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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010

OR

 

¨ 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: 001-34621

 

 

GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   52-2076126
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2401 Pleasant Valley Road  
York, Pennsylvania   17402
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(717) 849-8500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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 (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  ¨

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  ¨    No  ¨

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. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

As of July 30, 2010, the registrant had outstanding 62,555,962 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

 

 

 


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GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.

INDEX

 

         Page Number

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

Item 1:

 

Financial Statements:

  
  CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) – At June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009    3
  CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) – For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009    4
  CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (Unaudited) – For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009    5
  CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) – For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009    6
 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

   7

Item 2:

 

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

   27

Item 3:

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   41

Item 4T:

 

Controls and Procedures

   42

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

  

Item 1:

 

Legal Proceedings

   43

Item 1A:

 

Risk Factors

   43

Item 2:

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

   43

Item 4:

 

(Removed and Reserved)

   43

Item 6:

 

Exhibits

   43

Signature

   44

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

     June 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 
     (In thousands)  

ASSETS

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 136,112      $ 147,808   

Accounts receivable, net

     234,210        191,685   

Inventories

     188,493        194,702   

Deferred income taxes

     3,573        3,446   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     34,087        58,297   
                

Total current assets

     596,475        595,938   

Property, plant and equipment, net

     992,189        1,017,778   

Intangible assets, net

     41,181        43,012   

Goodwill

     435,073        437,058   

Other non-current assets

     31,996        32,506   
                

Total assets

   $ 2,096,914      $ 2,126,292   
                

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY (DEFICIT)

    

Current liabilities:

    

Current portion of long-term debt

   $ 34,638      $ 100,657   

Accounts payable

     136,089        111,013   

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     172,514        186,806   

Deferred revenue

     24,883        30,245   
                

Total current liabilities

     368,124        428,721   

Long-term debt

     2,206,160        2,336,206   

Deferred income taxes

     31,725        24,625   

Other non-current liabilities

     103,138        99,854   

Commitments and contingent liabilities (see Notes 15 and 16)

    

Equity (deficit):

    

Graham Packaging Company Inc. stockholders’ equity (deficit):

    

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding

     —          —     

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, shares issued and outstanding 62,555,962 and 42,998,786

     626        430   

Additional paid-in capital

     454,580        297,470   

Retained earnings (deficit)

     (1,020,715     (1,032,887

Notes and interest receivable for ownership interests

     (6,504     (6,353

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     (46,533     (31,123
                

Graham Packaging Company Inc. stockholders’ equity (deficit)

     (618,546     (772,463

Noncontrolling interests

     6,313        9,349   
                

Equity (deficit)

     (612,233     (763,114
                

Total liabilities and equity (deficit)

   $ 2,096,914      $ 2,126,292   
                

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009  
     (In thousands, except share and per share data)  

Net sales

   $ 652,832      $ 585,714      $ 1,238,408      $ 1,147,565   

Cost of goods sold

     532,234        473,021        1,015,492        941,296   
                                

Gross profit

     120,598        112,693        222,916        206,269   

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     28,414        28,977        95,941        57,472   

Asset impairment charges

     554        6,459        2,792        8,035   

Net loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     826        803        1,053        2,298   
                                

Operating income

     90,804        76,454        123,130        138,464   

Interest expense

     41,891        37,183        87,275        76,881   

Interest income

     (178     (247     (298     (471

Net (gain) loss on debt extinguishment

     —          (756     2,664        (756

Increase in income tax receivable obligations

     3,600        —          4,900        —     

Other expense (income), net

     349        (977     3,212        (1,545
                                

Income before income taxes

     45,142        41,251        25,377        64,355   

Income tax provision

     7,342        6,681        12,088        12,615   
                                

Income from continuing operations

     37,800        34,570        13,289        51,740   

Loss from discontinued operations

     —          (1,479     —          (1,806
                                

Net income

     37,800        33,091        13,289        49,934   

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     4,264        5,262        1,974        8,088   
                                

Net income attributable to Graham Packaging Company Inc. stockholders

   $ 33,536      $ 27,829      $ 11,315      $ 41,846   
                                

Earnings per share:

        

Income from continuing operations per share:

        

Basic

   $ 0.54      $ 0.68      $ 0.20      $ 1.01   

Diluted

   $ 0.53      $ 0.68      $ 0.19      $ 1.01   

Loss from discontinued operations per share:

        

