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FORM 10-Q

 

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

(Mark One)

 

x

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

For the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013

 

OR

 

o

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

For the transition period from                      to                    

 

Commission file number 1-12340

 

GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

03-0339228

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

33 Coffee Lane, Waterbury, Vermont  05676

(Address of principal executive offices)  (zip code)

 

(802) 244-5621

(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  YES x  NO o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  YES x  NO o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer x

 

Accelerated filer o

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Smaller Reporting Company o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)  YES o  NO x

 

As of August 1, 2013, 150,739,161 shares of common stock of the registrant were outstanding.

 

 

 



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GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.

Form 10-Q

For the Thirteen Weeks Ended June 29, 2013

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

1

Item 1.

Financial Statements

1

 

Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets

2

 

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations

3

 

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

4

 

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

6

 

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

7

 

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

8

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

26

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

41

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

42

 

 

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

43

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

43

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

45

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

45

Item 6.

Exhibits

45

Signatures

47

 



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Part I.  Financial Information

Item 1.  Financial Statements

 

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GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.

Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

June 29,
2013

 

September 29,
2012

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

352,205

 

$

58,289

 

Restricted cash and cash equivalents

 

713

 

12,884

 

Receivables, less uncollectible accounts and return allowances of $27,649 and $34,517 at June 29, 2013 and September 29, 2012, respectively

 

333,593

 

363,771

 

Inventories

 

586,263

 

768,437

 

Income taxes receivable

 

2,157

 

32,943

 

Other current assets

 

70,410

 

35,019

 

Deferred income taxes, net

 

51,628

 

51,613

 

Total current assets

 

1,396,969

 

1,322,956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed assets, net

 

973,246

 

944,296

 

Intangibles, net

 

439,035

 

498,352

 

Goodwill

 

779,639

 

808,076

 

Deferred income taxes, net

 

272

 

 

Other long-term assets

 

34,222

 

42,109

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

3,623,383

 

$

3,615,789

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

$

9,789

 

$

6,691

 

Current portion of capital lease and financing obligations

 

3,380

 

3,057

 

Accounts payable

 

227,036

 

279,577

 

Accrued compensation costs

 

73,431

 

38,458

 

Accrued expenses

 

145,999

 

132,992

 

Income tax payable

 

 

29,322

 

Deferred income taxes, net

 

229

 

245

 

Other current liabilities

 

12,960

 

29,645

 

Total current liabilities

 

472,824

 

519,987

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt, less current portion

 

228,296

 

466,984

 

Capital lease and financing obligations, less current portion

 

75,801

 

54,794

 

Deferred income taxes, net

 

271,765

 

270,348

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

23,858

 

32,544

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

10,238

 

9,904

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.10 par value: Authorized - 1,000,000 shares; No shares issued or outstanding

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.10 par value: Authorized - 500,000,000 shares; Issued and outstanding - 150,526,269 and 152,680,855 shares at June 29, 2013 and September 29, 2012, respectively

 

15,053

 

15,268

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

1,430,104

 

1,464,560

 

Retained earnings

 

1,126,164

 

771,200

 

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income

 

(30,720

)

10,200

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

2,540,601

 

2,261,228

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

3,623,383

 

$

3,615,789

 

 

The accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these interim financial statements.

 

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GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

Net sales

 

$

967,072

 

$

869,194

 

$

3,310,923

 

$

2,912,462

 

Cost of sales

 

559,454

 

565,883

 

2,068,996

 

1,959,509

 

Gross profit

 

407,618

 

303,311

 

1,241,927

 

952,953

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling and operating expenses

 

136,742

 

117,982

 

433,368

 

370,445

 

General and administrative expenses

 

77,532

 

55,601

 

220,670

 

157,349

 

Operating income

 

193,344

 

129,728

 

587,889

 

425,159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income, net

 

237

 

229

 

652

 

1,589

 

Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net

 

4,419

 

3,032

 

8,994

 

(214

)

(Loss) gain on foreign currency, net

 

(10,391

)

(5,068

)

(19,185

)

1,231

 

Gain on sale of subsidiary

 

 

 

 

26,311

 

Interest expense

 

(3,937

)

(6,157

)

(13,481

)

(18,662

)

Income before income taxes

 

183,672

 

121,764

 

564,869

 

435,414

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

(67,226

)

(48,244

)

(207,907

)

(163,949

)

Net income

 

$

116,446

 

$

73,520

 

$

356,962

 

$

271,465

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

174

 

224

 

686

 

724

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to GMCR

 

$

116,272

 

$

73,296

 

$

356,276

 

$

270,741

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

 

149,825,581

 

155,459,690

 

149,307,144

 

155,071,117

 

Net income per common share - basic

 

$

0.78

 

$

0.47

 

$

2.39

 

$

1.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

 

152,869,392

 

159,299,578

 

152,647,767

 

159,364,440

 

Net income per common share - diluted

 

$

0.76

 

$

0.46

 

$

2.33

 

$

1.70

 

 

The accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these interim financial statements.

 

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GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

 

 

Pre-tax

 

Tax (expense)
benefit

 

After-tax

 

Pre-tax

 

Tax (expense)
benefit

 

After-tax

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

$

116,446

 

 

 

 

 

$

73,520

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized losses arising during the period

 

$

(1,694

)

$

684

 

$

(1,010

)

$

(904

)

$

364

 

$

(540

)

Losses (gains) reclassified to net income

 

394

 

(159

)

235

 

(440

)

177

 

(263

)

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

(20,689

)

 

(20,689

)

(14,278

)

 

(14,278

)

Other comprehensive (loss) income

 

$

(21,989

)

$

525

 

$

(21,464

)

$

(15,622

)

$

541

 

$

(15,081

)

Total comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

94,982

 

 

 

 

 

58,439

 

Total comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

(349

)

 

 

 

 

(64

)

Total comprehensive income attributable to GMCR

 

 

 

 

 

$

95,331

 

 

 

 

 

$

58,503

 

 

The accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these interim financial statements.

 

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GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

 

 

Pre-tax

 

Tax (expense)
benefit

 

After-tax

 

Pre-tax

 

Tax (expense)
benefit

 

After-tax

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

$

356,962

 

 

 

 

 

$

271,465

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized losses arising during the period

 

$

(972

)

$

393

 

$

(579

)

$

(1,634

)

$

659

 

$

(975

)

Losses (gains) reclassified to net income

 

1,122

 

(453

)

669

 

(106

)

42

 

(64

)

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

(42,044

)

 

(42,044

)

1,931

 

 

1,931

 

Other comprehensive (loss) income

 

$

(41,894

)

$

(60

)

$

(41,954

)

$

191

 

$

701

 

$

892

 

Total comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

315,008

 

 

 

 

 

272,357

 

Total comprehensive (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

(348

)

 

 

 

 

769

 

Total comprehensive income attributable to GMCR

 

 

 

 

 

$

315,356

 

 

 

 

 

$

271,588

 

 

The accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these interim financial statements.

 

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GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.

Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

For the Thirty-nine Weeks Ended June 29, 2013

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

other

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

Additional paid-in

 

Retained

 

comprehensive

 

Stockholders’

 

 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

capital

 

earnings

 

income (loss)

 

equity

 

Balance at September 29, 2012

 

152,680,855

 

$

15,268

 

$

1,464,560

 

$

771,200

 

$

10,200

 

$

2,261,228

 

Options exercised

 

2,441,353

 

244

 

16,269

 

 

 

16,513

 

Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan

 

247,593

 

25

 

5,227

 

 

 

5,252

 

Restricted stock awards and units

 

21,061

 

2

 

(2

)

 

 

 

Repurchase of common stock

 

(4,864,593

)

(486

)

(125,195

)

 

 

(125,681

)

Stock compensation expense

 

 

 

21,203

 

 

 

21,203

 

Tax benefit from equity-based compensation plans

 

 

 

47,852

 

 

 

47,852

 

Deferred compensation expense

 

 

 

190

 

 

 

190

 

Adjustment of redeemable noncontrolling interests to redemption value

 

 

 

 

(1,312

)

 

(1,312

)

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

(40,920

)

(40,920

)

Net income

 

 

 

 

356,276

 

 

356,276

 

Balance at June 29, 2013

 

150,526,269

 

$

15,053

 

$

1,430,104

 

$

1,126,164

 

$

(30,720

)

$

2,540,601

 

 

The accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these interim financial statements.

 

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GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Thirty-nine

 

Thirty-nine

 

 

 

weeks ended

 

weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

356,962

 

$

271,465

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets

 

137,734

 

89,221

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

34,234

 

34,496

 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

 

4,538

 

4,538

 

Unrealized loss (gain) on foreign currency, net

 

15,555

 

(535

)

Loss on disposal of fixed assets

 

222

 

2,103

 

Gain on sale of subsidiary, excluding transaction costs

 

 

(28,914

)

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

68

 

2,084

 

Provision for sales returns

 

59,209

 

83,170

 

(Gain) loss on derivatives, net

 

(7,872

)

112

 

Excess tax benefits from equity-based compensation plans

 

(47,845

)

(12,449

)

Deferred income taxes

 

8,794

 

13,198

 

Deferred compensation and stock compensation

 

21,393

 

13,811

 

Other

 

881

 

4

 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables

 

(32,732

)

(37,895

)

Inventories

 

175,532

 

6,464

 

Income tax receivable/payable, net

 

48,905

 

91,032

 

Other current assets

 

(34,634

)

4,014

 

Other long-term assets, net

 

3,311

 

(608

)

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and accrued compensation costs

 

39,082

 

(48,813

)

Other current liabilities

 

(2,469

)

(3,909

)

Other long-term liabilities

 

(8,633

)

5,593

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

772,235

 

488,182

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Change in restricted cash

 

2,852

 

(461

)

Proceeds from sale of subsidiary, net of cash transferred

 

 

137,733

 

Capital expenditures for fixed assets

 

(190,388

)

(305,532

)

Other investing activities

 

501

 

580

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(187,035

)

(167,680

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in revolving line of credit

 

(226,210

)

(208,678

)

Proceeds from issuance of common stock under compensation plans

 

21,764

 

8,392

 

Repurchase of common stock

 

(125,681

)

 

Excess tax benefits from equity-based compensation plans

 

47,845

 

12,449

 

Payments on capital lease and financing obligations

 

(2,596

)

(4,255

)

Repayment of long-term debt

 

(6,640

)

(6,231

)

Other financing activities

 

(1,006

)

(513

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(292,524

)

(198,836

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in cash balances included in current assets held for sale

 

 

5,160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

1,240

 

(827

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

293,916

 

125,999

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

58,289

 

12,989

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

352,205

 

$

138,988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed asset purchases included in accounts payable and not disbursed at the end of each period

 

$

17,998

 

$

34,293

 

Noncash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed assets acquired under capital lease and financing obligations

 

$

23,461

 

$

44,174

 

Settlement of acquisition related liabilities through release of restricted cash

 

$

9,227

 

$

18,788

 

 

The accompanying Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these interim financial statements.

 

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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1.              Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information, the instructions to Form 10-Q, and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements.

 

In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair statement of the interim financial data have been included.  Results from operations for the thirteen and thirty-nine week periods ended June 29, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending September 28, 2013.

 

The September 29, 2012 balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP.  For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and the footnotes included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. for the fiscal year ended September 29, 2012.  Throughout this presentation, we refer to the consolidated company as the “Company” and, unless otherwise noted, the information provided is on a consolidated basis.

 

2.              Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In March 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2013-05, “Foreign Currency Matters (Topic 830): Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity” (“ASU 2013-05”).  ASU 2013-05 provides clarification regarding whether Subtopic 810-10, Consolidation - Overall, or Subtopic 830-30, Foreign Currency Matters - Translation of Financial Statements, applies to the release of cumulative translation adjustments into net income when a reporting entity either sells a part or all of its investment in a foreign entity or ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that constitute a business within a foreign entity.  The amendments in this ASU are effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013, and early adoption is permitted.  The adoption of ASU 2013-05 is not expected to have an impact on the Company’s net income, financial position or cash flows.

 

In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-04, “Liabilities (Topic 405): Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation Is Fixed at the Reporting Date” (“ASU 2013-04”).  ASU 2013-04 provides guidance for the recognition, measurement and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation within the scope of this ASU is fixed at the reporting date.  The guidance requires an entity to measure those obligations as the sum of the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors as well as any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors.  ASU 2013-04 also requires an entity to disclose the nature and amount of those obligations.  The amendments in this ASU are effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013, with early adoption permitted.  Retrospective application is required.  The adoption of ASU 2013-04 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s net income, financial position or cash flows.

 

In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-02, “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Comprehensive Income” (“ASU 2013-02”).  ASU 2013-02 requires an entity to report the effect of significant reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the respective line items in net income if the amount being reclassified is required under GAAP to be reclassified in its entirety to net income.  For significant items not reclassified in their entirety to net income in the same reporting period, an entity is required to cross-reference other disclosures that provide additional detail about those amounts.  The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual reporting periods, and interim periods within those annual reporting periods, beginning after December 15, 2012, which for the Company will be the first quarter of fiscal 2014.  The adoption of ASU 2013-02 is not expected to have an impact on the Company’s net income, financial position or cash flows.

 

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-11, “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities,” (“ASU 2011-11”) that provides amendments for disclosures about offsetting assets and liabilities.  The amendments require an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position.  Entities are required to disclose both gross information and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position and instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. 

 

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On January 31, 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-01, “Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities,” which clarified that the scope of the disclosures is limited to include derivatives, sale and repurchase agreements and reverse sale and repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending arrangements.  The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods.  Disclosures required by the amendments should be provided retrospectively for all comparative periods presented.  For the Company, the amendments are effective for the fiscal year ending September 27, 2014 (fiscal year 2014).  The Company has not adopted the amendments and is currently evaluating the impact these amendments may have on its disclosures.

 

3.              Divestiture

 

Fiscal Year 2012

 

On October 3, 2011, all the outstanding shares of Van Houtte USA Holdings, Inc., also known as the Van Houtte U.S. Coffee Service business or the “Filterfresh” business were sold to ARAMARK Refreshment Services, LLC (“ARAMARK”) in exchange for $149.5 million in cash.  Approximately $4.4 million of cash was transferred to ARAMARK as part of the sale and $7.4 million was repaid to ARAMARK upon finalization of the purchase price, resulting in a net cash inflow related to the Filterfresh sale of $137.7 million.  The Company recognized a gain on the sale of $26.3 million during the thirteen weeks ended December 24, 2011.  Filterfresh had been included in the Canada segment.

 

Filterfresh revenues and net income included in the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations were as follows (dollars in thousands, except per share data):

 

 

 

For the period
September 25, 2011
through
October 3, 2011
(date of sale)

 

Net sales

 

$

2,286

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

229

 

Less income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

20

 

Net income attributable to GMCR

 

$

209

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted net income per share

 

$

0.00

 

 

After the disposition, the Company continues to sell coffee and brewers to Filterfresh, which prior to the sale of Filterfresh were eliminated and were not reflected in the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations.  The Company’s sales to Filterfresh for the period September 25, 2011 through October 3, 2011 (date of sale) that were eliminated in consolidation were $0.6 million.

 

4.     Segment Reporting

 

The Company has historically managed its operations through three business segments: the Specialty Coffee business unit (“SCBU”), the Keurig business unit (“KBU”) and the Canadian business unit.  Effective as of and as initially disclosed on May 8, 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized and approved a reorganization which consolidated U.S. operations to bring greater organizational efficiency and coordination across the Company.  Due to this combination, the results of U.S. operations, formerly reported in the SCBU and KBU segments, are reported in one segment (“Domestic”) and the results of Canadian operations are reported in the “Canada” segment.  The Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) serves as the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) and there are two operating and reportable segments, Domestic and Canada.

 

Effective for the quarter ended June 29, 2013, as a result of the consolidation of U.S. operations, the Company has recast all historical segment results in order to provide data that is on a basis consistent with the Company’s new structure, remove total assets from the Company’s segment disclosures as only consolidated asset information is provided to and used by the CODM for use in decision making (in connection with the reorganization, segment asset information is neither provided to nor used by the CODM), and reflect all corporate social responsibility expenses in Corporate as the Company no longer allocates those expenses to its operating segments.

