TYSON FOODS INC, 10-Q filed on 8/9/2010
Quarterly Report
Document and Entity Information
9 Months Ended
Jul. 3, 2010
Document Type
10-Q 
Amendment Flag
FALSE 
Document Period End Date
07/03/2010 
Document Fiscal Year Focus
2010 
Document Fiscal Period Focus
Q3 
Entity Registrant Name
TYSON FOODS INC 
Entity Central Index Key
0000100493 
Current Fiscal Year End Date
10/02 
Entity Filer Category
Large Accelerated Filer 
Common Class A
 
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding
307,431,269 
Common Class B
 
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding
70,021,155 
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (USD $)
In Millions, except Per Share data
3 Months Ended
Jul. 3, 2010
9 Months Ended
Jul. 3, 2010
3 Months Ended
Jun. 27, 2009
9 Months Ended
Jun. 27, 2009
Sales
$ 7,438 
$ 20,989 
$ 6,662 
$ 19,490 
Cost of Sales
6,686 
19,144 
6,192 
18,749 
Gross Profit
752 
1,845 
470 
741 
Selling, General and Administrative
245 
680 
192 
617 
Other Charges
17 
Operating Income
507 
1,165 
276 
107 
Other (Income) Expense:
 
 
 
 
Interest income
(4)
(11)
(5)
(14)
Interest expense
102 
282 
92 
237 
Other, net
14 
14 
(3)
18 
Total Other Expense
112 
285 
84 
241 
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes
395 
880 
192 
(134)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
153 
323 
69 
(42)
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations
242 
557 
123 
(92)
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, net of tax
(1)
Net Income (Loss)
242 
557 
130 
(93)
Less: Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest
(6)
(10)
(1)
(3)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Tyson
248 
567 
131 
(90)
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding:
 
 
 
 
Diluted
382 
379 
378 
373 
Earnings (Loss) Per Share from Continuing Operations Attributable to Tyson:
 
 
 
 
Diluted
0.65 
1.49 
0.33 
(0.24)
Earnings (Loss) Per Share from Discontinued Operation Attributable to Tyson:
 
 
 
 
Diluted
0.00 
0.00 
0.02 
0.00 
Net Income (Loss) Per Share Attributable to Tyson:
 
 
 
 
Diluted
0.65 
1.49 
0.35 
(0.24)
Common Class A
 
 
 
 
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding:
 
 
 
 
Basic
304 
303 
302 
303 
Earnings (Loss) Per Share from Continuing Operations Attributable to Tyson:
 
 
 
 
Basic
0.68 
1.55 
0.34 
(0.24)
Earnings (Loss) Per Share from Discontinued Operation Attributable to Tyson:
 
 
 
 
Basic
0.00 
0.00 
0.02 
0.00 
Net Income (Loss) Per Share Attributable to Tyson:
 
 
 
 
Basic
0.68 
1.55 
0.36 
(0.24)
Cash Dividends Per Share:
 
 
 
 
Cash Dividends
0.04 
0.12 
0.04 
0.12 
Common Class B
 
 
 
 
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding:
 
 
 
 
Basic
70 
70 
70 
70 
Earnings (Loss) Per Share from Continuing Operations Attributable to Tyson:
 
 
 
 
Basic
0.61 
1.39 
0.30 
(0.22)
Earnings (Loss) Per Share from Discontinued Operation Attributable to Tyson:
 
 
 
 
Basic
0.00 
0.00 
0.02 
0.00 
Net Income (Loss) Per Share Attributable to Tyson:
 
 
 
 
Basic
0.61 
1.39 
0.32 
(0.22)
Cash Dividends Per Share:
 
 
 
 
Cash Dividends
$ 0.036 
$ 0.108 
$ 0.036 
$ 0.108 
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $)
In Millions
Jul. 3, 2010
Oct. 3, 2009
Assets
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 834 
$ 1,004 
Restricted cash
140 
Accounts receivable, net
1,229 
1,100 
Inventories, net
2,132 
2,009 
Other current assets
169 
122 
Total Current Assets
4,364 
4,375 
Restricted Cash
43 
Net Property, Plant and Equipment
3,631 
3,576 
Goodwill
1,916 
1,917 
Intangible Assets
168 
187 
Other Assets
388 
497 
Total Assets
10,467 
10,595 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
 
 
Current debt
93 
219 
Accounts payable
996 
1,013 
Other current liabilities
1,073 
761 
Total Current Liabilities
2,162 
1,993 
Long-Term Debt
2,489 
3,258 
Deferred Income Taxes
284 
309 
Other Liabilities
513 
539 
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest
63 
65 
Shareholders' Equity:
 
 
Capital in excess of par value
2,232 
2,236 
Retained earnings
2,916 
2,399 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(37)
(34)
Treasury stock, at cost - 15 million shares at July 3, 2010, and 16 million shares at October 3, 2009
(226)
(242)
Total Tyson Shareholders' Equity
4,924 
4,398 
Noncontrolling Interest
32 
33 
Total Shareholders' Equity
4,956 
4,431 
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
10,467 
10,595 
Common Class A
 
 
Shareholders' Equity:
 
 
Common Stock, Value
32 
32 
Common Class B
 
 
Shareholders' Equity:
 
 
Common Stock, Value
$ 7 
$ 7 
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) (USD $)
Share data in Millions, except Per Share data
Jul. 3, 2010
Oct. 3, 2009
Common Stock, Par Value
$ 0.10 
$ 0.10 
Treasury Stock, at cost
15 
16 
Common Class A
 
 
Common Stock, Authorized
900 
900 
Common Stock, Issued
322 
322 
Common Class B
 
 
Common Stock, Authorized
900 
900 
Common Stock, Issued
70 
70 
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $)
In Millions
9 Months Ended
Jul. 3, 2010
Jun. 27, 2009
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
 
 
Net income (loss)
$ 557 
$ (93)
Depreciation and amortization
372 
383 
Deferred income taxes
(4)
(26)
Other, net
116 
97 
Net changes in working capital
67 
323 
Cash Provided by Operating Activities
1,108 
684 
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
 
 
Additions to property, plant and equipment
(404)
(248)
Change in restricted cash to be used for investing activities
43 
(60)
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities
34 
49 
Purchases of marketable securities
(39)
(34)
Proceeds from sale of discontinued operation
75 
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired
(71)
Other, net
(9)
Cash Used for Investing Activities
(364)
(298)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
 
 
Payments on debt
(993)
(292)
Proceeds from borrowings of debt
17 
851 
Debt issuance costs
(60)
Change in restricted cash to be used for financing activities
140 
(140)
Purchases of treasury shares
(42)
(11)
Dividends
(44)
(44)
Change in negative book cash balances
(25)
(119)
Other, net
32 
Cash Provided by (Used for) Financing Activities
(915)
194 
Effect of Exchange Rate Change on Cash
15 
Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents
(170)
595 
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Year
1,004 
250 
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period
$ 834 
$ 845 
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 1: ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The consolidated condensed financial statements have been prepared by Tyson Foods, Inc. ("Tyson," "the Company," "we," "us" or "our"). Certain information and accounting policies and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. Although we believe the disclosures contained herein are adequate to make the information presented not misleading, these consolidated condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 3, 2009. Preparation of consolidated condensed financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated condensed financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

We believe the accompanying consolidated condensed financial statements contain all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary to state fairly our financial position as of July 3, 2010, the results of operations for the three and nine months ended July 3, 2010, and June 27, 2009, and cash flows for the nine months ended July 3, 2010, and June 27, 2009. Results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year.

CONSOLIDATION

The consolidated condensed financial statements include the accounts of all wholly-owned subsidiaries, as well as majority-owned subsidiaries for which we have a controlling interest. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

We have an investment in a joint venture, Dynamic Fuels LLC (Dynamic Fuels), in which we have a 50 percent ownership interest. Dynamic Fuels qualifies as a variable interest entity. We consolidate Dynamic Fuels since we are the primary beneficiary.

RECENTLY ADOPTED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities. This guidance also requires expanded information about the extent to which companies measure assets and liabilities at fair value, the information used to measure fair value and the effect of fair value measurements on earnings. This guidance applies whenever other standards require (or permit) assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value. At the beginning of fiscal 2009, we partially adopted this standard, as allowed, which delayed the effective date for nonfinancial assets and liabilities. As of the beginning of fiscal 2009, we applied these provisions to our financial instruments and the impact was not material. We were required to apply fair value measurements to our nonfinancial assets and liabilities at the beginning of fiscal 2010. The adoption did not have a significant impact on our consolidated condensed financial statements.

In December 2007, the FASB issued guidance establishing principles and requirements for how an acquirer in a business combination: 1) recognizes and measures in its financial statements identifiable assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree; 2) recognizes and measures goodwill acquired in a business combination or a gain from a bargain purchase; and 3) determines what information to disclose to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of a business combination. This guidance is effective for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008; therefore, we adopted this guidance at the beginning of fiscal 2010. The initial adoption did not have a significant impact on our consolidated condensed financial statements.

In December 2007, the FASB issued guidance to establish accounting and reporting standards for a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. This guidance clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity and may be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements, rather than in the liability or mezzanine section between liabilities and equity. This guidance also requires consolidated net income be reported at amounts that include the net income attributable to both Tyson (the parent) and the noncontrolling interest. We adopted the presentation and disclosure requirements retrospectively at the beginning of fiscal 2010. Accordingly, "attributable to Tyson" refers to operating results exclusive of any noncontrolling interest. In conjunction with this adoption, we also adopted guidance applicable for all noncontrolling interests in which we are or may be required to repurchase an interest in a consolidated subsidiary from the noncontrolling interest holder under a put option or other contractual redemption requirement. Because we have certain redeemable noncontrolling interests, noncontrolling interests are presented in both the equity section and the mezzanine section of the balance sheet between liabilities and equity.

 

In May 2008, the FASB issued guidance which specifies issuers of convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement) should separately account for the liability and equity components in a manner that will reflect the entity's nonconvertible debt borrowing rate when interest cost is recognized in subsequent periods. The amount allocated to the equity component represents a discount to the debt, which is amortized into interest expense using the effective interest method over the life of the debt. We adopted this guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 and applied it retrospectively. Upon retrospective adoption, our effective interest rate on our 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 was determined to be 8.26%, which resulted in the recognition of a $92 million discount to these notes with the offsetting after tax amount of $56 million recorded to capital in excess of par value. This discount will be accreted over the five-year term of the convertible notes at the effective interest rate. The impact to our previously reported fiscal 2008 interest expense was not significant, while the impact increased fiscal 2009 non-cash interest expense by $17 million.

The following table presents the effects of the retrospective application of new accounting guidance on our consolidated condensed financial statements (in millions, except per share data):

 

 

 

Previously
Reported

 

 

Adjustments:
Convertible
Debt

 

 

Adjustments:
Noncontrolling
Interest

 

 

As
Adjusted

 

October 3, 2009 Balance Sheet:

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Debt

 

$

3,333

 

 

$

(75

 

$

—  

 

 

$

3,258

 

Deferred Income Taxes

 

 

280

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

309

 

Minority Interest

 

 

98

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(98

 

 

—  

 

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

65

 

 

 

65

 

Capital in Excess of Par Value

 

 

2,180

 

 

 

56

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

2,236

 

Retained Earnings

 

 

2,409

 

 

 

(10

 

 

—  

 

 

 

2,399

 

Total Tyson Shareholders' Equity

 

 

4,352

 

 

 

46

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

4,398

 

Noncontrolling Interest

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

33

 

Total Shareholders' Equity

 

 

4,352

 

 

 

46

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

4,431

 

Three Months Ended June 27, 2009 – Income Statement:

 

 

 

 

Interest Expense

 

$

88

 

 

$

4

 

 

$

—  

 

 

$

92

 

Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes

 

 

196

 

 

 

(4

 

 

—  

 

 

 

192

 

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

 

 

70

 

 

 

(1

 

 

—  

 

 

 

69

 

Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations

 

 

126

 

 

 

(3

 

 

—  

 

 

 

123

 

Minority Interest

 

 

(1

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

—  

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

 

134

 

 

 

(3

 

 

(1

 

 

130

 

Less: Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(1

 

 

(1

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Tyson

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

131

 

Earnings (Loss) Per Share from Continuing Operations Attributable to Tyson:

 

 

 

 

Class A Basic

 

$

0.35

 

 

$

(0.01

 

$

—  

 

 

$

0.34

 

Class B Basic

 

$

0.31

 

 

$

(0.01

 

$

—  

 

 

$

0.30

 

Diluted

 

$

0.33

 

 

$

(0.00

 