Basic

   $ —        $ (0.03   $ —        $ (0.04

Diluted

   $ —        $ (0.03   $ —        $ (0.04

Net income attributable to Graham Packaging Company Inc. stockholders per share:

        

Basic

   $ 0.54      $ 0.65      $ 0.20      $ 0.97   

Diluted

   $ 0.53      $ 0.65      $ 0.19      $ 0.97   

Weighted average shares outstanding:

        

Basic

     62,555,962        42,975,419        57,780,042        42,975,419   

Diluted

     62,555,962        42,975,419        57,780,042        42,975,419   

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2010     2009    2010     2009
     (In thousands)

Net income

   $ 37,800      $ 33,091    $ 13,289      $ 49,934

Other comprehensive (loss) income:

         

Changes in fair value of derivatives designated and accounted for as cash flow hedges (net of tax of $0 for all periods presented)

     —          81      —          347

Amortization of amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of the date the Company discontinued hedge accounting for its interest rate collar and swap agreements (net of tax of $0 for all periods presented)

     2,018        1,609      4,107        3,217

Amortization of prior service costs and unrealized actuarial losses included in net periodic benefit costs for pension and post-retirement plans (net of a tax provision of $9 and $19 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively, and $10 and $20 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively)

     516        671      859        1,302

Foreign currency translation adjustments (net of a tax provision of $77 for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, and a tax provision of $370 and a tax benefit of $6 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively)

     (22,850     28,062      (24,537     4,860
                             

Total other comprehensive (loss) income

     (20,316     30,423      (19,571     9,726
                             

Comprehensive income (loss)

     17,484        63,514      (6,282     59,660

Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     2,406        9,843      206        9,552
                             

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Graham Packaging Company Inc. stockholders

   $ 15,078      $ 53,671    $ (6,488   $ 50,108
                             

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2010     2009  
     (In thousands)  

Operating activities:

  

Net income

   $ 13,289      $ 49,934   

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

    

Depreciation and amortization

     77,645        80,012   

Amortization of debt issuance fees

     3,184        4,758   

Accretion of senior unsecured notes

     238        —     

Net loss (gain) on debt extinguishment

     2,664        (756

Net loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     1,053        2,298   

Pension expense

     1,577        2,520   

Asset impairment charges

     2,792        8,035   

Unrealized loss on termination of cash flow hedge accounting

     359        2,262   

Stock compensation expense

     656        407   

Equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries

     (40     —     

Deferred tax provision

     7,263        5,257   

Increase in income tax receivable obligations

     4,900        —     

Foreign currency transaction loss

     507        80   

Interest receivable on loans to owners

     (151     (63

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable

     (47,419     8,789   

Inventories

     2,397        18,999   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     20,490        18,329   

Other non-current assets

     (4,769     (3,270

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     15,015        35,152   

Pension contributions

     (2,916     (14,326

Other non-current liabilities

     468        (289
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     99,202        218,128   
                

Investing activities:

    

Cash paid for property, plant and equipment

     (75,937     (71,800

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

     255        580   
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (75,682     (71,220
                

Financing activities:

    

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

     42,518        22,508   

Payment of long-term debt

     (240,478     (55,668

Debt issuance fees

     (648     (9,570

Proceeds from the issuance of common stock, net of underwriting discount of $11.3 million

     171,055        —     

Payment of other expenses for the issuance of common stock

     (5,419     —     

Purchase of ownership interests

     —          (89
                

Net cash used in financing activities

     (32,972     (42,819
                

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     (2,244     969   
                

(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (11,696     105,058   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     147,808        43,879   
                

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 136,112      $ 148,937   
                

Supplemental disclosures:

    

Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized

   $ 74,401      $ 82,516   

Cash paid for income taxes (net of refunds)

     9,686        7,491   

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

    