 

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The Company distributes its products in two channels: at-home (“AH”) and away-from-home (“AFH”). 

 

The Domestic segment sells single cup brewers, accessories, and sources, produces and sells coffee, hot cocoa, teas and other beverages in K-Cup® and Vue® packs (“single serve packs”) and coffee in more traditional packaging including bags and fractional packs to retailers: including supermarkets, department stores, mass merchandisers, club stores, and convenience stores; to restaurants, hospitality accounts, office coffee distributors and partner brand owners; and to consumers through Company websites.  Substantially all of the Domestic segment’s distribution to major retailers is processed by fulfillment entities which receive and fulfill sales orders and invoice certain retailers primarily in the AH channel.  The Domestic segment also earns royalty income from K-Cup® packs sold by a third party licensed roaster.

 

The Canada segment sources, produces and sells coffees and teas and other beverages in a variety of packaging formats, including K-Cup® packs, and coffee in more traditional packaging such as bags, cans and fractional packs, and under a variety of brands.  The varieties are sold primarily to supermarkets, club stores and, through office coffee services to offices, convenience stores and restaurants throughout Canada.  In addition, the Canada segment sells the Keurig® K-Cup® Single Cup brewers, accessories and coffee, tea, and other beverages in K-Cup® packs to retailers, department stores and mass merchandisers in Canada for the AH channels; manufactures certain brewing equipment; and is responsible for all of the Company’s coffee brand sales in the grocery channel in Canada.  The Canada segment included Filterfresh through October 3, 2011, the date of sale (see Note 3, Divestitures).

 

Management evaluates the performance of the Company’s operating segments based on several factors, including net sales to external customers and operating income.  Net sales are recorded on a segment basis and intersegment sales are eliminated as part of the financial consolidation process.  Operating income represents gross profit less selling, operating, general and administrative expenses.  The Company’s manufacturing operations occur within both the Domestic and Canada segments, and the costs of manufacturing are recognized in cost of sales in the operating segment in which the sale occurs.  Information system technology services are mainly centralized while finance and accounting functions are primarily decentralized.  Expenses consisting primarily of compensation and depreciation related to certain centralized administrative functions including information system technology are allocated to the operating segments.  Expenses not specifically related to an operating segment are presented under “Corporate Unallocated.”  Corporate Unallocated expenses are comprised mainly of the compensation and other related expenses of certain of the Company’s senior executive officers and other selected employees who perform duties related to the entire enterprise.  Corporate Unallocated expenses also include depreciation for corporate headquarters, corporate social responsibility expenses, interest expense not directly attributable to an operating segment, the majority of foreign exchange gains or losses, legal expenses and compensation of the Board of Directors.  The Company does not disclose assets or property additions by segment as only consolidated asset information is provided to the CODM for use in decision making.

 

Effective for the first quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company changed its measure for reporting segment profitability and for evaluating segment performance and the allocation of Company resources from income before taxes to operating income (loss).  Prior to the first quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company disclosed each operating and reporting segment’s income before taxes to report segment profitability.  Segment disclosures for prior periods have been recast to reflect operating income by segment in place of income before taxes.  The CODM measures segment performance based upon operating income which excludes interest expense and interest expense is not provided to the CODM by segment. Accordingly, interest expense by segment is no longer presented.

 

Sales between operating segments are transacted at cost.  As a result, intersegment sales have no impact on operating income and effective for the first quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company no longer discloses intersegment sales.  Net sales for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and comparative historical periods include only net sales to external customers.

 

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The following tables summarize selected financial data for segment disclosures for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012:

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Domestic

 

Canada

 

Corporate
Unallocated

 

Consolidated

 

Net sales

 

$

822,593

 

$

144,479

 

$

 

$

967,072

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

 

$

213,076

 

$

23,658

 

$

(43,390

)

$

193,344

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock compensation

 

$

2,615

 

$

515

 

$

3,001

 

$

6,131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

$

44,083

 

$

16,501

 

$

625

 

$

61,209

 

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended June 23, 2012

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Domestic

 

Canada

 

Corporate
Unallocated

 

Consolidated

 

Net sales

 

$

719,771

 

$

149,423

 

$

 

$

869,194

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

 

$

125,368

 

$

21,933

 

$

(17,573

)

$

129,728

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock compensation

 

$

2,011

 

$

379

 

$

2,030

 

$

4,420

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization(1)

 

$

29,452

 

$

15,421

 

$

1

 

$

44,874

 

 


(1)         Reported segment depreciation and amortization has been revised to reflect depreciation expense for Information Systems Technology (“IST”) equipment that was allocated to operating segments in each segment’s income before taxes.  In the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the thirteen weeks ended June 23, 2012, filed on August 1, 2012, IST equipment depreciation expense was appropriately allocated, recorded and reported on a consolidated basis and in each operating segment’s income before taxes; however, on the depreciation and amortization line, IST equipment depreciation of $5.3 million that should have been reported under the operating segments was reported in Corporate.  The historical issues with the depreciation and amortization lines did not impact the segment reporting for any other line items, including operating income.  Management believes the revision to operating segments’ depreciation and amortization was not material.

 

 

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Domestic

 

Canada

 

Corporate
Unallocated

 

Consolidated

 

Net Sales

 

$

2,820,123

 

$

490,800

 

$

 

$

3,310,923

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

 

$

644,024

 

$

69,855

 

$

(125,990

)

$

587,889

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock compensation

 

$

7,808

 

$

1,870

 

$

11,525

 

$

21,203

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

$

121,675

 

$

48,938

 

$

1,355

 

$

171,968

 

 

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Thirty-nine weeks ended June 23, 2012

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Domestic

 

Canada

 

Corporate
Unallocated

 

Consolidated

 

Net Sales

 

$

2,437,935

 

$

474,527

 

$

 

$

2,912,462

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

 

$

423,228

 

$

60,327

 

$

(58,396

)

$

425,159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock compensation

 

$

6,147

 

$

1,504

 

$

5,978

 

$

13,629

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization(1)

 

$

78,963

 

$

44,751

 

$

3

 

$

123,717

 

 


(1)         Reported segment depreciation and amortization has been revised to reflect depreciation expense for IST equipment that was allocated to operating segments in each segment’s income before taxes.  In the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the thirteen weeks ended June 23, 2012, filed on August 1, 2012, IST equipment depreciation expense was appropriately allocated, recorded and reported on a consolidated basis and in each operating segment’s income before taxes; however, on the depreciation and amortization line, IST equipment depreciation of $14.4 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 23, 2012 that should have been reported under the operating segments was reported in Corporate.  The historical issues with the depreciation and amortization lines did not impact the segment reporting for any other line items, including operating income.  Management believes the revision to operating segments’ depreciation and amortization was not material.

 

The following table reconciles the total segment operating income to consolidated income before income taxes, as presented in the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands):

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

Operating income

 

$

193,344

 

$

129,728

 

$

587,889

 

$

425,159

 

Other income, net

 

237

 

229

 

652

 

1,589

 

Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net

 

4,419

 

3,032

 

8,994

 

(214

)

(Loss) gain on foreign currency, net

 

(10,391

)

(5,068

)

(19,185

)

1,231

 

Gain on sale of subsidiary

 

 

 

 

26,311

 

Interest expense

 

(3,937

)

(6,157

)

(13,481

)

(18,662

)

Income before income taxes

 

$

183,672

 

$

121,764

 

$

564,869

 

$

435,414

 

 

5.              Inventories

 

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands) as of:

 

 

 

June 29,
2013

 

September 29,
2012

 

Raw materials and supplies

 

$

177,843

 

$

229,927

 

Finished goods

 

408,420

 

538,510

 

 

 

$

586,263

 

$

768,437

 

 

At June 29, 2013, the Company had approximately $270.4 million in green coffee purchase commitments, of which approximately 86% had a fixed price.  These commitments primarily extend through fiscal 2014.  The value of the variable portion of these commitments was calculated using an average “C” price of coffee of $1.28 per pound at June 29, 2013.  In addition to its green coffee commitments, the Company had approximately $305.0 million in fixed price brewer and related accessory purchase commitments and $508.1 million in production raw material commitments at June 29, 2013.  The Company believes, based on relationships established with its suppliers, that the risk of non-delivery on such purchase commitments is remote.

 

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As of June 29, 2013, minimum future inventory purchase commitments were as follows (in thousands):

 

Fiscal Year

 

Inventory
Purchase
Obligations

 

Remainder of 2013

 

$

484,313

 

2014

 

227,529

 

2015

 

106,311

 

2016

 

109,635

 

2017

 

84,465

 

Thereafter

 

79,577

 

 

 

$

1,091,830

 

 

In order to ensure a continuous supply of high quality raw materials some of the Company’s inventory purchase obligations include long-term purchase commitments for certain strategic raw materials critical for the manufacture of single serve packs.

 

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6.              Fixed Assets

 

Fixed assets consisted of the following (in thousands) as of:

 

 

 

Useful Life in Years

 

June 29,
2013

 

September 29,
2012

 

Production equipment

 

1-15

 

$

638,728

 

$

544,491

 

Coffee service equipment

 

3-7

 

62,071

 

63,722

 

Computer equipment and software

 

1-6

 

142,155

 

111,441

 

Land

 

Indefinite

 

11,426

 

11,740

 

Building and building improvements

 

4-30

 

129,764

 

83,172

 

Furniture and fixtures

 

1-15

 

32,741

 

28,477

 

Vehicles

 

4-5

 

11,239

 

10,306

 

Leasehold improvements

 

1-20 or remaining life of lease, whichever is less

 

92,433

 

72,755

 

Assets acquired under capital leases

 

5-15

 

51,047

 

51,047

 

Construction-in-progress

 

 

 

194,874

 

234,442

 

Total fixed assets

 

 

 

$

1,366,478

 

$

1,211,593

 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

(393,232

)

(267,297

)

 

 

 

 

$

973,246

 

$

944,296

 

 

Assets acquired under capital leases, net of accumulated amortization, were $43.5 million and $47.0 million at June 29, 2013 and September 29, 2012, respectively.

 

Total depreciation and amortization expense relating to all fixed assets was $49.9 million and $33.4 million for the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, respectively.  Total depreciation and amortization expense relating to all fixed assets was $137.7 million and $89.2 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, respectively.

 

7.              Goodwill and Intangible Assets

 

The following represented the change in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Domestic

 

Canada

 

Total

 

Balance at September 29, 2012

 

$

369,353

 

$

438,723

 

$

808,076

 

Foreign currency effect

 

 

(28,437

)

(28,437

)

Balance at June 29, 2013

 

$

369,353

 

$

410,286

 

$

779,639

 

 

Effective May 8, 2013, the Company combined the results of its U.S. operations, formerly reported in the SCBU and KBU segments, into one Domestic segment.

 

Indefinite-lived intangible assets included in the Canada operating segment consisted of the following (in thousands) as of:

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

September 29, 2012

 

Trade names

 

$

95,745

 

$

102,381

 

 

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Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization

 

Definite-lived intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands) as of:

 

 

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

September 29, 2012

 

 

 

Useful Life in
Years

 

Gross Carrying
Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Gross Carrying
Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Acquired technology

 

4-10

 

$

21,603

 

$

(16,696

)

$

21,622

 

$

(15,433

)

Customer and roaster agreements

 

8-11

 

26,829

 

(18,944

)

27,323

 

(16,796

)

Customer relationships

 

2-16

 

408,366

 

(102,429

)

430,178

 

(79,168

)

Trade names

 

9-11

 

36,856

 

(12,310

)

38,000

 

(9,785

)

Non-compete agreements

 

2-5

 

374

 

(359

)

374

 

(344

)

Total

 

 

 

$

494,028

 

$

(150,738

)

$

517,497

 

$

(121,526

)

 

Definite-lived intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of expected economic benefit.  Total amortization expense was $11.3 million and $11.5 million for the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, respectively.  Total amortization expense was $34.2 million and $34.5 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, respectively.

 

The estimated aggregate amortization expense for the remainder of fiscal 2013, for each of the next five years and thereafter, is as follows (in thousands):

 

Remainder of 2013

 

$

11,083

 

2014

 

43,731

 

2015

 

42,182

 

2016

 

41,476

 

2017

 

40,080

 

2018

 

40,080

 

Thereafter

 

124,658

 

 

8.              Product Warranties

 

The Company offers a one-year warranty on all Keurig® Single Cup Brewers it sells.  The Company provides for the estimated cost of product warranties, primarily using historical information and repair or replacement costs, at the time product revenue is recognized.  Brewer failures may arise in the later part of the warranty period, and actual warranty costs may exceed the reserve.  As the Company has grown, it has added significantly to its product testing, quality control infrastructure and overall quality processes.  Nevertheless, as the Company continues to innovate, and its products become more complex, both in design and componentry, product performance may modulate, causing warranty rates to possibly fluctuate going forward.  As a result, future warranty claims rates may be higher or lower than the Company is currently experiencing and for which the Company is currently providing in its warranty reserve.  At this time, management believes that the warranty rates used and related reserves are appropriate.

 

The changes in the carrying amount of product warranties for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012 are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

Balance, beginning of period

 

$

14,456

 

$

25,740

 

$

20,218

 

$

14,728

 

Provision charged to income

 

(606

)

2,605

 

6,580

 

38,425

 

Usage

 

(3,652

)

(8,962

)

(16,600

)

(33,770

)

Balance, end of period

 

$

10,198

 

$

19,383

 

$

10,198

 

$

19,383

 

 

There were no recoveries for the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013.  For the thirteen weeks ended June 23, 2012, the Company recorded recoveries of $0.2 million.  For the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, the Company recorded recoveries of $0.6 million and $8.3 million, respectively. 

 

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The recoveries are under an agreement with a supplier and are recorded as a reduction of warranty expense.  The recoveries are not reflected in the provision charged to income in the table above.

 

9.              Noncontrolling Interests

 

Noncontrolling interests (“NCI”) are evaluated by the Company and are shown as either a liability, temporary equity (shown between liabilities and equity) or as permanent equity depending on the nature of the redeemable features at amounts based on formulas specific to each entity.  Generally, mandatorily redeemable NCIs are classified as liabilities and non-mandatorily redeemable NCIs are classified as either temporary or permanent equity.  Redeemable NCIs that are not mandatorily redeemable are classified outside of stockholders’ equity in the Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets as temporary equity under the caption, Redeemable noncontrolling interests, and are measured at their redemption values at the end of each period.  If the redemption value is greater than the carrying value, an adjustment is recorded in retained earnings to record the NCI at its redemption value.  Redeemable NCIs that are mandatorily redeemable are classified as a liability in the Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets under the caption, Other long-term liabilities, and are measured at the amount of cash that would be paid if settlement occurred at the balance sheet date based on the formula in the Share Purchase and Sale Agreement dated June 22, 2012, with any change from the prior period recognized as interest expense.

 

Net income attributable to NCIs reflects the portion of the net income of consolidated entities applicable to the NCI shareholders in the accompanying Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations.  The net income attributable to NCIs is classified in the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations as part of consolidated net income and deducted from total consolidated net income to arrive at the net income attributable to the Company.

 

If a change in ownership of a consolidated subsidiary results in a loss of control or deconsolidation, any retained ownership interests are remeasured with the gain or loss reported to net earnings.

 

The changes in the liability and temporary equity attributable to redeemable NCIs for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Liability attributable to
mandatorily redeemable
noncontrolling interests

 

Equity attributable
to redeemable
noncontrolling interests

 

Balance at September 29, 2012

 

$

4,928

 

$

9,904

 

Net income

 

361

 

325

 

Adjustment to redemption value

 

407

 

1,312

 

Cash distributions

 

(388

)

(618

)

Other comprehensive loss

 

(349

)

(685

)

Balance at June 29, 2013

 

$

4,959

 

$

10,238

 

 

10.       Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Cash Flow Hedges

 

The Company is exposed to certain risks relating to ongoing business operations.  The primary risks that are mitigated by financial instruments are interest rate risk and commodity price risk.  The Company uses interest rate swaps to mitigate interest rate risk associated with the Company’s variable-rate borrowings and enters into coffee futures contracts to hedge future coffee purchase commitments of green coffee with the objective of minimizing cost risk due to market fluctuations.

