | | |
Stock compensation expense | | | 1 | | | | – | | | | – | | | | 1 | | | | |
Net transfers to parent | | | (1 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | (1 | ) | | | |
Derivative instruments | | | – | | | | 1 | | | | – | | | | 1 | | | | |
Net loss | | | – | | | | – | | | | (59 | ) | | | (59 | ) | | $ | (59 | ) |
Interest rate hedge, net of tax | | | – | | | | (2 | ) | | | – | | | | (2 | ) | | | (2 | ) |
Currency translation | | | – | | | | 8 | | | | – | | | | 8 | | | | 8 | |
Balance at July 2, 2011 | | $ | 627 | | | $ | (16 | ) | | $ | (406 | ) | | $ | 205 | | | $ | (53 | ) |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
Berry Plastics Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(In Millions of Dollars)
| | Three Quarterly Periods Ended | |
| | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | |
Operating activities | | | | | | |
Net loss | | $ | (59 | ) | | $ | (55 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: | | | | | | | | |
Depreciation | | | 173 | | | | 152 | |
Amortization of intangibles | | | 80 | | | | 80 | |
Non-cash interest expense | | | 12 | | | | 19 | |
Non-cash interest income | | | (74 | ) | | | (55 | ) |
Other non-cash income | | | (3 | ) | | | (10 | ) |
Deferred income tax benefit | | | (28 | ) | | | (16 | ) |
Loss on disposal and impairment of assets | | | 20 | | | | 12 | |
Loss on extinguishment of debt | | | 68 | | | | – | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Accounts receivable, net | | | (23 | ) | | | (54 | ) |
Inventories | | | 6 | | | | (137 | ) |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | | | 14 | | | | 9 | |
Accounts payable and other liabilities | | | 19 | | | | 77 | |
Net cash from operating activities | | | 205 | | | | 22 | |
Investing activities | | | | | | | | |
Additions to property and equipment | | | (126 | ) | | | (171 | ) |
Proceeds from disposal of assets | | | 2 | | | | 29 | |
Investment in Berry Plastics Group debt securities | | | – | | | | (23 | ) |
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired | | | (2 | ) | | | (653 | ) |
Net cash from investing activities | | | (126 | ) | | | (818 | ) |
Financing activities | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from long-term borrowings | | | 800 | | | | 1,097 | |
Repayments on long-term borrowings | | | (832 | ) | | | (86 | ) |
Debt financing costs | | | (22 | ) | | | (37 | ) |
Transfers to parent, net | | | (1 | ) | | | (1 | ) |
Net cash from financing activities | | | (55 | ) | | | 973 | |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | | | (1 | ) | | | – | |
Net increase in cash | | | 23 | | | | 177 | |
Cash at beginning of period | | | 148 | | | | 10 | |
Cash at end of period | | $ | 171 | | | $ | 187 | |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
Berry Plastics Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(In Millions of dollars, except as otherwise noted)
1. | Background and Nature of Operations |
Berry Plastics Corporation (“Berry” or the “Company”) is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of plastic packaging products, plastic film products, specialty adhesives and coated products. Berry is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (“Berry Group”) which is primarily owned by affiliates of Apollo Management, L.P. (“Apollo”) and Graham Partners. Berry’s key principal products include containers, drink cups, bottles, closures and overcaps, tubes and prescription containers, trash bags, stretch films and tapes which we sell into a diverse selection of attractive and stable end markets, including food and beverage, healthcare, personal care, quick service and family dining restaurants, custom and retail, agricultural, horticultural, institutional, industrial, construction and automotive. Berry operates in four primary segments: Rigid Open Top, Rigid Closed Top, Specialty Films, and Tapes, Bags and Coatings.
The accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements of Berry have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions for Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1934. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full fiscal year. The accompanying financial statements include the results of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2010. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated. The Company issued financial statements by filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and has evaluated subsequent events up to the time of the filing. Certain amounts in the prior year financial statements and related notes have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
Related Party Transactions and Allocations
The Company has recorded management fees of $2 in the quarterly period ended and $6 in the three quarterly periods ended July 2, 2011 and July 3, 2010, respectively, charged by Apollo and other investors to Berry Group and recorded income taxes to push down the respective amounts that relate to the consolidated operations of the Company. Parent company investment, net in our Consolidated Balance Sheets includes the equity from Berry Group that was invested in Berry by Apollo and other shareholders. As part of the acquisition of Pliant Corporation (“Pliant”) during fiscal 2010, the Company paid to Apollo and Graham $6 of transaction costs which has been recorded in Other operating expenses in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. In addition, as part of the Pliant transaction, Apollo and Graham received a combined cash liquidation settlement of $22 for their pre-bankruptcy investment position in Pliant which was paid by the Company as part of the purchase price of Pliant.
As of July 2, 2011, BP Parallel LLC, a non-guarantor subsidiary of the Company, had invested $191 to purchase assignments of $548 of the Berry Group’s senior unsecured term loan (“Senior Unsecured Term Loan”). The Company has the intent and ability to hold these securities to maturity. The investment is stated at amortized cost and the discount is being accreted under the effective interest method to interest income until the maturity of the debt. The Company has recorded their investment in Other assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and is recording the non-cash interest income and the accretion income from the discount on the purchase of Senior Unsecured Term Loan in Interest income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company recognized interest and accretion income of $26 and $20 for the quarterly period ended and $74 and $54 for the three quarterly periods ended July 2, 2011 and July 3, 2010, respectively. The carrying value of these investments was $361 at July 2, 2011. The net outstanding balance of the Senior Unsecured Term Loan was $55 at July 2, 2011.
3. Acquisition
Pliant Corporation
In December 2009, the Company obtained control of 100% of the capital stock of Pliant Corporation (“Pliant”) upon Pliant’s emergence from reorganization pursuant to a proceeding under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code for a purchase price of $600 ($574, net of cash acquired). Pliant is a leading manufacturer of value-added films and flexible packaging for food, personal care, medical, agricultural and industrial applications. The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination using the purchase method of accounting. The Company has recognized goodwill on this transaction as a result of expected synergies. Goodwill will not be deductible for tax purposes. The following table summarizes the final allocation of purchase price and the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of the acquisition:
Working capital | | $ | 126 | |
Property and equipment | | | 242 | |
Intangible assets | | | 119 | |
Goodwill | | | 226 | |
Other long-term liabilities | | | (113 | ) |
Net assets acquired | | $ | 600 | |
Pro forma net sales and pro forma net loss for the three quarterly periods ended July 3, 2010 was $3,265 and $79, respectfully. The pro forma net sales and net loss assume that the Pliant acquisition had occurred as of the beginning of the respective periods.
The pro forma information presented above is for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the operating results that would have occurred had the Pliant Acquisition been consummated at the beginning of the respective period, nor is it necessarily indicative of future operating results. Further, the information reflects only pro forma adjustments for additional interest expense, amortization and closing expenses, net of the applicable income tax effects.
Superfos Packaging, Inc.
In December 2009, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding common stock of Superfos Packaging, Inc., a manufacturer of injection molded plastic rigid open top containers and other plastic packaging products primarily for food, industrial and personal care end markets. The newly added business is primarily operated in the Company’s Rigid Open Top reporting segment. The purchase price was $82 ($80, net of cash acquired) and was funded from cash on hand and the revolving line of credit. Pro forma results have not been presented, as they do not differ materially from reported historical results.
Rexam SBC
In June 2011, the Company announced its intention to acquire Rexam Closures Kentucky Inc., Rexam Delta Inc., Rexam Closures LLC, Rexam Closure Systems LLC, Rexam de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., Rexam Singapore PTE Ltd., Rexam Participacoes Ltda. and Rexam Plasticos do Brasil Ltda. (collectively, “Rexam SBC”) for approximately $360. Rexam SBC is a leading manufacturer of injection and compression molded plastic specialty and beverage closures, jars, and other plastic packaging products for the food, beverage, industrial and household chemical, automotive and beauty end markets with annual net sales of approximately $500 in calendar 2010. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.
