SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For Quarter Ended March 30, 1996 Commission File Number 33-68958
Specialty Foods Acquisition Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
State of Delaware 75-2488183
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S.Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
520 Lake Cook Road, Suite 520, Deerfield, IL 60015
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (847) 267-3000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days. Yes [X] No
The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant's common stock
as of May 8, 1996 was 63,484,491 shares of common stock.
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SPECIALTY FOODS ACQUISITION CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
March 30, December 30,
1996 1995
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ASSETS (Unaudited)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,315 $ 18,229
Accounts receivable, net 59,891 54,987
Inventories 147,411 149,072
Insurance claim receivable 17,400 -
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 14,137 10,151
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Total current assets 242,154 232,439
Property, plant, and equipment, net 356,153 369,430
Intangible assets, net 469,557 471,874
Deferred debt issuance costs, net 38,766 40,283
Other noncurrent assets 3,402 3,609
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Total assets $ 1,110,032 $ 1,117,635
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt $ 4,118 $ 4,177
Accounts payable 173,838 148,550
Accrued expenses 103,829 120,586
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Total current liabilities 281,785 273,313
Long-term debt 1,147,851 1,139,556
Other noncurrent liabilities 58,205 57,828
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock 646 646
Additional paid-in capital 42,750 42,750
Employee notes for common stock purchases (1,134) (1,134)
Accumulated deficit (418,362) (394,361)
Cumulative translation adjustment (794) (837)
Cost of common shares in treasury (915) (126)
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Total stockholders' equity (377,809) (353,062)
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 1,110,032 $ 1,117,635
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See accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
SPECIALTY FOODS ACQUISITION CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share data)
Three months ended
March 30, March 31,
1996 1995
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Net sales $ 474,917 $ 470,112
Cost of sales 336,907 330,231
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Gross profit 138,010 139,881
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses 132,952 120,952
Amortization of intangibles 3,622 5,104
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Total operating expenses 136,574 126,056
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Operating profit 1,436 13,825
Other:
Interest, net (33,204) (32,864)
Other income (expense), net 8,546 (1,829)
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Loss before income taxes and
extraordinary item (23,222) (20,868)
Provision for income taxes 779 549
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Loss before extraordinary item (24,001) (21,417)
Extraordinary item - (2,323)
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Net loss $ (24,001) $ (23,740)
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Loss per share
Loss before extraordinary item (.37) (.34)
Extraordinary item - (.04)
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Net Loss $ (.37) $ (.38)
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See accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
SPECIALTY FOODS ACQUISITION CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(In Thousands)
Three months ended
March 30, March 31,
1996 1995
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss $ (24,001) $ (23,740)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to
net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 15,723 16,510
Debt issuance cost amortization 1,517 2,268
Write-off of deferred costs - 2,323
Accretion of interest 9,326 8,154
Excess of insurance proceeds over
carrying value of assets (8,300) -
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities and other (12,817) (24,044)
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Net cash used in operating activities (18,552) (18,529)
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures (6,248) (5,243)
Proceeds from insurance claim 15,000 -
Other 84 205
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Net cash provided by (used in)
investing activities 8,836 (5,038)
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments on long-term debt (682) (46,842)
Proceeds from long-term debt - 45,199
Payments of debt issuance costs (3,438) (1,176)
Purchase of treasury stock (789) (986)
Purchase of subordinated debentures (1,689) -
Increase in revolving credit 1,400 26,200
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing
activities (5,198) 22,395
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Decrease in cash and cash equivalents (14,914) (1,172)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning
of period 18,229 1,762
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 3,315 $ 590
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See accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
SPECIALTY FOODS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except share data)
NOTE 1 - Interim Financial Information
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited interim condensed
financial information of Specialty Foods Acquisition Corporation ("SFAC") and
its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company") contains all adjustments,
consisting only of those of a recurring nature, necessary to present fairly
the Company's financial position and results of operations. All significant
intercompany accounts, transactions and profits have been eliminated.
These financial statements are for interim periods and do not include all
information normally provided in annual financial statements and should
be read in conjunction with the financial statements of the Company for the
year ended December 30, 1995 included in the annual report filed on Form
10-K. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily
indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year.