$

—  

 

 

$

0.33

 

Net Income (Loss) Per Share Attributable to Tyson:

 

 

 

 

Class A Basic

 

$

0.37

 

 

$

(0.01

 

$

—  

 

 

$

0.36

 

Class B Basic

 

$

0.33

 

 

$

(0.01

 

$

—  

 

 

$

0.32

 

Diluted

 

$

0.35

 

 

$

(0.00

 

$

—  

 

 

$

0.35

 

Nine Months Ended June 27, 2009 – Income Statement:

 

 

 

 

Interest Expense

 

$

225

 

 

$

12

 

 

$

—  

 

 

$

237

 

Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes

 

 

(122

 

 

(12

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(134

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

 

 

(38

 

 

(4

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(42

Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations

 

 

(84

 

 

(8

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(92

Minority Interest

 

 

(3

 

 

—  

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

—  

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

 

(82

 

 

(8

 

 

(3

 

 

(93

Less: Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(3

 

 

(3

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Tyson

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(90

Earnings (Loss) Per Share from Continuing Operations Attributable to Tyson:

 

 

 

 

Class A Basic

 

$

(0.22

 

$

(0.02

 

$

—  

 

 

$

(0.24

Class B Basic

 

$

(0.20

 

$

(0.02

 

$

—  

 

 

$

(0.22

Diluted

 

$

(0.22

 

$

(0.02

 

$

—  

 

 

$

(0.24

Net Income (Loss) Per Share Attributable to Tyson:

 

 

 

 

Class A Basic

 

$

(0.22

 

$

(0.02

 

$

—  

 

 

$

(0.24

Class B Basic

 

$

(0.20

 

$

(0.02

 

$

—  

 

 

$

(0.22

Diluted

 

$

(0.22

 

$

(0.02

 

$

—  

 

 

$

(0.24

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In December 2008, the FASB issued guidance requiring additional disclosures about assets held in an employer's defined benefit pension or other postretirement plan. This guidance is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted. We will adopt the disclosure requirements beginning with our fiscal 2010 annual report.

In June 2009, the FASB issued guidance removing the concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity (QSPE). This guidance also clarifies the requirements for isolation and limitations on portions of financial assets eligible for sale accounting. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. Accordingly, we will adopt this guidance at the beginning of fiscal year 2011. We are in the process of evaluating the potential impacts of such adoption.

In June 2009 and December 2009, the FASB issued guidance requiring an analysis to determine whether a variable interest gives the entity a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity. This guidance requires an ongoing assessment and eliminates the quantitative approach previously required for determining whether an entity is the primary beneficiary. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. Accordingly, we will adopt this guidance at the beginning of fiscal year 2011. We are in the process of evaluating the potential impacts of such adoption.

 
ACQUISITIONS
ACQUISITIONS

NOTE 2: ACQUISITIONS

In August 2009, we completed the establishment of related joint ventures in China referred to as Shandong Tyson Xinchang Foods. The aggregate purchase price for our 60% equity interest was $21 million, which excluded $93 million of additional cash transferred to the joint venture for future capital needs. The preliminary purchase price included $29 million allocated to Intangible Assets and $19 million allocated to Goodwill, as well as the assumption of $76 million of Current and Long-Term Debt.

DISCONTINUED OPERATION
DISCONTINUED OPERATION

NOTE 3: DISCONTINUED OPERATION

On March 13, 2009, we completed the sale of the beef processing, cattle feed yard and fertilizer assets of three of our Alberta, Canada subsidiaries (collectively, Lakeside), which were part of our Beef segment, and related inventories for total consideration of $145 million, based on exchange rates then in effect. This included (a) cash received at closing of $43 million, (b) $78 million of collateralized notes receivable from either XL Foods or an affiliated entity to be collected throughout the two years following closing, and (c) $24 million of XL Foods Preferred Stock to be redeemed over five years.

We recorded a pretax loss on sale of Lakeside of $10 million in the nine months ended June 27, 2009, which included an allocation of beef reporting unit goodwill of $59 million and cumulative currency translation adjustment gains of $37 million.

The following is a summary of Lakeside's operating results (in millions):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

June 27, 2009

 

July 3, 2010

 

June 27, 2009

 

Sales

 

$

—  

 

$

—  

 

$

—  

 

$

461

 

Pretax income from discontinued operation

 

$

—  

 

$

9

 

$

—  

 

$

20

 

Loss on sale of discontinued operation

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

(10

Income tax expense

 

 

—  

 

 

2

 

 

—  

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operation

 

$

—  

 

$

7

 

$

—  

 

$

(1

OTHER INCOME AND CHARGES
OTHER INCOME AND CHARGES

NOTE 4: OTHER INCOME AND CHARGES

During the third quarter of fiscal 2010, we recognized $38 million of insurance proceeds received related to losses incurred from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. These proceeds are reflected in the Chicken segment's Operating Income and included in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income in Cost of Sales.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2010, we recorded a $12 million impairment charge related to an equity method investment. This charge is included in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income in Other, net.

On March 27, 2009, we announced the decision to close our Ponca City, Oklahoma, processed meats plant. The plant ceased operation in August 2009. The closing resulted in the elimination of approximately 600 jobs. During the second quarter of fiscal 2009, we recorded charges of $15 million, which included $14 million for estimated impairment charges and $1 million of employee termination benefits. The charges are reflected in the Prepared Foods segment's Operating Income and included in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income in Other Charges.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

NOTE 5: DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Our business operations give rise to certain market risk exposures mostly due to changes in commodity prices, foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. We manage a portion of these risks through the use of derivative financial instruments, primarily futures and options, to reduce our exposure to commodity price risk, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk. Forward contracts on various commodities, including grains, livestock and energy, are primarily entered into to manage the price risk associated with forecasted purchases of these inputs used in our production processes. Foreign exchange forward contracts are entered into to manage the fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, primarily as a result of certain receivable and payable balances. We also periodically utilize interest rate swaps to manage interest rate risk associated with our variable-rate borrowings.

 

Our risk management programs are periodically reviewed by our Board of Directors' Audit Committee. These programs are monitored by senior management and may be revised as market conditions dictate. Our current risk management programs utilize industry-standard models that take into account the implicit cost of hedging. Risks associated with our market risks and those created by derivative instruments and the fair values are strictly monitored at all times, using Value-at-Risk and stress tests. Credit risks associated with our derivative contracts are not significant as we minimize counterparty concentrations, utilize margin accounts or letters of credit, and deal with credit-worthy counterparties. Additionally, our derivative contracts are mostly short-term in duration and we generally do not make use of credit-risk-related contingent features. No significant concentrations of credit risk existed at July 3, 2010.

We recognize all derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities at fair value in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets, with the exception of normal purchases and normal sales expected to result in physical delivery. The accounting for changes in the fair value (i.e., gains or losses) of a derivative instrument depends on whether it has been designated and qualifies as part of a hedging relationship and the type of hedging relationship. For those derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, we designate the hedging instrument based upon the exposure being hedged (i.e., fair value hedge, cash flow hedge, or hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation). We qualify, or designate, a derivative financial instrument as a hedge when contract terms closely mirror those of the hedged item, providing a high degree of risk reduction and correlation. If a derivative instrument is accounted for as a hedge, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of the instrument either will be offset against the change in fair value of the hedged assets, liabilities or firm commitments through earnings, or be recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) (OCI) until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of an instrument's change in fair value is recognized in earnings immediately. We designate certain forward contracts as follows:

 

 

 

Cash Flow Hedges – include certain commodity forward contracts of forecasted purchases (i.e., grains) and certain foreign exchange forward contracts.

 

 

 

Fair Value Hedges – include certain commodity forward contracts of forecasted purchases (i.e., livestock).

 

 

 

Net Investment Hedges – include certain foreign currency forward contracts of permanently invested capital in certain foreign subsidiaries.

Cash flow hedges

Derivative instruments, such as futures and options, are designated as hedges against changes in the amount of future cash flows related to procurement of certain commodities utilized in our production processes. We do not purchase forward commodity contracts in excess of our physical consumption requirements and generally do not hedge forecasted transactions beyond 12 months. The objective of these hedges is to reduce the variability of cash flows associated with the forecasted purchase of those commodities. For the derivative instruments we designate and qualify as a cash flow hedge, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative is reported as a component of OCI and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Gains and losses representing hedge ineffectiveness are recognized in earnings in the current period. Ineffectiveness related to our cash flow hedges was not significant for the three and nine months ended July 3, 2010, and June 27, 2009.

We had the following aggregated notionals of outstanding forward and option contracts accounted for as cash flow hedges:

 

 

 

Metric

 

July 3, 2010

 

October 3, 2009

Commodity:

 

 

 

Corn

 

Bushels

 

 

32 million

 

 

4 million

Soy meal

 

Tons

 

 

121,500

 

 

16,900

Foreign Currency

 

United States dollars

 

$

21 million

 

$

—  

The net amount of pretax losses in accumulated OCI as of July 3, 2010, expected to be reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months, was $2 million. During the three and nine months ended July 3, 2010, and June 27, 2009, we did not reclassify any pretax gains/losses into earnings as a result of the discontinuance of cash flow hedges due to the probability the original forecasted transaction would not occur by the end of the originally specified time period or within the additional period of time allowed by generally accepted accounting principles.

 

The following table sets forth the pretax impact of cash flow hedge derivative instruments on the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income (in millions):

 

 

 

Gain/(Loss)
Recognized in  OCI

On Derivatives

 

 

Consolidated Condensed
Statements of Income

Classification

 

Gain/(Loss)
Reclassified from
OCI to Earnings

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

Cash Flow Hedge – Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity contracts

 

$

1

 

 

$

3

 

 

Cost of Sales

 

$

(4

 

$

(22

Foreign exchange contracts

 

 

1

 

 

 

—  

 

 

Other Income/Expense

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

2

 

 

$

3

 

 

 

$

(4

 

$

(22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain/(Loss)
Recognized in  OCI
On Derivatives

 

 

Consolidated Condensed

Statements of Income

Classification

 

Gain/(Loss)
Reclassified from
OCI to Earnings

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

Cash Flow Hedge – Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity contracts

 

$

(4

 

$

(58

 

Cost of Sales

 

$

(5

 

$

(66

Foreign exchange contracts

 

 

1

 

 

 

9

 

 

Other Income/Expense

 

 

—  

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

(3

 

$

(49

 

 

$

(5

 

$

(59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value hedges

We designate certain futures contracts as fair value hedges of firm commitments to purchase livestock for slaughter. Our objective of these hedges is to minimize the risk of changes in fair value created by fluctuations in commodity prices associated with fixed price livestock firm commitments. We had the following aggregated notionals of outstanding forward contracts entered into to hedge forecasted commodity purchases which are accounted for as a fair value hedge:

 

 

 

Metric

 

July 3, 2010

 

October 3, 2009

Commodity:

 

 

 

Live Cattle

 

Pounds

 

336 million

 

133 million

Lean Hogs

 

Pounds

 

420 million

 

171 million

For these derivative instruments we designate and qualify as a fair value hedge, the gain or loss on the derivative, as well as the offsetting gain or loss on the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk, are recognized in earnings in the current period. We include the gain or loss on the hedged items (i.e., livestock purchase firm commitments) in the same line item, Cost of Sales, as the offsetting gain or loss on the related livestock forward position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in millions

 

 

 

Consolidated Condensed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statements of Income

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

Classification

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

Gain/(Loss) on forwards

 

Cost of Sales

 

$

(28

 

$

27

 

 

$

(44

 

$

142

 

Gain/(Loss) on purchase contract

 

Cost of Sales

 

 

28

 

 

 

(27

 

 

44

 

 

 

(142

Ineffectiveness related to our fair value hedges was not significant for the three and nine months ended July 3, 2010, and June 27, 2009.

 

Foreign net investment hedges

We utilize forward foreign exchange contracts to protect the value of our net investments in certain foreign subsidiaries. For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as a hedge of a net investment in a foreign currency, the gain or loss is reported in OCI as part of the cumulative translation adjustment to the extent it is effective, with the related amounts due to or from counterparties included in other liabilities or other assets. We utilize the forward-rate method of assessing hedge effectiveness. Any ineffective portions of net investment hedges are recognized in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income during the period of change. Ineffectiveness related to our foreign net investment hedges was not significant for the three and nine months ended July 3, 2010, and June 27, 2009. At July 3, 2010, we had approximately $49 million aggregate outstanding notionals related to our forward foreign currency contracts accounted for as foreign net investment hedges.