 

The Company designates these contracts as cash flow hedges and measures the effectiveness of these derivative instruments at each balance sheet date.  The changes in the fair value of these instruments are classified in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).  The gain or loss on these instruments is reclassified from other comprehensive income (“OCI”) into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings.  If it is determined that a derivative is not highly effective, the gain or loss is reclassified into earnings.

 

Fair Value Hedges

 

The Company enters into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge certain recognized liabilities in currencies other than the Company’s functional currency.  The Company designates these contracts as fair value hedges and measures the effectiveness of these derivative instruments at each balance sheet date.  The changes in the fair value of these instruments along with the changes in the fair value of the hedged liabilities are recognized in net gains or losses on foreign currency on the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

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Other Derivatives

 

The Company is also exposed to certain foreign currency and interest rate risks on an intercompany note with a foreign subsidiary denominated in Canadian currency.  At June 29, 2013, the Company has approximately three years remaining on a CDN $120.0 million cross currency swap to exchange interest payments and principal on the intercompany note.  This cross currency swap is not designated as a hedging instrument for accounting purposes and is recorded at fair value, with the changes in fair value recognized in the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations.  Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value are largely offset by the financial impact of the re-measurement of the intercompany note.  In accordance with the cross currency swap agreement, on a quarterly basis, the Company pays interest based on the three month Canadian Bankers Acceptance rate and receives interest based on the three month U.S. Libor rate.  Additional interest expense pursuant to the cross currency swap agreement for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 was $0.4 million and $1.3 million, respectively.  Additional interest expense pursuant to the cross currency swap agreement for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended June 23, 2012 was $0.4 million and $1.4 million, respectively.

 

The Company occasionally enters into foreign currency forward contracts and coffee futures contracts which are not designated as hedging instruments for accounting purposes, in addition to the foreign currency forward contracts and coffee futures contracts noted above.  Contracts that are not designated as hedging instruments are recorded at fair value with the changes in fair value recognized in the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

The Company does not hold or use derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

 

The Company is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the counterparties to these financial instruments, however nonperformance is not anticipated.

 

The following table summarizes the fair value of the Company’s derivatives included on the Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands):

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

September 29, 2012

 

Balance Sheet Classification

 

Derivatives designated as hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flow Hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

(6,329

)

$

(9,019

)

Other current liabilities

 

Coffee futures

 

(853

)

(342

)

Other current liabilities

 

 

 

$

(7,182

)

$

(9,361

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross currency swap

 

$

1,752

 

$

(7,242

)

Other current assets (other current liabilities)

 

 

 

$

1,752

 

$

(7,242

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

(5,430

)

$

(16,603

)

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the amount of gain (loss), gross of tax, arising during the period on financial instruments that qualify for hedge accounting included in OCI (in thousands):

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

Cash Flow Hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

1,020

 

$

(366

)

$

2,690

 

$

1,120

 

Coffee futures

 

(2,714

)

(538

)

(3,662

)

(2,754

)

Total

 

$

(1,694

)

$

(904

)

$

(972

)

$

(1,634

)

 

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The following table summarizes the amount of gains (losses), gross of tax, reclassified from OCI to income (in thousands):

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

 

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

Location of Losses Reclassified
from OCI into Income

 

Coffee futures

 

$

(394

)

$

440

 

$

(1,122

)

$

106

 

Cost of sales

 

Total

 

$

(394

)

$

440

 

$

(1,122

)

$

106

 

 

 

 

The Company expects to reclassify $1.9 million of net losses, net of tax, from OCI to earnings for coffee derivatives within the next twelve months.

 

The amount of gain (loss), gross of tax, on fair value hedges and related hedged items for the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012 is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

 

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

Gain (loss) on
hedging
derivatives

 

Gain (loss) on
hedged items

 

Gain (loss) on
hedging
derivatives

 

Gain (loss) on
hedged items

 

Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized
in Income on Derivative

 

Foreign currency forwards contracts

 

$

 

$

 

$

(19

)

$

19

 

(Loss) gain on foreign currency, net

 

 

The amount of gain (loss), gross of tax, on fair value hedges and related hedged items for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012 is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

Gain (loss) on
hedging
derivatives

 

Gain (loss) on
hedged items

 

Gain (loss) on
hedging
derivatives

 

Gain (loss) on
hedged items

 

Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized
in Income on Derivative

 

Foreign currency forwards contracts

 

$

(10

)

$

10

 

$

(48

)

$

48

 

(Loss) gain on foreign currency, net

 

 

Net gains (losses) on financial instruments not designated as hedges for accounting purposes recorded in gain (loss) on financial instruments, net, is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

Net gain (loss) on cross currency swap

 

$

4,419

 

$

3,181

 

$

8,994

 

$

(32

)

Net loss on coffee futures

 

 

(148

)

 

(148

)

Net loss on interest rate cap

 

 

(1

)

 

(34

)

Total

 

$

4,419

 

$

3,032

 

$

8,994

 

$

(214

)

 

11.       Fair Value Measurements

 

The Company measures fair value as the selling price that would be received for an asset, or paid to transfer a liability, in the principal or most advantageous market on the measurement date.  The hierarchy established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board prioritizes fair value measurements based on the types of inputs used in the valuation technique.  The inputs are categorized into the following levels:

 

Level 1 — Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable, either directly or indirectly, which include quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

 

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Level 3 — Unobservable inputs not corroborated by market data, therefore requiring the entity to use the best available information, including management assumptions.

 

The following table summarizes the fair values and the levels used in fair value measurements as of June 29, 2013 for the Company’s financial assets (liabilities) (in thousands):

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements Using

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

 

$

(6,329

)

$

 

Cross currency swap

 

 

1,752

 

 

Coffee futures

 

 

(853

)

 

Total

 

$

 

$

(5,430

)

$

 

 

The following table summarizes the fair values and the levels used in fair value measurements as of September 29, 2012 for the Company’s financial assets (liabilities) (in thousands):

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements Using

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

 

$

(9,019

)

$

 

Cross currency swap

 

 

(7,242

)

 

Coffee futures

 

 

(342

)

 

Total

 

$

 

$

(16,603

)

$

 

 

Derivatives

 

Level 2 derivative financial instruments use inputs that are based on market data of identical (or similar) instruments, including forward prices for commodities, interest rate curves and spot prices that are in observable markets.  Derivatives recorded on the balance sheet are at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in other comprehensive income for cash flow hedges and in the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for fair value hedges and derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment.

 

Derivative financial instruments include coffee futures contracts, interest rate swap agreements, a cross currency swap agreement and foreign currency forward contracts.  The Company has identified significant concentrations of credit risk based on the economic characteristics of the instruments that include interest rates, commodity indexes and foreign currency rates and selectively enters into the derivative instruments with counterparties using credit ratings.

 

To determine fair value, the Company utilizes the market approach valuation technique for coffee futures and foreign currency forward contracts and the income approach for interest rate and cross currency swap agreements.  The Company’s fair value measurements include a credit valuation adjustment for the significant concentrations of credit risk.

 

As of June 29, 2013, the amount of loss estimated by the Company due to credit risk associated with the derivatives for all significant concentrations was not material based on the factors of an industry recovery rate and a calculated probability of default.

 

Long-Term Debt

 

The carrying value of long-term debt was $238.1 million and $473.7 million as of June 29, 2013 and September 29, 2012, respectively.  The inputs to the calculation of the fair value of long-term debt are considered to be Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy, as the measurement of fair value is based on the net present value of calculated interest and principal payments, using an interest rate derived from a fair market yield curve adjusted for the Company’s credit rating.  The carrying value of long-term debt approximates fair value as the interest rate on the debt is based on variable interest rates that reset every 30 days.

 

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12.       Income Taxes

 

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax benefits or consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities, and their respective tax bases.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.

 

As of June 29, 2013, the Company had a $17.7 million state capital loss carryforward and an $11.5 million state net operating loss carryforward available to be utilized against future taxable income for years through fiscal 2015 and 2029, respectively, subject to annual limitation pertaining to change in ownership rules under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  Based upon earnings history, the Company concluded that it is more likely than not that the net operating loss carryforward will be utilized prior to its expiration, but that the capital loss carryforward will not.  The Company has recorded a valuation allowance against the entire deferred tax asset balance for the capital loss carryforward.

 

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits as of June 29, 2013 and September 29, 2012 was $22.1 million and $24.0 million, respectively.  The amount of unrecognized tax benefits at June 29, 2013 that would impact the effective tax rate if resolved in favor of the Company is $18.5 million.  As a result of prior acquisitions, the Company is indemnified for $14.1 million of the total reserve balance, and the indemnification is capped at CDN $37.9 million.  If these unrecognized tax benefits are resolved in favor of the Company, the associated indemnification receivable, recorded in other long-term assets, would be reduced accordingly.  The indemnifications have expiration dates through June 2015.

 

As of June 29, 2013 and September 29, 2012, accrued interest and penalties of $1.8 million and $0.6 million, respectively, were included in the Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The Company recognizes interest and penalties in income tax expense.  The Company released $2.2 million of unrecognized tax benefits in the second quarter of fiscal 2013 and expects to release an additional $1.5 million during the remainder of fiscal 2013 due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

 

In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to tax examinations by taxing authorities both inside and outside of the United States.  The Company is currently being examined by the Internal Revenue Service for its fiscal year ended September 25, 2010.  With some exceptions, the Company is generally no longer subject to examinations with respect to returns filed for fiscal years prior to 2006.

 

13.       Stockholders’ Equity

 

Stock Repurchase Program

 

On July 30, 2012, the Board of Directors authorized a program for the Company to repurchase up to $500.0 million of the Company’s common shares over two years, at such times and prices as determined by the Company’s management.  Consistent with Delaware law, any repurchased shares are constructively retired and returned to an unissued status.  Accordingly, the par value of repurchased shares is deducted from common stock and excess repurchase price over the par value is deducted from additional paid-in capital and from retained earnings if additional paid-in capital is depleted.

 

The following table summarizes the shares acquired under the program:

 

 

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

Fiscal 2012

 

Total

 

Number of shares acquired

 

4,864,593

 

3,120,700

 

7,985,293

 

Average price per share of acquired shares

 

$

25.84

 

$

24.50

 

$

25.32

 

Total cost of acquired shares (in thousands)

 

$

125,681

 

$

76,470

 

$

202,151

 

 

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

The following table provides the changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax (in thousands) for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013:

 

 

 

Cash Flow Hedges

 

Translation

 

Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income
(Loss)

 

Balance at September 29, 2012

 

$

(5,792

)

$

15,992

 

$

10,200

 

Current period other comprehensive income (loss)

 

90

 

(41,010

)

(40,920

)

Balance at June 29, 2013

 

$

(5,702

)

$

(25,018

)

$

(30,720

)

 

The unfavorable translation adjustment change during the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 was primarily due to the weakening of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar.  See also Note 10, Derivative Financial Instruments.

 

14.       Compensation Plans

 

Stock Option Plans

 

The grant-date fair value of employee stock options and similar instruments is estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions for grants issued during the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012:

 

 

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

Average expected life

 

6 years

 

6 years

 

Average volatility

 

81

%

68

%

Dividend yield

 

 

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

1.02

%

1.37

%

Weighted average fair value

 

$

31.17

 

$

32.02

 

 

Restricted Stock Units and Other Awards

 

The Company awards restricted stock units (“RSUs”), restricted stock awards (“RSAs”) and performance stock units (“PSUs”) to eligible employees (“Grantee”) which entitle a Grantee to receive shares of the Company’s common stock.  RSUs and PSUs are awards denominated in units that are settled in shares of the Company’s common stock upon vesting.  RSAs are awards of common stock that are restricted until the shares vest.  In general, RSUs and RSAs vest based on a Grantee’s continuing employment.  The vesting of PSUs is conditioned on the achievement of both a Grantee’s service and the Company’s performance requirements.  The fair value of RSUs, RSAs and PSUs is based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date.  Compensation expense for RSUs and RSAs is recognized ratably over a Grantee’s service period.  Compensation expense for PSUs is also recognized over a Grantee’s service period, but only if and when the Company concludes that it is probable (more than likely) the performance condition(s) will be achieved.  The assessment of the probability of achievement is performed each period based on the relevant facts and circumstances at that time, and if the estimated grant-date fair value changes as a result of that assessment, the cumulative effect of the change on current and prior periods is recognized in the period of change.  In addition, the Company awards deferred cash awards (“DCAs”), to Grantees which entitle a Grantee to receive cash paid over time upon vesting.  The vesting of DCAs is conditioned on the achievement of a Grantee’s continued employment.  All awards are reserved for issuance under the Company’s 2006 Incentive Plan and vest over periods determined by the Board of Directors, generally in the range of three to four years for RSUs, RSAs and DCAs, and three years for PSUs.

 

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Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

The grant-date fair value of employees’ purchase rights under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan is estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions for the purchase rights granted during the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012:

 

 

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

Average expected life

 

6 months

 

6 months

 

Average volatility

 

86

%

61

%

Dividend yield

 

 

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

0.13

%

0.09

%

Weighted average fair value

 

$

14.38

 

$

10.46

 

 

Income before income taxes in the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations includes compensation expense related to the plans described above of $6.1 million and $4.4 million for the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, respectively; and $21.2 million and $13.6 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, respectively.

 

Deferred Compensation Plan

 

The Company also maintains a Deferred Compensation Plan (“Plan”) which allows participants to defer compensation until a future date.  Only directors and certain highly compensated employees of the Company selected by the Company’s Board of Directors are eligible to participate in the Plan.  Compensation expense recorded under the Plan was $0.05 million and $0.1 million for the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, respectively; and $0.2 million for each of the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012.

 

15.       Legal Proceedings

 

On October 1, 2010, Keurig, Incorporated, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Keurig”), filed suit against Sturm Foods, Inc. (“Sturm”) in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Civil Action No. 1:10-CV-00841-SLR) for patent and trademark infringement, false advertising, and other claims, related to Sturm’s sale of “Grove Square” beverage cartridges that claim to be compatible with Keurig® brewers.  On September 13, 2012, the District Court rendered a summary judgment decision in favor of Sturm on the patent side of the suit.  Keurig has since appealed to the United States Federal Circuit Court of Appeals the District Court’s summary judgment decision, and oral argument for that appeal is scheduled to take place before the Federal Circuit on August 6, 2013.  Separately, on February 19, 2013, Keurig and Sturm entered into a settlement agreement with respect to the trademark infringement, false advertising, and other claims at issue in the suit, all of which have now been dismissed.  The settlement agreement did not materially impact our consolidated financial results of operations.

 

On November 2, 2011, Keurig filed suit against JBR, INC., d/b/a Rogers Family Company (“Rogers”) in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Civil Action No. 1:11-cv-11941-MBB) for patent infringement related to Rogers’ sale of “San Francisco Bay” beverage cartridges for use with Keurig® brewers.  The suit alleges that the “San Francisco Bay” cartridges violate Keurig patents (U.S. Patent Nos. D502,362, 7,165,488 and 7,347,138).  Keurig sought an injunction prohibiting Rogers from selling these cartridges, as well as money damages. In late 2012, Rogers moved from summary judgment of no infringement as to all three asserted patents. On May 24, 2013, the District of Massachusetts granted Rogers' summary judgment motions. Keurig has since appealed the Court's ruling to the Federal Circuit, and that appeal is currently pending.

