American Italian Pasta Company Provides Certain Revenue and Liquidity Information and Asset Divestiture Update
06 6월 2006 - 10:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Italian
Pasta Company (NYSE:PLB) today provided certain revenue and
liquidity information for fiscal year 2005 and the first two
quarters of fiscal year 2006 and also gave an update on previously
announced asset divestitures. REVENUE INFORMATION The Company
provided certain information relating to revenues for fiscal year
2005 and for the six-month fiscal period ended March 31, 2006. The
Company noted that sales volumes over these periods generally
decreased more than total revenues, thereby revenue per pound sold
increased. The Company also noted that all historical revenue
amounts outlined below are unaudited and are subject to possible
adjustments resulting from the continuing, previously announced
Audit Committee investigation. Revenues - fiscal year 2005: Total
revenues were $388.7 million in the 2005 fiscal year ended
September 30, 2005, decreasing 6.9% from $417.4 million in the 2004
fiscal year. Overall volume decreased 9.1% during the fiscal year,
as compared to the previous fiscal year. Significant components of
revenue performance for fiscal year 2005 include: Retail revenues:
The Company's retail revenues decreased by $12.8 million, or 4.2%,
as compared to the 2004 fiscal year. Retail volume decreased during
the year by 3.6% as compared to the prior fiscal year.
Institutional revenues: The Company's institutional revenues
decreased by $15.9 million, or 14.0%, as compared to the 2004
fiscal year. Institutional volume declined during the year by
19.0%. Revenues - six-month 2006 fiscal period: Total revenues were
$197.0 million in the six-month fiscal period ended March 31, 2006,
decreasing 1.1% from $199.2 million in the comparable six-month
period in the 2005 fiscal year. Overall volume decreased 1.6%
during the six-month period, as compared to the previous fiscal
year's period. Significant components of revenue performance for
the fiscal year 2006 six-month period include: Retail revenues: The
Company's retail revenues decreased by $1.2 million, or 0.8%, as
compared to the same six-month period in the 2005 fiscal year.
Retail volume decreased during the period by 0.7% as compared to
the prior fiscal year period. Institutional revenues: The Company's
institutional revenues decreased by $1.0 million, or 2.1%, as
compared to the same six-month period in the 2005 fiscal year.
Institutional volume declined during the period by 3.6%. LIQUIDITY
The Company had total liquidity resources as of May 26, 2006 (the
end of the Company's May fiscal period) of $36.0 million,
consisting of cash on hand of $7.5 million and $28.5 million
availability under the Company's $30.0 million revolving credit
facility. Total debt outstanding on May 26, 2006 was $267.6
million. Total debt, net of cash, was $260.1 million at that time,
as compared to $267.5 million as of September 30, 2005 (the end of
the 2005 fiscal year), reflecting reductions in net debt of $7.4
million during the eight fiscal months ended May 26, 2006. For the
eight fiscal months ended May 26, 2006, the Company's cash outflows
included the following items of significance: interest costs of
$15.8 million; capital expenditures of $5.3 million; professional
fees of $5.1 million relating to the audit committee investigation,
shareholder litigation and related matters; management consulting
fees of $5.4 million; and costs associated with the Company's debt
refinancing and bank waiver of $7.3 million. During this period
when such expenditures were incurred, the Company has had
sufficient cash generation and liquidity to meet its obligations
and, as noted above, reduce its net debt position by $7.4 million.
The Company has also continued to reduce its level of slow moving,
damaged and obsolete inventories during the fiscal year 2006 and
has generated approximately $1.5 million of cash during the eight
fiscal months ended May 26, 2006 from the disposal of such
inventory. ASSET DIVESTITURES UPDATE In February 2006, the Company
announced that efforts had commenced to divest certain assets. In
that regard, the Company outlined the following updates on
divestitures since the prior announcement: Specialty Brand
Divestments: The Company has recently received an offer to buy the
specialty pasta brands for approximately $0.9 million and
anticipates closing on the sale in July 2006. As a result,
impairment charges are now expected to be approximately $4.3
million. Kenosha Plant Divestment: The Company's efforts to divest
the Kenosha, Wis. facility have also progressed and it expects to
sell in separate transactions (i) the related building and real
estate, and (ii) certain of the plant manufacturing equipment. The
Company has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to sell the
building and real estate for net cash proceeds of approximately
$6.0 million. The sale is expected to close in July 2006 and the
Company is continuing its efforts to sell the manufacturing assets.
Based on the anticipated real estate transaction, the value of
assets transferred to other plants and the estimated market value
of the equipment to be sold, the Company now expects impairment
charges for the permanent closing of the Kenosha facility to
aggregate approximately $22.5 million (excluding contract
termination costs that may be incurred). Other Asset Divestments:
The Company's efforts to divest certain other identified assets
have resulted in the completion of the sale of the Company's
fractional aircraft interest and a parcel of undeveloped land in
the second fiscal quarter of 2006. These sales generated
approximately $1.7 million of net cash proceeds. The Company is
continuing its efforts to divest certain manufacturing equipment no
longer used in its operations. These other asset divestments are
now expected to result in total asset impairment charges of
approximately $3.5 million. Founded in 1988 and based in Kansas
City, Missouri, American Italian Pasta Company is the largest
producer and marketer of dry pasta in North America. The Company
has four plants that are located in Excelsior Springs, Missouri;
Columbia, South Carolina; Tolleson, Arizona and Verolanuova, Italy.
The Company has approximately 600 employees located in the United
States and Italy. When used in this release, the words
"anticipate," "believe," "estimate," and "expect" and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements,
but are not the exclusive means of identifying these statements.
The statements by the Company regarding the expected full fiscal
year 2005 and year-to-date fiscal year 2006 revenues are
forward-looking. Actual future results or events could differ
materially from those anticipated by such forward-looking
statements. The differences could be caused by a number of factors,
including, but not limited to, the completion and findings of the
Audit Committee investigation, the Company's review of its
financial statements, a review and/or audit of the Company's
financial statements by its independent registered public
accounting firm, the SEC staff review, and the conclusions reached
regarding financial reporting. The Company will not update any
forward-looking statements in this press release to reflect future
events. DATASOURCE: American Italian Pasta Company CONTACT: George
Shadid, EVP & Chief Financial Officer of American Italian Pasta
Company, +1-816-584-5621, or Web site: http://www.aipc.com/
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