The following table sets forth the pretax impact of these derivative instruments on the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income (in millions):

 

 

 

Gain/(Loss)
Recognized  in OCI
On Derivatives

 

 

Consolidated Condensed
Statements of Income

Classification

 

Gain/(Loss)
Reclassified from
OCI to Earnings

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

June 27, 2009

 

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

June 27, 2009

 

Net Investment Hedge – Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

$

2

 

$

(5

 

Other Income/Expense

 

$

—  

 

$

(2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain/(Loss)
Recognized  in OCI
On Derivatives

 

 

Consolidated Condensed

Statements of Income

Classification

 

Gain/(Loss)
Reclassified from
OCI to Earnings

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

June 27, 2009

 

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

June 27, 2009

 

Net Investment Hedge – Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange contracts

 

$

1

 

$

(6

 

Other Income/Expense

 

$

—  

 

$

(2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Undesignated positions

In addition to our designated positions, we also hold forward and option contracts for which we do not apply hedge accounting. These include certain derivative instruments related to commodities price risk, including grains, livestock and energy, foreign currency risk and interest rate risk. We mark these positions to fair value through earnings at each reporting date. We generally do not enter into undesignated positions beyond 18 months.

The objective of our undesignated grains, energy and livestock commodity positions is to reduce the variability of cash flows associated with the forecasted purchase of certain grains, energy and livestock inputs to our production processes. We also enter into certain forward sales of boxed beef and boxed pork and forward purchases of cattle and hogs at fixed prices. The fixed price sales contracts lock in the proceeds from a sale in the future and the fixed cattle and hog purchases lock in the cost. However, the cost of the livestock and the related boxed beef and boxed pork market prices at the time of the sale or purchase could vary from this fixed price. As we enter into fixed forward sales of boxed beef and boxed pork and forward purchases of cattle and hogs, we also enter into the appropriate number of livestock futures positions to mitigate a portion of this risk. Changes in market value of the open livestock futures positions are marked to market and reported in earnings at each reporting date, even though the economic impact of our fixed prices being above or below the market price is only realized at the time of sale or purchase. These positions generally do not qualify for hedge treatment due to location basis differences between the commodity exchanges and the actual locations when we purchase the commodities.

 

We have a foreign currency cash flow hedging program to hedge portions of forecasted transactions denominated in foreign currencies, primarily with forward contracts, to protect against the reduction in value of forecasted foreign currency cash flows. Our undesignated foreign currency positions generally would qualify for cash flow hedge accounting. However, to reduce earnings volatility, we normally will not elect hedge accounting treatment when the position provides an offset to the underlying related transaction that currently impacts earnings.

The objective of our undesignated interest rate swap is to manage interest rate risk exposure on a floating-rate bond. Our interest rate swap agreement effectively modifies our exposure to interest rate risk by converting a portion of the floating-rate bond to a fixed rate basis for the first five years, thus reducing the impact of the interest-rate changes on future interest expense. This interest rate swap does not qualify for hedge treatment due to differences in the underlying bond and swap contract interest-rate indices.

We had the following aggregate outstanding notionals related to our undesignated positions:

 

 

 

Metric

 

July 3, 2010

 

October 3, 2009

Commodity:

 

 

 

Corn

 

Bushels

 

 

18 million

 

 

11 million

Soy meal

 

Tons

 

 

221,400

 

 

73,000

Live Cattle

 

Pounds

 

 

43 million

 

 

82 million

Lean Hogs

 

Pounds

 

 

100 million

 

 

11 million

Natural Gas

 

British thermal units

 

 

240 billion

 

 

850 billion

Foreign Currency

 

United States dollars

 

$

84 million

 

$

124 million

Interest Rate

 

Average monthly notional debt

 

$

56 million

 

$

64 million

Included in our undesignated positions are certain commodity grain positions (which do not qualify for hedge treatment) we enter into to manage the risk of costs associated with forward sales to certain customers for which sales prices are determined under cost-plus arrangements. These unrealized positions totaled $0 and losses of $17 million at July 3, 2010, and October 3, 2009, respectively. When these positions are liquidated, we expect any realized gains or losses will be reflected in the prices of the poultry products sold. Since these derivative positions did not qualify for hedge treatment, they initially created volatility in our earnings associated with changes in fair value. However, once the positions were liquidated and included in the sales price to the customer, there was ultimately no earnings impact as any previous fair value gains or losses were included in the prices of the poultry products.

The following table sets forth the pretax impact of the undesignated derivative instruments on the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income (in millions):

 

 

 

Consolidated Condensed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statements of Income

 

Gain/(Loss)

 

 

Gain/(Loss)

 

 

 

Classification

 

Recognized in Earnings

 

 

Recognized in Earnings

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity contracts

 

Sales

 

$

(5

 

$

(6

 

$

17

 

 

$

(28

Commodity contracts

 

Cost of Sales

 

 

20

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

(11

 

 

(152

Foreign exchange contracts

 

Other Income/Expense

 

 

2

 

 

 

(8

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1

 

Interest rate contracts

 

Interest Expense

 

 

1

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

(3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

$

18

 

 

$

8

 

 

$

7

 

 

$

(182

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following table sets forth the fair value of all derivative instruments outstanding in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets (in millions):

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Balance Sheet
Classification

 

July 3,
2010

 

October 3,
2009

Derivative Assets:

 

 

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

Commodity contracts

 

Other current assets

 

$

19

 

$

12

Foreign exchange contracts

 

Other current assets

 

 

3

 

 

—  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivative assets – designated

 

 

 

22

 

 

12

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

Commodity contracts

 

Other current assets

 

 

6

 

 

9

Foreign exchange contracts

 

Other current assets

 

 

3

 

 

—  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivative assets – not designated

 

 

 

9

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

 

 

$

31

 

$

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative Liabilities:

 

 

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

Commodity contracts

 

Other current liabilities

 

$

7

 

$

2

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

Commodity contracts

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

15

 

 

13

Foreign exchange contracts

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

—  

 

 

1

Interest rate contracts

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities – not designated

 

 

 

18

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

 

 

$

25

 

$

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our derivative assets and liabilities are presented in our Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets on a net basis. We net derivative assets and liabilities, including cash collateral when a legally enforceable master netting arrangement exists between the counterparty to a derivative contract and us. See Note 11: Fair Value Measurements for a reconciliation to amounts reported in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets.

 
INVENTORIES
INVENTORIES

NOTE 6: INVENTORIES

Processed products, livestock and supplies and other are valued at the lower of cost or market. Cost includes purchased raw materials, live purchase costs, growout costs (primarily feed, contract grower pay and catch and haul costs), labor and manufacturing and production overhead, which are related to the purchase and production of inventories. Total inventory consists of the following (in millions):

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

October 3, 2009

Processed products:

 

 

Weighted-average method – chicken and prepared foods

 

$

677

 

$

629

First-in, first-out method – beef and pork

 

 

402

 

 

414

Livestock – first-in, first-out method

 

 

720

 

 

631

Supplies and other – weighted-average method

 

 

333

 

 

335

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total inventories, net

 

$

2,132

 

$

2,009

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

NOTE 7: PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

The major categories of property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation are as follows (in millions):

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

October 3, 2009

Land

 

$

97

 

$

96

Buildings and leasehold improvements

 

 

2,593

 

 

2,570

Machinery and equipment

 

 

4,630

 

 

4,640

Land improvements and other

 

 

230

 

 

227

Buildings and equipment under construction

 

 

509

 

 

297

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,059

 

 

7,830

Less accumulated depreciation

 

 

4,428

 

 

4,254

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net property, plant and equipment

 

$

3,631

 

$

3,576

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

NOTE 8: OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

Other current liabilities are as follows (in millions):

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

October 3, 2009

Accrued salaries, wages and benefits

 

$

400

 

$

187

Self-insurance reserves

 

 

249

 

 

230

Other

 

 

424

 

 

344

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other current liabilities

 

$

1,073

 

$

761

COMMITMENTS
COMMITMENTS

NOTE 9: COMMITMENTS

We guarantee obligations of certain outside third parties, which consists of a lease and grower loans, all of which are substantially collateralized by the underlying assets. Terms of the underlying debt cover periods up to eight years, and the maximum potential amount of future payments as of July 3, 2010, was $66 million. We also maintain operating leases for various types of equipment, some of which contain residual value guarantees for the market value of the underlying leased assets at the end of the term of the lease. The remaining terms of the lease maturities cover periods over the next six years. The maximum potential amount of the residual value guarantees is $54 million, of which $22 million would be recoverable through various recourse provisions and an additional undeterminable recoverable amount based on the fair market value of the underlying leased assets. The likelihood of material payments under these guarantees is not considered probable. At July 3, 2010, and October 3, 2009, no material liabilities for guarantees were recorded.

 

We have cash flow assistance programs in which certain livestock suppliers participate. Under these programs, we pay an amount for livestock equivalent to a standard cost to grow such livestock during periods of low market sales prices. The amounts of such payments that are in excess of the market sales price are recorded as receivables and accrue interest. Participating suppliers are obligated to repay these receivables balances when market sales prices exceed this standard cost, or upon termination of the agreement. Our maximum obligation associated with these programs is limited to the fair value of each participating livestock supplier's net tangible assets. The potential maximum obligation as of July 3, 2010, was approximately $225 million. The total receivables under these programs were $70 million and $72 million at July 3, 2010, and October 3, 2009, respectively. Even though these programs are limited to the net tangible assets of the participating livestock suppliers, we also manage a portion of our credit risk associated with these programs by obtaining security interests in livestock suppliers' assets. After analyzing residual credit risks and general market conditions, we recorded an allowance for these programs' estimated uncollectible receivables of $22 million and $20 million at July 3, 2010, and October 3, 2009, respectively. At July 3, 2010, net of the allowance, we had $25 million recorded in Accounts Receivable and $23 million in Other Assets in our Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets, while at October 3, 2009, the entire balance was recorded in Other Assets.

The minority partner in our Shandong Tyson Xinchang Foods joint ventures in China has the right to exercise put options to require us to purchase its entire 40% equity interest at a price equal to the minority partner's contributed capital plus (minus) its pro-rata share of the joint venture's accumulated and undistributed net earnings (losses). The put options are exercisable for a five-year term commencing April 2011. At July 3, 2010, the put options, if they had been exercisable, would have resulted in a purchase price of approximately $68 million for the minority partner's entire equity interest. We do not believe the exercise of the put options would materially impact our results of operations or financial condition.

DEBT
DEBT

NOTE 10: DEBT

The major components of debt are as follows (in millions):

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

October 3, 2009

 

Revolving credit facility – expires March 2012

 

$

—  

 

 

$

—  

 

Senior notes:

 

 

7.95% Notes due February 2010 (2010 Notes)

 

 

—  

 

 

 

140

 

8.25% Notes due October 2011 (2011 Notes)

 

 

327

 

 

 

839

 

3.25% Convertible senior notes due October 2013 (2013 Notes)

 

 

458

 

 

 

458

 

10.50% Senior notes due March 2014 (2014 Notes)

 

 

810

 

 

 

810

 

7.85% Senior notes due April 2016 (2016 Notes)

 

 

705

 

 

 

923

 

7.00% Notes due May 2018

 

 

134

 

 

 

174

 

7.125% Senior notes due February 2026

 

 

—  

 

 

 

9

 

7.00% Notes due January 2028

 

 

23

 

 

 

27

 

Discount on senior notes

 

 

(112

 

 

(132

GO Zone tax-exempt bonds due October 2033 (0.13% at 7/3/2010)

 

 

100

 

 

 

100

 

Other

 

 

137

 

 

 

129

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total debt

 

 

2,582

 

 

 

3,477

 

Less current debt

 

 

93

 

 

 

219

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total long-term debt

 

$

2,489

 

 

$

3,258

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revolving Credit Facility

We have a $1.0 billion revolving credit facility that supports short-term funding needs and letters of credit. Loans made under this facility will mature and the commitments thereunder will terminate in March 2012. However, if our 2011 Notes are not refinanced, purchased or defeased prior to July 3, 2011, the outstanding loans under this facility will mature on and commitments thereunder will terminate on July 3, 2011.

 

Availability under this facility, up to $1.0 billion, is based on a percentage of certain eligible receivables and eligible inventory and is reduced by certain reserves. After reducing the amount eligible by outstanding letters of credit issued under this facility, the amount available for borrowing under this facility at July 3, 2010, was $828 million. At July 3, 2010, we had outstanding letters of credit issued under this facility totaling approximately $172 million, none of which were drawn upon. Our letters of credit are issued primarily in support of workers' compensation insurance programs, derivative activities and Dynamic Fuels' Gulf Opportunity Zone tax-exempt bonds. We had an additional $67 million of bilateral letters of credit not issued under this facility, none of which were drawn upon.