 

On January 24, 2012, Teashot, LLC (“Teashot”) filed suit against the Company, Keurig and Starbucks Corp. (“Starbucks”) in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (Civil Action No. 12-c v-00189-WJM-KMT) for patent infringement related to the making, using, importing, selling and/or offering for sale of K-Cup® packs containing tea.  The suit alleges that the Company, Keurig and Starbucks are violating a Teashot patent (U.S. Patent No. 5,895,672).  Teashot seeks an injunction prohibiting the Company, Keurig and Starbucks from continued infringement, as well as money damages.  Pursuant to its Manufacturing, Sales and Distribution Agreement with Starbucks, the Company is defending and indemnifying Starbucks in connection with the suit.  On March 13, 2012, the Company and Keurig, for themselves and Starbucks, filed an answer with the court, generally denying all of Teashot’s allegations.  The Company and Keurig, for themselves and Starbucks, are vigorously defending this lawsuit.  On May 24, 2013, the Company and Keurig, for themselves and Starbucks, filed a motion for summary judgment of non-infringement. On July 19, 2013, Teashot filed a motion for partial summary judgment on certain other, unrelated issues. No hearing on the summary judgment motions has been scheduled.  At this time, the Company is unable to predict the outcome of this lawsuit, the potential loss or range of loss, if any, associated with the resolution of this lawsuit or any potential effect it may have on the Company or its operations.

 

Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Inquiry

 

As first disclosed on September 28, 2010, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement continues to conduct an inquiry into matters at the Company.  The Company is cooperating fully with the SEC staff’s inquiry.

 

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Stockholder Litigation

 

Three putative securities fraud class actions have been filed against the Company and certain of its officers and directors, along with two putative stockholder derivative actions.  The first consolidated putative securities fraud class action was commenced following the Company’s disclosure of the SEC inquiry on September 28, 2010.  The second putative securities fraud class action was filed on November 29, 2011, and the third putative securities fraud class action was filed on May 7, 2012.  A consolidated putative stockholder derivative action pending in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont consists of five separate putative stockholder derivative complaints, the first two were filed after the Company’s disclosure of the SEC inquiry on September 28, 2010, while the others were filed on February 10, 2012, March 2, 2012, and July 23, 2012, respectively.  In addition, a putative stockholder derivative action is pending in the Superior Court of the State of Vermont for Washington County that was commenced following the Company’s disclosure of the SEC inquiry on September 28, 2010.

 

The first consolidated putative securities fraud class action, organized under the caption Horowitz v. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., Civ. No. 2:10-cv-00227, is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont before the Honorable William K. Sessions, III.  The underlying complaints in the consolidated action allege violations of the federal securities laws in connection with the Company’s disclosures relating to its revenues and its forward guidance.  The complaints include counts for violation of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 against all defendants, and for violation of Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against the officer defendants.  The plaintiffs seek to represent all purchasers of the Company’s securities between July 28, 2010 and September 28, 2010 or September 29, 2010.  The complaints seek class certification, compensatory damages, equitable and/or injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees, costs, and such other relief as the court should deem just and proper.  Pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3), plaintiffs had until November 29, 2010 to move the court to serve as lead plaintiff of the putative class.  On December 20, 2010, the court appointed Jerzy Warchol, Robert M. Nichols, Jennifer M. Nichols, Marc Schmerler and Mike Shanley lead plaintiffs and approved their selection of Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP as co-lead counsel and the Law Office of Brian Hehir and Woodward & Kelley, PLLC as liaison counsel.  On December 29, 2010 and January 3, 2011, two of the plaintiffs in the underlying actions in the consolidated proceedings, Russell Blank and Dan M. Horowitz, voluntarily dismissed their cases without prejudice.  Pursuant to a stipulated motion granted by the court on November 29, 2010, the lead plaintiffs filed a consolidated complaint on February 23, 2011, and defendants moved to dismiss that complaint on April 25, 2011.  The court heard argument on the motions to dismiss on January 5, 2012.  On January 27, 2012, the court issued an order granting defendants’ motions and dismissing the consolidated complaint without prejudice and the lead plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to amend the complaint on March 27, 2012.  On April 9, 2012, the parties filed a stipulated motion for filing of the amended complaint and to set a briefing schedule for defendants’ motions to dismiss.  Briefing on defendants’ motions to dismiss was completed on August 29, 2012.  On March 20, 2013, the court granted defendants’ motions to dismiss the amended complaint and dismissed the amended complaint with prejudice.  On April 19, 2013, the plaintiffs filed a notice appealing the court’s ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  On July 24, 2013, plaintiff-appellants filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss the appeal with prejudice, and which the appeals court granted on July 29, 2013.

 

The second putative securities fraud class action, captioned Louisiana Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System (“LAMPERS”) v. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., et al., Civ. No. 2:11-cv-00289, was filed on November 29, 2011 and is also pending in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont before the Honorable William K. Sessions, III. Plaintiffs’ amended complaint alleges violations of the federal securities laws in connection with the Company’s disclosures relating to its revenues and its inventory accounting practices.  The amended complaint seeks class certification, compensatory damages, attorneys’ fees, costs, and such other relief as the court should deem just and proper.  Plaintiffs seek to represent all purchasers of the Company’s securities between February 2, 2011 and November 9, 2011.  The initial complaint filed in the action on November 29, 2011 included counts for alleged violations of (1) Sections 11, 12(a)(2) and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) against the Company, certain of its officers and directors, and the Company’s underwriters in connection with a May 2011 secondary common stock offering; and (2) Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 against the Company and the officer defendants, and for violation of Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against the officer defendants.  Pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3), plaintiffs had until January 30, 2012 to move the court to serve as lead plaintiff of the putative class.  Competing applications were filed and the Court appointed Louisiana Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System, Sjunde AP-Fonden, Board of Trustees of the City of Fort Lauderdale General Employees’ Retirements System, Employees’ Retirements System of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi as lead plaintiffs’ counsel on April 27, 2012.  Pursuant to a schedule approved by the court, plaintiffs filed their amended complaint on October 22, 2012, and plaintiffs filed a corrected amended complaint on November 5, 2012.  Plaintiffs’ amended complaint does not allege any claims under the Securities Act against the Company, its officers and directors, or the Company’s underwriters in connection with the May 2011 secondary common stock offering.  Defendants moved to dismiss the amended complaint on March 1, 2013 and the briefing of their motions was completed on June 26, 2013.  An oral argument on the defendant's motions to dismiss is set for August 27, 2013.  The underwriters previously named as defendants notified the Company of their intent to seek indemnification from the Company pursuant to their underwriting agreement dated May 5, 2011 in regard to the claims asserted in this action.

 

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The third consolidated putative securities fraud class action, captioned Fifield v. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., Civ. No. 2:12-cv-00091, is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont before the Honorable William K. Sessions, III. Plaintiffs’ amended complaint alleges violations of the federal securities laws in connection with the Company’s disclosures relating to its forward guidance.  The amended complaint includes counts for violation of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 against all defendants, and for violation of Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against the officer defendants.  The amended complaint seeks class certification, compensatory damages, equitable and/or injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees, costs, and such other relief as the court should deem just and proper.  Plaintiffs seek to represent all purchasers of the Company’s securities between February 2, 2012 and May 2, 2012.  Pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3), plaintiffs had until July 6, 2012 to move the court to serve as lead plaintiff of the putative class.  On July 31, 2012, the court appointed Kambiz Golesorkhi as lead plaintiff and approved his selection of Kahn Swick & Foti LLC as lead counsel.  On August 14, 2012, the court granted the parties’ stipulated motion for filing of an amended complaint and to set a briefing schedule for defendants’ motions to dismiss.  Pursuant to a schedule approved by the court, plaintiffs filed their amended complaint on October 23, 2012, adding William C. Daley as an additional lead plaintiff.  Defendants moved to dismiss the amended complaint on January 17, 2013 and the briefing of their motions was completed on May 17, 2013.

 

The first putative stockholder derivative action, a consolidated action captioned In re Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.  Derivative Litigation, Civ. No. 2:10-cv-00233, premised on the same allegations asserted in the putative securities class action complaints described above, is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont before the Honorable William K. Sessions, III.  On November 29, 2010, the federal court entered an order consolidating two actions and appointing the firms of Robbins Umeda LLP and Shuman Law Firm as co-lead plaintiffs’ counsel.  On February 23, 2011, the federal court approved a stipulation filed by the parties providing for a temporary stay of that action until the court rules on defendants’ motions to dismiss the consolidated complaint in the Horowitz putative securities fraud class action.  On March 7, 2012, the federal court approved a further joint stipulation continuing the temporary stay until the court either denies a motion to dismiss the Horowitz putative securities fraud class action or the Horowitz putative securities fraud class action is dismissed with prejudice.  On April 27, 2012, the federal court entered an order consolidating the stockholder derivative action captioned Himmel v. Robert P. Stiller, et al., with two additional putative derivative actions, Musa Family Revocable Trust v. Robert P. Stiller, et al., Civ. No. 2:12-cv-00029, and Laborers Local 235 Benefit Funds v. Robert P. Stiller, et al., Civ. No. 2:12-cv-00042.  On November 14, 2012, the federal court entered an order consolidating an additional stockholder derivative action, captioned as Henry Cargo v. Robert P. Stiller, et al., Civ. No. 2:12-cv-00161, and granting plaintiffs leave to lift the stay for the limited purpose of filing a consolidated complaint.  The consolidated complaint is asserted nominally on behalf of the Company against certain of its officers and directors.  The consolidated complaint asserts claims for breach of fiduciary duty, waste of corporate assets, unjust enrichment, contribution, and indemnification and seeks compensatory damages, injunctive relief, restitution, disgorgement, attorney’s fees, costs, and such other relief as the court should deem just and proper.  On May 14, 2013, the court approved a joint stipulation filed by the parties providing for a temporary stay of the proceedings until the conclusion of the appeal in the Horowitz putative securities fraud class action.  On August 1, 2012, the parties filed a further joint stipulation continuing the temporary stay until the court either denies a motion to dismiss the LAMPERS punitive fraud class action or the LAMPERS punitive fraud class action is dismissed with prejudice.

 

The second putative stockholder derivative action, M. Elizabeth Dickinson v. Robert P. Stiller, et al., Civ. No. 818-11-10, is pending in the Superior Court of the State of Vermont for Washington County.  On February 28, 2011, the court approved a stipulation filed by the parties similarly providing for a temporary stay of that action until the federal court rules on defendants’ motions to dismiss the consolidated complaint in the Horowitz putative securities fraud class action.  As a result of the federal court’s ruling in the Horowitz putative securities fraud class action, the temporary stay was lifted.  On June 25, 2013, plaintiff filed an amended complaint in the action, which is asserted nominally on behalf of the Company against certain current and former directors and officers.  The amended complaint is premised on the same allegations alleged in the Horowitz, LAMPERS, and Fifield putative securities fraud class actions.  The amended complaint asserts claims for breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, waste of corporate assets, and alleged insider selling by certain of the named defendants.  The amended complaint seeks compensatory damages, injunctive relief, restitution, disgorgement, attorneys’ fees, costs, and such other relief as the court should deem just and proper.  Defendants are due to move to dismiss or otherwise respond to the complaint on August 23, 2013.

 

The Company and the other defendants intend to vigorously defend all the pending lawsuits.  Additional lawsuits may be filed and, at this time, the Company is unable to predict the outcome of these lawsuits, the possible loss or range of loss, if any, associated with the resolution of these lawsuits or any potential effect they may have on the Company or its operations.

 

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16.       Related Party Transactions

 

The Company, from time to time, used travel services provided by Heritage Flight, a charter air services company owned by Robert P. Stiller, who previously served on the Company’s Board of Directors and who is a security holder of more than 5% of the Company's Common Stock.  The Company did not incur any expenses for Heritage Flight travel services for the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013, and incurred $0.2 million during the thirteen weeks ended June 23, 2012.  During the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, the Company incurred expenses of $0.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively.

 

Effective January 1, 2013, the Company entered into a license agreement with Creamer Nation, LLC, an affiliate of Dean Foods (the “Creamer Agreement”).  The Creamer Agreement provides Creamer Nation, LLC with a four-year exclusive license to use the Green Mountain Coffee® brand in connection with refrigerated and shelf stable multi serve and single serve iced coffees and iced lattes and dairy and non-dairy creamers for sale in grocery, convenience, mass merchandise, and club channels.  The Creamer Agreement grants a similar license for the Tully’s® brand on a non-exclusive basis for a three-year term.  The Company will receive royalty income from Creamer Nation, LLC on sales of the licensed products; however has not yet recognized any royalty income related the Creamer Agreement during the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013.  Barbara Carlini, an employee of Dean Foods, serves on the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

The Company hired Mr. Christian R. Stiller as a Marketing Manager, Southern California, effective June 24, 2013, with a base annual salary of $95,000, target bonus of 10% of his base annual salary and the Company’s retirement and health and welfare benefits.  His employment is at will.  Christian R. Stiller is the son of Robert P. Stiller, who is a security holder of more than 5% of the Company’s Common Stock.

 

17.       Earnings Per Share

 

The following table illustrates the reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of basic and diluted earnings per share computations (dollars in thousands, except per share data):

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to GMCR

 

$

116,272

 

$

73,296

 

$

356,276

 

$

270,741

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

 

149,825,581

 

155,459,690

 

149,307,144

 

155,071,117

 

Effect of dilutive securities

 

3,043,811

 

3,839,888

 

3,340,623

 

4,293,323

 

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

 

152,869,392

 

159,299,578

 

152,647,767

 

159,364,440

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic net income per common share

 

$

0.78

 

$

0.47

 

$

2.39

 

$

1.75

 

Diluted net income per common share

 

$

0.76

 

$

0.46

 

$

2.33

 

$

1.70

 

 

For the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, shares related to equity-based compensation of 607,000 and 1,198,000, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because they were antidilutive.

 

For the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, shares related to equity-based compensation of 954,000 and 557,000, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because they were antidilutive.

 

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Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The following discussion and analysis is intended to help you understand the results of operations and financial condition of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”, “GMCR”, “we”, “our”, or “us”).  You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report.

 

Overview

 

We are a leader in the specialty coffee and coffeemaker businesses.  We sell Keurig®  Single Cup Brewers and roast high-quality Arabica bean coffees including single-origin, Fair Trade Certified, certified organic, flavored, limited edition and proprietary blends offered in K-Cup® and Vue® packs (“single serve packs”) for use with our Keurig®  Single Cup Brewers.  We also offer traditional whole bean and ground coffee in other package types including bags, fractional packages and cans.  In addition, we produce and sell other specialty beverages in single serve packs including hot and iced teas, iced coffees, hot and iced fruit brews, hot cocoa and other dairy-based beverages.  The brands include:

 

Arbuckle®

 

Emeril’s®

 

Red Carpet

Barista Prima Coffeehouse®

 

Folgers Gourmet Selections®

 

revv®

Bigelow®

 

Gloria Jean’s®

 

Seattle’s Best Coffee®

Brûlerie Mont-Royal®

 

Green Mountain Coffee®

 

Snapple®

Brûlerie St. Denis®

 

Green Mountain Naturals®

 

Starbucks®

Café Adagio Coffee®

 

Kahlua®

 

Swiss Miss®

Café Escapes®

 

Kirkland Signature

 

Tazo®

Caribou Coffee®

 

Lavazza®

 

The Original Donut Shop

Celestial Seasonings®

 

Lipton®

 

Timothy’s®

Coffee People®

 

Market Basket®

 

TK

Diedrich Coffee®

 

McQuarry

 

Tully’s®

Distinction®

 

Millstone®

 

Twinings of London®

Donut House Collection®

 

Newman’s Own®  Organics

 

Van Houtte®

Dunkin’ Donuts

 

Orient Express®

 

Vitamin Burst®

Eight O’Clock®

 

Promenade

 

Wolfgang Puck®

 

The Bigelow®, Caribou Coffee®, Celestial Seasonings®, Dunkin’ Donuts, Eight O’Clock®, Emeril’s®, Folgers Gourmet Selections®, Gloria Jean’s®, Kahlua®, Kirkland Signature, Lavazza®, Lipton®, Market Basket®, Millstone®, Newman’s Own® Organics, Seattle’s Best Coffee®, Snapple®, Starbucks®, Swiss Miss®, Tazo®, Twinings of London®, and Wolfgang Puck® brands are available through relationships we have with their respective brand owners.  Each of these brands is property of their respective owners and is used with permission.

 

Over the last several years the primary growth in the coffee industry has come from the specialty coffee category, including demand for single cup specialty coffee which can now be enjoyed in a wide variety of locations, including home, office, professional locations, restaurants, hospitality and specialty coffee shops.  This growth has been driven by the emergence of specialty coffee shops throughout North America, the general level of consumer knowledge of, and appreciation for, coffee quality and variety, and the wider availability of high-quality coffee.  We have been benefiting from this overall industry trend in addition to what we believe to be our carefully developed and distinctive advantages over our competitors.