Accruals for purchases of property, plant and equipment

     6,051        19,035   

Accruals for debt issuance fees

     136        5,443   

Accruals for fees related to the initial public offering

     250        —     

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) of Graham Packaging Company Inc. (“GPC”), a Delaware corporation (formerly known as BMP/Graham Holdings Corporation), have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“generally accepted accounting principles” or “GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X and therefore do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete annual financial statements. All entities and assets owned by GPC are referred to collectively with GPC as the “Company.” Graham Packaging Holdings Company, a subsidiary which is 90.9% owned by GPC and for which GPC holds 100% of the general partnership interest, is refered to as “Holdings.” Graham Packaging Company, L.P., Holdings’ wholly-owned subsidiary, is referred to as the “Operating Company.” In the opinion of the management of the Company, all adjustments (consisting only of usual recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation) are reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited). The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited) as of December 31, 2009, is derived from audited financial statements. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) and notes included in this report should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes for the year ended December 31, 2009. The results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2010, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2010.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance under FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 860, “Transfers and Servicing” (formerly Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) 166, “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets, an amendment of SFAS 140”). This guidance enhances the relevance, representational faithfulness and comparability of the information that a reporting entity provides in its financial reports about a transfer of financial assets, the effects a transfer will have on its financial performance and cash flows and any transferor’s continuing involvement in transferred financial assets. The Company adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2010, and the adoption had no impact on its financial statements.

In October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2009-13, “Multiple Deliverable Revenue Arrangements, a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force.” This update provides amendments to the guidance provided under ASC 605, “Revenue Recognition,” for separating consideration in multiple-deliverable arrangements and establishes a hierarchy for determining the selling price of a deliverable. ASU 2009-13 is effective prospectively for financial statements issued for years beginning on or after June 15, 2010. The Company is evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU 2009-13 will have on its financial statements, but does not expect that the adoption will have a material impact.

Management has determined that all other recently issued accounting pronouncements will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements, or do not apply to the Company’s operations.

Noncontrolling Interests

The Company attributes earnings and losses of Holdings to the noncontrolling interests of Holdings based on the noncontrolling interests’ relative unit ownership percentages. Accumulated income attributable to the noncontrolling interests is included in a separate component of equity (deficit).

Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated subsequent events that have occurred after the balance sheet date but before the financial statements were available to be issued, which the Company considers to be the date of filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)—continued

 

Reclassification

A reclassification has been made to the 2009 Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows to reflect the deferred tax provision as a separate component of cash provided by operating activities. Amounts for this line item were previously included in changes in prepaid expenses and other current assets, changes in other non-current assets, changes in accounts payable and accrued expenses and changes in other non-current liabilities.

2. Discontinued Operations

On November 12, 2009, the Company sold its wholly-owned subsidiary Graham Emballages Plastiques S.A.S., located in Meaux, France, to an independent third party. The Company determined that the results of operations for this location, which had previously been reported in the Europe segment, would be reported as discontinued operations, in accordance with the guidance under ASC 205-20, “Discontinued Operations.” The accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and related notes to condensed consolidated financial statements reflect these discontinued operations. The following table summarizes the operating results for this location for the periods presented:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009
    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009
 
     (In thousands)  

Net sales

   $ 3,839      $ 8,392   

Cost of goods sold

     5,295        10,176   

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     11        (9

Interest expense

     12        31   
                

Loss from discontinued operations

   $ (1,479   $ (1,806
                

3. Accounts Receivable, Net

Accounts receivable, net are presented net of an allowance for doubtful accounts of $1.7 million and $2.4 million at June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively. Management performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and generally does not require collateral.

4. Concentration of Credit Risk

For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, 72.2% and 71.7% of the Company’s net sales, respectively, were generated by its top twenty customers. The Company’s sales to PepsiCo, Inc., the Company’s largest customer, were 10.2% and 11.9% of total sales for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. All of these sales were made in North America.

The Company had $144.0 million and $113.7 million of accounts receivable from its top twenty customers as of June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company had $28.5 million and $17.5 million of accounts receivable from PepsiCo, Inc. as of June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively.

5. Inventories

Inventories, stated at the lower of cost or market, consisted of the following:

 

     June 30,
2010
   December 31,
2009
     (In thousands)

Finished goods

   $ 127,413    $ 130,989

Raw materials

     61,080      63,713
             

Total

   $ 188,493    $ 194,702
             

 

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GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)—continued

 

6. Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

A summary of property, plant and equipment, net is presented in the following table:

 

     Expected
Useful
Lives
   June 30,
2010
   December 31,
2009
     (in years)    (In thousands)

Land

      $ 42,662    $ 39,063

Buildings and improvements

   7-31.5      229,705      236,446

Machinery and equipment (1)

   2-15      1,290,231      1,303,241

Molds and tooling

   3-5      284,791      282,243

Furniture and fixtures

   7      5,495      5,359

Computer hardware and software

   3-7      41,309      40,930

Construction in progress

        70,622      66,870
                

Property, plant and equipment

        1,964,815      1,974,152

Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization

        972,626      956,374
                

Property, plant and equipment, net

      $ 992,189    $ 1,017,778
                

 

(1) Includes longer-lived machinery and equipment of approximately $1,228.1 million and $1,230.5 million as of June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively, having estimated useful lives, when purchased new, ranging from 8 to 15 years; and shorter-lived machinery and equipment of approximately $62.1 million and $72.7 million as of June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively, having estimated useful lives, when purchased new, ranging from 2 to 8 years.