NOTE 2 - Earnings Per Share
The weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the
period utilized in the calculation of earnings per share ("EPS") was 64,112,572
and 63,388,310 in 1996 and 1995, respectively. No effect to common stock
equivalents was given in the EPS calculation as their inclusion would have
decreased the loss per share.
NOTE 3 - Inventories
The components of inventories are as follows:
March 30, December 30,
1996 1995
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Raw materials and packaging $ 28,308 $ 26,126
Work in progress 55,072 56,213
Finished goods 63,519 66,476
Other 2,741 2,769
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149,640 151,584
Less LIFO and other reserves (2,229) (2,512)
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$ 147,411 $ 149,072
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Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined
principally by the last-in first-out ("LIFO") method, although the first-in
first-out ("FIFO") method is used by certain subsidiaries.
NOTE 4 - Product Grouping Information
All of the Company's operations fall within the food industry segment. Net
sales, gross profit and operating profit (loss) for the Company's major
product groupings are summarized below:
Three months ended March 30, 1996
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Cheese and Other
Bakery Meat Specialty Food Corporate Total
Operations Operations Operations and Other Operations
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Net sales 213,115 227,042 34,760 - 474,917
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Gross profit 99,807 27,187 11,016 - 138,010
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Operating profit 1,907 3,536 627 (4,634) 1,436
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Three Months Ended March 31, 1995
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Cheese and Other
Bakery Meat Specialty Food Corporate Total
Operations Operations Operations and Other Operations
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Net sales 206,225 232,291 31,596 - 470,112
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Gross profit 99,058 30,708 10,115 - 139,881
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Operating profit 6,885 9,332 616 (3,008) 13,825
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The Bakery Operation's products primarily consist of breads, buns, rolls,
sweet goods, cookies and sourdough French bread. These products are
distributed primarily through a company-owned DSD system throughout the
Midwestern United States, California and the Pacific Northwest.
The Cheese and Meat Operation's products primarily consist of specialty
Italian cheeses, other European-style specialty cheeses, basic Italian
cheeses and pre-cooked meat products. The cheese products are sold
throughout the United States, through retail grocers, to foodservice accounts
and to industrial food processors. The meat products are sold primarily to
national and regional restaurant chains and to prepared-food producers.
Products in the Other Specialty Food Operations grouping include pickles,
peppers, and spices sold through retail grocers in the greater New York
metropolitan area and bagel chips distributed nationally through brokers
and distributors to grocery stores, gourmet shops and club stores. The
Company also operates 29 cafe shops located in the San Francisco Bay area,
San Diego and the greater Chicago area.
NOTE 5 - STELLA FIRE
On January 5, 1996, a Stella Foods, Inc. (Stella) cheese manufacturing plant
located in Lena, Wisconsin was substantially destroyed by fire. The plant,
which was responsible for approximately 20% of Stella's production, produced
mozzarella and ricotta cheeses sold primarily under the Frigo trademark.
The Company is rebuilding the plant and expects it to be substantially
operational by the end of August, 1996. Although Stella has shifted some
of the Lena production to other plants and to co-packers, it has not been
able to replace all of its customers' product requirements. As a result,
the Company's 1996 first quarter operating profit was adversely impacted by
approximately $2.1 million.
The Company has comprehensive insurance which provides replacement cost
coverage for all property damage, as well as reimbursement for lost operating
profit for the period until the plant is fully operational.
Management's current estimate of the total insurance claim through March 30,
1996 is $32 million of which $19.5 million has been received to date ($15
million received as of March 30). The portion of the claim representing
coverage for the lost operating profit ($2.1 million) during the first
quarter and the portion representing management's estimate of the excess of
replacement cost over book value of assets destroyed and written off
($8.3 million), have been recorded as "Other income" in the statement of
operations. The Company expects settlement procedures with its insurance
carriers to continue throughout the remainder of 1996.
NOTE 6 - Other Information
On January 12, 1996, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer (the
"Executive") resigned. The Company entered into a termination agreement with
the Executive pursuant to which the Company will pay the Executive
approximately $2.0 million over a period of twenty-four months beginning in
January, 1996. The payments have been fully accrued in the financial
statements for the quarter ended March 30, 1996. The termination agreement
also provided for the purchase by SFAC of the Executive's common stock and
subordinated debentures at a price equal to approximately $0.73 per share of
common stock and the accreted value of the subordinated debentures. The
aggregate consideration paid to the Executive in the purchase of such
securities equaled $2.5 million. SFAC and the Executive also entered into an
Amended and Restated Stock Option Agreement which reduced the number of
shares subject to an option to purchase common stock of SFAC from 1,950,972
to 350,000.