 

Our growth strategy involves developing and managing marketing programs to drive Keurig® Single Cup Brewer adoption in North American households and offices in order to generate ongoing demand for single serve packs and, in the long-term, globally.  As part of this strategy, we work to sell our at-home (“AH”) brewers at attractive price points which are approximately at cost, or sometimes at a loss when factoring in the incremental costs related to sales, in order to drive the sales of profitable single serve packs.  In addition, we have license agreements with Breville PTY Limited (producer of Breville® brand coffeemakers), Jarden Consumer Solutions (producer of Mr. Coffee® brand coffeemakers), and Conair Corporation (producer of Cuisinart® brand coffeemakers), under which each produce, market and sell coffeemakers co-branded with Keurig®.

 

In recent years, our growth has been driven predominantly by the growth and adoption of Keurig® Single Cup Brewing systems which includes both the K-Cup® and the Vue® brewers and related single serve packs.  In the third fiscal quarter of 2013, approximately 91% of our consolidated net sales were attributed to the combination of single serve packs and Keurig® Single Cup Brewers and related accessories.

 

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We regularly conduct consumer surveys to better understand our consumers’ preferences and behaviors.  In Company surveys, we have learned that consumers prefer our Keurig® Single Cup Brewing systems for three main reasons (which we see as our competitive advantages):

 

1               Quality—expectations of the quality of coffee consumers drink has increased over the last several years and, we believe, with the Keurig® system, consumers can be certain they will get a high-quality, consistently produced beverage every time.

 

2               Convenience—the Keurig® system prepares beverages generally in less than a minute at the touch of a button with no mess, no fuss.

 

3               Choice—with many single serve beverage brands across multiple beverage categories, GMCR offers more than 225 individual varieties, allowing consumers to enjoy and explore a wide range of beverages.  In addition to a variety of brands of coffee and tea, we also produce and sell iced teas, iced coffees, hot and iced fruit brews, hot cocoa and other dairy-based beverages, in single serve packs.

 

We believe it’s the combination of these attributes that make the Keurig® Single Cup Brewing systems so appealing to so many consumers.

 

We are focused on building our brands and profitably growing our business.  We believe we can continue to grow sales by increasing consumer awareness in existing regions, expanding into new geographic regions, expanding consumer choice of coffee, tea and other beverages in our existing brewing systems or through the introduction of new brewing platforms, expanding sales in adjacent beverage industry segments and/or selectively pursuing other synergistic opportunities.

 

We have continued to expand consumer choice in the system by entering into a number of business relationships which enable us to offer other strong national and regional coffee and tea brands such as Folgers®, Millstone®, Dunkin’ Donuts, Seattle’s Best Coffee®, Starbucks® coffee, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® coffee, Cinnabon® bakery-inspired coffee, Tazo® tea, Eight O’Clock® coffee, Tetley® tea, Good Earth® tea, Lipton® and Snapple® teas in single serve packs for use with Keurig® Single Cup Brewers.  We also continue to examine opportunities for business relationships with other strong national/regional brands including the potential for adding premium store-brand or co-branded single serve packs to create additional single serve products that will help augment consumer demand for the Keurig® Single Cup Brewing systems.  For example, in May 2013, we announced we are partnering with International Coffee and Tea, LLC to make The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® brand available in K-Cup® packs for the Keurig® Single Cup Brewing system.  We believe these new product offerings fuel excitement for current Keurig® owners and users; raise system awareness; attract new consumers to the system; and promote expanded use of the system.  These relationships were established with careful consideration of potential economics and with the expectation that these relationships will lead to increased Keurig® Single Cup Brewing system awareness and household adoption through the participating brand’s advertising and merchandising activities.

 

Our business relationships with participating brands are generally established through licensing or manufacturing arrangements.

 

Under licensing arrangements, we license the right to manufacture, distribute and sell the finished products through our distribution channels using the brand owners’ marks.  For the right to use a brand owner’s mark, we pay a royalty to the brand owner based on our sales of finished products that contain the brand owner’s mark.

 

Under manufacturing arrangements, we manufacture finished beverage products using raw materials sourced by us or provided by the brand owner.  In both instances, once the manufacturing process is complete, we sell the finished product either to the brand owner or to our customers.  Under certain manufacturing arrangements, our sole customer is the brand owner and we are prohibited from selling the beverage products to other types of customers through our distribution channels.  Under other manufacturing arrangements, in addition to manufacturing the beverage for sale to the brand owner, we have the right to sell the beverages using the brand owner’s marks in certain of our channels through a licensing arrangement, as described above.

 

No individual licensing or manufacturing arrangement (including arrangements covering multiple brands) has generated net sales that have been significant to our consolidated net sales (i.e., no arrangement has accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated net sales in any period).  We analyze the impact of each arrangement on consolidated net sales on an individual basis.  We have determined that it is unlikely that we would lose our licensing or manufacturing rights to multiple brands at the same time.  Each of our licensing and manufacturing arrangements are separately negotiated with unrelated parties, and each has distinct terms and conditions, including the duration of agreement and termination rights.  Further, based upon the number of business relationships as well as the depth of our owned-brands, it is our belief that no individual business relationship is critical to the execution of our growth strategy.

 

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We are also focused on continued innovation with our owned-brands, both in single serve brewing systems and other single serve beverages.  Some of our recent initiatives include:

 

·                  Expanding the Keurig® brewing platforms with introduction of a new commercial grade Keurig® Bolt Carafe Brewing System which, following in-office testing, will be available throughout the U.S. and Canada through limited Keurig Authorized Distributors beginning in late fall of calendar 2013;

 

·                  An expansion of our Keurig® Single Cup Brewing system to include Keurig® Vue® brewers and related Vue® packs; and

 

·                  A launch of the Keurig® Rivo Cappuccino and Latte System and Rivo pack espresso blend varieties (collectively the “Rivo System”), in partnership with Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. (“Lavazza”).

 

Management is focused on executing our growth strategy to drive Keurig® Single Cup Brewer adoption in North American households and offices in order to generate ongoing demand for single serve packs.

 

We compete not only with other widely advertised branded products, but also with private label or generic products that generally are sold at lower prices.  In September 2012, two patents associated with our K-Cup® packs expired, and certain third parties have launched competing products.  Currently, we anticipate that the total of all unlicensed portion packs will represent roughly 5% to 15% of the system demand, starting at the lower end of the range in 2013.

 

For the third fiscal quarter of 2013, our net sales of $967.1 million represented growth of 11% over the third fiscal quarter of 2012 (“the prior year period”).  Gross profit for the third fiscal quarter of fiscal 2013 was $407.6 million, or 42.1% of net sales, as compared to $303.3 million, or 34.9% of net sales for the prior year period.  For the third fiscal quarter of 2013, selling, operating, and general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) increased 23.4% to $214.3 million from $173.6 million for the prior year period.  As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses increased to 22.2% in the third fiscal quarter of 2013 from 20.0% in the prior year period.  Our operating margin improved to 20.0% in the third fiscal quarter of 2013 from 14.9% in the prior year period.

 

We continually monitor all costs, including coffee, as we review our pricing structure as cyclical swings in commodity markets are common.  The recent years have seen significant volatility in the “C” price of coffee (i.e., the price per pound quoted by the Intercontinental Exchange).  We expect coffee prices to remain volatile in the coming years.  To help mitigate this volatility, we generally fix the price of our coffee contracts for approximately three fiscal quarters, and at times four fiscal quarters, prior to delivery so that we have the ability to adjust our sales prices to marketplace conditions if required.

 

We offer a one-year warranty on all Keurig® Single Cup Brewers we sell and provide for the estimated cost of product warranties, primarily using historical information and current repair or replacement costs, at the time product revenue is recognized.  In addition, sales of Keurig® Single Cup Brewers are recognized net of an allowance for returns using an average return rate based on historical experience and an evaluation of contractual rights or obligations.  We focus some of our research and development efforts on improving brewer reliability, strengthening its quality controls and product testing procedures.  As we have grown, we have added significantly to our product testing, quality control infrastructure and overall quality processes.  As we continue to innovate, and our products become more complex, both in design and componentry, product performance may modulate, causing warranty or sales returns rates to possibly fluctuate going forward.  As a result, future warranty claims rates may be higher or lower than we are currently experiencing and for which we are currently providing for in our warranty or sales return reserves.

 

We generated $772.2 million in cash from operating activities during the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 as compared to $488.2 million during the thirty-nine weeks ended June 23, 2012.  During the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 we primarily used cash generated from operating activities to reduce our borrowings under long-term debt obligations by $232.9 million, fund capital expenditures of $190.4 million and repurchase shares of our common stock for $125.7 million.

 

We consistently analyze our short-term and long-term cash requirements to continue to grow the business.  We expect that most of our cash generated from operations will continue to be used to fund capital expenditures and the working capital required for our growth over the next few years.

 

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Business Segments

 

We have historically managed our operations through three business segments: the Specialty Coffee business unit (“SCBU”), the Keurig business unit (“KBU”) and the Canadian business unit.  Effective as of and as initially disclosed on May 8, 2013, our Board of Directors authorized a reorganization which consolidated U.S. operations to bring greater organizational efficiency and coordination across the Company.  Due to this combination, the results of U.S. operations, formerly reported in the SCBU and KBU segments, are reported in the Domestic segment and the results of Canadian operations are in the “Canada” segment.  See Note 4, Segment Reporting, of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report.

 

We evaluate the performance of our operating segments based on several factors, including net sales to external customers and operating income.  Net sales are recorded on a segment basis and intersegment sales are eliminated as part of the financial consolidation process.  Operating income represents gross profit less selling, operating, general and administrative expenses.  Our manufacturing operations occur within both the Domestic and Canada segments, and the costs of manufacturing are recognized in cost of sales in the operating segment in which the sale occurs.  Information system technology services are mainly centralized while finance and accounting functions are primarily decentralized.  Expenses consisting primarily of compensation and depreciation related to certain centralized administrative functions including information system technology are allocated to the operating segments.  Expenses not specifically related to an operating segment are presented under “Corporate Unallocated.”  Corporate Unallocated expenses are comprised mainly of the compensation and other related expenses of certain of our senior executive officers and other selected employees who perform duties related to the entire enterprise.  Corporate Unallocated expenses also include depreciation for corporate headquarters, corporate social responsibility expenses, interest expense not directly attributable to an operating segment, the majority of foreign exchange gains or losses, certain corporate legal expenses and compensation of the Board of Directors.

 

Effective for the first quarter of fiscal 2013, we changed our measure for reporting segment profitability and for evaluating segment performance and the allocation of our resources from income before taxes to operating income (loss).  Prior to the first quarter of fiscal 2013, we disclosed each operating and reporting segment’s income before taxes to report segment profitability.  Segment disclosures for prior periods have been recast to reflect operating income by segment in place of income before taxes.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

Included in this presentation are discussions and reconciliations of net income and diluted earnings per share in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) to net income and diluted earnings per share excluding certain expenses and losses.  We refer to these performance measures as non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share.  These non-GAAP measures exclude transaction expenses related to the gain from the sale of Van Houtte USA Holdings, Inc., also known as the Van Houtte U.S. Coffee Service business, or “Filterfresh,” including the effect of any tax benefits resulting from the use of net operating and capital loss carryforwards as a result of the Filterfresh sale; legal and accounting expenses related to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) inquiry and pending securities and stockholder derivative class action litigation; and non-cash acquisition-related items such as amortization of identifiable intangibles, each of which include adjustments to show the tax impact of excluding these items.  Each of these adjustments was selected because management uses these non-GAAP measures in discussing and analyzing its results of operations and because we believe the non-GAAP measures provide investors with greater transparency by helping to illustrate the underlying financial and business trends relating to our results of operations and financial condition and comparability between current and prior periods.  For example, we excluded acquisition-related transaction expenses because these expenses can vary from period to period and transaction to transaction and expenses associated with these activities are not considered a key measure of our operating performance.

 

We use the non-GAAP measures to establish and monitor budgets and operational goals and to evaluate our performance.  These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative to, GAAP and should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute or superior to, the other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.  Using only the non-GAAP financial measures to analyze our performance would have material limitations because their calculation is based on the subjective determination of management regarding the nature and classification of events and circumstances that investors may find significant.  We compensate for these limitations by presenting both the GAAP and non-GAAP measures of its results.

 

Divestiture

 

On October 3, 2011, all the outstanding shares of Filterfresh were sold to ARAMARK Refreshment Services, LLC (“ARAMARK”) in exchange for $149.5 million in cash.  Approximately $4.4 million of cash was transferred to ARAMARK as part of the sale and $7.4 million was repaid to ARAMARK upon finalization of the purchase price, resulting in a net cash inflow related to the Filterfresh sale of $137.7 million.

 

Prior to October 3, 2011, Filterfresh was reported in our Canada segment.

 

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Results of Operations

 

Summary financial data of the Company

 

The following table presents certain financial data of the Company expressed as a percentage of net sales for the periods denoted below:

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

Net sales

 

100.0

%

100.0

%

100.0

%

100.0

%

Cost of sales

 

57.9

%

65.1

%

62.5

%

67.3

%

Gross profit

 

42.1

%

34.9

%

37.5

%

32.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling and operating expenses

 

14.1

%

13.6

%

13.1

%

12.7

%

General and administrative expenses

 

8.0

%

6.4

%

6.7

%

5.4

%

Operating income

 

20.0

%

14.9

%

17.8

%*

14.6

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income, net

 

0.0

%

0.0

%

0.0

%

0.1

%

Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net

 

0.5

%

0.3

%

0.3

%

0.0

%

(Loss) gain on foreign currency, net

 

(1.1

)%

(0.6

)%

(0.6

)%

0.0

%

Gain on sale of subsidiary

 

%

%

%

0.9

%

Interest expense

 

(0.4

)%

(0.7

)%

(0.4

)%

(0.6

)%

Income before income taxes

 

19.0

%

14.0

%*

17.1

%

15.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

(7.0

)%

(5.6

)%

(6.3

)%

(5.6

)%

Net income

 

12.0

%

8.5

%*

10.8

%

9.3

%*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

0.0

%

0.0

%

0.0

%

0.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to GMCR

 

12.0

%

8.4

%*

10.8

%

9.3

%

 


* Does not sum due to rounding.

 

Segment Summary

 

Net sales and operating income for each of our operating segments are summarized in the tables below:

 

 

 

Net sales (in millions)

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

Domestic

 

$

822.6

 

$

719.8

 

$

2,820.1

 

$

2,438.0

 

Canada

 

144.5

 

149.4

 

490.8

 

474.5

 

Total net sales

 

$

967.1

 

$

869.2

 

$

3,310.9

 

$

2,912.5

 

 

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Operating income (loss) (in millions)

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

Domestic

 

$

213.1

 

$

125.4

 

$

644.0

 

$

423.3

 

Canada

 

23.7

 

21.9

 

69.9

 

60.3

 

Corporate

 

(43.5

)

(17.6

)

(126.0

)

(58.4

)

Total operating income

 

$

193.3

 

$

129.7

 

$

587.9

 

$

425.2

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013 as compared to the thirteen weeks ended June 23, 2012

 

Revenue

 

Company Summary

 

The following table presents consolidated net sales by major product category:

 

 

 

Net sales (in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

$ Increase
(Decrease)

 

% Increase
(Decrease)

 

Single serve packs

 

$

751.7

 

$

638.0

 

$

113.7

 

18

%

Brewers and accessories

 

133.1

 

139.1

 

(6.0

)

(4

)%

Other products and royalties

 

82.3

 

92.1

 

(9.8

)

(11

)%

Total net sales

 

$

967.1

 

$

869.2

 

$

97.9

 

11

%

 

Net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 increased by $97.9 million, or 11%, to $967.1 million.  The primary drivers of the increase in our net sales were a $113.7 million, or 18%, increase in total single serve pack net sales partially offset by a $6.0 million, or 4%, decrease in Keurig® Single Cup Brewer and accessory sales, and a $9.8 million, or 11%, decrease in other products and royalties.