Depreciation expense, including depreciation expense on assets recorded under capital leases, for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, was $37.1 million and $38.8 million, respectively, and for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, was $73.8 million and $75.3 million, respectively.

The Company capitalizes interest on borrowings during the active construction period of major capital projects. Capitalized interest is added to the cost of the underlying assets and is amortized over the useful lives of these assets. Interest capitalized for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, was $2.1 million and $1.7 million, respectively.

The Company closed its plant located in Edison, New Jersey in 2008. The land and building at this location, having a carrying value of $6.6 million, are deemed to be held for sale, and as such are reflected in prepaid expenses and other current assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) as of June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009.

7. Intangible Assets, Net

The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of the Company’s intangible assets subject to amortization as of June 30, 2010, were as follows:

 

     Gross
Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
    Net    Weighted
Average
Amortization
Period
          (In thousands)           

Patented technology

   $ 25,389    $ (9,715   $ 15,674    10 years

Customer relationships

     33,290      (7,783     25,507    16 years
                        

Total

   $ 58,679    $ (17,498   $ 41,181   
                        

 

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GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)—continued

 

The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of the Company’s intangible assets subject to amortization as of December 31, 2009, were as follows:

 

     Gross
Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
    Net    Weighted
Average
Amortization
Period
          (In thousands)           

Patented technology

   $ 24,545    $ (8,399   $ 16,146    10 years

Customer relationships

     33,863      (6,997     26,866    16 years
                        

Total

   $ 58,408    $ (15,396   $ 43,012   
                        

Amortization expense for each of the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, was $1.2 million, and for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, was $2.4 million and $2.5 million, respectively. Remaining estimated aggregate amortization expense for 2010 is $2.4 million. The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five years ending December 31 is as follows (in thousands):

 

2011    $    4,700
2012    4,700
2013    4,600
2014    4,200
2015    4,000

8. Goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill were as follows:

 

     North
America
Segment
   Europe
Segment
    South
America
Segment
   Total  
     (In thousands)  

Balance at January 1, 2010

   $ 420,765    $ 16,286      $ 7    $ 437,058   

Foreign currency translation adjustments

     563      (2,548     —        (1,985
                              

Balance at June 30, 2010

   $ 421,328    $ 13,738      $ 7    $ 435,073   
                              

9. Asset Impairment Charges

The Company identified an indicator of possible impairment of certain assets in Brazil, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States for the six months ended June 30, 2010, and in Mexico and the United States for the six months ended June 30, 2009. As a result, the Company evaluated the recoverability of these assets and determined that the undiscounted future cash flows were below the carrying value of these long-lived assets. Additionally, management had no plans to redeploy the majority of these assets. Accordingly, the Company adjusted the carrying value of these long-lived assets to their estimated fair value in accordance with the guidance under ASC 360-10-35-15, “Subsequent Measurement—Impairment or Disposal of Long-lived Assets,” resulting in impairment charges being recorded in continuing operations of $0.6 million and $2.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively, and $6.5 million and $8.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively.

10. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following:

 

     June 30,
2010
   December 31,
2009
     (In thousands)

Accrued employee compensation and benefits

   $ 57,929    $ 64,536

Accrued interest

     29,488      20,395

Accrued sales allowance

     20,921      22,917

Other

     64,176      78,958
             
   $ 172,514    $ 186,806
             

 

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11. Debt Arrangements

Long-term debt consisted of the following:

 

     June 30,
2010
   December 31,
2009
     (In thousands)

Term loans (net of $15.3 million and $19.9 million unamortized discount as of June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively)

   $ 1,585,932    $ 1,781,108

Revolver

     —        —  

Foreign and other revolving credit facilities

     5,037      3,381

Senior notes (net of $3.1 million and $3.3 million unamortized discount as of June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively)