As of March 30, 1996 the Company was in compliance with all covenants under its
Term Facility and Revolving Credit Facility (together, the "Credit
Facilities"). However, if the difficult conditions experienced by businesses
in categories in which the Company competes continue throughout the remainder
of 1996, the Company may violate certain financial covenants under the Credit
Facilities. If necessary, management would request amendments to its
financial covenants relating to 1996 results.
NOTE 7 - Subsequent Events
On April 12, 1996 the Company executed a non-binding letter of intent to merge
its subsidiary, Belsea Holdings, Inc (Belsea) into a newly-formed joint venture
with United States Bakery (USB) of Portland, Oregon. This transaction, which
is subject to certain conditions, including obtaining certain regulatory
approvals, is expected to close in the third quarter of 1996 and, will result
in the contribution of substantially all the respective assets and
liabilities of Belsea and USB into the joint venture. The tentative terms of
the transaction provide for minority ownership of the joint venture on the
part of the Company.
On April 25, 1996 the Company entered into several agreements for the sale and
leaseback of approximately $17.9 million of production equipment at four
bakeries and two cheese plants. The leases will be classified as operating
leases and, as a result, the book value of the equipment will be removed from
the balance sheet. Losses of $2.5 million realized on the sale of equipment
at two facilities will be recognized immediately while gains of $5.0 million
realized on the equipment sales at the other four facilities will be deferred
and amortized to income as rent expense adjustments over the 6 1/2-year lease
term. Aggregate rentals under the leases will approximate $3.5 million
annually, commencing in May, 1996.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
COMPARISON OF FIRST QUARTER 1996 TO FIRST QUARTER 1995
Consolidated net sales for the three months ended March 30, 1996 increased
1% to $475 million compared to $470 million in 1995. Excluding the impact of
acquisitions, net sales were comparable to the prior year.
Net sales of the Bakery Operations increased $7 million (3%) to $213
million. This increase was primarily due to price increases and the
acquisition in May, 1995 of two bakeries and the related routes, partially
offset by slightly lower volumes. Net sales of the Cheese and Meat
Operations, consisting of Stella and H&M Food Systems Company, Inc. (H&M),
respectively, decreased $5 million (2%) to $227 million. Net sales increased
at Stella by $1 million (1%), while declining $6 million (13%) at H&M.
Stella's net increase in sales resulted from price increases, substantially
offset by decreased volume resulting from a fire at a Stella manufacturing
plant in January, 1996. (See "Stella Fire" below for further discussion
regarding the fire and its impacts.) The decline at H&M was primarily due to
lower commodity prices and the loss of significant business from its largest
customer subsequent to the first quarter of 1995. Net sales of the Other
Specialty Food Operations increased $3 million (10%) primarily due to the
incremental sales contribution from the New York Style Bagel Chip Business,
which was acquired in September, 1995.
The Company's gross profit margin decreased to 29.1% from 29.8% in 1995
primarily due to a significant increase in the cost of flour and milk,
the key commodity ingredients in the Company's Bakery and Cheese
Operations, respectively, partially offset by price increases and continued
manufacturing cost reductions.
Consolidated operating profit in 1996 decreased 89.8% to $1.4 million
compared to $13.8 million in 1995. Operating profit in the Bakery
Operations decreased 72.3% to $1.9 million compared to $6.9 million in 1995.
This decrease was principally due to the significant increase in the cost of
flour, increases in promotion and selling expenses and slightly lower volumes,
partially offset by price increases and decreased amortization expense due to
the 1995 goodwill write-down.
Operating profit in the Cheese and Meat Operations decreased 62.1% to $3.5
million compared to $9.3 million in 1995. Operating profit at Stella
decreased $6.0 million (79%) principally due to a significant increase in
milk prices, increased promotion and distribution expenses and volume losses
resulting from the fire, partially offset by price increases. Operating
profit at H&M was essentially flat compared to the prior year as the negative
impacts of lower volume and lower commodity prices were fully offset by cost
reductions and decreased amortization expense due to the 1995 goodwill
write-down. Operating profit in the Other Specialty Food Operations was
essentially flat compared to 1995.