This facility is fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by substantially all of our domestic subsidiaries. The guarantors' cash, accounts receivable, inventory and proceeds received related to these items secure our obligations under this facility.

2010 Notes

In March 2009, we issued $810 million of senior unsecured notes, which will mature in March 2014. We placed a portion of the net proceeds in a blocked cash collateral account used for the payment, prepayment, repurchase or defeasance of the 2010 Notes. These proceeds were recorded in Current Assets as Restricted Cash in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets at October 3, 2009. On February 1, 2010, we used the remaining proceeds as payment for the outstanding 2010 Notes.

2013 Notes

In September 2008, we issued $458 million principal amount 3.25% convertible senior unsecured notes due October 15, 2013, with interest payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15. The conversion rate initially is 59.1935 shares of Class A stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of $16.89 per share of Class A stock. The 2013 Notes may be converted before the close of business on July 12, 2013, only under the following circumstances:

 

 

 

during any fiscal quarter after December 27, 2008, if the last reported sale price of our Class A stock for at least 20 trading days during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the preceding fiscal quarter is at least 130% of the applicable conversion price on each applicable trading day (which would currently require our shares to trade at or above $21.96); or

 

 

 

during the five business days after any 10 consecutive trading days (measurement period) in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of our Class A stock and the applicable conversion rate on each such day; or

 

 

 

upon the occurrence of specified corporate events as defined in the supplemental indenture.

On and after July 15, 2013, until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert their notes at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances. Upon conversion, we will deliver cash up to the aggregate principal amount of the 2013 Notes to be converted and shares of our Class A stock in respect of the remainder, if any, of our conversion obligation in excess of the aggregate principal amount of the 2013 Notes being converted. As of July 3, 2010, none of the conditions permitting conversion of the 2013 Notes had been satisfied.

The 2013 Notes were originally accounted for as a combined instrument because the conversion feature did not meet the requirements to be accounted for separately as a derivative financial instrument. However, we adopted new accounting guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 and applied it retrospectively to all periods presented. This new accounting guidance required us to separately account for the liability and equity conversion features. Upon retrospective adoption, our effective interest rate on the 2013 Notes was determined to be 8.26%, which resulted in the recognition of a $92 million discount to these notes with the offsetting after tax amount of $56 million recorded to capital in excess of par value. This discount will be accreted over the five-year term of the convertible notes at the effective interest rate.

In connection with the issuance of the 2013 Notes, we entered into separate convertible note hedge transactions with respect to our Class A stock to minimize the potential economic dilution upon conversion of the 2013 Notes. We also entered into separate warrant transactions. We recorded the purchase of the note hedge transactions as a reduction to capital in excess of par value, net of $36 million pertaining to the related deferred tax asset, and we recorded the proceeds of the warrant transactions as an increase to capital in excess of par value. Subsequent changes in fair value of these instruments are not recognized in the financial statements as long as the instruments continue to meet the criteria for equity classification.

 

We purchased call options in private transactions for $94 million that permit us to acquire up to approximately 27 million shares of our Class A stock at an initial strike price of $16.89 per share, subject to adjustment. The call options allow us to acquire a number of shares of our Class A stock initially equal to the number of shares of Class A stock issuable to the holders of the 2013 Notes upon conversion. These call options will terminate upon the maturity of the 2013 Notes.

We sold warrants in private transactions for total proceeds of $44 million. The warrants permit the purchasers to acquire up to approximately 27 million shares of our Class A stock at an initial exercise price of $22.31 per share, subject to adjustment. The warrants are exercisable on various dates from January 2014 through March 2014.

The maximum amount of shares that may be issued to satisfy the conversion of the 2013 Notes is limited to 35.9 million shares. However, the convertible note hedge and warrant transactions, in effect, increase the initial conversion price of the 2013 Notes from $16.89 per share to $22.31 per share, thus reducing the potential future economic dilution associated with conversion of the 2013 Notes. If our share price is below $22.31 upon conversion of the 2013 Notes, there is no economic net share impact. Upon conversion, a 10% increase in our share price above the $22.31 conversion price would result in the issuance of 2.5 million incremental shares. The 2013 Notes and the warrants could have a dilutive effect on our earnings per share to the extent the price of our Class A stock during a given measurement period exceeds the respective exercise prices of those instruments. The call options are excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as their impact is anti-dilutive.

GO Zone Tax-Exempt Bonds

In October 2008, Dynamic Fuels received $100 million in proceeds from the sale of Gulf Opportunity Zone tax-exempt bonds made available by the federal government to the regions affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. These floating rate bonds are due October 1, 2033. In November 2008, we entered into an interest rate swap related to these bonds to mitigate our interest rate risk on a portion of the bonds for five years. We also issued a letter of credit as a guarantee for the entire bond issuance. The proceeds from the bond issuance could only be used towards the construction of the Dynamic Fuels' facility. Accordingly, the unused proceeds were recorded as non-current Restricted Cash in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets and were substantially utilized prior to the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2010.

Debt Covenants

Our revolving credit facility contains affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, may limit or restrict our ability to: create liens and encumbrances; incur debt; merge, dissolve, liquidate or consolidate; make acquisitions and investments; dispose of or transfer assets; pay dividends or make other payments in respect of our capital stock; amend material documents; change the nature of our business; make certain payments of debt; engage in certain transactions with affiliates; and enter into sale/leaseback or hedging transactions, in each case, subject to certain qualifications and exceptions. If availability under this facility is less than the greater of 15% of the commitments and $150 million, we will be required to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio.

Our 2014 Notes also contain affirmative and negative covenants that, among other things, may limit or restrict our ability to: incur additional debt and issue preferred stock; make certain investments and restricted payments; create liens; create restrictions on distributions from subsidiaries; engage in specified sales of assets and subsidiary stock; enter into transactions with affiliates; enter new lines of business; engage in consolidation, mergers and acquisitions; and engage in certain sale/leaseback transactions.

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. (TFM Parent), our wholly-owned subsidiary, has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the 2016 Notes. TFM Parent and substantially all of our wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries have fully and unconditionally guaranteed the 2014 Notes. The following financial information presents condensed consolidating financial statements, which include Tyson Foods, Inc. (TFI Parent); TFM Parent; the other 2014 Notes' guarantor subsidiaries (Guarantors) on a combined basis; the elimination entries necessary to reflect TFM Parent and the Guarantors, which collectively represent the 2014 Notes' total guarantor subsidiaries (2014 Guarantors), on a combined basis; the 2014 Notes' non-guarantor subsidiaries (Non-Guarantors) on a combined basis; the elimination entries necessary to consolidate TFI Parent, the 2014 Guarantors and the Non-Guarantors; and Tyson Foods, Inc. on a consolidated basis, and is provided as an alternative to providing separate financial statements for the guarantor(s).

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income for the three months ended July 3, 2010

 

in millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014 Guarantors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TFI
Parent

 

 

TFM
Parent

 

 

Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

 

Subtotal

 

Non-Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Sales

 

$

166

 

 

$

4,317

 

 

$

3,084

 

$

(261

 

$

7,140

 

$

297

 

 

$

(165

 

$

7,438

 

Cost of Sales

 

 

—  

 

 

 

3,968

 

 

 

2,868

 

 

(261

 

 

6,575

 

 

276

 

 

 

(165

 

 

6,686

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Profit

 

 

166

 

 

 

349

 

 

 

216

 

 

—  

 

 

 

565

 

 

21

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

752

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

45

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

124

 

 

—  

 

 

 

176

 

 

24

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

245

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income (Loss)

 

 

121

 

 

 

297

 

 

 

92

 

 

—  

 

 

 

389

 

 

(3

 

 

—  

 

 

 

507

 

Other (Income) Expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

98

 

 

 

(1

 

 

5

 

 

—  

 

 

 

4

 

 

(4

 

 

—  

 

 

 

98

 

Other, net

 

 

14

 

 

 

(1

 

 

1

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

14

 

Equity in net earnings of subsidiaries

 

 

(247

 

 

(6

 

 

1

 

 

5

 

 

 

—  

 

 

(2

 

 

249

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Other (Income) Expense

 

 

(135

 

 

(8

 

 

7

 

 

5

 

 

 

4

 

 

(6

 

 

249

 

 

 

112

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes

 

 

256

 

 

 

305

 

 

 

85

 

 

(5

 

 

385

 

 

3

 

 

 

(249

 

 

395

 

Income Tax Expense

 

 

8

 

 

 

108

 

 

 

28

 

 

—  

 

 

 

136

 

 

9

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

153

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

 

248

 

 

 

197

 

 

 

57

 

 

(5

 

 

249

 

 

(6

 

 

(249

 

 

242

 

Less: Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

(6

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Tyson

 

$

248

 

 

$

197

 

 

$

57

 

$

(5

 

$

249

 

$

—  

 

 

$

(249

 

$

248

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income for the three months ended June 27, 2009

 

in millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014 Guarantors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TFI
Parent

 

 

TFM
Parent

 

 

Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Subtotal

 

 

Non-Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Sales

 

$

3

 

 

$

3,651

 

 

$

2,994

 

 

$

(176

 

$

6,469

 

 

$

198

 

 

$

(8

 

$

6,662

 

Cost of Sales

 

 

(155

 

 

3,527

 

 

 

2,836

 

 

 

(176

 

 

6,187

 

 

 

168

 

 

 

(8

 

 

6,192

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Profit

 

 

158

 

 

 

124

 

 

 

158

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

282

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

470

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

38

 

 

 

41

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

137

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

192

 

Other charges

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income

 

 

120

 

 

 

83

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

143

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

276

 

Other (Income) Expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

80

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

(4

 

 

—  

 

 

 

87

 

Other, net

 

 

7

 

 

 

(1

 

 

(3

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(4

 

 

(6

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(3

Equity in net earnings of subsidiaries

 

 

(119

 

 

(25

 

 

(19

 

 

19

 

 

 

(25

 

 

(5

 

 

149

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Other (Income) Expense

 

 

(32

 

 

(19

 

 

(18

 

 

19

 

 

 

(18

 

 

(15

 

 

149

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes

 

 

152

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

78

 

 

 

(19

 

 

161

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

(149

 

 

192

 

Income Tax Expense

 

 

23

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

38

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations

 

 

129

 

 

 

80

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

(19

 

 

123

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

(149

 

 

123

 

Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, net of tax

 

 

1

 

 

 

(3

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(3

 

 

9

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

 

130

 

 

 

77

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

(19

 

 

120

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

(149

 

 

130

 

Less: Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

 

 

(1

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Tyson

 

$

131

 

 

$

77

 

 

$

62

 

 

$

(19

 

$

120

 

 

$

29

 

 

$

(149

 

$

131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income for the nine months ended July 3, 2010

 

in millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014 Guarantors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TFI
Parent

 

 

TFM
Parent

 

 

Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Subtotal

 

 

Non-Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Sales

 

$

387

 

 

$

11,748

 

 

$

9,070

 

 

$

(684

 

$

20,134

 

 

$

852

 

 

$

(384

 

$

20,989

 

Cost of Sales

 

 

(6

 

 

10,953

 

 

 

8,464

 

 

 

(684

 

 

18,733

 

 

 

801

 

 

 

(384

 

 

19,144

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Profit

 

 

393

 

 

 

795

 

 

 

606

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1,401

 

 

 

51

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1,845

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

98

 

 

 

140

 

 

 

379

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

519

 

 

 

63

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

680

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income (Loss)

 

 

295

 

 

 

655

 

 

 

227

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

882

 

 

 

(12

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1,165

 

Other (Income) Expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

268

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

(12

 

 

—  

 

 

 

271

 

Other, net

 

 

22

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(6

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(6

 

 

(2

 

 

—  

 

 

 

14

 

Equity in net earnings of subsidiaries

 

 

(570

 

 

(34

 

 

17

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

(12

 

 

576

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Other (Income) Expense

 

 

(280

 

 

(32

 

 

24

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

(26

 

 

576

 

 

 

285

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes

 

 

575

 

 

 

687

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

(23

 

 

867

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

(576

 

 

880

 

Income Tax Expense

 

 

8

 

 

 

225

 

 

 

66

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

291

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

323

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

 

567

 

 

 

462

 

 

 

137

 

 

 

(23

 

 

576

 

 

 

(10

 

 

(576

 

 

557

 

Less: Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(10

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Tyson

 

$

567

 

 

$

462

 

 

$

137

 

 

$

(23

 

$

576

 

 

$

—  

 

 

$

(576

 

$

567

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income for the nine months ended June 27, 2009

 

in millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014 Guarantors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TFI
Parent