4. Restructuring
The Company incurred restructuring costs related to severance, asset impairment and facility exit costs of $5 and $18 for the quarterly period ended and $36 and $27 for the three quarterly periods ended as of July 2, 2011 and July 3, 2010, respectively. The Company expects to recognize an additional $3 of facility exit costs in future periods related to current restructuring programs. The tables below set forth the significant components of the restructuring charges recognized for the quarterly period ended and three quarterly periods ending July 2, 2011 and July 3, 2010, by segment:
| | Quarterly Period Ended | | | Three Quarterly Periods Ended | |
| | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | | | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | |
Rigid Open Top | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Severance & termination benefits | | $ | – | | | $ | – | | | $ | 1 | | | $ | – | |
Facility exit costs | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | 3 | |
Total | | $ | – | | | $ | – | | | $ | 1 | | | $ | 3 | |
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Rigid Closed Top | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Severance & termination benefits | | $ | – | | | $ | – | | | $ | 2 | | | $ | – | |
Facility exit costs | | | – | | | | 1 | | | | – | | | | 1 | |
Total | | $ | – | | | $ | 1 | | | $ | 2 | | | $ | 1 | |
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Specialty Films | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Severance & termination benefits | | $ | 1 | | | $ | 1 | | | $ | 6 | | | $ | 6 | |
Facility exit costs | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 4 | | | | 4 | |
Asset impairment | | | 2 | | | | 11 | | | | 8 | | | | 11 | |
Total | | $ | 5 | | | $ | 15 | | | $ | 18 | | | $ | 21 | |
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Tapes, Bags and Coatings | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Severance & termination benefits | | $ | – | | | $ | – | | | $ | 1 | | | $ | – | |
Facility exit costs | | | – | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | |
Asset impairment | | | – | | | | 1 | | | | 11 | | | | 1 | |
Total | | $ | – | | | $ | 2 | | | $ | 15 | | | $ | 2 | |
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Consolidated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Severance & termination benefits | | $ | 1 | | | $ | 1 | | | $ | 10 | | | $ | 6 | |
Facility exit costs | | | 2 | | | | 5 | | | | 7 | | | | 9 | |
Asset impairment | | | 2 | | | | 12 | | | | 19 | | | | 12 | |
Total | | $ | 5 | | | $ | 18 | | | $ | 36 | | | $ | 27 | |
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The table below sets forth the activity with respect to the restructuring accrual at October 2, 2010 and July 2, 2011:
| | Employee Severance and Benefits | | | Facilities Exit Costs | | | Non-cash | | | Total | |
Balance at fiscal year end 2009 | | $ | – | | | $ | 3 | | | $ | – | | | $ | 3 | |
Charges | | | 8 | | | | 14 | | | | 19 | | | | 41 | |
Non-cash asset impairment | | | – | | | | – | | | | (19 | ) | | | (19 | ) |
Acquisition liability assumed | | | 1 | | | | – | | | | – | | | | 1 | |
Cash payments | | | (6 | ) | | | (14 | ) | | | – | | | | (20 | ) |
Balance at October 2, 2010 | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | – | | | | 6 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Charges | | | 10 | | | | 7 | | | | 19 | | | | 36 | |
Non-cash asset impairment | | | – | | | | – | | | | (19 | ) | | | (19 | ) |
Cash payments | | | (7 | ) | | | (8 | ) | | | – | | | | (15 | ) |
Balance at July 2, 2011 | | $ | 6 | | | $ | 2 | | | $ | – | | | $ | 8 | |
5. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
The following table sets forth the totals included in Accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
| | July 2, 2011 | | | October 2, 2010 | |
Employee compensation, payroll and other taxes | | $ | 77 | | | $ | 80 | |
Interest | | | 79 | | | | 54 | |
Restructuring | | | 8 | | | | 6 | |
Rebates | | | 63 | | | | 50 | |
Other | | | 68 | | | | 80 | |
| | $ | 295 | | | $ | 270 | |
6. Long-Term Debt
Long-term debt consists of the following:
| Maturity Date | | July 2, 2011 | | | October 2, 2010 | |
Term loan | April 2015 | | $ | 1,149 | | | $ | 1,158 | |
Revolving line of credit | June 2016 | | | – | | | | – | |
First Priority Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes | February 2015 | | | 681 | | | | 681 | |
8¼% First Priority Senior Secured Notes | November 2015 | | | 370 | | | | 370 | |
8⅞% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes | September 2014 | | | – | | | | 773 | |
Second Priority Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes | September 2014 | | | 212 | | | | 212 | |
9 ½% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes | May 2018 | | | 500 | | | | 500 | |
9 ¾% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes | January 2021 | | | 800 | | | | – | |
11% Senior Subordinated Notes | September 2016 | | | 455 | | | | 455 | |
10¼% Senior Subordinated Notes | March 2016 | | | 168 | | | | 168 | |
Debt discount, net | | | | (14 | ) | | | (33 | ) |
Capital leases and other | Various | | | 91 | | | | 90 | |
| | | | 4,412 | | | | 4,374 | |
Less current portion of long-term debt | | | | (32 | ) | | | (29 | ) |
| | | $ | 4,380 | | | $ | 4,345 | |
The current portion of long-term debt consists of $12 of principal payments on the term loan and $20 of principal payments related to capital lease obligations. The Company was in compliance with its covenants as of July 2, 2011.
9¾% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes
In November 2010, the Company completed a private placement of $800 aggregate principal amount of 9¾% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due in January 2021. In connection with the private placement we conducted tender offers to purchase, for cash, our 8⅞% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due in 2014. The private placement resulted in the Company recording non-cash write offs of $14 for deferred financing fees, $17 of debt discounts and cash premiums of $37 included in Loss on extinguishment of debt in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The proceeds of this offering were used to fund the repurchase of the 8⅞% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes pursuant to the tender offers and subsequent redemption of such notes.
The Company’s $800 in aggregate principal amount of 9¾% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes mature in 2021. No principal payments are required prior to maturity. Interest on the notes is due semi-annually on January 15 and July 15, commencing in July 2011. The notes are guaranteed on a second priority secured basis by substantially all of the Company’s existing and future guarantor subsidiaries that secure its obligations under its senior secured credit facilities, subject to certain exceptions and rank equally in right of payment to all existing and future senior secured indebtedness. The Company was in compliance with all covenants at July 2, 2011.
Revolving Line of Credit
In June 2011, the Company entered into an amendment to the revolving credit agreement, which increased the commitments under its revolving credit facility by $150 to a total of $650 and extended the maturity to June 2016, subject to certain conditions. Additionally, pursuant to the amendment, the interest rate on loans under the revolving credit agreement was increased by between 0.25% and 1.00% for any quarterly period depending on the quarterly average daily borrowing availability.
7. Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements
As part of the overall risk management, the Company uses derivative instruments to reduce exposure to changes in interest rates attributed to the Company’s floating-rate borrowings. For those derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, the Company must designate the hedging instrument, based upon the exposure being hedged, as a fair value hedge, cash flow hedge, or a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation. To the extent hedging relationships are found to be effective, as determined by FASB guidance, changes in fair value of the derivatives are offset by changes in the fair value of the related hedged item are recorded to Accumulated other comprehensive loss. Management believes hedge effectiveness is evaluated properly in preparation of the financial statements.
Cash Flow Hedging Strategy
For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss and reclassified into earnings in the same line item associated with the forecasted transaction and in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings.
In August 2007, the Company entered into two separate interest rate swap transactions to protect $600 of the outstanding variable rate term loan debt from future interest rate volatility (the “2007 Swaps”). The swap agreements became effective in November 2007. The first agreement had a notional amount of $300 and became effective in November 2007 and swaps three month variable LIBOR contracts for a fixed two year rate of 4.875% and expired in November 2009. The second agreement had a notional amount of $300 and became effective in November 2007 and swaps three month variable LIBOR contracts for a fixed three year rate of 4.920% and expired in November 2010. In 2008, the Company began utilizing 1-month LIBOR contracts for the underlying senior secured credit facility. The Company’s change in interest rate selection caused the Company to lose hedge accounting on both of the interest rate swaps. The Company recorded changes in fair value in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and amortized the previously recorded unrealized loss in Accumulated other comprehensive loss to Interest expense through the end of the respective swap agreements.