Corporate expenses increased to $4.6 million in 1996 compared to $3.0 million
in 1995. On January 12, 1996, the Company announced the resignation of its
President and Chief Executive Officer (the "Executive"). The Company entered
into a termination agreement with the Executive pursuant to which the Company
will pay the Executive approximately $2.0 million over a period of
twenty-four months beginning in January, 1996. All costs associated with the
termination agreement have been accrued in the first quarter and resulted in
the increase in corporate expenses.
Interest expense in 1996 increased 1% to $33.2 million from $32.9 million in
1995 principally due to the additional indebtedness that results from the
accretion of interest on the Company's Senior Debentures and Subordinated
Debentures, partially offset by a small decline in interest rates.
The effective income tax rates in 1996 and 1995 differ from the Federal
statutory rate primarily due to the nondeductibility of the amortization of
certain intangible assets and tax benefits not currently recognizable for
financial statement purposes.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Net cash used in operating activities was essentially unchanged from 1995 at
approximately $18.5 million. In 1996, the benefit from the Company's
continued aggressive management of its working capital accounts,
particularly accounts payable, was substantially offset by lower operating
profit and cash expenditures associated with the Stella fire that have not
yet been reimbursed by the Company's insurance carriers. In both 1996 and
1995, the Company's first quarter operating cash flows were impacted by
interest payments totaling $22.8 million on its 10 1/4% Senior Notes and
the 11 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes.
The Company's businesses are moderately seasonal with higher sales, operating
profit and operating cash flows generally occurring in the third and fourth
quarters of the year. This seasonality is due primarily to higher bread
sales in the summer months and higher cheese sales in the fall and winter
months. The cheese business tends to build inventory of its hard-style
cheeses for aging in the spring and summer when milk prices have
historically been lower.
Specialty Foods Finance Corporation ("SFFC"), an accounts receivable
subsidiary, purchases substantially all of the accounts receivable from the
operating subsidiaries of the Company. SFFC sells, for cash, an undivided
interest in eligible accounts receivable, up to a maximum of $95 million,
on a revolving basis, pursuant to a securitization facility. At March 30,
1996 and March 31, 1995, the consolidated accounts receivable balance has
been reduced by $95 million due to the receivables sold by SFFC pursuant
to the securitization facility.
Net cash provided by investing activities was $8.8 million in 1996 compared
to net cash used in investing activities of $5.0 million in 1995. Investing
activities in 1996 include the $15 million proceeds from the Stella fire
insurance claim. Capital expenditures were $6.2 million in 1996 and $5.2
million in 1995. These expenditures have been funded primarily through
internally generated funds and borrowings under the Revolving Credit
Facility. Capital expenditures are expected to approximate $40 million for
the full year and will continue to be funded from internal sources and
available borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility. The
planned level of capital expenditures is needed primarily to maintain the
Company's existing level of operations and enhance its production
efficiencies.
Net cash used in financing activities was $5.2 million in 1996 compared to
net cash provided by financing activities of $22.4 million in 1995. In 1996,
limited additional borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility were
required principally due to the cash on hand at the end of 1995. The
Revolving Credit Facility provides for borrowings of up to $125 million. At
March 30, 1996, $74.0 million was outstanding under the Revolving Credit
Facility and the Company had $24.6 million of outstanding letters of credit.
The letters of credit reduce the availability of the facility and, as a
result, $26.4 million was available for borrowing at March 30, 1996.
In February, 1995, the Company repaid approximately $45 million in principal
amount of the Original Term Loan Facility previously due on or prior to
August, 1996 and, concurrently with the payment of such amounts, borrowed
$45 million under the Original Term Loan Facility with maturities in 1996
through 1999. As a result of this early extinguishment of debt, deferred
debt issuance costs of $2.3 million were written off and recorded as an
extraordinary item in the 1995 first quarter.
The consolidated indebtedness of the Company as of March 30, 1996
consisted of $74 million under the Revolving Credit Facility, $174 million
under the Term Facility, $225 million in 10 1/4% Senior Notes due 2001, $200
million in 11 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2003, $150 million in 11
1/8% Senior Notes due 2002, $209 million of Senior Debentures due 2005, $101
million of Subordinated Debentures due 2006, and $19 million of other
indebtedness, principally industrial development bonds.