 

 

TFM
Parent

 

 

Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Subtotal

 

 

Non-Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Sales

 

$

7

 

 

$

10,584

 

 

$

8,927

 

 

$

(546

 

$

18,965

 

 

$

539

 

 

$

(21

 

$

19,490

 

Cost of Sales

 

 

127

 

 

 

10,272

 

 

 

8,436

 

 

 

(546

 

 

18,162

 

 

 

481

 

 

 

(21

 

 

18,749

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Profit (Loss)

 

 

(120

 

 

312

 

 

 

491

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

803

 

 

 

58

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

741

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

98

 

 

 

143

 

 

 

326

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

469

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

617

 

Other charges

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income (Loss)

 

 

(218

 

 

169

 

 

 

148

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

317

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

107

 

Other (Income) Expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

201

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

(2

 

 

—  

 

 

 

223

 

Other, net

 

 

7

 

 

 

(3

 

 

(3

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(6

 

 

17

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

18

 

Equity in net earnings of subsidiaries

 

 

(182

 

 

(8

 

 

38

 

 

 

(4

 

 

26

 

 

 

(11

 

 

167

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Other (Income) Expense

 

 

26

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

(4

 

 

44

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

167

 

 

 

241

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes

 

 

(244

 

 

169

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

273

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

(167

 

 

(134

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

 

 

(133

 

 

50

 

 

 

43

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

93

 

 

 

(2

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations

 

 

(111

 

 

119

 

 

 

57

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

180

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

(167

 

 

(92

Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, net of tax

 

 

21

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

(27

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

 

(90

 

 

124

 

 

 

57

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

185

 

 

 

(21

 

 

(167

 

 

(93

Less: Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(3

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Tyson

 

$

(90

 

$

124

 

 

$

57

 

 

$

4

 

 

$

185

 

 

$

(18

 

$

(167

 

$

(90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet as of July 3, 2010

 

in millions

 

 

 

 

 

2014 Guarantors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TFI
Parent

 

TFM
Parent

 

Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

 

Subtotal

 

Non-Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

—  

 

$

2

 

$

672

 

$

—  

 

 

$

674

 

$

160

 

$

—  

 

 

$

834

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

—  

 

 

679

 

 

3,795

 

 

—  

 

 

 

4,474

 

 

128

 

 

(3,373

 

 

1,229

Inventories, net

 

 

2

 

 

646

 

 

1,311

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1,957

 

 

173

 

 

—  

 

 

 

2,132

Other current assets

 

 

28

 

 

62

 

 

30

 

 

(12

 

 

80

 

 

70

 

 

(9

 

 

169

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Current Assets

 

 

30

 

 

1,389

 

 

5,808

 

 

(12

 

 

7,185

 

 

531

 

 

(3,382

 

 

4,364

Net Property, Plant and Equipment

 

 

40

 

 

863

 

 

2,238

 

 

—  

 

 

 

3,101

 

 

490

 

 

—  

 

 

 

3,631

Goodwill

 

 

—  

 

 

880

 

 

968

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1,848

 

 

68

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1,916

Intangible Assets

 

 

—  

 

 

38

 

 

55

 

 

—  

 

 

 

93

 

 

75

 

 

—  

 

 

 

168

Other Assets

 

 

140

 

 

84

 

 

43

 

 

—  

 

 

 

127

 

 

304

 

 

(183

 

 

388

Investment in Subsidiaries

 

 

10,610

 

 

1,784

 

 

657

 

 

(1,606

 

 

835

 

 

309

 

 

(11,754

 

 

—  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

 

$

10,820

 

$

5,038

 

$

9,769

 

$

(1,618

 

$

13,189

 

$

1,777

 

$

(15,319

 

$

10,467

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current debt

 

$

2

 

$

—  

 

$

—  

 

$

—  

 

 

$

—  

 

$

91

 

$

—  

 

 

$

93

Accounts payable

 

 

12

 

 

381

 

 

536

 

 

—  

 

 

 

917

 

 

67

 

 

—  

 

 

 

996

Other current liabilities

 

 

3,411

 

 

220

 

 

431

 

 

(12

 

 

639

 

 

405

 

 

(3,382

 

 

1,073

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Current Liabilities

 

 

3,425

 

 

601

 

 

967

 

 

(12

 

 

1,556

 

 

563

 

 

(3,382

 

 

2,162

Long-Term Debt

 

 

2,362

 

 

—  

 

 

180

 

 

—  

 

 

 

180

 

 

127

 

 

(180

 

 

2,489

Deferred Income Taxes

 

 

—  

 

 

104

 

 

180

 

 

—  

 

 

 

284

 

 

3

 

 

(3

 

 

284

Other Liabilities

 

 

109

 

 

154

 

 

205

 

 

—  

 

 

 

359

 

 

45

 

 

—  

 

 

 

513

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

63

 

 

—  

 

 

 

63

Total Tyson Shareholders' Equity

 

 

4,924

 

 

4,179

 

 

8,237

 

 

(1,606

 

 

10,810

 

 

944

 

 

(11,754

 

 

4,924

Noncontrolling Interest

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

32

 

 

—  

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Shareholders' Equity

 

 

4,924

 

 

4,179

 

 

8,237

 

 

(1,606

 

 

10,810

 

 

976

 

 

(11,754

 

 

4,956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

 

$

10,820

 

$

5,038

 

$

9,769

 

$

(1,618

 

$

13,189

 

$

1,777

 

$

(15,319

 

$

10,467

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet as of October 3, 2009

 

in millions

 

 

 

 

 

2014 Guarantors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TFI
Parent

 

TFM
Parent

 

Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

 

Subtotal

 

Non-Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

—  

 

$

—  

 

$

788

 

$

—  

 

 

$

788

 

$

216

 

$

—  

 

 

$

1,004

Restricted cash

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

140

 

 

—  

 

 

 

140

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

140

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

2

 

 

418

 

 

3,309

 

 

(7

 

 

3,720

 

 

116

 

 

(2,738

 

 

1,100

Inventories, net

 

 

1

 

 

586

 

 

1,239

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1,825

 

 

183

 

 

—  

 

 

 

2,009

Other current assets

 

 

198

 

 

89

 

 

29

 

 

(17

 

 

101

 

 

36

 

 

(213

 

 

122

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Current Assets

 

 

201

 

 

1,093

 

 

5,505

 

 

(24

 

 

6,574

 

 

551

 

 

(2,951

 

 

4,375

Restricted Cash

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

43

 

 

—  

 

 

 

43

Net Property, Plant and Equipment

 

 

40

 

 

883

 

 

2,256

 

 

—  

 

 

 

3,139

 

 

397

 

 

—  

 

 

 

3,576

Goodwill

 

 

—  

 

 

881

 

 

977

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1,858

 

 

59

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1,917

Intangible Assets

 

 

—  

 

 

42

 

 

59

 

 

—  

 

 

 

101

 

 

86

 

 

—  

 

 

 

187

Other Assets

 

 

211

 

 

120

 

 

37

 

 

—  

 

 

 

157

 

 

346

 

 

(217

 

 

497

Investment in Subsidiaries

 

 

10,038

 

 

1,763

 

 

674

 

 

(1,597

 

 

840

 

 

296

 

 

(11,174

 

 

—  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

 

$

10,490

 

$

4,782

 

$

9,508

 

$

(1,621

 

$

12,669

 

$

1,778

 

$

(14,342

 

$

10,595

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current debt

 

$

3

 

$

140

 

$

—  

 

$

—  

 

 

$

140

 

$

76

 

$

—  

 

 

$

219

Accounts payable

 

 

15

 

 

375

 

 

550

 

 

—  

 

 

 

925

 

 

73

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1,013

Other current liabilities

 

 

2,790

 

 

251

 

 

296

 

 

(24

 

 

523

 

 

399

 

 

(2,951

 

 

761

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Current Liabilities

 

 

2,808

 

 

766

 

 

846

 

 

(24

 

 

1,588

 

 

548

 

 

(2,951

 

 

1,993

Long-Term Debt

 

 

3,112

 

 

15

 

 

180

 

 

—  

 

 

 

195

 

 

131

 

 

(180

 

 

3,258

Deferred Income Taxes

 

 

29

 

 

108

 

 

182

 

 

—  

 

 

 

290

 

 

27

 

 

(37

 

 

309

Other Liabilities

 

 

143

 

 

161

 

 

202

 

 

—  

 

 

 

363

 

 

33

 

 

—  

 

 

 

539

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

65

 

 

—  

 

 

 

65

Total Tyson Shareholders' Equity

 

 

4,398

 

 

3,732

 

 

8,098

 

 

(1,597

 

 

10,233

 

 

941

 

 

(11,174

 

 

4,398

Noncontrolling Interest

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

33

 

 

—  

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Shareholders' Equity

 

 

4,398

 

 

3,732

 

 

8,098

 

 

(1,597

 

 

10,233

 

 

974

 

 

(11,174

 

 

4,431

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

 

$

10,490

 

$

4,782

 

$

9,508

 

$

(1,621

 

$

12,669

 

$

1,778

 

$

(14,342

 

$

10,595

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended July 3, 2010

 

in millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014 Guarantors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TFI
Parent

 

 

TFM
Parent

 

 

Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

Subtotal

 

 

Non-Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

Total

 

Cash Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities

 

$

315

 

 

$

360

 

 

$

466

 

 

$

—  

 

$

826

 

 

$

(33

 

$

—  

 

$

1,108

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to property, plant and equipment

 

 

(3

 

 

(53

 

 

(233

 

 

—  

 

 

(286

 

 

(115

 

 

—  

 

 

(404

Change in restricted cash

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

43

 

 

 

—  

 

 

43

 

Purchases of marketable securities, net

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(5

 

 

—  

 

 

(5

Other, net

 

 

(1

 

 

(2

 

 

20

 

 

 

—  

 

 

18

 

 

 

(15

 

 

—  

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Used for Investing Activities

 

 

(4

 

 

(55

 

 

(213

 

 

—  

 

 

(268

 

 

(92

 

 

—  

 

 

(364

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in debt

 

 

(829

 

 

(155

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

(155

 

 

8

 

 

 

—  

 

 

(976

Change in restricted cash

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

140

 

 

 

—  

 

 

140

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

140

 

Purchase of treasury shares

 

 

(42

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

(42

Dividends

 

 

(44

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

(44

Other, net

 

 

28

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

(43

 

 

—  

 

 

(26

 

 

5

 

 

 

—  

 

 

7

 

Net change in intercompany balances

 

 

576

 

 

 

(165

 

 

(466

 

 

—  

 

 

(631

 

 

55

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Provided by (Used for) Financing Activities

 

 

(311

 

 

(303

 

 

(369

 

 

—  

 

 

(672

 

 

68

 

 

 

—  

 

 

(915

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of Exchange Rate Change on Cash

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

—  

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

 

—  

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

(116

 

 

—  

 

 

(114

 

 

(56

 

 

—  

 

 

(170

Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Year

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

788

 

 

 

—  

 

 

788

 

 

 

216

 

 

 

—  

 

 

1,004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period

 

$

—  

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

672

 

 

$

—  

 

$

674

 

 

$

160

 

 

$

—  

 

$

834

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended June 27, 2009

 

in millions

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014 Guarantors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TFI
Parent

 

 

TFM
Parent

 

 

Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

Subtotal

 

 

Non-Guarantors

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Cash Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities

 

$

(357

 

$

237

 

 

$

804

 

 

$

—  

 

$

1,041

 

 

$

25

 

 

$

(25

 

$

684

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to property, plant and equipment

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(41

 

 

(158

 

 

—  

 

 

(199

 

 

(49

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(248

Change in restricted cash

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(60

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(60

Proceeds from sale of marketable securities, net

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

15

 

Proceeds from sale of discontinued operation

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

75

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

75

 

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(13

 

 

—  

 

 

(13

 

 

(58

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(71

Other, net

 

 

(32

 

 

4

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

—  

 

 

25

 

 

 

(2

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Used for Investing Activities

 

 

(32

 

 

(37

 

 

(150

 

 

—  

 

 

(187

 

 

(79

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(298

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in debt

 

 

563

 

 

 

(94

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

(94

 

 

90

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

559

 

Debt issuance costs

 

 

(58

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(2

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(60

Change in restricted cash

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(140

 

 

—  

 

 

(140

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(140

Purchase of treasury shares

 

 

(11

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(11

Dividends

 

 

(44

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(25

 

 

25

 

 

 

(44

Other, net

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(25

 

 

(81

 

 

—  

 

 

(106

 

 

(4

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(110

Net change in intercompany balances

 

 

(201

 

 

(81

 

 

250

 

 

 

—  

 

 

169

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Provided by (Used for) Financing Activities

 

 

249

 

 

 

(200

 

 

29

 

 

 

—  

 

 

(171

 

 

91

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

194

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of Exchange Rate Change on Cash

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

 

(140

 

 

—  

 

 

 

683

 

 

 

—  

 

 

683

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

595

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Year

 

 

140

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

—  

 

 

35

 

 

 

75

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period

 

$

—  

 

 

$

—  

 

 

$

718

 

 

$

—  

 

$

718

 

 

$

127

 

 

$

—  

 

 

$

845

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

NOTE 11: FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

We adopted fair value measurement accounting guidance at the beginning of fiscal 2009. This guidance defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure requirements about fair value measurements. This guidance also defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy prescribed by this standard contains three levels as follows:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices available in active markets for the identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.