In November 2010, the Company entered into two separate interest rate swap transactions to protect $1 billion of the outstanding variable rate term loan debt from future interest rate volatility (the “2010 Swaps”). The first agreement had a notional amount of $500 and became effective in November 2010. The agreement swaps three month variable LIBOR contracts for a fixed three year rate of 0.8925% and expires in November 2013. The second agreement had a notional amount of $500 and became effective in December 2010. The agreement swaps three month variable LIBOR contracts for a fixed three year rate of 1.0235% and expires in November 2013. The counterparties to these agreements are global financial institutions. The Company accounts for the swaps as qualifying cash flow hedges.
| Liability Derivatives | |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under FASB guidance | Balance Sheet Location | | July 2, 2011 | | | October 2, 2010 | |
Interest rate swaps – 2007 Swaps | Accrued exp and other current liabilities | | $ | – | | | $ | 1 | |
Interest rate swaps – 2010 Swaps | Other long-term liabilities | | $ | 3 | | | $ | – | |
The effect of the derivative instruments on the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the quarterly period ended and three quarterly periods ended July 2, 2011 and July 3, 2010, are as follows:
| | | Quarterly Period Ended | | | Three Quarterly Periods Ended | |
| | | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | | | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under FASB guidance | Statement of Operations Location | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest rate swaps – 2007 Swaps | Other income | | $ | – | | | $ | (3 | ) | | $ | (1 | ) | | $ | (10 | ) |
| Interest expense | | $ | – | | | $ | 2 | | | $ | 1 | | | $ | 6 | |
The Company adopted the fair value disclosure of financial assets and nonfinancial liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a nonrecurring basis. The Financial Instruments section of the Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification” or “ASC”) permits an entity to measure certain financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value that were not previously required to be measured at fair value. We have not elected to measure any financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value that were not previously required to be measured at fair value.
The Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures section of the Codification defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, and establishes a framework for measuring fair value. This section also establishes a three-level hierarchy (Level 1, 2 or 3) for fair value measurements based upon the observability of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. This section also requires the consideration of the counterparty’s or the Company’s nonperformance risk when assessing fair value.
The Company’s interest rate swap fair values were determined using Level 2 inputs as other significant observable inputs were not available.
The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash, investments, long-term debt, interest rate swap agreements and capital lease obligations. The fair value of our investments exceeded book value by $125 and $172 at July 2, 2011 and October 2, 2010, respectively. The following table summarized our long-term indebtedness for which the book value was in excess of the fair value based on quoted market prices:
| | July 2, 2011 | | | October 2, 2010 | |
First Priority Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes | | | 5 | | | | 34 | |
8⅞% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes | | | n/a | | | | 17 | |
9 ½% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes | | | – | | | | 31 | |
Second Priority Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes | | | 15 | | | | 32 | |
11% Senior Subordinated Notes | | | 5 | | | | 34 | |
10 ¼% Senior Subordinated Notes | | | 2 | | | | 13 | |
8. Income Taxes
The effective tax rate from continuing operations was 31% and 26% for the three quarterly periods ended July 2, 2011 and July 3, 2010, respectively. A reconciliation of income tax benefit, computed at the federal statutory rate, to income tax benefit, as provided for in the financial statements, is as follows:
| | Quarterly Period Ended | | | Three Quarterly Periods Ended | |
| | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | | | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | |
Income tax expense (benefit) computed at statutory rate | | $ | 8 | | | $ | (11 | ) | | $ | (30 | ) | | $ | (26 | ) |
State income tax benefit, net of federal taxes | | | – | | | | (1 | ) | | | (1 | ) | | | (2 | ) |
Change in valuation allowance | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 4 | | | | 3 | |
Non-deductible ASC 805 costs | | | – | | | | 1 | | | | – | | | | 5 | |
Other | | | 1 | | | | – | | | | – | | | | 1 | |
Income tax expense (benefit) | | $ | 10 | | | $ | (9 | ) | | $ | (27 | ) | | $ | (19 | ) |
9. Operating Segments
Berry’s operations are organized into four reporting segments: Rigid Open Top, Rigid Closed Top, Specialty Films and Tapes, Bags and Coatings. The Company has manufacturing and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Australia, Germany and India. The North American operation represents 92% of the Company’s net sales, 99% of total long-lived assets and 95% of the total assets. Selected information by reportable segment is presented in the following table:
| | Quarterly Period Ended | | | Three Quarterly Periods Ended | |
| | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | | | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | |
Net sales: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rigid Open Top | | $ | 348 | | | $ | 326 | | | $ | 927 | | | $ | 865 | |
Rigid Closed Top | | | 266 | | | | 256 | | | | 746 | | | | 718 | |
Specialty Films | | | 411 | | | | 417 | | | | 1,212 | | | | 1,016 | |
Tapes, Bags and Coatings | | | 162 | | | | 169 | | | | 447 | | | | 504 | |
Total net sales | | $ | 1,187 | | | $ | 1,168 | | | $ | 3,332 | | | $ | 3,103 | |
Operating income (loss): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rigid Open Top | | $ | 48 | | | $ | 27 | | | $ | 103 | | | $ | 76 | |
Rigid Closed Top | | | 20 | | | | 21 | | | | 57 | | | | 54 | |
Specialty Films | | | 2 | | | | (18 | ) | | | (6 | ) | | | (41 | ) |
Tapes, Bags and Coatings | | | 9 | | | | (2 | ) | | | (5 | ) | | | (4 | ) |
Total operating income | | $ | 79 | | | $ | 28 | | | $ | 149 | | | $ | 85 | |
Depreciation and amortization: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rigid Open Top | | $ | 25 | | | $ | 25 | | | $ | 75 | | | $ | 71 | |
Rigid Closed Top | | | 23 | | | | 22 | | | | 69 | | | | 68 | |
Specialty Films | | | 25 | | | | 23 | | | | 78 | | | | 59 | |
Tapes, Bags and Coatings | | | 10 | | | | 11 | | | | 31 | | | | 34 | |
Total depreciation and amortization | | $ | 83 | | | $ | 81 | | | $ | 253 | | | $ | 232 | |
| | July 2, 2011 | | | October 2, 2010 | |
Total assets: | | | | | | |
Rigid Open Top | | $ | 2,020 | | | $ | 2,019 | |
Rigid Closed Top | | | 1,675 | | | | 1,647 | |
Specialty Films | | | 1,403 | | | | 1,410 | |
Tapes, Bags and Coatings | | | 513 | | | | 554 | |
Total assets | | $ | 5,611 | | | $ | 5,630 | |
Goodwill: | | | | | | |
Rigid Open Top | | $ | 690 | | | $ | 691 | |
Rigid Closed Top | | | 774 | | | | 771 | |
Specialty Films | | | 240 | | | | 238 | |
Tapes, Bags and Coatings | | | – | | | | – | |
Total goodwill | | $ | 1,704 | | | $ | 1,700 | |
10. Condensed Consolidating Financial Information
The Company has notes outstanding which are fully, jointly, severally, and unconditionally guaranteed by substantially all of Berry’s domestic subsidiaries. Separate narrative information or financial statements of the guarantor subsidiaries have not been included because they are 100% wholly owned by the parent company and the guarantor subsidiaries unconditionally guarantee such debt on a joint and several basis. Presented below is condensed consolidating financial information for the parent company, guarantor subsidiaries and non-guarantor subsidiaries. The equity method has been used with respect to investments in subsidiaries. The principal elimination entries eliminate investments in subsidiaries and intercompany balances and transactions.