     250,283      250,047

Senior subordinated notes

     375,000      375,000

Capital leases

     13,793      17,039

Other

     10,753      10,288
             
     2,240,798      2,436,863

Less amounts classified as current (net of $4.6 million and $5.8 million unamortized discount as of June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively)

     34,638      100,657
             

Total

   $ 2,206,160    $ 2,336,206
             

The Company’s credit agreement consists of a senior secured term loan of $563.1 million due October 7, 2011 (“Term Loan B”), and a senior secured term loan of $1,022.8 million ($1,038.1 million aggregate outstanding principal amount less $15.3 million unamortized discount) due April 5, 2014 (“Term Loan C” and, together with the Term Loan B, the “Term Loans”), to the Operating Company as of June 30, 2010, and a $260.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolver” and, together with the Term Loans, the “Credit Agreement”). Availability under the Revolver as of June 30, 2010, was $249.8 million (as reduced by $10.2 million of outstanding letters of credit). The obligations of the Operating Company and GPC Capital Corp. I (“CapCo I”) under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by Holdings and certain domestic subsidiaries of the Operating Company. The Term Loans are payable in quarterly installments and require payments of $8.1 million in the remainder of 2010, $570.7 million in 2011, $10.5 million in 2012, $10.5 million in 2013 and $1,001.4 million in 2014 (disregarding any further mandatory or voluntary prepayments that may reduce such scheduled amortization payments). The payments of $8.1 million in the remainder of 2010 exclude the paydowns of debt in the first half of 2010 of $114.2 million using the net proceeds from the intitial public offering (“IPO”) and of $14.7 million using the net proceeds from the sale of additional shares following the IPO and for an excess cash flow payment of $62.5 million due for the year ended December 31, 2009, paid in March 2010.

On May 28, 2009, certain of the lenders under the Term Loans agreed to extend the final maturity of $1,200.0 million of the Term Loans, conditioned on the refinancing in full of the senior notes due 2012. As a result of such refinancing in November 2009, $563.1 million of the Term Loans will mature on October 7, 2011, and the remaining $1,038.1 million will mature on April 5, 2014.

On May 28, 2009, certain of the Revolver lenders agreed to extend their commitments, with respect to $112.8 million of the total commitment (“Extending Revolver”), conditioned on the refinancing in full of the senior notes due 2012. As a result of such refinancing in November 2009, $135.2 million of commitments under the Revolver will expire on October 7, 2010 (“Non-Extending Revolver”), and the remainder of the commitments will

 

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expire on October 1, 2013. In conjunction with the extension of these revolving commitments, the Company also voluntarily reduced the amount of total revolving commitments available to it under the Credit Agreement from $250.0 million to $248.0 million. Subsequent to the IPO, the Company received a $12.0 million increase to its Extending Revolver.

Interest under the Term Loan B and the Non-Extending Revolver is payable at (a) the “Alternate Base Rate” (“ABR”) (the higher of the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%) plus a margin ranging from 1.00% to 1.75%; or (b) the “Eurodollar Rate” (the applicable interest rate offered to banks in the London interbank eurocurrency market) plus a margin ranging from 2.00% to 2.75%. Interest under the Term Loan C and the Extending Revolver is payable at (a) the “Adjusted Alternate Base Rate” (the higher of (x) the Prime Rate plus a margin of 3.25%; (y) the Federal Funds Rate plus a margin of 3.75%; or (z) the one-month Eurodollar Rate, subject to a floor of 2.50%, plus a margin of 4.25%); or (b) the Eurodollar Rate, subject to a floor of 2.50%, plus a margin of 4.25%. A commitment fee of 0.50% is due on the unused portion of the Non-Extending Revolver. A commitment fee of 0.75% is due on the unused portion of the Extending Revolver.

The Credit Agreement contains certain affirmative and negative covenants as to the operations and financial condition of the Company, as well as certain restrictions on the payment of dividends and other distributions to Holdings. As of June 30, 2010, the Company was in compliance with all covenants.

Substantially all domestic tangible and intangible assets of the Company are pledged as collateral pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement.

As of June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, the Company had outstanding $253.4 million aggregate principal amount of 8.25% senior unsecured notes due 2017 (“Senior Notes”) and $375.0 million in senior subordinated notes due 2014 (“Senior Subordinated Notes”) co-issued by the Operating Company and CapCo I (collectively with the Senior Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by Holdings and certain domestic subsidiaries of the Operating Company and mature on October 7, 2014 (Senior Subordinated Notes), and January 1, 2017 (Senior Notes). Interest on the Senior Subordinated Notes is payable semi-annually at 9.875% per annum and interest on the Senior Notes is payable semi-annually at 8.25% per annum.