Level 2 — Other observable inputs available at the measurement date, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, either directly or indirectly, including:

 

 

 

Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;

 

 

 

Quoted prices for identical or similar assets in non-active markets;

 

 

 

Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; and

 

 

 

Inputs derived principally from or corroborated by other observable market data.

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that cannot be corroborated by observable market data and reflect the use of significant management judgment. These values are generally determined using pricing models for which the assumptions utilize management's estimates of market participant assumptions.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The fair value hierarchy requires the use of observable market data when available. In instances where the inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the fair value measurement has been determined based on the lowest level input significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Our assessment of the significance of a particular item to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, including the consideration of inputs specific to the asset or liability. The following tables set forth by level within the fair value hierarchy our financial assets and liabilities accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis according to the valuation techniques we used to determine their fair values (in millions):

 

July 3, 2010

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Netting (a)

 

 

Total

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity Derivatives

 

$

—  

 

$

25

 

$

—  

 

$

(9

 

$

16

Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts

 

 

—  

 

 

6

 

 

—  

 

 

(2

 

 

4

Available for Sale Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

Debt securities

 

 

—  

 

 

40

 

 

73

 

 

—  

 

 

 

113

Equity securities

 

 

13

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

13

Deferred Compensation Assets

 

 

—  

 

 

78

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

 

$

13

 

$

149

 

$

73

 

$

(11

 

$

224

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity Derivatives

 

$

—  

 

$

22

 

$

—  

 

$

(21

 

$

1

Interest Rate Swap

 

 

—  

 

 

3

 

 

—  

 

 

(2

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

 

$

—  

 

$

25

 

$

—  

 

$

(23

 

$

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 3, 2009

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Netting (a)

 

 

Total

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity Derivatives

 

$

—  

 

$

21

 

$

—  

 

$

(17

 

$

4

Available for Sale Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

Debt securities

 

 

—  

 

 

33

 

 

72

 

 

—  

 

 

 

105

Equity securities

 

 

20

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

20

Deferred Compensation Assets

 

 

2

 

 

84

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

 

$

22

 

$

138

 

$

72

 

$

(17

 

$

215

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity Derivatives

 

$

—  

 

$

15

 

$

—  

 

$

(11

 

$

4

Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts

 

 

—  

 

 

1

 

 

—  

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1

Interest Rate Swap

 

 

—  

 

 

4

 

 

—  

 

 

(2

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

 

$

—  

 

$

20

 

$

—  

 

$

(13

 

$

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

Our derivative assets and liabilities are presented in our Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets on a net basis. We net derivative assets and liabilities, including cash collateral, when a legally enforceable master netting arrangement exists between the counterparty to a derivative contract and us. At July 3, 2010, we had posted $13 million of cash collateral and held no cash collateral with various counterparties. At October 3, 2009, we had posted $4 million of cash collateral and held no cash collateral with various counterparties.

The following table provides a reconciliation between the beginning and ending balance of debt securities measured at fair value on a recurring basis in the table above that used significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) (in millions):

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

Balance at beginning of year

 

$

72

 

 

$

54

 

Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):

 

 

Included in earnings

 

 

1

 

 

 

(4

Included in other comprehensive income

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

Purchases, issuances and settlements, net

 

 

(2

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

73

 

 

$

74

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total gains (losses) for the nine-month periods included in earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to assets and liabilities still held at end of period

 

$

—  

 

 

$

(4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instrument:

Derivative Assets and Liabilities: Our derivatives, including commodities, foreign exchange forward contracts and an interest rate swap, primarily include exchange-traded and over-the-counter contracts which are further described in Note 5: Derivative Financial Instruments. We record our commodity derivatives at fair value using quoted market prices adjusted for credit and non-performance risk and internal models that use as their basis readily observable market inputs including current and forward commodity market prices. Our foreign exchange forward contracts are recorded at fair value based on quoted prices and spot and forward currency prices adjusted for credit and non-performance risk. Our interest rate swap is recorded at fair value based on quoted LIBOR swap rates adjusted for credit and non-performance risk. We classify these instruments in Level 2 when quoted market prices can be corroborated utilizing observable current and forward commodity market prices on active exchanges, observable market transactions of spot currency rates and forward currency prices or observable benchmark market rates at commonly quoted intervals.

Available for Sale Securities: Our investments in marketable debt securities are classified as available-for-sale and are included in Other Assets in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets. These investments, which are generally long-term in nature with maturities ranging up to 46 years, are reported at fair value based on pricing models and quoted market prices adjusted for credit and non-performance risk. We classify our investments in U.S. government and agency debt securities as Level 2 as fair value is generally estimated using discounted cash flow models that are primarily industry-standard models that consider various assumptions, including time value and yield curve as well as other readily available relevant economic measures. We classify certain corporate, asset-backed and other debt securities as Level 3 as there is limited activity or less observable inputs into proprietary valuation models, including estimated prepayment, default and recovery rates on the underlying portfolio or structured investment vehicle.

In October 2008, we received eight million warrants to purchase an equivalent amount of Syntroleum Corporation common stock for one cent each in return for our entering into a letter of credit to guarantee all of the Dynamic Fuels' Gulf Opportunity Zone tax-exempt bonds (see Note 10: Debt), including Syntroleum Corporation's 50 percent ownership portion. In April 2009, we exercised these warrants for eight million shares of Syntroleum Corporation. We record the shares in Other Assets in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets at fair value based on quoted market prices. We classify the shares as Level 1 as the fair value is based on unadjusted quoted prices available in active markets.

 

(in millions)

 

July 3, 2010

 

October 3, 2009

 

 

Amortized
Cost Basis

 

Fair
Value

 

Unrealized
Gain

 

Amortized
Cost Basis

 

Fair
Value

 

Unrealized
Gain

Available for Sale Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury and Agency

 

$

39

 

$

40

 

$

1

 

$

33

 

$

33

 

$

—  

Corporate and Asset-Backed (a)

 

 

44

 

 

48

 

 

4

 

 

46

 

 

48

 

 

2

Redeemable Preferred Stock

 

 

25

 

 

25

 

 

—  

 

 

24

 

 

24

 

 

—  

Equity Securities – Common Stock

 

 

9

 

 

13

 

 

4

 

 

9

 

 

20

 

 

11

 

(a)

At July 3, 2010, and October 3, 2009, the amortized cost basis for Corporate and Asset-Backed debt securities had been reduced by accumulated other than temporary impairments of $3 million and $4 million, respectively.

Unrealized holding gains (losses), net of tax, are excluded from earnings and reported in OCI until the security is settled or sold. On a quarterly basis, we evaluate whether losses related to our available-for-sale securities are temporary in nature. If losses related to our debt securities are determined to be other than temporary, the loss would be recognized in earnings if we intend, or more likely than not will be required, to sell the security prior to recovery. For debt securities in which we have the intent and ability to hold until maturity, losses determined to be other than temporary would remain in OCI, other than expected credit losses which are recognized in earnings. We consider many factors in determining whether a loss is temporary, including the length of time and extent to which the fair value has been below cost, the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer and our ability and intent to hold the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery. For the three and nine months ending July 3, 2010, we recognized no other than temporary impairments in earnings, while we recognized $0 and $4 million of other than temporary impairments for the three and nine months ending June 27, 2009, respectively. No other than temporary losses were deferred in OCI during the three and nine months ending July 3, 2010, and June 27, 2009.

Deferred Compensation Assets: We maintain two non-qualified deferred compensation plans for certain executives and other highly compensated employees. Investments are maintained within a trust and include money market funds, mutual funds and life insurance policies. The cash surrender value of the life insurance policies is invested primarily in mutual funds. The investments are recorded at fair value based on quoted market prices adjusted for credit and non-performance risk and are included in Other Assets in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets. We classify the investments which have observable market prices in active markets in Level 1 as these are generally publicly-traded mutual funds. The remaining deferred compensation assets are classified in Level 2, as fair value can be corroborated based on observable market data. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on deferred compensation are included in earnings.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

Disclosures for nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value, but are recognized and disclosed at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, were required prospectively beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2010. During the three and nine months ended July 3, 2010, we had no significant measurements of assets or liabilities at fair value on a nonrecurring basis subsequent to their initial recognition.

Other Financial Instruments

Fair values for debt are based on quoted market prices or published forward interest rate curves. Fair value and carrying value for our debt were as follows (in millions):

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

October 3, 2009

 

 

Fair
Value

 

Carrying
Value

 

Fair
Value

 

Carrying
Value

Total Debt

 

$

2,769

 

$

2,582

 

$

3,724

 

$

3,477

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For all of our other financial instruments, the estimated fair value approximated the carrying value at July 3, 2010, and October 3, 2009. The carrying value of our other financial instruments, not otherwise disclosed herein, included notes receivable, which approximated fair value at July 3, 2010, and October 3, 2009. Notes receivable were recorded in Other Current Assets in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets and totaled $46 million at July 3, 2010, and were recorded in Other Assets at October 3, 2009, and totaled $45 million. The fair values were determined using pricing models for which the assumptions utilize management's estimates of market participant assumptions.

CONTINGENCIES
CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 12: CONTINGENCIES

Listed below are certain claims made against the Company and our subsidiaries. In our opinion, we have made appropriate and adequate reserves, accruals and disclosures where necessary, and believe the probability of a material loss beyond the amounts accrued to be remote; however, the ultimate liability for these matters is uncertain, and if accruals and reserves are not adequate, an adverse outcome could have a material effect on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations. We believe we have substantial defenses to the claims made and intend to vigorously defend these cases.

In 2000, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) conducted an industry-wide investigation of poultry producers, including us, to ascertain compliance with various wage and hour issues. As part of this investigation, the DOL inspected 14 of our processing facilities. On May 9, 2002, the DOL filed a civil complaint styled Elaine L. Chao (now Hilda L. Solis), Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Tyson Foods, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. The plaintiff alleged that we violated the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") at our chicken processing facility in Blountsville, Alabama. Through discovery and trial, the Secretary of Labor sought to require us to compensate all hourly chicken processing employees for pre- and post-shift clothes changing, washing and related activities and for one of two unpaid 30-minute meal periods. The Secretary of Labor sought back wages for all employees at the Blountsville facility for a period of two years prior to the date of the filing of the complaint and an injunction against future violations at that facility and all other chicken processing facilities we operate. A jury trial began on February 2, 2009, and concluded with a mistrial on April 13, 2009, when the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict. A second jury trial was held, beginning on August 25, 2009. The jury reached a verdict on November 4, 2009, and it determined that Blountsville employees performed work for which they were not compensated and awarded $250,000 in damages for a nine-year period. The jury also determined that the Company's recordkeeping for hours of work did not violate the FLSA. On June 3, 2010, the parties filed a joint motion with the court for approval of a consent judgment. Under the terms of the consent judgment, the Company will continue its current pay practices and, on an interim basis, provide 8 or 12 minutes of extra pay per shift to hourly processing line employees at non-union locations. Over the next two and one-half years, but no later than December 1, 2012, the Company will modify timekeeping practices at its poultry plants and certain prepared foods plants to pay hourly processing line employees punch-to-punch, or to "clock in" before they put on certain clothing items and "clock out" after the clothing items are taken off. Union locations affected by the consent judgment, if timely notifications are provided, are allowed to participate in the consent judgment after December 1, 2012. The court approved the joint motion, and the consent judgment became effective on June 8, 2010.

Several private lawsuits are pending against us alleging that we failed to compensate poultry plant employees for all hours worked, including overtime compensation, in violation of the FLSA. These lawsuits include DeAsencio v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (DeAsencio), filed on August 22, 2000, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. This matter involves similar allegations that employees should be paid for the time it takes to engage in pre- and post-shift activities such as changing into and out of protective and sanitary clothing, obtaining clothing and walking to and from the changing area, work areas and break areas. They seek back wages, liquidated damages, pre- and post-judgment interest, and attorneys' fees. Plaintiffs appealed a jury verdict and final judgment entered in our favor on June 22, 2006, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. On September 7, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the jury verdict and remanded the case to the District Court for further proceedings. We sought rehearing en banc, which was denied by the Court of Appeals on October 5, 2007. The United States Supreme Court denied our petition for a writ of certiorari on June 9, 2008. The new trial date has not been set.