| | July 2, 2011 | |
| | Parent Company | | | Guarantor Subsidiaries | | | Non-guarantor Subsidiaries | | | Eliminations | | | Consolidated | |
Consolidating Balance Sheet | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current assets | | $ | 435 | | | $ | 801 | | | $ | 127 | | | $ | – | | | $ | 1,363 | |
Net property and equipment | | | 147 | | | | 869 | | | | 70 | | | | – | | | | 1,086 | |
Other noncurrent assets | | | 4,462 | | | | 2,532 | | | | 501 | | | | (4,334 | ) | | | 3,162 | |
Total assets | | $ | 5,044 | | | $ | 4,202 | | | $ | 699 | | | $ | (4,334 | ) | | $ | 5,611 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current liabilities | | $ | 321 | | | $ | 328 | | | $ | 45 | | | $ | (3 | ) | | $ | 691 | |
Noncurrent liabilities | | | 4,518 | | | | 288 | | | | 21 | | | | (112 | ) | | | 4,715 | |
Equity (deficit) | | | 205 | | | | 3,586 | | | | 633 | | | | (4,219 | ) | | | 205 | |
Total liabilities and equity (deficit) | | $ | 5,044 | | | $ | 4,202 | | | $ | 699 | | | $ | (4,334 | ) | | $ | 5,611 | |
| | October 2, 2010 | |
| | Parent Company | | | Guarantor Subsidiaries | | | Non-guarantor Subsidiaries | | | Eliminations | | | Consolidated | |
Consolidating Balance Sheet | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current assets | | $ | 405 | | | $ | 788 | | | $ | 122 | | | $ | – | | | $ | 1,315 | |
Net property and equipment | | | 179 | | | | 894 | | | | 73 | | | | – | | | | 1,146 | |
Other noncurrent assets | | | 4,348 | | | | 2,597 | | | | 428 | | | | (4,204 | ) | | | 3,169 | |
Total assets | | $ | 4,932 | | | $ | 4,279 | | | $ | 623 | | | $ | (4,204 | ) | | $ | 5,630 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current liabilities | | $ | 264 | | | $ | 353 | | | $ | 45 | | | $ | (1 | ) | | $ | 661 | |
Noncurrent liabilities | | | 4,411 | | | | 388 | | | | 24 | | | | (111 | ) | | | 4,712 | |
Equity (deficit) | | | 257 | | | | 3,538 | | | | 554 | | | | (4,092 | ) | | | 257 | |
Total liabilities and equity (deficit) | | $ | 4,932 | | | $ | 4,279 | | | $ | 623 | | | $ | (4,204 | ) | | $ | 5,630 | |
| | Quarterly Period Ended July 2, 2011 | |
| | Parent Company | | | Guarantor Subsidiaries | | | Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries | | | Eliminations | | | Total | |
Net sales | | $ | 181 | | | $ | 908 | | | $ | 98 | | | $ | – | | | $ | 1,187 | |
Cost of sales | | | 162 | | | | 752 | | | | 86 | | | | – | | | | 1,000 | |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | | | 13 | | | | 73 | | | | 8 | | | | – | | | | 94 | |
Restructuring and impairment charges, net | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | – | | | | – | | | | 5 | |
Other operating expenses | | | 11 | | | | (3 | ) | | | 1 | | | | – | | | | 9 | |
Operating income (loss) | | | (7 | ) | | | 83 | | | | 3 | | | | – | | | | 79 | |
Other expense | | | 1 | | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | 1 | |
Interest expense (income), net | | | 12 | | | | 62 | | | | (19 | ) | | | – | | | | 55 | |
Equity in net income of subsidiaries | | | (33 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | 33 | | | | — | |
Income (loss) before income taxes | | | 13 | | | | 21 | | | | 22 | | | | (33 | ) | | | 23 | |
Income tax expense (benefit) | | | – | | | | 11 | | | | (1 | ) | | | – | | | | 10 | |
Net income (loss) | | $ | 13 | | | $ | 10 | | | $ | 23 | | | $ | (33 | ) | | $ | 13 | |
| | Quarterly Period Ended July 3, 2010 | |
| | Parent Company | | | Guarantor Subsidiaries | | | Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries | | | Eliminations | | | Total | |
Net sales | | $ | 193 | | | $ | 880 | | | $ | 95 | | | $ | – | | | $ | 1,168 | |
Cost of sales | | | 184 | | | | 754 | | | | 84 | | | | – | | | | 1,022 | |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | | | 15 | | | | 74 | | | | 8 | | | | – | | | | 97 | |
Restructuring and impairment charges, net | | | 12 | | | | 6 | | | | – | | | | – | | | | 18 | |
Other operating expenses | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | – | | | | 3 | |
Operating income (loss) | | | (19 | ) | | | 45 | | | | 2 | | | | – | | | | 28 | |
Other income | | | (3 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | (3 | ) |
Interest expense (income), net | | | 92 | | | | (15 | ) | | | (15 | ) | | | – | | | | 62 | |
Equity in net income of subsidiaries | | | (86 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | 86 | | | | – | |
Income (loss) before income taxes | | | (22 | ) | | | 60 | | | | 17 | | | | (86 | ) | | | (31 | ) |
Income tax benefit | | | – | | | | (9 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | (9 | ) |
Net income (loss) | | $ | (22 | ) | | $ | 69 | | | $ | 17 | | | $ | (86 | ) | | $ | (22 | ) |
| | Three Quarterly Periods Ended July 2, 2011 | |
| | Parent Company | | | Guarantor Subsidiaries | | | Non-guarantor Subsidiaries | | | Eliminations | | | Consolidated | |
Consolidating Statement of Operations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net sales | | $ | 519 | | | $ | 2,533 | | | $ | 280 | | | $ | – | | | $ | 3,332 | |
Cost of goods sold | | | 472 | | | | 2,124 | | | | 245 | | | | – | | | | 2,841 | |
Selling, general, and administrative expense | | | 39 | | | | 219 | | | | 22 | | | | – | | | | 280 | |
Restructuring and impairment charges, net | | | 18 | | | | 18 | | | | — | | | | – | | | | 36 | |
Other operating expenses | | | 14 | | | | 8 | | | | 4 | | | | – | | | | 26 | |
Operating income (loss) | | | (24 | ) | | | 164 | | | | 9 | | | | – | | | | 149 | |
Loss on extinguishment of debt | | | 68 | | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | 68 | |
Other income | | | (1 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | (1 | ) |
Interest expense (income), net | | | 38 | | | | 184 | | | | (54 | ) | | | – | | | | 168 | |
Equity in net income of subsidiary | | | (70 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | 70 | | | | – | |
Income (loss) before income taxes | | | (59 | ) | | | (20 | ) | | | 63 | | | | (70 | ) | | | (86 | ) |
Income tax expense (benefit) | | | – | | | | (29 | ) | | | 2 | | | | – | | | | (27 | ) |
Net income (loss) | | $ | (59 | ) | | $ | 9 | | | $ | 61 | | | $ | (70 | ) | | $ | (59 | ) |
Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net cash flow from operating activities | | $ | 88 | | | $ | 106 | | | $ | 11 | | | $ | – | | | $ | 205 | |
Investing activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Purchase of property, plant, and equipment | | | (8 | ) | | | (110 | ) | | | (8 | ) | | | – | | | | (126 | ) |
Proceeds from disposal of assets | | | – | | | | 2 | | | | – | | | | – | | | | 2 | |
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired | | | (2 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | (2 | ) |
Net cash flow from investing activities | | | (10 | ) | | | (108 | ) | | | (8 | ) | | | – | | | | (126 | ) |
Financing activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from long-term borrowings | | | 800 | | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | 800 | |
Payments on long-term borrowings | | | (832 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | (832 | ) |
Debt financing costs | | | (22 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | (22 | ) |
Equity contributions (distributions), net | | | (1 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | (1 | ) |
Net cash flow from financing activities | | | (55 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | (55 | ) |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | | | – | | | | – | | | | (1 | ) | | | – | | | | (1 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in cash | | | 23 | | | | (2 | ) | | | 2 | | | | – | | | | 23 | |
Cash at beginning of period | | | 132 | | | | 2 | | | | 14 | | | | – | | | | 148 | |
Cash at end of period | | $ | 155 | | | $ | – | | | $ | 16 | | | $ | – | | | $ | 171 | |
| | Three Quarterly Periods Ended July 3, 2010 | |
| | Parent Company | | | Guarantor Subsidiaries | | | Non-guarantor Subsidiaries | | | Eliminations | | | Consolidated | |
Consolidating Statement of Operations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net sales | | $ | 569 | | | $ | 2,290 | | | $ | 244 | | | $ | – | | | $ | 3,103 | |
Cost of goods sold | | | 535 | | | | 1,937 | | | | 210 | | | | – | | | | 2,682 | |
Selling, general, and administrative expense | | | 46 | | | | 205 | | | | 22 | | | | – | | | | 273 | |
Restructuring and impairment charges, net | | | 12 | | | | 13 | | | | 2 | | | | – | | | | 27 | |
Other operating expenses | | | 4 | | | | 28 | | | | 4 | | | | – | | | | 36 | |
Operating income (loss) | | | (28 | ) | | | 107 | | | | 6 | | | | – | | | | 85 | |
Other income | | | (10 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | (10 | ) |
Interest expense (income), net | | | 257 | | | | (44 | ) | | | (44 | ) | | | – | | | | 169 | |
Equity in net income of subsidiary | | | (220 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | 220 | | | | – | |
Income (loss) before income taxes | | | (55 | ) | | | 151 | | | | 50 | | | | (220 | ) | | | (74 | ) |
Income tax expense (benefit) | | | – | | | | (21 | ) | | | 2 | | | | – | | | | (19 | ) |
Net income (loss) | | $ | (55 | ) | | $ | 172 | | | $ | 48 | | | $ | (220 | ) | | $ | (55 | ) |
Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net cash flow from operating activities | | $ | (95 | ) | | $ | 105 | | | $ | 12 | | | $ | – | | | $ | 22 | |
Investing activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Purchase of property, plant, and equipment | | | (33 | ) | | | (133 | ) | | | (5 | ) | | | – | | | | (171 | ) |