12. Fair Value Measurement

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

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable

The fair values of these financial instruments approximate their carrying amounts.

Long-Term Debt

The Company’s long-term debt consists of both variable-rate and fixed-rate debt. The fair values of the Company’s long-term debt were based on market price information. The Company’s variable-rate debt, including the Company’s Credit Agreement, totaled $1,598.2 million (net of $15.3 million unamortized discount) and $1,790.1 million (net of $19.9 million unamortized discount) at June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively. The fair value of this long-term debt, including the current portion, was approximately $1,612.4 million and $1,809.8 million at June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company’s fixed-rate debt, including $253.4 million of Senior Notes and $375.0 million of Senior Subordinated Notes, totaled $642.6 million (net of $3.1 million unamortized discount) and $646.8 million (net of $3.3 million unamortized discount) at June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively. The fair value of this long-term debt, including the current portion, was approximately $650.4 million and $652.8 million at June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively.

 

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Derivatives

The Company established the following fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value, in accordance with the guidance under ASC 820-10, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”:

 

Level 1:   Inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2:   Inputs include the following:

 

  a) Quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities.

 

  b) Quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities.

 

  c) Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability.

 

  d) Inputs that are derived primarily from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3: Inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2010, by level within the fair value hierarchy:

 

     Fair Value Measurements Using
     Level 1    Level 2    Level 3
     (In thousands)

Liabilities:

        

Foreign currency exchange contract

   $ —      $ 7    $ —  

Interest rate swap agreements

     —        13,008      —  

The following table presents the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2009, by level within the fair value hierarchy:

 

     Fair Value Measurements Using
     Level 1    Level 2    Level 3
     (In thousands)

Liabilities:

        

Interest rate collar agreements

   $ —      $ 68    $ —  

Interest rate swap agreements

     —        16,688      —  

Foreign currency exchange contract

     —        27      —  

The fair values of the Company’s derivative financial instruments are observable at commonly quoted intervals for the full term of the derivatives and therefore considered level 2 inputs.

Non-recurring Fair Value Measurements

The Company has real estate located in Edison, New Jersey that is held for sale. The aggregate carrying value of these assets at June 30, 2010, was $6.6 million, which is less than the fair value of these assets and therefore resulted in no impairment charge for these assets. The determination of fair value included certain unobservable inputs, which reflect the Company’s assumptions regarding how market participants would price these assets in the marketplace, and therefore are considered level 3 inputs. The fair value of this real estate was based on offers received from potential buyers.

The Company recorded impairment charges in continuing operations of $0.6 million and $2.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively, for long-lived assets in Brazil, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States whose carrying values exceeded fair values. The Company recorded impairment charges in continuing operations of $6.5 million and $8.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively, for long-lived assets in Mexico and the United States whose carrying values exceeded fair values. Fair values for these assets were based on projected future cash flows, discounted using either a risk-free rate or a risk-adjusted rate, which the Company considers level 3 inputs.

 

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13. Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company’s business and activities expose it to a variety of market risks, including risks related to changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices. These financial exposures are monitored and managed by the Company as an integral part of its market risk management program. This program recognizes the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to reduce the potentially adverse effects that market volatility could have on operating results. As part of its market risk management strategy, the Company uses derivative instruments to protect cash flows from fluctuations caused by volatility in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices.

Cash Flow Hedges

For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative is reported as a component of other comprehensive income and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Gains and losses on derivatives representing hedge ineffectiveness, if any, are recognized in current earnings.

During 2009, the Company entered into a $1.2 million foreign currency exchange contract to hedge the exchange rate exposure on a transaction that is denominated in pound sterling. The contract was renewed in the third quarter of 2009 for another six months and increased to $1.5 million. The contract was renewed again in the first quarter of 2010 for another six months. This foreign currency exchange contract is accounted for as a cash flow hedge and is highly effective as defined by ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging.”

The maximum term over which the Company is hedging exposures to the variability of cash flows (for all forecasted transactions, excluding interest payments on variable-rate debt) is 12 months.