 

The other private lawsuits referred to above are Sheila Ackles, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (N. Dist. Alabama, October 23, 2006); McCluster, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (M. Dist. Georgia, December 11, 2006); Dobbins, et al. v. Tyson Chicken, Inc., et al. (N.D. Alabama, December 21, 2006); Buchanan, et al. v. Tyson Chicken, Inc., et al. and Potter, et al. v. Tyson Chicken, Inc., et al. (N.D. Alabama, December 22, 2006); Jones, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., et al., Walton, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., et al. and Williams, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., et al. (S.D. Mississippi, February 9, 2007); Balch, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (E.D. Oklahoma, March 1, 2007); Adams, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (W.D. Arkansas, March 2, 2007); Atkins, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (M.D. Georgia, March 5, 2007); Laney, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. and Williams, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (M.D. Georgia, May 23, 2007). Similar to DeAsencio, each of these matters involves allegations that employees should be paid for the time it takes to engage in pre- and post-shift activities such as changing into and out of protective and sanitary clothing, obtaining clothing and walking to and from the changing area, work areas and break areas. The plaintiffs in each of these lawsuits seek or have sought to act as class representatives on behalf of all current and former employees who were allegedly not paid for time worked and seek back wages, liquidated damages, pre- and post-judgment interest, and attorneys' fees. On April 6, 2007, we filed a motion for transfer of the above named actions for coordinated pretrial proceedings before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which was granted on August 17, 2007. These cases and five other cases subsequently filed involving the same allegations, Armstrong, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (W.D. Tennessee, January 30, 2008); Maldonado, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (E.D. Tennessee, January 31, 2008); White, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (E.D. Texas, February 1, 2008); Meyer, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (W.D. Missouri, February 2, 2008); and Leak, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (W.D. North Carolina, February 6, 2008), were transferred to the U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Georgia, In re: Tyson Foods, Inc., Fair Labor Standards Act Litigation ("MDL Proceedings"). On January 2, 2008, the Court issued a Joint Scheduling and Case Management Order. This order granted Conditional Class Certification and called for notice to be given to potential putative class members via a third party administrator. The potential class members had until April 18, 2008, to "opt–in" to the class. Approximately 13,800 employees and former employees filed their consents to "opt-in" to the class. On October 15, 2008, the Court denied the plaintiffs' motion for equitable tolling, which, if granted, would have extended the time period in which the plaintiffs could have sought damages. However, in addition to the consents already obtained, the Court allowed the plaintiffs to obtain corrected and reaffirmed opt-in consents that were previously filed in the matter of M.H. Fox, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (N.D. Alabama, June 22, 1999). The deadline for filing these consents was December 31, 2008, and according to the third party administrator, approximately 4,000 reaffirmed consents were filed, some or all of which may be in addition to the approximately 13,800 consents filed previously. The parties have completed discovery at eight of our facilities and our corporate headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas. In July 2009 we filed class decertification motions for the eight facilities involved in discovery. We also filed Motions for Partial Summary Judgment for these eight facilities. Oral arguments for these motions occurred on February 3, 2010, and, on March 16, 2010, the Court granted partial summary judgment with respect to two unionized facilities and denied the remaining motions. The Court concluded that the activities at these two facilities met the definition of "clothes changing" under Section 203(o) of the FLSA and that the time engaged in pre- and post-shift donning and doffing is not compensable. The Court did not rule on whether Section 203(o) activity could begin the continuous work day, thereby making all walking, sanitizing and washing time after that activity compensable. We then filed a motion for certification of a permissive appeal on whether Section 203(o) activity can start the continuous workday and whether washing required clothing items is covered by Section 203(o). On April 23, 2010, the Court granted us permission to appeal these issues to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court also retained jurisdiction with respect to the eight facilities while staying proceedings with respect to seven. It then scheduled trial in Williams, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. (M.D. Georgia, May 23, 2007), which involves our Dawson, Georgia facility, for October 12, 2010. On April 16, 2010, the Court lifted a previously entered stay of discovery with respect to our remaining 32 facilities subject to the MDL Proceedings and ordered the parties to meet, confer, and report to the Court any discovery agreements and disputed issues within 45 days. On June 7, 2010, the Court issued a scheduling order which set the close of discovery for the remaining 32 facilities for May 31, 2012.

We have pending eleven separate wage and hour actions involving TFM's plants located in Lexington, Nebraska (Lopez, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., D. Nebraska, June 30, 2006), Garden City and Emporia, Kansas (Garcia, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., D. Kansas, May 15, 2006), Storm Lake, Iowa (Bouaphakeo (f/k/a Sharp), et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., N.D. Iowa, February 6, 2007), Columbus Junction, Iowa (Robinson, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., d.b.a Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., S.D. Iowa, September 12, 2007), Joslin, Illinois (Murray, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., C.D. Illinois, January 2, 2008), Dakota City, Nebraska (Gomez, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., D. Nebraska, January 16, 2008), Madison, Nebraska (Acosta, et al. v Tyson Foods, Inc. d.b.a Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., D. Nebraska, February 29, 2008), Perry and Waterloo, Iowa (Edwards, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. d.b.a Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., S.D. Iowa, March 20, 2008); Council Bluffs, Iowa (Maxwell (f/k/a Salazar), et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. d.b.a. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., S.D. Iowa, April 29, 2008); Logansport, Indiana (Carter, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc. and Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., N.D. Indiana, April 29, 2008); and Goodlettsville, Tennessee (Abadeer v. Tyson Foods, Inc., and Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., M.D. Tennessee, February 6, 2009). The actions allege we failed to pay employees for all hours worked, including overtime compensation for the time it takes to change into protective work uniforms, safety equipment and other sanitary and protective clothing worn by employees, and for walking to and from the changing area, work areas and break areas in violation of the FLSA and analogous state laws. The plaintiffs seek back wages, liquidated damages, pre- and post-judgment interest, attorneys' fees and costs. Each case is proceeding in its jurisdiction. Trials have been scheduled in the Abadeer and Bouaphakeo cases for October 12, 2010, and November 1, 2010, respectively.

On June 19, 2005, the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Environment of the State of Oklahoma filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma against us, three of our subsidiaries and six other poultry integrators. This complaint was subsequently amended. As amended, the complaint asserts a number of state and federal causes of action including, but not limited to, counts under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), and state-law public nuisance theories. The amended complaint asserts that defendants and certain contract growers who are not named in the amended complaint polluted the surface waters, groundwater and associated drinking water supplies of the Illinois River Watershed ("IRW") through the land application of poultry litter. Oklahoma asserts that this alleged pollution has also caused extensive injury to the environment (including soils and sediments) of the IRW and that the defendants have been unjustly enriched. Oklahoma's claims cover the entire IRW, which encompasses more than one million acres of land and the natural resources (including lakes and waterways) contained therein. Oklahoma seeks wide-ranging relief, including injunctive relief, compensatory damages in excess of $800 million, an unspecified amount in punitive damages and attorneys' fees. We and the other defendants have denied liability, asserted various defenses, and filed a third-party complaint that asserts claims against other persons and entities whose activities may have contributed to the pollution alleged in the amended complaint. The district court has stayed proceedings on the third party complaint pending resolution of Oklahoma's claims against the defendants. On October 31, 2008, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss for failure to join the Cherokee Nation as a required party or, in the alternative, for judgment as a matter of law based on the plaintiffs' lack of standing. This motion was granted in part and denied in part on July 22, 2009. In its ruling, the district court dismissed Oklahoma's claims for cost recovery and for natural resources damages under CERCLA and for unjust enrichment under Oklahoma common law. This ruling also narrowed the scope of Oklahoma's remaining claims by dismissing all damage claims under its causes of action for Oklahoma common law nuisance, federal common law nuisance, and Oklahoma common law trespass, leaving only its claims for injunctive relief for trial. On August 18, 2009, the Court granted partial summary judgment in favor of the defendants on Oklahoma's claims for violations of the Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act. Oklahoma later voluntarily dismissed the remainder of this claim. On September 2, 2009, the Cherokee Nation filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit. Their motion to intervene was denied on September 15, 2009, and the Cherokee Nation filed a notice of appeal of that ruling in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals on September 17, 2009. A non-jury trial of the case began on September 24, 2009. At the close of Oklahoma's case-in-chief, the Court granted the defendants' motions to dismiss claims based on RCRA, nuisance per se, and health risks related to bacteria. The defense rested its case on January 13, 2010, and closing arguments were held on February 11, 2010. The parties are awaiting the Court's ruling. On March 30, 2010, the Court of Appeals ordered the parties to submit briefs addressing whether the Cherokee Nation's appeal is moot due to the completion of the underlying trial. Oral arguments for the Cherokee Nation's appeal occurred on May 5, 2010, and the parties are awaiting the Court of Appeals' rulings as to these issues.

 

In 2008, the following 12 separate lawsuits were filed, with the various plaintiffs alleging that we falsely advertised chicken products as "raised without antibiotics" in violation of various state consumer protection statutes (Cutsail v. Tyson, D. Maryland, June 23, 2008; Cohen v. Tyson, E.D. Arkansas, April 25, 2008; Wright v. Tyson, D. New Jersey, June 18, 2008; Wilson v. Tyson, E.D. Arkansas, June 18, 2008; Gupton v. Tyson, E.D. Arkansas, July 2, 2008; Kranish v. Tyson, D. Maryland, June 20, 2008; Zukowsky v. Tyson, E.D. Arkansas, June 30, 2008; Brickerd v. Tyson, D. Maryland, July 9, 2008; Court v. Tyson, W.D. Washington, June 19, 2008; Epstein v. Tyson, N.D. California, June 4, 2008; Johnson v. Tyson, D. Idaho, July 16, 2008; and Mize v. Tyson, W.D. Arkansas, June 30, 2008). Plaintiffs in each of these cases seek to pursue claims on behalf of themselves and proposed classes of other similarly situated consumers. Plaintiffs in each of these cases seek compensatory and punitive damages in an unspecified amount in excess of $5 million. Plaintiffs in two of these cases, Cutsail v. Tyson and Cohen v. Tyson, petitioned the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to transfer all of these actions to a single court for consolidated or coordinated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1407. On October 17, 2008, the Judicial Panel granted the multidistrict litigation petitions and transferred the pending cases to the District of Maryland. Subsequently, plaintiffs Gupton, Latimer and Mize filed voluntary dismissals of their claims. These three cases were subsequently dismissed. The parties have now reached a settlement of the matter. Under the terms of the settlement, we will pay up to $5 million in class claims, notice and administrative costs, and Court-approved incentive awards to the named plaintiffs. If the sum of valid class claims, notice and administration costs, and incentive awards is less than $5 million, we will make in-kind donations of our products to food banks in such amounts to bring our total payout to $5 million (excluding attorneys' fees and expenses). The settlement agreement also provided that plaintiffs' counsel may apply to the Court for an award of attorneys' fees and actual expenses in a total amount not to exceed $3 million. On January 15, 2010, the Court granted preliminary approval of the settlement agreement. Notice of the proposed settlement was published, and a final fairness hearing occurred on May 7, 2010. On June 2, 2010, the Court entered a final judgment and order approving the settlement agreement, including an award of $3 million for the plaintiffs' attorneys' fees and $20,000 as an incentive award to be shared by the named plaintiffs. Three class members have filed notices of appeal of this final judgment and order.

In September 2009, the National Water Commission ("CONAGUA"), an agency of the Mexican government's Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, sent an observation letter to our Mexican subsidiary, Tyson de Mexico ("TdM"), with respect to TdM's water usage at certain water wells that are part of its poultry production operations. This letter was in response to TdM's previous submission to CONAGUA of requested information relating to water usage from these wells from 2004 to 2007. In the observation letter, which contains an initial finding of facts, CONAGUA alleges that TdM may have failed to (i) report accurate water volume usage, (ii) install measuring equipment, (iii) provide evidence of water use exemptions, (iv) pay for applicable usage, and (v) properly measure water volume, all as required under water deeds held by TdM. On October 15, 2009, TdM responded to CONAGUA, denying the allegations as presented. On April 13, 2010, the regional CONAGUA office delivered its final determinations to TdM on this matter and claimed that TdM owed the agency approximately 55.9 million pesos (approximately US$4.6 million) for certain water usage during the period in question. TdM has appealed the regional office's final determinations to the administrative courts of CONAGUA in Mexico City.