Proceeds from disposal of assets | | | – | | | | 29 | | | | – | | | | – | | | | 29 | |
Investment in Berry Group, Inc. | | | – | | | | – | | | | (23 | ) | | | – | | | | (23 | ) |
Acquisition of business net of cash acquired | | | (653 | ) | | | ��� | | | | – | | | | – | | | | (653 | ) |
Net cash flow from investing activities | | | (686 | ) | | | (104 | ) | | | (28 | ) | | | – | | | | (818 | ) |
Financing activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from long-term borrowings | | | 1,096 | | | | – | | | | 1 | | | | – | | | | 1,097 | |
Payments on long-term borrowings | | | (86 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | (86 | ) |
Debt financing costs | | | (37 | ) | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | (37 | ) |
Transfers to the parent, net | | | (24 | ) | | | – | | | | 23 | | | | – | | | | (1 | ) |
Net cash flow from financing activities | | | 949 | | | | – | | | | 24 | | | | – | | | | 973 | |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | | | | – | |
Net increase in cash | | | 168 | | | | 1 | | | | 8 | | | | – | | | | 177 | |
Cash at beginning of period | | | 7 | | | | – | | | | 3 | | | | – | | | | 10 | |
Cash at end of period | | $ | 175 | | | $ | 1 | | | $ | 11 | | | $ | – | | | $ | 187 | |
11. Contingencies and Commitments
The Company is party to various legal proceedings involving routine claims which are incidental to the business. Although the legal and financial liability with respect to such proceedings cannot be estimated with certainty, the Company believes that any ultimate liability would not be material to the business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.
12. Recent Financial Accounting Standards
In January, 2010, the FASB issued an amendment to standard “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure,” to require reporting entities to separately disclose the amounts and business rationale for significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and separately present information regarding purchase, sale, issuance, and settlement of Level 3 fair value measures on a gross basis. This standard is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009 with the exception of disclosures regarding the purchase, sale, issuance, and settlement of Level 3 fair value measures which are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010. We implemented the new standard effective in fiscal 2011. The adoption did not have an impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations (dollar amounts in millions)
Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations to “Company” refer to Berry Plastics Corporation, references to “we,” “our” or “us” refer to Berry Plastics Corporation together with its consolidated subsidiaries, after giving effect to the transactions described in the next paragraph. You should read the following discussion in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the accompanying notes thereto, which information is included elsewhere herein. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berry Plastics Group, Inc. This discussion contains forward-looking statements and involves numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2010 section titled “Risk Factors” and other risk factors identified from time to time in our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our actual results may differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. You should read the explanation of the qualifications and limitations on these forward-looking statements referenced within this report.
Acquisitions
The Company maintains a selective and disciplined acquisition strategy, which is focused on improving our long term financial performance, enhancing our market positions and expanding our product lines or, in some cases, providing us with a new or complementary product line. Most businesses we have acquired had profit margins that are lower than that of our existing business, which resulted in a temporary decrease in our margins. The Company has historically achieved significant reductions in manufacturing and overhead costs of acquired companies by introducing advanced manufacturing processes, exiting low-margin businesses or product lines, reducing headcount, rationalizing facilities and machinery, applying best practices and capitalizing on economies of scale. In connection with our acquisitions, we have in the past and may in the future incur charges related to these reductions and rationalizations.
The Company has a long history of acquiring and integrating companies. The Company has been able to achieve these synergies by eliminating duplicative costs and rationalizing facilities and integrating the production into the most efficient operating facility. While the expected benefits on earnings are estimated at the commencement of each transaction, once the execution of the plan and integration occur, the Company is generally unable to accurately estimate or track what the ultimate effects on future earnings have been due to systems integrations and movement of activities to multiple facilities. The historical business combinations have not allowed the Company to accurately separate realized synergies compared to what was initially identified during the due diligence phase of each acquisition.
Recent Developments
In November 2010, the Company completed a private placement of $800 aggregate principal amount of 9¾% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due in January 2021. In connection with the private placement we conducted tender offers to purchase for cash any and all of our outstanding 8⅞% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due in 2014. We also called for redemption all notes not validly tendered in the tender offers. We used the proceeds of the new notes offering along with cash on hand to fund the repurchase of the notes pursuant to the tender offers and subsequent redemption of such notes.
In November 2010, the Company entered into two separate interest rate swap transactions to protect $1 billion of the outstanding variable rate term loan debt from future interest rate volatility. The first agreement had a notional amount of $500 and swaps three month variable LIBOR contracts for a fixed three year rate of 0.8925%. The second agreement had a notional amount of $500 and swaps three month variable LIBOR contracts for a fixed three year rate of 1.0235%. Both agreements expire in 2013.
In June 2011, the Company announced its intention to acquire Rexam Closures Kentucky Inc., Rexam Delta Inc., Rexam Closures LLC, Rexam Closure Systems LLC, Rexam de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., Rexam Singapore PTE Ltd., Rexam Participacoes Ltda. and Rexam Plasticos do Brasil Ltda. (collectively, “Rexam SBC”) for approximately $360. Rexam SBC is a leading manufacturer of injection and compression molded plastic specialty and beverage closures, jars, and other plastic packaging products for the food, beverage, industrial and household chemical, automotive and beauty end markets with annual net sales of approximately $500 in calendar 2010. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.
In June 2011, the Company entered into an amendment to the revolving credit agreement, which increased the commitments under its revolving credit facility by $150 to a total of $650 and extended the maturity to June 2016, subject to certain conditions. Additionally, pursuant to the amendment, the interest rate on loans under the revolving credit agreement was increased by between 0.25% and 1.00% for any quarterly period depending on the quarterly average daily borrowing availability.
Executive Summary
Business. The Company operates four operating segments: Rigid Open Top, Rigid Closed Top, Specialty Films, and Tapes, Bags and Coatings. The Rigid Open Top segment sells products in three categories including containers, foodservice items and home and party. The Rigid Closed Top segment sells products in three categories including closures and overcaps, bottles and prescription containers and tubes. The Specialty Films segment sells primarily agricultural film, stretch film, shrink film, engineered film, personal care film, flexible packaging products and PVC film to the agricultural, horticultural, institutional, foodservice, personal care, industrial and retail markets. Our Tapes, Bags and Coatings segment sells specialty adhesive products, flexible packaging, trash bags and building materials to a variety of different industries including building and construction, retail, automotive, industrial and medical markets.
Raw Material Trends. Our primary raw material is plastic resin. Polypropylene and polyethylene account for more than 90% of our plastic resin pound purchases. The average industry prices, as published in industry sources, per pound by fiscal quarter were as follows:
| | Polyethylene Butene Film | | | Polypropylene | |
| | 2011 | | | 2010 | | | 2009 | | | 2011 | | | 2010 | | | 2009 | |
1st quarter | | $ | .68 | | | $ | .71 | | | $ | .67 | | | $ | .78 | | | $ | .70 | | | $ | .56 | |
2nd quarter | | | .72 | | | | .67 | | | | .59 | | | | .95 | | | | .82 | | | | .46 | |
3rd quarter | | | .79 | | | | .68 | | | | .64 | | | | 1.08 | | | | .84 | | | | .53 | |
4th quarter | | | – | | | | .62 | | | | .68 | | | | – | | | | .77 | | | | .67 | |
Plastic resins are subject to price fluctuations, including those arising from supply shortages and changes in the prices of natural gas, crude oil and other petrochemical intermediates from which resins are produced.