With respect to the $174 million borrowed under the Term Facility, the
Company will be required to make principal payments of $.5 million, $.5
million, $.5 million, $.5 million, $86 million and $86 million in 1996,
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001, respectively. Borrowings under the
Revolving Credit Facility will mature in April, 2001.
The $209 million of Senior Debentures and $101 million of Subordinated
Debentures are obligations of SFAC, a holding company which conducts business
through Specialty Foods Corporation (SFC) and SFC's subsidiaries, and has no
operations of its own. The primary asset of SFAC is the common stock of SFC.
SFAC has no other cash flows other than from dividends and other
distributions from SFC. The right of SFAC to participate in any
distributions of earnings or assets of SFC and SFC's subsidiaries is subject
to the prior claims of the creditors of SFC and such subsidiaries. In
addition, the agreements governing the Term Facility and the Revolving Credit
Facility and the indentures governing the existing public debt of SFC (the
Senior Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes) contain certain restrictive
covenants, including, to the detriment of the holders of the Senior
Debentures and the Subordinated Debentures, certain covenants that restrict
or prohibit (with de minimis exceptions) SFC's ability to pay dividends or to
make other distributions to SFAC. Specifically, as a result of the Company's
goodwill write-down in 1995, SFC's ability to make distributions to SFAC
under the indentures of the Senior Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes
has been impaired and these indentures will require modification before any
such distributions to SFAC can be made. Interest becomes payable on the
Senior Debentures commencing in February, 2000 and the Subordinated
Debentures commencing in February, 2002. Consequently, all or a portion of the
Senior Debentures and the Subordinated Debentures may require refinancing
prior to the maturity thereof.
As of March 30, 1996 the Company was in compliance with all covenants under
its Credit Facilities. However, if the difficult conditions experienced by
businesses in categories in which the Company competes continue throughout
the remainder of 1996, the Company may violate certain of its financial
covenants under the Credit Facilities. If necessary, management would request
amendments to its financial covenants relating to 1996 results.
The Company remains highly leveraged and, as a result, a significant
portion of its operating cash flows are required for debt service and to
fund seasonal working capital requirements. Nonetheless, management
believes that cash flows from operations, available borrowing capacity
under the Revolving Credit Facility, and financing opportunities, such as the
equipment sale and leaseback transaction discussed in Note 7 to the Condensed
Financial Statements, available under the Company's debt documents,
provide sufficient liquidity to enable the Company to meet its debt service
obligations until the year 2000, although there can be no assurances that
cash flow will be adequate to meet such obligations. Based upon current
levels of operations and anticipated growth, the Company expects that it will
be required to refinance a portion of its indebtedness beginning in the year
2000. The Company currently has no specific plans for the implementation of
such financing.
STELLA FIRE
On January 5, 1996, a Stella cheese manufacturing plant located in Lena,
Wisconsin was substantially destroyed by fire. The plant, which was
responsible for approximately 20% of Stella's production, produced
mozzarella and ricotta cheeses sold primarily under the Frigo trademark.
The Company is rebuilding the plant and expects it to be substantially
operational by the end of August, 1996. Although Stella has shifted some
of the Lena production to other plants and to co-packers, it has not been
able to replace all of its customers' product requirements. As a result,
the Company's 1996 first quarter operating profit was adversely impacted by
approximately $2.1 million.
The Company has comprehensive insurance which provides replacement cost
coverage for all property damage, as well as reimbursement for lost operating
profit for the period until the plant is fully operational.
Management's current estimate of the total insurance claim through March 30,
1996 is $32 million of which $19.5 million has been received to date ($15
million received as of March 30). The portion of the claim representing
coverage for the lost operating profit ($2.1 million) during the first
quarter and the portion representing management's estimate of the excess of
replacement cost over book value of assets destroyed and written off
($8.3 million), have been recorded as "Other income" in the statement of
operations. The Company expects settlement procedures with its insurance
carriers to continue throughout the remainder of 1996.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 4: Submission of Matters Subject to a Vote of Security Holders
None.
Item 6: Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(a) Exhibit 27 Financial Data Schedule
(b) The Company filed a Report on Form 8-K dated March 28, 1996, disclosing a
press release reporting SFC's financial results for the 1995 fourth quarter
and year end, which included a write-down of certain acquisition-related
goodwill.
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.
SPECIALTY FOODS CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Paul J. Liska
Paul J. Liska
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: May 14, 1996
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