 

The increase in single serve pack net sales was driven by a 21 percentage point increase in sales volume and was offset by a 2 percentage point decrease due to net price realization and a 1 percentage point decrease due to single serve pack product mix.  The decrease in brewer and accessories net sales was driven by a shift in brewer sales mix to lower-priced models.

 

Domestic

 

Domestic segment net sales increased by $102.8 million, or 14%, to $822.6 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 as compared to $719.8 million in the prior year period.  The increase is due primarily to a $104.0 million, or 18%, increase related to sales of single serve packs.

 

Canada

 

Canada segment net sales decreased by $4.9 million, or 3%, to $144.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 as compared to $149.4 million in the prior year period.  The decrease is due primarily to (i) a $4.0 million, or 21%, decrease related to sales of Keurig® Single Cup Brewers and accessories, and (ii) a decrease of $10.7 million, or 17%, in sales of other products, such as coffee sold in traditional package formats, partially offset by a $9.8 million, or 14%, increase related to the sale of single serve packs, driven by a demand shift from coffee sold in traditional package formats to single serve packs.

 

Gross Profit

 

Gross profit for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 was $407.6 million, or 42.1% of net sales as compared to $303.3 million, or 34.9% of net sales, in the prior year period.  Gross margin increased approximately (i) 370 basis points due a decrease in green coffee costs in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 compared to the prior year period, (ii) 130 basis points due to lower labor and overhead manufacturing costs related to the Company’s manufacturing facilities in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 compared to the prior year period, (iii) 100 basis points due to lower sales returns primarily related to Keurig® Single Cup Brewers in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 compared to the prior year period, (iv) 90 basis points due to a sales shift in our product mix away from the sale of Keurig® Single Cup Brewers that are sold approximately at cost, or sometimes at a loss when factoring in the incremental costs related to sales, and towards the sales of Keurig® single serve packs in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 compared to the prior year, and (v) 80 basis points due to a change in estimate for charges related to a non-coffee purchase commitment.  The increase in gross margin was partially offset by a

 

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120 basis point decrease related to the net price realization primarily associated with single serve packs in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 compared to the prior year period.

 

Selling, Operating, General and Administrative Expenses

 

SG&A expense increased by 23% to $214.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 from $173.6 million in the prior year period. As a percentage of sales, SG&A increased to 22.2% in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 from 20.0% in the prior year period. The increase in SG&A over the prior year period is primarily attributed to increases of $10.7 million in marketing and promotional expenses, $4.4 million in research and development expenses, $2.4 million in corporate social responsibility expenses, and increases in general and administrative expenses, primarily $7.3 million in incentive compensation, $6.6 million of expenses primarily related to infrastructure and logistics and business and information systems, and $3.2 million in depreciation and amortization of fixed assets.

 

Gain (Loss) on Financial Instruments, Net

 

We recorded $4.4 million in net gains on financial instruments not designated as hedges for accounting purposes during the third quarter of fiscal 2013 as compared to $3.0 million in net gains during the prior year period.  The net gains were primarily attributable to the fair value adjustment of our cross currency swap, which hedges the risk in currency movements on an intercompany note denominated in Canadian currency.

 

(Loss) Gain on Foreign Currency, Net

 

We have certain assets and liabilities that are denominated in Canadian currency.  During the third quarter of fiscal 2013, we incurred net foreign currency losses of approximately $10.4 million as compared to net losses of $5.1 million during the prior year period.  The net foreign currency losses primarily related to re-measurement of certain intercompany notes with our foreign subsidiaries which fluctuate due to the relative strength or weakness of the U.S. dollar against the Canadian dollar.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense was $3.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2013, as compared to $6.2 million in the prior year period.  The decrease in interest expense was primarily due to lower average outstanding debt in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 as compared to the average outstanding debt during the prior year period.

 

Income Taxes

 

Our effective income tax rate was 36.6% for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 as compared to a 39.6% effective tax rate for the prior year period.  The decrease was due primarily to a $4.6 million provision-to-file adjustment in the third quarter of fiscal 2013.

 

Net Income, Non-GAAP Net Income and Diluted Earnings Per Share (“EPS”)

 

Net income in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 was $116.3 million, an increase of $43.0 million or 59%, as compared to $73.3 million in the prior year period.

 

Non-GAAP net income (when excluding non-cash related items such as amortization of identifiable intangibles and legal and accounting expenses related to the SEC inquiry and pending securities and stockholder derivative class action litigation) increased 50% to $124.7 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 from $82.9 million non-GAAP net income in the prior year period.

 

Diluted EPS was $0.76 per share in the third quarter of fiscal 2013, as compared to $0.46 per share in the prior year period.

 

Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $0.82 per share in the third quarter of fiscal 2013, as compared to $0.52 per share in the prior year period.

 

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The following tables show a reconciliation of net income and diluted EPS to non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS for the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012 (in thousands, except per share data):

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

Net income attributable to GMCR

 

$

116,272

 

$

73,296

 

After tax:

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses related to SEC inquiry (1)

 

657

 

1,759

 

Amortization of identifiable intangibles (2)

 

7,746

 

7,876

 

Non-GAAP net income attributable to GMCR

 

$

124,675

 

$

82,931

 

 

 

 

Thirteen weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

Diluted income per share

 

$

0.76

 

$

0.46

 

After tax:

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses related to SEC inquiry (1)

 

0.00

 

0.01

 

Amortization of identifiable intangibles (2)

 

0.05

 

0.05

 

Non-GAAP net income per share

 

$

0.82

*

$

0.52

 

 


* Does not sum due to rounding.

 

(1)         Represents legal and accounting expenses, net of income taxes of $0.4 million and $1.2 million for each of the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, respectively, related to the SEC inquiry and pending securities and stockholder derivative class action litigation classified as general and administrative expense.  See Note 15, Legal Proceedings, of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report.  Income taxes were calculated at our effective tax rate.

(2)         Represents the amortization of intangibles, net of income taxes of $3.5 million and $3.6 million for each of the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, related to our acquisitions classified as general and administrative expense.  Income taxes were calculated at our deferred tax rates.

 

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Thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 as compared to the thirty-nine weeks ended June 23, 2012

 

Revenue

 

Company Summary

 

The following table presents consolidated net sales by major product category:

 

 

 

Net Sales (in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 29,
2013

 

June 23,
2012

 

$ Increase
(Decrease)

 

% Increase
(Decrease)

 

Single serve packs

 

$

2,409.4

 

$

2,008.7

 

$

400.7

 

20

%

Brewers and accessories

 

637.2

 

609.7

 

27.5

 

5

%

Other products and royalties

 

264.3

 

294.1

 

(29.8

)

(10

)%

Total net sales

 

$

3,310.9

 

$

2,912.5

 

$

398.4

 

14

%

 

Net sales for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 (the “2013 YTD period”) increased by $398.4 million, or 14%, to $3,310.9 million, as compared to $2,912.5 million reported for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 23, 2012 (“the prior YTD period”).  The primary drivers of the increase in our net sales were a $400.7 million, or 20%, increase in total single serve pack net sales and a $27.5 million, or 5%, increase in Keurig® Single Cup Brewer and accessory sales, offset by a $29.8 million, or 10%, net decrease in other products and royalties.

 

The increase in single serve pack net sales was driven by a 24 percentage point increase in sales volume, and was offset by a 3 percentage point decrease due to single serve pack product mix and a 1 percentage point decrease due to net price realization.

 

Domestic

 

Domestic segment net sales increased by $382.1 million, or 16%, to $2,820.1 million in the 2013 YTD period as compared to $2,438.0 million in the prior YTD period.  The increase is due primarily to a $367.2 million, or 20%, increase related to sales of single serve packs.

 

Canada

 

Canada segment net sales increased by $16.3 million, or 3%, to $490.8 million in the 2013 YTD period, as compared to $474.5 million in the prior YTD period.  The increase is due primarily to (i) a $33.6 million, or 16%, increase related to the sales of single serve packs, partially offset by a $23.8 million, or 12%, decrease in sales of other products, such as coffee sold in traditional package formats, driven by a demand shift from coffee sold in traditional package formats to single serve packs, and (ii) a $6.5 million, or 9%, increase related to sales of Keurig® Single Cup Brewers and accessories.

 

Gross Profit

 

Gross profit for the 2013 YTD period was $1,241.9 million, or 37.5% of net sales, as compared to $953.0 million, or 32.7% of net sales, in the prior year period.  Gross margin increased approximately (i) 260 basis points due to a decrease in green coffee costs in the 2013 YTD period compared to the prior YTD period, (ii) 110 basis points due to lower labor and overhead manufacturing costs related to the Company’s manufacturing facilities in the 2013 YTD period compared to the prior YTD period, (iii) 90 basis points due to the decrease in warranty related expenses in the 2013 YTD period compared to the prior YTD period, and (iv) 80 basis points due to lower obsolescence expense of finished goods and raw materials in the 2013 YTD period compared to the prior YTD period.  The increase in gross margin was partially offset by a 90 basis point decrease in net price realization primarily associated with single serve packs in the 2013 YTD period compared to the prior YTD period.

 

Selling, Operating, General and Administrative Expenses

 

SG&A expense increased by 24% to $654.0 million in the YTD period from $527.8 million in the prior YTD period. As a percentage of sales, SG&A increased to 19.8% in 2013 YTD period from 18.1% in the prior YTD period. The increase in SG&A over the prior year period is primarily attributed to increases of $46.8 million in marketing and promotional expenses, $6.9 million in research and development expenses, $6.8 million in corporate social responsibility expenses, and increases in general and administrative expenses, primarily $18.2 million in incentive compensation, $9.9 million of expenses primarily related to infrastructure and logistics and business and information systems, and $7.7 million in depreciation and amortization of fixed assets.

 

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Gain (Loss) on Financial Instruments

 

We recorded $9.0 million in net gains on financial instruments not designated as hedges for accounting purposes during the 2013 YTD period as compared to $0.2 million in net losses during the prior YTD period.  For both the 2013 and prior YTD periods, the net gains and losses were primarily attributable to the fair value adjustment of our cross currency swap, which hedges the risk in currency movements on an intercompany note denominated in Canadian currency.

 

(Loss) Gain on Foreign Currency, Net

 

We have certain assets and liabilities that are denominated in Canadian currency.  During the 2013 YTD period, we incurred a net foreign currency loss of $19.2 million as compared to a net gain of $1.2 million during the prior YTD period.  The net foreign currency loss and gain were primarily attributable to re-measurement of certain intercompany notes with our foreign subsidiaries which fluctuate due to the relative strength or weakness of the U.S. dollar against the Canadian dollar.

 

Gain on Sale of Subsidiary

 

On October 3, 2011, we sold all the outstanding shares of the Filterfresh business resulting in a gain of $26.3 million.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense was $13.5 million in the 2013 YTD period, as compared to $18.7 million in the prior YTD period.  The decrease in interest expense was primarily due to lower average outstanding debt during the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 as compared to the average outstanding debt during the prior year period.

 

Income Taxes

 

Our effective income tax rate was 36.8% for the 2013 YTD period, as compared to a 37.7% effective tax rate in the prior YTD period.  The lower effective tax rate for the 2013 YTD period was due primarily to discrete items including a $3.7 million tax benefit related to increased stock option activity for the 2013 YTD period and a $2.9 million research and development credit catch-up adjustment from fiscal 2012 due to the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 on January 2, 2013.  We expect our fiscal 2013 annual effective tax rate to be approximately 37%.

 

Net Income, Non-GAAP Net Income and Diluted Earnings Per Share (“EPS”)

 

Net income in the 2013 YTD period was $356.3 million, an increase of $85.5 million or 32%, as compared to $270.7 million in the prior YTD period.

 

Non-GAAP net income (when excluding non-cash related items such as amortization of identifiable intangibles, legal and accounting expenses related to the SEC inquiry and pending securities and stockholder derivative class action litigation, and the gain from the sale of Filterfresh) increased 36% to $381.6 million for the 2013 YTD period from $280.6 million non-GAAP net income in the prior YTD period.

 

Diluted EPS was $2.33 per share in the 2013 YTD period, as compared to $1.70 per share in the prior YTD period.

 

Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $2.50 per share in the 2013 YTD period, as compared to $1.76 per share in the prior YTD period.

 

The following tables show a reconciliation of net income and diluted EPS to non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012 (in thousands, except per share data):

 

 

 

Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

Net income attributable to GMCR

 

$

356,276

 

$

270,741

 

After tax:

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses related to SEC inquiry (1)

 

1,773

 

2,889

 

Amortization of identifiable intangibles (2)

 

23,523

 

23,658

 

Gain on sale of subsidiary (3)

 

 

(16,685

)

Non-GAAP net income attributable to GMCR

 

$

381,572

 

$

280,603

 

 

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Thirty-nine weeks ended

 

 

 

June 29, 2013

 

June 23, 2012

 

Diluted income per share

 

$

2.33

 

$

1.70

 

After tax:

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses related to SEC inquiry (1)

 

0.01

 

0.02

 

Amortization of identifiable intangibles (2)

 

0.15

 

0.15

 

Gain on sale of subsidiary (3)

 

 

(0.10

)

Non-GAAP net income per share

 

$

2.50

*

$

1.76

*

 


* Does not sum due to rounding.

 

(1)         Represents legal and accounting expenses, net of income taxes of $1.0 million and $1.9 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, respectively, related to the SEC inquiry and pending securities and stockholder derivative class action litigation classified as general and administrative expense.  See Note 15, Legal Proceedings, of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report.  Income taxes were calculated at our effective tax rate.

(2)         Represents the amortization of intangibles, net of income taxes of $10.7 million and $10.8 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, respectively, related to our acquisitions classified as general and administrative expense.  Income taxes were calculated at our deferred tax rates.

(3)         Represents the gain recognized on the sale of Filterfresh, net of income taxes of $9.6 million.  Income taxes were calculated at our effective tax rate.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We principally have funded our operations, working capital needs, capital expenditures and share repurchases from net cash flows from operating activities and borrowings under our credit facilities and capital lease and financing obligations.  At June 29, 2013, we had $317.3 million in outstanding debt, and capital lease and financing obligations, $352.2 million in cash and cash equivalents and $924.1 million of working capital (including cash).  At September 29, 2012, we had $531.5 million in outstanding debt and capital lease and financing obligations, $58.3 million in cash and cash equivalents and $803.0 million of working capital (including cash).

 

Operating Activities:

 

Net cash provided by operating activities is principally comprised of net income and is primarily affected by the net change in working capital and non-cash items relating to depreciation and amortization.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities during the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 was $772.2 million as compared to $488.2 million for the same period last year.  We generated $357.0 million in net income for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013.  Significant non-cash items primarily consisted of $172.0 million in depreciation and amortization.  Other significant changes in assets and liabilities affecting net cash provided by operating activities were decreases in inventories of $175.5 million.

 

Investing Activities:

 

Investing activities primarily include capital expenditures for equipment and building improvements.

 

Capital expenditures were $190.4 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 as compared to $305.5 million for the comparable prior year period.  In addition, during the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013, we acquired fixed assets of $23.5 million under capital lease and financing obligations.  Capital expenditures incurred on an accrual basis during the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 consisted primarily of $63.7 million related to increasing packaging capabilities for the Keurig® brewer platforms, $27.5 million related to facilities and related infrastructure, $33.4 million related to information technology infrastructure and systems, and $16.3 million related to coffee processing and other equipment.  In fiscal 2013, we currently expect to invest between $275.0 million to $325.0 million in capital expenditures to support our future growth.

 

Cash flows used in investing activities for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 23, 2012 included $137.7 million received from the sale of Filterfresh.  On October 3, 2011, we sold all of the outstanding shares of Filterfresh to ARAMARK for $142.1 million in cash and transferred $4.4 million of cash to ARAMARK as part of the sale, resulting in net cash inflow of $137.7 million.