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

During the first quarter of 2009, the Company elected to roll over its senior secured term loan in one-month increments to reduce its cash interest, as opposed to continuing to roll over its senior secured term loan in three-month increments to match the terms of its interest rate collar agreements. The Company has therefore discontinued hedge accounting for its interest rate collar and swap agreements. As a result, no change in fair value was recorded in other comprehensive income for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. Of the amount recorded within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of June 30, 2010, 91% is expected to be recognized in interest expense in the next twelve months.

In 2009, the Company entered into foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge the effects of fluctuations in exchange rates on an anticipated euro-denominated purchase of equipment. The gains or losses on the derivatives were recognized in current earnings.

Financial instruments are not held by the Company for trading purposes.

The notional amounts of the Company’s derivative instruments outstanding were as follows:

 

     June 30,
2010
   December 31,
2009
     (In thousands)

Derivatives designated as hedges:

     

Foreign currency exchange contract

   $ 1,414    $ 1,544
             

Total derivatives designated as hedges

   $ 1,414    $ 1,544
             

Derivatives not designated as hedges:

     

Interest rate collar agreements

   $ —      $ 385,000

Interest rate swap agreements

     350,000      350,000
             

Total derivatives not designated as hedges

   $ 350,000    $ 735,000
             

 

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The fair values of the Company’s derivative instruments outstanding were as follows:

 

    

Balance Sheet Location

   June 30,
2010
   December 31,
2009
          (In thousands)

Liability derivatives:

        

Derivatives designated as hedges:

        

Foreign currency exchange contract

  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

   $ 7    $ 27
                

Total derivatives designated as hedges

        7      27
                

Derivatives not designated as hedges:

        

Interest rate collar agreements

  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     —        68

Interest rate swap agreements

  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     11,840      10,466

Interest rate swap agreements

  

Other non-current liabilities

     1,168      6,222
                

Total derivatives not designated as hedges

        13,008      16,756
                

Total liability derivatives

      $ 13,015    $ 16,783
                

The gains and losses on the Company’s derivative instruments during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, were as follows:

 

     Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Recognized
in AOCI (a)
(Effective Portion)
for the

Period Ended
June 30, 2010
   

Income Statement
Classification

   Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Reclassified from
AOCI into Income
(Effective Portion)
for the

Period Ended
June 30, 2010
 
     Three
Months
    Six
Months
         Three
Months
    Six
Months
 
     (In thousands)          (In thousands)  

Derivatives designated as hedges:

           

Cash flow hedges:

           

Foreign currency exchange contract

   $ (21   $ (110  

Other expense (income), net

   $ (21   $ (110
                                   

Total derivatives designated as hedges

   $ (21   $ (110      $ (21   $ (110
                                   
                      Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Recognized in
Income for the

Period Ended
June 30, 2010
 
                      Three
Months
    Six
Months
 
                      (In thousands)  

Derivatives not designated as hedges:

           

Interest rate collar agreements

      

Interest expense

   $ —        $ (86

Interest rate swap agreements

      

Interest expense

     (2,499     (7,027
                       

Total derivatives not designated as hedges

          $ (2,499   $ (7,113
                       

 

(a) Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”).

 

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The gains and losses on the Company’s derivative instruments during the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, were as follows:

 

     Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Recognized
in AOCI (a)
(Effective Portion)
for the

Period Ended
June 30, 2009
   

Income Statement

Classification

   Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Reclassified from
AOCI into Income
(Effective Portion)
for the

Period Ended
June 30, 2009
 
     Three
Months
    Six
Months
         Three
Months
    Six
Months
 
     (In thousands)          (In thousands)  

Derivatives designated as hedges:

           

Cash flow hedges:

           

Foreign currency exchange contract

   $ 174      $ 151     

Other expense (income), net

   $ 174      $ 151   

Natural gas swap agreements

     (11     (161  

Cost of goods sold

     (108     (273
                                   

Total derivatives designated as hedges

   $ 163      $ (10      $ 66      $ (122
                                   
                      Amount of Gain or
(Loss) Recognized in
Income for the

Period Ended
June 30, 2009
 
                      Three
Months
    Six
Months
 
                      (In thousands)  

Derivatives not designated as hedges:

           

Interest rate collar agreements

      

Interest expense

   $ (2,554   $ (4,203

Interest rate swap agreements

      

Interest expense

     666        (1,069

Foreign currency exchange contracts

      

Other expense (income), net

     27        84   
                       

Total derivatives not designated as hedges

          $ (1,861   $ (5,188
                       

14. Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” In recording the income tax provision for the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company separately considered one-time contract termination fees paid to affiliates, bonuses paid and other costs incurred in connection with the IPO, and a foreign exchange loss related to the application of hyper-inflationary accounting for our Venezuelan subsidiary and the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar.