Outlook. The Company is impacted by general economic and industrial growth, plastic resin availability and affordability, and general industrial production. Our business has both geographic and end market diversity which reduces the impact of any one of these factors on our overall performance. We are impacted by our ability to maintain selling prices, manage fluctuations in raw material pricing and adapt to volume changes of our customers. We are constantly focused on improving our overall profitability by implementing cost reduction programs for our manufacturing, selling and general and administrative expenses in order to manage inflationary cost pressures.
Results of Operations
Comparison of the Quarterly Period Ended July 2, 2011 (the “Quarter”) and the Quarterly Period Ended July 3, 2010 (the “Prior Quarter”)
Net Sales. Net sales increased from $1,168 in the Prior Quarter to $1,187 in the Quarter. This increase is primarily attributed to increased selling prices as a result of higher raw material costs partially offset by a base volume decline. The following discussion in this section provides a comparison of net sales by business segment.
| | Quarterly Period Ended | | | | | | | |
| | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | | | $ Change | | | % Change | |
Net sales: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rigid Open Top | | $ | 348 | | | $ | 326 | | | $ | 22 | | | | 7 | % |
Rigid Closed Top | | | 266 | | | | 256 | | | | 10 | | | | 4 | % |
Specialty Films | | | 411 | | | | 417 | | | | (6 | ) | | | (1 | %) |
Tapes, Bags and Coatings | | | 162 | | | | 169 | | | | (7 | ) | | | (4 | %) |
Total net sales | | $ | 1,187 | | | $ | 1,168 | | | $ | 19 | | | | 2 | % |
Net sales in the Rigid Open Top business increased from $326 in the Prior Quarter to $348 in the Quarter as a result of net selling price increases partially offset by a base volume decline. The base volume decline is primarily attributed to a decrease in sales volumes in various container products due to decreased market demand. Net sales in the Rigid Closed Top business increased from $256 in the Prior Quarter to $266 in the Quarter as a result of net selling price increases partially offset by a base volume decline. The base volume decline is primarily attributed to a decrease in sales volumes in our closures and prescription vial products due to decreased market demand. The Specialty Films business net sales decreased from $417 in the Prior Quarter to $411 in the Quarter as a result of base volume decline partially offset by net selling price increases. Net sales in the Tapes, Bags and Coatings business decreased from $169 in the Prior Quarter to $162 in the Quarter as a result of base volume decline partially offset by net selling price increases. The base volume decline is primarily attributed to decreased sales volumes in our flexible packaging, retail waste bag and sheeting product lines.
Operating Expenses. Cost of goods sold decreased from $1,022 in the Prior Quarter to $1,000 in the Quarter primarily as a result of higher volume declines noted above partially offset by higher raw material costs. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased from $97 in the Prior Quarter to $94 in the Quarter primarily as a result of cost reductions partially offset by increased accrued performance compensation. Restructuring and impairment charges decreased from $18 in the Prior Quarter to $5 in the Quarter primarily due to $12 of non-cash fixed asset charges incurred in the Prior Quarter. Other operating expenses increased from $3 in the Prior Quarter to $9 in the Quarter primarily attributed to facility closing costs incurred during the Quarter.
Operating Income. Operating income increased from $28 in the Prior Quarter to $79 in the Quarter. The following discussion in this section provides a comparison of operating income by business segment.
| | Quarterly Period Ended | | | | | | | |
| | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | | | $ Change | | | % Change | |
Operating income (loss): | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rigid Open Top | | $ | 48 | | | $ | 27 | | | $ | 21 | | | | 78 | % |
Rigid Closed Top | | | 20 | | | | 21 | | | | (1 | ) | | | (5 | %) |
Specialty Films | | | 2 | | | | (18 | ) | | | 20 | | | | 111 | % |
Tapes, Bags and Coatings | | | 9 | | | | (2 | ) | | | 11 | | | | 550 | % |
Total operating income | | $ | 79 | | | $ | 28 | | | $ | 51 | | | | 182 | % |
Operating income for the Rigid Open Top business increased from $27 in the Prior Quarter to $48 in the Quarter. The increase is primarily the result of improved operating performance in manufacturing. Operating income for the Rigid Closed Top business decreased from $21 in the Prior Quarter to $20 in the Quarter. This decrease is primarily attributed higher raw material costs partially offset by improved operating performance in manufacturing. Operating income (loss) for the Specialty Films business improved from an operating loss of $18 in the Prior Quarter to an operating income of $2 in the Quarter. The increase is primarily the result of improved operating performance in manufacturing and non-cash fixed asset impairment charges incurred in the Prior Quarter. The Tapes, Bags and Coatings business improved from an operating loss of $2 in the Prior Quarter to operating income of $9 in the Quarter. The increase is primarily attributed to an improvement in sales mix and improved operating performance in manufacturing.
Other Expense (Income). Other Expense (Income) declined from Other Income of $3 in the Prior Quarter compared to Other Expense of $1 in the Quarter. The decline is primarily related to fair value adjustments for the 2007 Swaps in the Prior Quarter.
Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased from $82 in the Prior Quarter to $81 in the Quarter as the result of slightly decreased borrowings.
Interest Income. Interest income increased from $20 in the Prior Quarter to $26 in the Quarter primarily attributed to the non-cash interest and accretion income from our investments in Berry Group’s senior unsecured term loan.
Income Tax Expense (Benefit). For the Quarter, we recorded an income tax expense of $10 or an effective tax rate of 43% compared to an income tax benefit of $9 or an effective tax rate of 29% in the Prior Quarter. The change in our effective tax rate primarily relates to the impact of valuation allowances for certain foreign operating losses where the benefits are not expected to be realized.
Net Income (Loss). Net income (loss) improved from a net loss of $22 in the Prior Quarter to net income of $13 in the Quarter for the reasons discussed above.
Comparison of the Three Quarterly Periods Ended July 2, 2011 (the “YTD”) and the Three Quarterly Periods Ended July 3, 2010 (the “Prior YTD”)
Net Sales. Net sales increased from $3,103 in the Prior YTD to $3,332 in the YTD. This increase is primarily attributed to increased selling prices as a result of higher raw material costs partially offset by a base volume decline. The base volume decline is partially attributed to the YTD consisting of a thirty nine week period compared to a forty week period for the Prior YTD. The following discussion in this section provides a comparison of net sales by business segment.
| | Three Quarterly Periods Ended | | | | | | | |
| | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | | | $ Change | | | % Change | |
Net sales: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rigid Open Top | | $ | 927 | | | $ | 865 | | | $ | 62 | | | | 7 | % |
Rigid Closed Top | | | 746 | | | | 718 | | | | 28 | | | | 4 | % |
Specialty Films | | | 1,212 | | | | 1,016 | | | | 196 | | | | 19 | % |
Tapes, Bags and Coatings | | | 447 | | | | 504 | | | | (57 | ) | | | (11 | %) |
Total net sales | | $ | 3,332 | | | $ | 3,103 | | | $ | 229 | | | | 7 | % |
Net sales in the Rigid Open Top business increased from $865 in the Prior YTD to $927 in the YTD as a result of net selling price increases and acquisition growth attributed to Superfos partially offset by a base volume decline. The base volume decline is primarily attributed to a decrease in sales volumes in various container products and the change in period weeks described above partially offset by increased sales in thermoformed drink cups. Net sales in the Rigid Closed Top business increased from $718 in the Prior YTD to $746 in the YTD as a result of net price increases partially offset by a base volume decline. The base volume decline is primarily attributed to a decrease in sales volumes in prescription vials and the change in period weeks described above. The Specialty Films business net sales increased from $1,016 in the Prior YTD to $1,212 in the YTD as a result of net selling price increases and acquisition volume growth attributed to Pliant partially offset by a base volume decline. The base volume decline is primarily attributed to decreased sales in our engineered and personal care product lines and the change in the period weeks described above. Net sales in the Tapes, Bags and Coatings business decreased from $504 in the Prior YTD to $447 in the YTD primarily attributed to a base volume decline partially offset by net selling price increases. The base volume decline is primarily attributed to the change in period weeks described above and decreased sales in our retail waste bag and sheeting product lines.