On May 8, 2008, a lawsuit was filed against the Company and two of our employees in the District Court of McCurtain County, Oklahoma styled Armstrong, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., et al. (the "Armstrong Case"). The lawsuit was brought by a group of 52 poultry growers who allege that certain of our live production practices in Oklahoma constitute fraudulent inducement, fraud, unjust enrichment, negligence, gross negligence, unconscionability, violations of the Oklahoma Business Sales Act, Deceptive Trade Practice violations, violations of the Consumer Protection Act, and conversion, as well as other theories of recovery. The plaintiffs sought damages in an unspecified amount. On October 30, 2009, 20 additional growers represented by the same attorney filed a lawsuit against us in the same court asserting the same or similar claims, which is styled Clardy, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., et al. (the "Clardy Case"). In both of these cases we have denied all allegations of wrongdoing. In June 2009, the plaintiffs in the Armstrong case requested an expedited trial date for a smaller group of plaintiffs they claimed were facing imminent financial peril. The Court ultimately severed a group of 10 plaintiffs from the Armstrong Case, and a trial began on March 15, 2010. There were numerous irregularities and rulings during the trial which we believe to have been legally erroneous and highly prejudicial to our right to a fair trial. On April 1, 2010, the jury returned a verdict against us and one of our employees, and on April 2, 2010, the jury returned a punitive damages verdict against us. After a dispute caused by inconsistencies between the multiple verdict forms completed by the jury and apparent confusion by the jury as to how to complete those verdict forms, the Court entered a final judgment in the amount of $8,655,735. The Company filed post-trial motions challenging the verdict. If those motions are denied by the Court, an appeal will be prosecuted. A trial was scheduled for June 21, 2010, for eight of the remaining Armstrong plaintiffs, but that trial date was cancelled because the judge who presided over the first trial disqualified from the cases. The Oklahoma Supreme Court has appointed a new judge to the cases. No other trials are presently scheduled. If necessary, we will seek a stay of all future trials of the claims of the plaintiffs in the Armstrong Case and the Clardy Case pending the outcome of the appeal of the first trial. We believe numerous and substantial legal errors were made by the Court during the first trial and that a review of and guidance on these issues by the new judge or the appellate court could have a substantial impact on the outcome of future trials in the Armstrong Case and the Clardy Case.

INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES

NOTE 13: INCOME TAXES

The effective tax rate was 38.8% and 36.7% for the third quarter and nine months of fiscal 2010, respectively. These rates were computed based upon the estimated annual effective tax rate. The effective tax rate for the third quarter and nine months of fiscal 2010 was impacted by such items as state income taxes, losses in foreign jurisdictions and related valuation allowances, the domestic production deduction and general business credits. Additionally, the effective tax rate for the nine months of fiscal 2010 was impacted by adjustments to uncertain tax positions due to tax audit resolutions and statute expirations.

The effective tax rate for continuing operations was 36.1% and 31.2% for the third quarter and nine months of fiscal 2009, respectively. Accounting guidance requires interim period taxes be calculated using the estimated annual effective tax rate, unless the estimated annual effective tax rate cannot be reliably estimated. During fiscal 2009, we experienced rapidly changing operating conditions which resulted in a large range in the estimate of the annual effective tax rate. Consequently, beginning in the second quarter of fiscal 2009, we switched from estimating interim period taxes on the annual method to the year-to-date method for fiscal 2009 interim periods.

Unrecognized tax benefits were $219 million and $233 million at July 3, 2010, and October 3, 2009, respectively. The amount of unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized, that would impact our effective tax rate was $147 million and $104 million at July 3, 2010, and October 3, 2009, respectively. This increase is primarily the result of the first quarter adoption of new accounting guidance related to business combinations.

We classify interest and penalties on unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. At July 3, 2010, and October 3, 2009, before tax benefits, we had $77 million and $71 million, respectively, of accrued interest and penalties on unrecognized tax benefits.

We are subject to income tax examinations for U.S. federal income taxes for fiscal years 1998 through 2009, and for foreign, state and local income taxes for fiscal years 2002 through 2009. Within the next twelve months, tax audit resolutions could reduce unrecognized tax benefits either because tax positions are sustained on audit or because we agree to their disallowance; however, the range of the possible change cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

NOTE 14: EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share (in millions, except per share data):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

 

$

242

 

 

$

123

 

 

$

557

 

 

$

(92

Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

 

 

(6

 

 

(1

 

 

(10

 

 

(3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Tyson

 

 

248

 

 

 

124

 

 

 

567

 

 

 

(89

Less Dividends:

 

 

 

 

Class A ($0.040/share)

 

 

12

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

37

 

 

 

37

 

Class B ($0.036/share)

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Undistributed earnings (losses)

 

$

233

 

 

$

109

 

 

$

522

 

 

$

(134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A undistributed earnings (losses)

 

$

193

 

 

$

90

 

 

$

432

 

 

$

(111

Class B undistributed earnings (losses)

 

 

40

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

90

 

 

 

(23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total undistributed earnings (losses)

 

$

233

 

 

$

109

 

 

$

522

 

 

$

(134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

Denominator for basic earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

Class A weighted average shares

 

 

304

 

 

 

302

 

 

 

303

 

 

 

303

 

Class B weighted average shares, and shares under the if-converted method for diluted earnings per share

 

 

70

 

 

 

70

 

 

 

70

 

 

 

70

 

Effect of dilutive securities:

 

 

 

 

Stock options and restricted stock

 

 

6

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

—  

 

Convertible 2013 notes

 

 

2

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator for diluted earnings (loss) per share – adjusted weighted average shares and assumed conversions

 

 

382

 

 

 

378

 

 

 

379

 

 

 

373

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (Loss) Per Share from Continuing Operations Attributable to Tyson:

 

 

 

 

Class A Basic

 

$

0.68

 

 

$

0.34

 

 

$

1.55

 

 

$

(0.24

Class B Basic

 

$

0.61

 

 

$

0.30

 

 

$

1.39

 

 

$

(0.22

Diluted

 

$

0.65

 

 

$

0.33

 

 

$

1.49

 

 

$

(0.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss) Per Share Attributable to Tyson:

 

 

 

 

Class A Basic

 

$

0.68

 

 

$

0.36

 

 

$

1.55

 

 

$

(0.24

Class B Basic

 

$

0.61

 

 

$

0.32

 

 

$

1.39

 

 

$

(0.22

Diluted

 

$

0.65

 

 

$

0.35

 

 

$

1.49

 

 

$

(0.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Approximately 1 million and 6 million of our stock-based compensation shares were antidilutive for the three and nine months ended July 3, 2010, respectively, and approximately 15 million and 25 million of our stock-based compensation shares were antidilutive for the three and nine months ended June 27, 2009, respectively. These shares were not included in the dilutive earnings per share calculation.

We have two classes of capital stock, Class A stock and Class B stock. Cash dividends cannot be paid to holders of Class B stock unless they are simultaneously paid to holders of Class A stock. The per share amount of cash dividends paid to holders of Class B stock cannot exceed 90% of the cash dividends paid to holders of Class A stock.

We allocate undistributed earnings (losses) based upon a 1 to 0.9 ratio per share to Class A stock and Class B stock, respectively. We allocate undistributed earnings (losses) based on this ratio due to historical dividend patterns, voting control of Class B stockholders and contractual limitations of dividends to Class B stock.

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

NOTE 15: COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

The components of comprehensive income (loss) are as follows (in millions):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

242

 

 

$

130

 

 

$

557

 

 

$

(93

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

 

 

 

 

Net hedging unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

(2

 

 

(30

Net hedging unrealized loss reclassified to earnings

 

 

2

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

36

 

Unrealized gain (loss) on investments

 

 

(2

 

 

7

 

 

 

(4

 

 

3

 

Unrealized loss on investments reclassified to other income

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

4

 

Currency translation adjustment

 

 

(11

 

 

40

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

(54

Currency translation adjustment reclassified to loss on discontinued operations

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(2

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(39

Postretirement benefits reserve adjustments

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

(5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

232

 

 

 

190

 

 

 

554

 

 

 

(178

Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

 

 

(6

 

 

(1

 

 

(10

 

 

(3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Tyson

 

$

238

 

 

$

191

 

 

$

564

 

 

$

(175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The related tax effects allocated to the components of comprehensive income are as follows (in millions):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

Income tax expense (benefit):

 

 

 

 

Net hedging unrealized gain (loss)

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

(1

 

$

(19

Net hedging unrealized loss reclassified to earnings

 

 

2

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

23

 

Unrealized gain (loss) on investments

 

 

(3

 

 

3

 

 

 

(3

 

 

2

 

Unrealized loss on investments reclassified to other income

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

1

 

Currency translation adjustment

 

 

1

 

 

 

(2

 

 

1

 

 

 

(2

Postretirement benefits reserve adjustments

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

—  

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total income tax expense

 

$

1

 

 

$

11

 

 

$

—  

 

 

$

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEGMENT REPORTING
SEGMENT REPORTING

NOTE 16: SEGMENT REPORTING

We operate in four segments: Chicken, Beef, Pork and Prepared Foods. We measure segment profit as operating income (loss).

Chicken: Chicken operations include breeding and raising chickens, as well as processing live chickens into fresh, frozen and value-added chicken products and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, hotel chains, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international markets. It also includes sales from allied products and our chicken breeding stock subsidiary.

Beef: Beef operations include processing live fed cattle and fabricating dressed beef carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts and case-ready products. This segment also includes sales from allied products such as hides and variety meats, as well as logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, hotel chains, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international markets. Allied products are marketed to manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and technical products.

Pork: Pork operations include processing live market hogs and fabricating pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal cuts and case-ready products. This segment also includes our live swine group, related allied product processing activities and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, hotel chains, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international markets. We sell allied products to pharmaceutical and technical products manufacturers, as well as a limited number of live swine to pork processors.

Prepared Foods: Prepared Foods operations include manufacturing and marketing frozen and refrigerated food products and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. Products include pepperoni, bacon, beef and pork pizza toppings, pizza crusts, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, prepared meals, ethnic foods, soups, sauces, side dishes, meat dishes and processed meats. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, hotel chains, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international markets.

 

Information on segments and a reconciliation to income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes are as follows (in millions):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

 

July 3, 2010

 

 

June 27, 2009

 

Sales:

 

 

 

 

Chicken

 

$

2,527

 

 

$

2,417

 

 

$

7,443

 

 

$

7,011

 

Beef

 

 

3,149

 

 

 

2,777

 

 

 

8,670

 

 

 

7,929

 

Pork

 

 

1,249

 

 

 

948

 

 

 

3,293

 

 

 

2,903

 

Prepared Foods

 

 

753

 

 

 

673

 

 

 

2,200

 

 

 

2,103

 

Intersegment Sales

 

 

(240

 

 

(153

 

 

(617

 

 

(456

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Sales

 

$

7,438

 

 

$

6,662

 

 

$

20,989

 

 

$

19,490

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income (Loss):

 

 

 

 

Chicken

 

$

186

(a) 

 

$

143

 

 

$

378

(a) 

 

$

(189

Beef

 

 

176

 

 

 

66

 

 

 

421

 

 

 

94

 

Pork

 

 

125

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

256

 

 

 

112

 

Prepared Foods

 

 

22

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

114

 

 

 

94

(c) 

Other

 

 

(2

 

 

(1

 

 

(4

 

 

(4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Operating Income

 

 

507

 

 

 

276

 

 

 

1,165

 

 

 

107

 

Other Expense

 

 

112

(b) 

 

 

84

 

 

 

285

(b) 

 

 

241

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes

 

$

395

 

 

$

192

 

 

$

880

 

 

$

(134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

Includes $38 million gain from insurance proceeds.

 

(b)

Includes $12 million charge related to the impairment of an equity method investment and $34 million and $59 million, respectively, of charges related to losses on notes repurchased during the three and nine months ending July 3, 2010.

 

(c)

Includes $15 million charge related to the closing of our Ponca City, Oklahoma, processed meats plant.

The Beef segment had sales of $48 million and $44 million in the third quarter of fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively, and sales of $125 million and $114 million in the nine months of fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively, from transactions with other operating segments of the Company. The Pork segment had sales of $192 million and $109 million in the third quarter of fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively, and sales of $492 million and $342 million in the nine months of fiscal years 2010 and 2009, respectively, from transactions with other operating segments of the Company. Beginning in the third quarter of fiscal 2010, we modified the presentation of our segment sales for all periods presented above to include the impact of intersegment sales, which were at market prices.