 

Financing Activities:

 

Cash used in financing activities for the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 totaled $292.5 million.  Cash generated from operations was used to reduce our debt and capital lease obligations by $235.4 million, principally under our revolving line of credit.  We also used $125.7 million of cash to repurchase approximately 4.9 million of shares of our common stock during the first and second quarters of fiscal 2013.  Cash flows from operating and financing activities included a $47.8 million tax benefit primarily from the exercise of non-qualified options and disqualifying dispositions of incentive stock options.  As stock is issued from the exercise of options and the vesting of restricted stock units, we will continue to receive proceeds and a tax deduction where applicable; however we cannot predict either the amounts or the timing of any such proceeds or tax benefits.

 

Under our Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“Restated Credit Agreement”), we maintain senior secured credit facilities consisting of (i) an $800.0 million U.S. revolving credit facility, (ii) a $200.0 million alternative currency revolving credit facility, and (iii) a term loan A facility.  At June 29, 2013, we had $235.9 million outstanding under the term loan A facility, no balances outstanding under the revolving credit facilities and $5.0 million in letters of credit with $995.0 million available for borrowing.  The Restated Credit Agreement also provides for an increase option for an aggregate amount of up to $500.0 million.

 

The term loan A facility requires quarterly principal repayments.  The term loan and revolving credit borrowings bear interest at a rate equal to an applicable margin plus, at our option, either (a) a eurodollar rate determined by reference to the cost of funds for deposits for the interest period and currency relevant to such borrowing, adjusted for certain costs, or (b) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (1) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, (2) the prime rate announced by Bank of America, N.A. from time to time and (3) the eurodollar rate plus 1.00%.  The applicable margin under the Restated Credit Agreement with respect to the term loan A and revolving credit facilities is a percentage per annum varying from 0.5% to 1.0% for base rate loans and 1.5% to 2.0% for eurodollar rate loans, based upon our leverage ratio.  Our average effective interest rate as of June 29, 2013 and September 29, 2012 was 3.0% and 2.9%, respectively, excluding amortization of deferred financing charges and interest on capital leases and financing obligations, and including the effect of interest rate swap agreements.  We also pay a commitment fee on the average daily unused portion of the revolving credit facilities.

 

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All of our assets and the assets of our domestic wholly-owned material subsidiaries are pledged as collateral under the Restated Credit Agreement.  The Restated Credit Agreement contains customary negative covenants, subject to certain exceptions, including limitations on: liens; investments; indebtedness; mergers and consolidations; asset sales; dividends and distributions or repurchases of our capital stock; transactions with affiliates; certain burdensome agreements; and changes in our lines of business.

 

The Restated Credit Agreement requires us to comply on a quarterly basis with a consolidated leverage ratio and a consolidated interest coverage ratio.  At June 29, 2013, we were in compliance with these covenants.  In addition, the Restated Credit Agreement contains certain mandatory prepayment requirements and customary events on default.

 

We are party to interest rate swap agreements, the effect of which is to limit the interest rate exposure on a portion of the loans under our credit facilities to a fixed rate versus the 30-day Libor rate.  The total notional amount of these swaps at June 29, 2013 was $130.0 million.

 

The fair market value of the interest rate swaps is the estimated amount that we would receive or pay to terminate the agreements at the reporting date, taking into account current interest rates and the credit worthiness of the counterparty.  At June 29, 2013, we estimate we would have paid $6.3 million (gross of tax), if we terminated the interest rate swap agreements.  We designate the interest rate swap agreements as cash flow hedges and the changes in the fair value of these derivatives are classified in accumulated other comprehensive income (a component of equity).  During the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, we incurred $0.8 million and $1.2 million, respectively, in additional interest expense pursuant to interest rate swap agreements.  During the thirty-nine weeks ended June 29, 2013 and June 23, 2012, we incurred $2.7 million and $3.5 million, respectively, in additional interest expense pursuant to interest rate swap agreements.

 

On July 30, 2012, our Board of Directors authorized a program (“repurchase program”) for the Company to repurchase up to $500.0 million of our common shares over two years, at such times and prices as determined by our management.  The shares will be purchased with cash on hand, cash from operations, and funds available through our existing credit facility.  See Note 13, Stockholders’ Equity, of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report.

 

We believe that our cash flows from operating activities, existing cash and our credit facilities will provide sufficient liquidity to pay all liabilities in the normal course of business, fund anticipated capital expenditures, service debt requirements through the next 12 months, and fund any purchases of our common shares under the repurchase program.  We continuously evaluate our capital requirements and access to capital.  We may opt to raise additional capital through equity and/or debt financing to provide flexibility to assist with managing several risks and uncertainties inherent in a growing business including potential future acquisitions or increased capital expenditure requirements.

 

A summary of cash requirements related to our outstanding long-term debt, future minimum lease payments and purchase commitments is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Long-Term
Debt

 

Interest
Expense (1)

 

Operating
Lease
Obligations

 

Capital Lease
Obligations
(2)

 

Financing
Obligations
(3)

 

Purchase
Obligations

 

Total

 

Remainder of 2013

 

$

35

 

$

1,782

 

$

4,507

 

$

1,407

 

$

369

 

$

523,057

 

$

531,157

 

FY 2014 - FY 2015

 

32,037

 

13,694

 

30,729

 

13,812

 

10,874

 

359,455

 

460,601

 

FY 2016 - FY 2017

 

205,411

 

2,767

 

18,931

 

9,977

 

19,160

 

194,100

 

450,346

 

Thereafter

 

602

 

60

 

23,367

 

35,817

 

123,387

 

79,577

 

262,810

 

Total

 

$

238,085

 

$

18,303

 

$

77,534

 

$

61,013

 

$

153,790

 

$

1,156,189

 

$

1,704,914

 

 


(1)         Based on rates in effect at June 29, 2013.  Does not include interest on amounts outstanding under the USD and multicurrency revolving credit facilities.

(2)         Includes principal and interest payments.

(3)         Represents portion of the future minimum lease payments allocated to the building which are recognized as reductions to the financing obligation and interest expense upon completion of construction.

 

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In addition, we have $22.1 million in unrecognized tax benefits primarily as the result of acquisitions of which we are indemnified for $14.1 million expiring through June 2015.  We are unable to make reasonably reliable estimates of the period of cash settlement, if any, due to the uncertain nature of the unrecognized tax benefits.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In March 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2013-05, “Foreign Currency Matters (Topic 830): Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity” (“ASU 2013-05”).  ASU 2013-05 provides clarification regarding whether Subtopic 810-10, Consolidation - Overall, or Subtopic 830-30, Foreign Currency Matters - Translation of Financial Statements, applies to the release of cumulative translation adjustments into net income when a reporting entity either sells a part or all of its investment in a foreign entity or ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that constitute a business within a foreign entity.  The amendments in this ASU are effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013, and early adoption is permitted.  The adoption of ASU 2013-05 is not expected to have an impact on our net income, financial position or cash flows.

 

In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-04, “Liabilities (Topic 405): Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation Is Fixed at the Reporting Date” (“ASU 2013-04”).  ASU 2013-04 provides guidance for the recognition, measurement and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation within the scope of this ASU is fixed at the reporting date.  The guidance requires an entity to measure those obligations as the sum of the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors as well as any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors.  ASU 2013-04 also requires an entity to disclose the nature and amount of those obligations.  The amendments in this ASU are effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013, with early adoption permitted.  Retrospective application is required.  The adoption of ASU 2013-04 is not expected to have a material impact on our net income, financial position or cash flows.

 

In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-02, “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Comprehensive Income” (“ASU 2013-02”).  ASU 2013-02 requires an entity to report the effect of significant reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the respective line items in net income if the amount being reclassified is required under GAAP to be reclassified in its entirety to net income.  For significant items not reclassified in their entirety to net income in the same reporting period, an entity is required to cross-reference other disclosures that provide additional detail about those amounts.  The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual reporting periods, and interim periods within those annual reporting periods, beginning after December 15, 2012, which will be the first quarter of our fiscal year 2014.  The adoption of ASU 2013-02 is not expected to have an impact on our net income, financial position or cash flows.

 

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-11, “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” (“ASU 2011-11”) that provides amendments for disclosures about offsetting assets and liabilities.  The amendments require an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position.  Entities are required to disclose both gross information and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position and instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement.  On January 31, 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-01, “Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities,” which clarified that the scope of the disclosures is limited to include derivatives, sale and repurchase agreements and reverse sale and repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending arrangements.  The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods.  Disclosures required by the amendments should be provided retrospectively for all comparative periods presented.  For us, the amendments are effective for the fiscal year ending September 27, 2014 (fiscal year 2014).  We have not adopted the amendments and are currently evaluating the impact these amendments may have on our disclosures.

 

Factors Affecting Quarterly Performance

 

Historically, we have experienced variations in sales and earnings from quarter to quarter due to the holiday season (October through December) and a variety of other factors, including, but not limited to, general economic trends, the cost of green coffee, competition, marketing programs, weather, product quality and special or unusual events.  Because of the seasonality of our business, results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for the full fiscal year.

 

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Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain information contained in this filing, including statements concerning expected performance such as those relating to net sales, earnings, cost savings, acquisitions, brand marketing support, and changes to the organizational and leadership structures are “forward-looking statements”.  Generally, these statements may be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “would,” “expect,” “should,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “forecast,” “intend,” “plan” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements.  These statements may relate to: the expected impact of raw material costs and our pricing actions on our results of operations and gross margins, expected trends in net sales and earnings performance and other financial measures, the expected productivity and working capital improvements, the ability to maximize or successfully assert our intellectual property rights, the success of introducing and producing new product offerings, ability to attract and retain senior management, the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations, the adequacy of internally generated funds and existing sources of liquidity, such as the availability of bank financing, the expected results of operations of businesses acquired by us, our ability to issue debt or additional equity securities, our expectations regarding purchasing shares of our common stock under the existing authorizations, organizational efficiencies, and the impact of the inquiry initiated by the SEC and any related litigation or additional governmental inquiry or enforcement proceedings.

 

These and other forward-looking statements are based on management’s current views and assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect expected results.  Results may be materially affected by external factors such as damage to our reputation or brand name, business interruptions due to natural disasters or similar unexpected events, actions of competitors, customer relationships and financial condition, the ability to achieve expected cost savings and margin improvements, the acquisition and integration of new businesses, fluctuations in the cost and availability of raw and packaging materials, successful execution of internal changes to the organizational and leadership structures, changes in regulatory requirements, and global economic conditions generally which would include the availability of financing, interest, inflation rates and investment return on retirement plan assets, as well as foreign currency fluctuations, risks associated with our information technology systems, the threat of data breaches or cyber-attacks, and other risks described in our filings with the SEC.

 

Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.  We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly, any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

 

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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Market risks relating to our operations result primarily from changes in interest rates and the commodity “C” price of coffee (the price per pound quoted by the Intercontinental Exchange).  To address these risks, we enter into hedging transactions as described below.  We do not use financial instruments for trading purposes.

 

For purposes of specific risk analysis, we use sensitivity analysis to determine the impacts that market risk exposures may have on our financial position or earnings.

 

Interest Rate Risks

 

The table below provides information about our debt obligations, some of which are sensitive to changes in interest rates.  The table presents principal cash flows and weighted average interest rates by fiscal year:

 

 

 

Remainder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Debt
Outstanding and
average effective
interest rate at

 

 

 

of 2013

 

2014

 

2015

 

2016

 

2017

 

Thereafter

 

June 29, 2013

 

Long-term debt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable rate (in thousands)

 

$

 

$

12,500

 

$

18,750

 

$

74,687

 

$

 

$

 

$

105,937

 

Average interest rate

 

%

1.7

%

1.7

%

1.7

%

%

%

1.7

%

Fixed rate (in thousands)

 

$

35

 

$

394

 

$

393

 

$

130,354

 

$

370

 

$

602

 

$

132,148

 

Average interest rate

 

4.0

%

4.0

%

4.0

%

4.0

%

3.9

%

3.9

%

4.0

%

 

At June 29, 2013, we had $105.9 million of outstanding debt obligations subject to variable interest rates.  Should all our variable interest rates increase by 100 basis points, we would incur additional interest expense of $1.1 million annually.  Additionally, should Canadian Bankers’ Acceptance Rates increase by 100 basis points over US Libor rates, we would incur additional interest expense of $1.2 million annually, pursuant to the cross-currency swap agreement (see Foreign Currency Exchange Risk below).  As discussed further under the heading Liquidity and Capital Resources, we are party to interest rate swap agreements.  On June 29, 2013, the effect of our interest rate swap agreements was to limit the interest rate exposure on $130.0 million of the outstanding balance of the term loan A facility under the Restated Credit Agreement to a fixed rate versus the 30-day Libor rate.  The total notional amount covered by these swaps will terminate in November 2015.

 

Commodity Price Risks

 

The “C” price of coffee is subject to substantial price fluctuations caused by multiple factors, including weather and political and economic conditions in coffee-producing countries.  Our gross profit margins can be significantly impacted by changes in the “C” price of coffee.  We enter into fixed coffee purchase commitments in an attempt to secure an adequate supply of coffee.  These agreements are tied to specific market prices (defined by both the origin of the coffee and the time of delivery) but we have significant flexibility in selecting the date of the market price to be used in each contract.  We generally fix the price of our coffee contracts nine to twelve months prior to delivery, so that we can adjust our sales prices to the marketplace.  At June 29, 2013, we had approximately $270.4 million in green coffee purchase commitments, of which approximately 86% had a fixed price.

 

In addition, we regularly use commodity-based financial instruments to hedge price-to-be-established coffee purchase commitments with the objective of minimizing cost risk due to market fluctuations.  These hedges generally qualify as cash flow hedges.  Gains and losses are deferred in other comprehensive income until the hedged inventory sale is recognized in earnings, at which point gains and losses are added to cost of sales.  At June 29, 2013, we held outstanding futures contracts covering 6.3 million pounds of coffee with a fair market value of $(0.9) million, gross of tax.  At September 29, 2012, we held outstanding futures contracts covering 3.2 million pounds of coffee with a fair market value of $(0.3) million, gross of tax.

 

At June 29, 2013, we are exposed to approximately $38.0 million in un-hedged green coffee purchase commitments that do not have a fixed price as compared to $31.6 million in un-hedged green coffee purchase commitments that did not have a fixed price at September 29, 2012.  A hypothetical 10% movement in the “C” price would increase or decrease our financial commitment for these purchase commitments outstanding at June 29, 2013 by approximately $3.8 million.

 

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Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

 

Our foreign operations are primarily related to our Canada segment, which is subject to risks, including, but not limited to, unique economic conditions, changes in political climate, differing tax structures, other regulations and restrictions, and foreign exchange rate volatility.  Accordingly, our future results could be materially adversely affected by changes in these or other factors.  We also source our green coffee, certain production equipment, and components of our brewers and manufacturing of our brewers from countries outside the United States, which are subject to the same risks described for Canada above; however, most of our green coffee and brewer purchases are transacted in the United States dollar.

 

The majority of the transactions conducted by our Canada segment are in the Canadian dollar.  As a result, our revenues are adversely affected when the United States dollar strengthens against the Canadian dollar and are positively affected when the United States dollar weakens against the Canadian dollar.  Conversely, our expenses are positively affected when the United States dollar strengthens against the Canadian dollar and adversely affected when the United States dollar weakens against the Canadian dollar.

 

As described in Note 10, Derivative Financial Instruments, in the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, from time to time we engage in transactions involving various derivative instruments to mitigate our foreign currency rate exposures.  More specifically, we hedge, on a net basis, the foreign currency exposure of a portion of our assets and liabilities that are denominated in Canadian dollars.  These contracts are recorded at fair value and are not designated as hedging instruments for accounting purposes.  As a result, the changes in fair value are recognized in the Gain (loss) on financial instruments, net line in the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations.  We do not engage in speculative transactions, nor do we hold derivative instruments for trading purposes.

 

At June 29, 2013, we had approximately three years remaining on a CDN $120.0 million cross-currency swap that was not designated as a hedging instrument for accounting purposes, which largely offsets the financial impact of the re-measurement of an intercompany note receivable denominated in Canadian dollars for the same amount.  Principal payments on the cross-currency swap are settled on an annual basis to match the repayments on the note receivable and the cross-currency swap is adjusted to fair value each period.  Increases or decreases in the cross-currency swap are generally offset by corresponding decreases or increases in the U.S. dollar value of the Canadian dollar intercompany note.  We also have some naturally occurring hedges where increases or decreases in the foreign currency exchange rates on other intercompany balances denominated in Canadian dollars, are largely offset by increases or decreases associated with Canadian dollar-denominated borrowings under our alternative currency revolving credit facility.