Operating Expenses. Cost of goods sold increased from $2,682 in the Prior YTD to $2,841 in the YTD primarily as a result of the acquisition growth and higher raw material costs partially offset by a base sales volume decline. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased from $273 in the Prior YTD to $280 in the YTD primarily as a result of the acquisition growth noted above, increased amortization of intangibles due to the Pliant and Superfos acquisitions and increased accrued performance compensation expense partially offset by cost reductions. Restructuring and impairment charges increased from $27 in the Prior YTD to $36 in the YTD primarily due to increased severance and non-cash asset impairment charges related to closed facilities and cost reduction activities. Other operating expenses decreased from $36 in the Prior YTD to $26 in the YTD primarily due to acquisition costs related to Pliant and Superfos in the Prior YTD.
Operating Income. Operating income increased from $85 in the Prior YTD to $149 in the YTD. The following discussion in this section provides a comparison of operating income by business segment.
| | Three Quarterly Periods Ended | | | | | | | |
| | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | | | $ Change | | | % Change | |
Operating income (loss): | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rigid Open Top | | $ | 102 | | | $ | 76 | | | $ | 26 | | | | 34 | % |
Rigid Closed Top | | | 58 | | | | 54 | | | | 4 | | | | 7 | % |
Specialty Films | | | (6 | ) | | | (41 | ) | | | 35 | | | | 85 | % |
Tapes, Bags and Coatings | | | (5 | ) | | | (4 | ) | | | (1 | ) | | | (25 | %) |
Total operating income | | $ | 149 | | | $ | 85 | | | $ | 64 | | | | 75 | % |
Operating income for the Rigid Open Top business increased from $76 in the Prior YTD to $102 in the YTD. This increase is primarily attributed to acquisition volume growth attributed to Superfos and improved operating performance in manufacturing. Operating income for the Rigid Closed Top business increased from $54 in the Prior YTD to $58 in the YTD. This increase is primarily attributed to improved operating performance in manufacturing. Operating loss for the Specialty Films business improved from an operating loss of $41 in the Prior YTD compared to an operating loss of $6 in the YTD. This improvement is attributable to improved YTD operating performance in manufacturing and Pliant transaction costs incurred in the Prior YTD. Operating loss for the Tapes, Bags and Coatings business declined from $4 in the Prior YTD to $5 in the YTD primarily attributed to increased non-cash asset impairment charges related to closed facilities.
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt. Loss on extinguishment of $68 in the YTD is primarily attributed to write-off of deferred financing fees, debt discount and the premiums paid related to the debt extinguishment of the Company’s 8⅞% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes.
Other Income. Other income decreased from $10 in the Prior YTD to $1 in the YTD primarily attributed to the expiration of our 2007 Swap in November 2010.
Interest Expense. Interest expense increased from $224 in the Prior YTD to $242 in the YTD primarily as a result of increased borrowings to finance the acquisitions of Pliant and Superfos.
Interest Income. Interest income increased from $55 in the Prior YTD to $74 in the YTD primarily attributed to the additional non-cash interest and accretion income from our investments in Berry Group’s senior unsecured term loan.
Income Tax Benefit. For the YTD, we recorded an income tax benefit of $27 or an effective tax rate of 31% compared to an income tax benefit of $19 or an effective tax rate of 26% in the Prior YTD. The change in our effective tax rate primarily relates to the non-deductibility of certain acquisition costs in the Prior YTD.
Net Loss. Net loss declined from a net loss of $59 in the Prior YTD to $55 in the YTD for the reasons discussed above.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Revolving Credit Facility
The Company’s has a $650 asset based revolving line of credit that matures in June 2016. The availability under the revolving line of credit is the lesser of $650 or based on a defined borrowing base which is calculated based on available accounts receivable and inventory. The revolving line of credit allows up to $130 of letters of credit to be issued instead of borrowings under the revolving line of credit. At July 2, 2011, the Company had $171 of cash and no outstanding balance on the revolving credit facility providing unused borrowing capacity of $650. At July 2, 2011 the Company had $463 of availability, net of letters of credit, resulting in total liquidity of $634. The Company expects the additional $150 of unavailable borrowing capacity to become available upon the completion of the Rexam SBC acquisition.
Our fixed charge coverage ratio, as defined in the revolving credit facility, is calculated based on a numerator consisting of Adjusted EBITDA less pro forma adjustments, income taxes paid in cash and capital expenditures, and a denominator consisting of scheduled principal payments in respect of indebtedness for borrowed money, interest expense and certain distributions. We are obligated to sustain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.0 to 1.0 under the revolving credit facility at any time when the aggregate unused capacity under the revolving credit facility is less than 10% of the lesser of the revolving credit facility commitments and the borrowing base (and for 10 business days following the date upon which availability exceeds such threshold) or during the continuation of an event of default. The revolving credit facility subject to a borrowing base and thus was not subject to the minimum fixed charge coverage ratio covenant. Our fixed charge ratio as of July 2, 2011 was 1.5 to 1.0.
Despite not having financial maintenance covenants, our debt agreements contain certain negative covenants. The failure to comply with these negative covenants could restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness, effect acquisitions, enter into certain significant business combinations, make distributions or redeem indebtedness. The term loan facility contains a negative covenant first lien secured leverage ratio covenant of 4.0 to 1.0 on a pro forma basis for a proposed transaction, such as an acquisition or incurrence of additional first lien debt. Our first lien secured leverage ratio was 3.2 to 1.0 as of July 2, 2011.
A key financial metric utilized in the calculation of the first lien leverage ratio is Adjusted EBITDA. The following table reconciles our Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve months ended July 2, 2011 to net loss.
| | Four Quarters ended July 2, 2011 | |
Adjusted EBITDA | | $ | 658 | |
Net interest expense | | | (231 | ) |
Depreciation and amortization | | | (338 | ) |
Income tax benefit | | | 30 | |
Business optimization expense | | | (36 | ) |
Restructuring and impairment (a) | | | (50 | ) |
8⅞% Second Priority Notes extinguishment (b) | | | (68 | ) |
Annualization of cost savings | | | (36 | ) |
Net loss | | $ | (71 | ) |
Cash flow from operating activities | | $ | 295 | |
Cash flow from investing activities | | | (185 | ) |
Cash flow from financing activities | | | (124 | ) |
(a) | Includes $26 of non-cash asset impairments in the four quarters ended July 2, 2011, respectively. |
(b) | Includes $14 of non-cash write off of deferred financing fees, $17 of non-cash write off of debt discount and $37 of premiums paid for extinguishment of debt |
For comparison purposes, the following table reconciles our Adjusted EBITDA for the quarterly period ended July 2, 2011 and July 3, 2010.
| | Quarterly Period Ended | |
| | July 2, 2011 | | | July 3, 2010 | |
Adjusted EBITDA | | $ | 178 | | | $ | 152 | |
Net interest expense | | | (55 | ) | | | (62 | ) |
Depreciation and amortization | | | (83 | ) | | | (81 | ) |
Income tax (expense) benefit | | | (10 | ) | | | 9 | |
Business optimization expense | | | (6 | ) | | | (3 | ) |
Restructuring and impairment (a) | | | (5 | ) | | | (18 | ) |
Other | | | (5 | ) | | | – | |
Annualization of cost savings | | | (1 | ) | | | (19 | ) |
Net income (loss) | | $ | 13 | | | $ | (22 | ) |
Cash flow from operating activities | | $ | 94 | | | $ | (21 | ) |
Cash flow from investing activities | | | (32 | ) | | | (52 | ) |
Cash flow from financing activities | | | (16 | ) | | | 236 | |
(a) Includes $2 and $12 of non-cash asset impairments in the quarter ended July 2, 2011 and July 3, 2010, respectively.
While the determination of appropriate adjustments in the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA is subject to interpretation under the terms of our senior secured credit facilities, management believes the adjustments described above are in accordance with the covenants in the senior secured credit facilities. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or construed as an alternative to our net loss, operating cash flows or other measures as determined in accordance with GAAP. In addition, other companies in our industry or across different industries may calculate bank covenants and related definitions differently than we do, limiting the usefulness of our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA as a comparative measure.
Cash Flows
Net cash from operating activities increased from $22 in the Prior YTD to $205 in the YTD. This increase is primarily attributed to improved operating performance and improvements in working capital.
Net cash from investing activities decreased from $818 in the Prior YTD to $126 in the YTD primarily as a result of the Pliant and Superfos acquisitions in the Prior YTD. Our capital expenditures are forecasted to be approximately $185 for fiscal 2011 and will be funded from cash flows from operating activities and existing liquidity.
Net cash from financing activities provided $973 in the Prior YTD compared to a $55 use in the YTD. The change is primarily attributed to the borrowing of $370 of the 8¼% First Priority Senior Secured Notes and $250 of 8⅞% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes to fund the Pliant acquisition in the Prior YTD and the net cash used for the debt extinguishment of the 8⅞% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes during the YTD.
Based on our current level of operations, we believe that cash flow from operations and available cash, together with available borrowings under our senior secured credit facilities, will be adequate to meet our short-term liquidity needs over the next twelve months. We base such belief on historical experience and the funds available under the revolving credit facility. However, we cannot predict our future results of operations and our ability to meet our obligations involves numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described in the “Risk Factors” section of our Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2010. In particular, increases in the cost of resin which we are unable to pass through to our customers on a timely basis or significant acquisitions could severely impact our liquidity.
Critical Accounting Policies
We disclosed those accounting policies that we consider to be significant in determining the amounts to be utilized for communicating our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows in the Form 10-K filed with the SEC for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2010. Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with these principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results are likely to differ from these estimates, but management does not believe such differences will materially affect our financial position or results of operations, although no assurance can be given as to such affect. The following critical accounting policies have been updated for the period ended July 2, 2011.
Goodwill and Other Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets. We are required to perform a review for impairment of goodwill and other indefinite lived intangibles to evaluate whether events and circumstances have occurred that may indicate a potential impairment. Goodwill is considered to be impaired if we determine that the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value. Other indefinite lived intangibles are considered to be impaired if the carrying value excess the fair value. In addition to the annual review, an interim review is required if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount. Examples of such events or circumstances could include, but are not limited to: a significant decline in our earnings, a significant decline in the total value of our Company, unanticipated competition or a loss of key personnel.
The following table presents carrying value as of our most recent evaluation for impairment of goodwill compared to Goodwill by reportable segment:
| | Carrying Value as of | | | Goodwill as of | |
| | July 4, 2010 | | | July 2, 2011 | | | October 2, 2010 | |
Rigid Open Top | | $ | 1,754 | | | $ | 690 | | | $ | 691 | |
Rigid Closed Top | | | 1,517 | | | | 774 | | | | 771 | |
Specialty Films | | | 995 | | | | 240 | | | | 238 | |
In accordance with our policy, we completed our most recent annual evaluation for impairment of goodwill as of the first day of the fourth fiscal quarter of 2010 and determined that no impairment existed. Our evaluation method included management estimates of cash flow projections based on an internal strategic review and comparable EBITDA multiples of our market peer companies to derive our fair values. A decline of greater than 10% in the fair value of our segments could result in a potential impairment of goodwill or trademarks depending on revenue or earnings growth, the cost of capital and other factors we utilize to determine our segment and trademark fair values. Growth by reporting unit varies from year-to-year between segments. For purposes of these tests, the Rigid Open Top forecasted overall growth ranges between 2% and 5% in the following six years and 3% in the terminal year. The Rigid Closed Top forecasted overall growth ranges between 3% and 8% in the following six years and 3% in the terminal year. The Specialty Films forecasted overall growth ranges between 2% and 4% in the following six years and 3% in the terminal year. We assumed that the Company would maintain capital spending sufficient to continue to increase efficiencies in production and have assumed that these efficiencies would be offset by other rising costs in selling, general and administrative expenses. Given the uncertainty in economic trends, there can be no assurance that when we complete our future annual or other periodic reviews for impairment of goodwill that a material impairment charge will not be recorded. Goodwill and indefinite lived trademarks totaled $1,704 and $220 as of July 2, 2011, respectively. There were no indicators of impairment during the first three fiscal quarters of 2011.
Based on a critical assessment of our accounting policies and the underlying judgments and uncertainties affecting the application of those policies, we believe that our Consolidated Financial Statements provide a meaningful and fair perspective of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries. This is not to suggest that other risk factors such as changes in economic conditions, changes in material costs, our ability to pass through changes in material costs, and others could not materially adversely impact our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows in future periods.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Interest Rate Sensitivity
We are exposed to market risk from changes in interest rates primarily through our senior secured credit facilities, senior secured first priority notes and second priority senior secured notes. Our senior secured credit facilities are comprised of (i) a $1,200 term loan and (ii) a $650 revolving credit facility. At July 2, 2011, there was no outstanding balance on the revolving credit facility. The net outstanding balance of the term loan was $1,149 at July 2, 2011. Borrowings under our senior secured credit facilities bear interest, at our option, at either an alternate base rate or an adjusted LIBOR rate for a one-, two-, three- or six month interest period, or a nine- or twelve-month period, if available to all relevant lenders, in each case, plus an applicable margin. The alternate base rate is the mean the greater of (i) in the case of our term loan, Credit Suisse’s prime rate or, in the case of our revolving credit facility, Bank of America's prime rate and (ii) one-half of 1.0% over the weighted average of rates on overnight Federal Funds as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Our $681 of senior secured first priority notes accrue interest at a rate per annum, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR plus 4.75%. Our second priority senior secured floating rate notes of $212 bear interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 3.875% per annum, which resets quarterly.
At July 2, 2011, the LIBOR rate of 0.25% was applicable to the term loan, first priority senior secured floating rate notes and second priority senior secured floating rate notes. If the LIBOR rate increases 0.25% and 0.50%, we estimate an annual increase in our interest expense of $3 and $5, respectively.
In November 2010, the Company entered into two separate interest rate swap transactions to protect $1 billion of the outstanding variable rate term loan debt from future interest rate volatility. The first agreement had a notional amount of $500 and became effective in November 2010. The agreement swaps three month variable LIBOR contracts for a fixed three year rate of 0.8925% and expires in November 2013. The second agreement had a notional amount of $500 and became effective in December 2010. The agreement swaps three month variable LIBOR contracts for a fixed three year rate of 1.0235% and expires in November 2013. The counterparties to these agreements are with global financial institutions. The Company accounts for the swaps as qualifying cash flow hedges. The fair value of these interest rate swaps are subject to movements in LIBOR and may fluctuate in future periods. A .25% change in LIBOR would not have a material impact on the fair value of the interest rate swaps.
Resin Cost Sensitivity
We are exposed to market risk from changes in plastic resin prices that could impact our results of operations and financial condition. Our plastic resin purchasing strategy is to deal with only high-quality, dependable suppliers. We believe that we have maintained strong relationships with these key suppliers and expect that such relationships will continue into the foreseeable future. The resin market is a global market and, based on our experience, we believe that adequate quantities of plastic resins will be available at market prices, but we can give you no assurances as to such availability or the prices thereof. If the price of resin increased or decreased by 5% this would result in a material change to our cost of goods sold.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
| (a) | Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. |
Under applicable SEC regulations, management of a reporting company, with the participation of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, must periodically evaluate the company’s “disclosure controls and procedures,” which are defined generally as controls and other procedures of a reporting company designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the reporting company in its periodic reports filed with the commission (such as this Form 10-Q) is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported on a timely basis.
The Company's management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the disclosure controls and procedures as of July 2, 2011. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of July 2, 2011, the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
| (b) | Changes in internal controls. |
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended July 2, 2011.
Part II. Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
There has been no material changes in legal proceedings from the items disclosed in our Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2010.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
You should carefully consider the risks described in our Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2010, including those under the heading “Risk Factors” and other information contained in this Quarterly Report before investing in our securities. Realization of any of these risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations. There were no material changes in the Company’s risk factors since described in our Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2010.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Not Applicable
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not Applicable
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Not Applicable
Item 5. Other Information
Not Applicable
Item 6. Exhibits
| 31.1 | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer |
| 31.2 | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Financial Officer |
| 32.1 | Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer |
32.2 Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer
SIGNATURE
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.
Berry Plastics Corporation
August 15, 2011
By: /s/ James M. Kratochvil
James M. Kratochvil
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)