 

In addition, we occasionally use foreign currency forward contracts to hedge certain capital purchase liabilities for production equipment with the objective of minimizing cost risk due to market fluctuations.  We designate these contracts as fair value hedges and measure the effectiveness of these derivative instruments at each balance sheet date.  The changes in the fair value of these instruments along with the changes in the fair value of the hedged liabilities are recognized in net gains or losses on foreign currency on the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations.  We had no outstanding foreign currency forward contracts at June 29, 2013.

 

Movements in foreign currency exchange rates exposes us to market risk resulting from the re-measurement of our net assets that are denominated in a currency different from the functional currency of the entity in which they are held.  The market risk associated with the foreign currency exchange rate movements on foreign exchange contracts is expected to mitigate the market risk of the underlying obligation being hedged.  Based on our net un-hedged assets that are affected by movements in foreign currency exchange rates as of June 29, 2013, a hypothetical 10% movement in the foreign currency exchange rate would result in a charge or credit to earnings of approximately $16.9 million.  In addition, at June 29, 2013 our net investment in our foreign subsidiaries with a functional currency different from our reporting currency was approximately $605.9 million.  A hypothetical 10% movement in the foreign currency exchange rate would increase or decrease our net investment in our foreign subsidiaries by approximately $60.6 million with a corresponding charge to other comprehensive income.

 

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

 

As of June 29, 2013, our management with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act) are effective.

 

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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Part II.  Other Information

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

 

On October 1, 2010, Keurig, Incorporated, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Keurig”), filed suit against Sturm Foods, Inc. (“Sturm”) in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Civil Action No. 1:10-CV-00841-SLR) for patent and trademark infringement, false advertising, and other claims, related to Sturm’s sale of “Grove Square” beverage cartridges that claim to be compatible with Keurig® brewers.  On September 13, 2012, the District Court rendered a summary judgment decision in favor of Sturm on the patent side of the suit.  Keurig has since appealed to the United States Federal Circuit Court of Appeals the District Court’s summary judgment decision, and oral argument for that appeal is scheduled to take place before the Federal Circuit on August 6, 2013.  Separately, on February 19, 2013, Keurig and Sturm entered into a settlement agreement with respect to the trademark infringement, false advertising, and other claims at issue in the suit, all of which have now been dismissed.  The settlement agreement did not materially impact our consolidated financial results of operations.

 

On November 2, 2011, Keurig filed suit against JBR, INC., d/b/a Rogers Family Company (“Rogers”) in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Civil Action No. 1:11-cv-11941-MBB) for patent infringement related to Rogers’ sale of “San Francisco Bay” beverage cartridges for use with Keurig® brewers.  The suit alleges that the “San Francisco Bay” cartridges violate Keurig patents (U.S. Patent Nos. D502,362, 7,165,488 and 7,347,138).  Keurig sought an injunction prohibiting Rogers from selling these cartridges, as well as money damages.  In late 2012, Rogers moved for summary judgment of no infringement as to all three asserted patents.  On May 24, 2013, the District of Massachusetts granted Rogers’ summary judgment motions.  Keurig has since appealed the Court’s ruling to the Federal Circuit, and that appeal is currently pending.

 

On January 24, 2012, Teashot, LLC (“Teashot”) filed suit against the Company, Keurig and Starbucks Corp. (“Starbucks”) in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (Civil Action No. 12-c v-00189-WJM-KMT) for patent infringement related to the making, using, importing, selling and/or offering for sale of K-Cup® packs containing tea.  The suit alleges that the Company, Keurig and Starbucks are violating a Teashot patent (U.S. Patent No. 5,895,672).  Teashot seeks an injunction prohibiting the Company, Keurig and Starbucks from continued infringement, as well as money damages.  Pursuant to its Manufacturing, Sales and Distribution Agreement with Starbucks, the Company is defending and indemnifying Starbucks in connection with the suit.  On March 13, 2012, the Company and Keurig, for themselves and Starbucks, filed an answer with the court, generally denying all of Teashot’s allegations.  The Company and Keurig, for themselves and Starbucks, are vigorously defending this lawsuit.  On May 24, 2013, the Company and Keurig, for themselves and Starbucks, filed a motion for summary judgment of non-infringement.  On July 19, 2013, Teashot filed a motion for partial summary judgment on certain other, unrelated issues.  No hearing on the summary judgment motions has been scheduled.  At this time, the Company is unable to predict the outcome of this lawsuit, the potential loss or range of loss, if any, associated with the resolution of this lawsuit or any potential effect it may have on the Company or its operations.

 

SEC Inquiry

 

As first disclosed on September 28, 2010, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement continues to conduct an inquiry into matters at the Company.  The Company is cooperating fully with the SEC staff’s inquiry.

 

Stockholder Litigation

 

Three putative securities fraud class actions have been filed against the Company and certain of its officers and directors along with two putative stockholder derivative actions.  The first consolidated putative securities fraud class action was commenced following the Company’s disclosure of the SEC inquiry on September 28, 2010.  The second putative securities fraud class action was filed on November 29, 2011, and the third putative securities fraud class action was filed on May 7, 2012.  A consolidated putative stockholder derivative action pending in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont consists of five separate putative stockholder derivative complaints, the first two were filed after the Company’s disclosure of the SEC inquiry on September 28, 2010, while the others were filed on February 10, 2012, March 2, 2012, and July 23, 2012, respectively.  In addition, a putative stockholder derivative action is pending in the Superior Court of the State of Vermont for Washington County that was commenced following the Company’s disclosure of the SEC inquiry on September 28, 2010.

 

The first consolidated putative securities fraud class action, organized under the caption Horowitz v. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., Civ. No. 2:10-cv-00227, is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont before the Honorable William K. Sessions, III.  The underlying complaints in the consolidated action allege violations of the federal securities laws in connection with the Company’s disclosures relating to its revenues and its forward guidance.  The complaints include counts for violation of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 against all defendants, and for violation of Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against the officer defendants.  The plaintiffs seek to represent all purchasers of the Company’s securities between July 28, 2010 and September 28, 2010 or September 29, 2010.  The complaints seek class certification, compensatory damages, equitable and/or injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees, costs, and such other relief as the court should deem just and proper.  Pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3), plaintiffs had until November 29, 2010 to move the court to serve as lead plaintiff of the putative class.  On December 20, 2010, the court appointed Jerzy Warchol, Robert M. Nichols, Jennifer M. Nichols, Marc Schmerler and Mike Shanley lead plaintiffs and approved their selection of Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP as co-lead counsel and the Law Office of Brian Hehir and Woodward & Kelley, PLLC as liaison counsel.  On December 29, 2010 and January 3, 2011, two of the plaintiffs in the underlying actions in the consolidated

 

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proceedings, Russell Blank and Dan M. Horowitz, voluntarily dismissed their cases without prejudice.  Pursuant to a stipulated motion granted by the court on November 29, 2010, the lead plaintiffs filed a consolidated complaint on February 23, 2011, and defendants moved to dismiss that complaint on April 25, 2011.  The court heard argument on the motions to dismiss on January 5, 2012.  On January 27, 2012, the court issued an order granting defendants’ motions and dismissing the consolidated complaint without prejudice and the lead plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to amend the complaint on March 27, 2012.  On April 9, 2012, the parties filed a stipulated motion for filing of the amended complaint and to set a briefing schedule for defendants’ motions to dismiss.  Briefing on defendants’ motions to dismiss was completed on August 29, 2012.  On March 20, 2013, the court granted defendants’ motions to dismiss the amended complaint and dismissed the amended complaint with prejudice.  On April 19, 2013, the plaintiffs filed a notice appealing the court’s ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  On July 24, 2013, plaintiff-appellants filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss the appeal with prejudice, which the appeals court granted on July 29, 2013.

 

The second putative securities fraud class action, captioned Louisiana Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System (“LAMPERS”) v. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., et al., Civ. No. 2:11-cv-00289, was filed on November 29, 2011 and is also pending in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont before the Honorable William K. Sessions, III.  Plaintiffs’ amended complaint alleges violations of the federal securities laws in connection with the Company’s disclosures relating to its revenues and its inventory accounting practices.  The amended complaint seeks class certification, compensatory damages, attorneys’ fees, costs, and such other relief as the court should deem just and proper.  Plaintiffs seek to represent all purchasers of the Company’s securities between February 2, 2011 and November 9, 2011.  The initial complaint filed in the action on November 29, 2011 included counts for alleged violations of (1) Sections 11, 12(a)(2) and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) against the Company, certain of its officers and directors, and the Company’s underwriters in connection with a May 2011 secondary common stock offering; and (2) Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 against the Company and the officer defendants, and for violation of Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against the officer defendants.  Pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3), plaintiffs had until January 30, 2012 to move the court to serve as lead plaintiff of the putative class.  Competing applications were filed and the Court appointed Louisiana Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System, Sjunde AP-Fonden, Board of Trustees of the City of Fort Lauderdale General Employees’ Retirements System, Employees’ Retirements System of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi as lead plaintiffs’ counsel on April 27, 2012.  Pursuant to a schedule approved by the court, plaintiffs filed their amended complaint on October 22, 2012, and plaintiffs filed a corrected amended complaint on November 5, 2012.  Plaintiffs’ amended complaint does not allege any claims under the Securities Act against the Company, its officers and directors, or the Company’s underwriters in connection with the May 2011 secondary common stock offering.  Defendants moved to dismiss the amended complaint on March 1, 2013 and the briefing of their motions was completed on June 26, 2013.  An oral argument on the defendants’ motions to dismiss is set for August 27, 2013.  The underwriters previously named as defendants notified the Company of their intent to seek indemnification from the Company pursuant to their underwriting agreement dated May 5, 2011 in regard to the claims asserted in this action.

 

The third consolidated putative securities fraud class action, captioned Fifield v. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., Civ. No. 2:12-cv-00091, is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont before the Honorable William K. Sessions, III. Plaintiffs’ amended complaint alleges violations of the federal securities laws in connection with the Company’s disclosures relating to its forward guidance.  The amended complaint includes counts for violation of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 against all defendants, and for violation of Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against the officer defendants.  The amended complaint seeks class certification, compensatory damages, equitable and/or injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees, costs, and such other relief as the court should deem just and proper.  Plaintiffs seek to represent all purchasers of the Company’s securities between February 2, 2012 and May 2, 2012.  Pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3), plaintiffs had until July 6, 2012 to move the court to serve as lead plaintiff of the putative class.  On July 31, 2012, the court appointed Kambiz Golesorkhi as lead plaintiff and approved his selection of Kahn Swick & Foti LLC as lead counsel.  On August 14, 2012, the court granted the parties’ stipulated motion for filing of an amended complaint and to set a briefing schedule for defendants’ motions to dismiss.  Pursuant to a schedule approved by the court, plaintiffs filed their amended complaint on October 23, 2012, adding William C. Daley as an additional lead plaintiff.  Defendants moved to dismiss the amended complaint on January 17, 2013 and the briefing of their motions was completed on May 17, 2013.

 

The first putative stockholder derivative action, a consolidated action captioned In re Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.  Derivative Litigation, Civ. No. 2:10-cv-00233, premised on the same allegations asserted in the putative securities class action complaints described above, is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont before the Honorable William K. Sessions, III.  On November 29, 2010, the federal court entered an order consolidating two actions and appointing the firms of Robbins Umeda LLP and Shuman Law Firm as co-lead plaintiffs’ counsel.  On February 23, 2011, the federal court approved a stipulation filed by the parties providing for a temporary stay of that action until the court rules on defendants’ motions to dismiss the consolidated complaint in the Horowitz putative securities fraud class action.  On March 7, 2012, the federal court approved a further joint stipulation continuing the temporary stay until the court either denies a motion to dismiss the Horowitz putative securities fraud class action or the Horowitz putative securities fraud class action is dismissed with prejudice.  On April 27, 2012, the federal court

 

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entered an order consolidating the stockholder derivative action captioned Himmel v. Robert P. Stiller, et al., with two additional putative derivative actions, Musa Family Revocable Trust v. Robert P. Stiller, et al., Civ. No. 2:12-cv-00029, and Laborers Local 235 Benefit Funds v. Robert P. Stiller, et al., Civ. No. 2:12-cv-00042.  On November 14, 2012, the federal court entered an order consolidating an additional stockholder derivative action, captioned as Henry Cargo v. Robert P. Stiller, et al., Civ. No. 2:12-cv-00161, and granting plaintiffs leave to lift the stay for the limited purpose of filing a consolidated complaint.  The consolidated complaint is asserted nominally on behalf of the Company against certain of its officers and directors.  The consolidated complaint asserts claims for breach of fiduciary duty, waste of corporate assets, unjust enrichment, contribution, and indemnification and seeks compensatory damages, injunctive relief, restitution, disgorgement, attorney’s fees, costs, and such other relief as the court should deem just and proper.  On May 14, 2013, the court approved a joint stipulation filed by the parties providing for a temporary stay of the proceedings until the conclusion of the appeal in the Horowitz putative securities fraud class action.  On August 1, 2012, the parties filed a further joint stipulation continuing the temporary stay until the court either denies a motion to dismiss the LAMPERS punitive fraud class action or the LAMPERS punitive fraud class action is dismissed with prejudice.

 

The second putative stockholder derivative action, M. Elizabeth Dickinson v. Robert P. Stiller, et al., Civ. No. 818-11-10, is pending in the Superior Court of the State of Vermont for Washington County.  On February 28, 2011, the court approved a stipulation filed by the parties similarly providing for a temporary stay of that action until the federal court rules on defendants’ motions to dismiss the consolidated complaint in the Horowitz putative securities fraud class action.  As a result of the federal court’s ruling in the Horowitz putative securities fraud class action, the temporary stay was lifted.  On June 25, 2013, plaintiff filed an amended complaint in the action, which is asserted nominally on behalf of the Company against certain current and former directors and officers.  The amended complaint is premised on the same allegations alleged in the Horowitz, LAMPERS, and Fifield putative securities fraud class actions.  The amended complaint asserts claims for breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, waste of corporate assets, and alleged insider selling by certain of the named defendants.  The amended complaint seeks compensatory damages, injunctive relief, restitution, disgorgement, attorneys’ fees, costs, and such other relief as the court should deem just and proper.  Defendants are due to move to dismiss or otherwise respond to the complaint on August 23, 2013.

 

The Company and the other defendants intend to vigorously defend all the pending lawsuits.  Additional lawsuits may be filed and, at this time, the Company is unable to predict the outcome of these lawsuits, the possible loss or range of loss, if any, associated with the resolution of these lawsuits or any potential effect they may have on the Company or its operations.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in our fiscal 2012 Form 10-K.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

We did not repurchase any shares during the third quarter of fiscal 2013.  As of June 29, 2013, $297.8 million remained available for shares to be repurchased under current authorization by our Board of Directors.  On July 30, 2012, our Board of Directors authorized a program for the Company to repurchase up to $500.0 million of our common shares over two years, and at such times and prices as determined by the Company’s management.  See Note 13, Stockholders’ Equity, of the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report.

 

Item 6.  Exhibits

 

(a) Exhibits:

 

10.1

 

Transition Agreement between Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., and Scott McCreary, dated May 23, 2013.

 

 

 

10.2

 

Consultancy Agreement between Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., and Robert Stiller, dated June 19, 2013.

 

 

 

10.3

 

Consultancy Agreement between Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., and Larry Blanford, dated June 19, 2013.

 

 

 

31.1

 

Principal Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 as Adopted Pursuant to the Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

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31.2

 

Principal Financial Officer Certification Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 as Adopted Pursuant to the Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

32.1

 

Principal Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

32.2

 

Principal Financial Officer Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

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The following financial statements from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 29, 2013 formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (iv) the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (v) the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) related notes.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

8/7/2013

By:

/s/ Brian P. Kelley

 

 

 

Brian P. Kelley,

 

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

8/7/2013

By

/s/ Frances G. Rathke

 

 

 

Frances G. Rathke,

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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