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and are measured using enacted tax rates. The Company previously established a valuation allowance with respect to certain deferred income tax assets. During the six months ended June 30, 2010, the valuation allowance decreased by $20.0 million, primarily as a result of changes in deferred income tax assets associated with current year utilization of net operating losses.

The Company had $56.6 million of Unrecognized Tax Benefits (“UTB”), exclusive of interest and penalties, as of June 30, 2010. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company recorded a net increase in UTB of $5.9 million, exclusive of interest and penalties. Offsetting long-term deferred income tax assets at June 30, 2010, were $14.7 million. As of June 30, 2010, the Company had recorded additional UTB of $4.9 million related to interest and penalties. The Company does not expect a significant change in the UTB balance in the next twelve months. Approximately $7.3 million of UTB at June 30, 2010, if recognized, would impact the Company’s effective tax rate.

 

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15. Commitments

The Company is a party to various capital and operating leases involving real property and equipment. Total rent expense for operating leases was $11.8 million and $24.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively, and $12.6 million and $24.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively.

Under the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement and the Amended and Restated Monitoring Agreement (the “Monitoring Agreement”), the Company was obligated to make annual payments of $2.0 million and $3.0 million to affiliates of the Graham Family (defined as Graham Capital Company, GPC Investments LLC and Graham Alternative Investment Partners I or affiliates thereof or other entities controlled by Donald C. Graham and his family) and Blackstone (defined as Blackstone Capital Partners III Merchant Banking Fund L.P., Blackstone Offshore Capital Partners III L.P. and Blackstone Family Investment Partnership III L.P. or affiliates thereof), respectively. The Company has terminated the Monitoring Agreement and is no longer obligated to make payments. As a result, as of February 10, 2010, the Company is only obligated to make annual payments of $1.0 million to affiliates of the Graham Family for ongoing management and advisory services. See Note 19 for further discussion of the Company’s obligations under these agreements.

In connection with the IPO, on February 10, 2010, GPC entered into separate Income Tax Receivable Agreements (“ITRs”) with its pre-IPO stockholders (e.g. Blackstone, management and other stockholders) and with GPC Holdings, L.P., an affiliate of the Graham Family. The agreements provide for the payment by GPC of 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax that is actually realized (or is deemed to be realized in the case of an early termination or change in control as further described in the ITRs) as a result of the utilization of net operating losses attributable to periods prior to the IPO, and any increase to the tax basis of the assets of the Company related to (1) the 1998 acquisition of Holdings and (2) current and future exchanges by the Graham Family of their limited partnership units for common stock of GPC pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, and of certain other tax benefits related to GPC’s entering into the ITRs, including tax benefits attributable to payments under the ITRs. Payments under the ITRs are not conditioned upon these parties’ continued ownership of the Company or Holdings.

The Company expects that future payments under the ITRs will aggregate to between $200.0 million and $230.0 million with potential additional payments for tax basis step-ups relating to future exchanges by the Graham Family of their limited partnership units in Holdings for GPC common stock depending on the timing and value of such exchanges. This range is based on the Company’s assumptions using various items, including valuation analysis and historical tax basis amounts. This range also includes step-ups related to the Graham Family’s exchange of 1,324,900 limited partnership units through February 18, 2010. The Company will recognize obligations based on the amount of recorded net deferred income tax assets recognized, and subject to the ITRs. Changes in the recorded net deferred income tax assets will result in changes in the ITRs obligations, and such changes will be recorded as other income or expense. As of June 30, 2010, the value of the ITRs obligations was $11.4 million. Because GPC is a holding company with no operations of its own, its ability to make payments under the ITRs is dependent on Holdings’ ability to make distributions. Upon the effective date of the respective ITRs, the Company recorded an initial obligation of $6.5 million, which is recognized as a reduction of additional paid-in capital. Additionally, the Company recorded $3.6 million and $4.9 million in expense related to the increase in the ITRs obligations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, no payments have been made under the ITRs.

16. Contingencies and Legal Proceedings

On November 3, 2006, the Company filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, against Owens-Illinois, Inc. and OI Plastic Products FTS, Inc. (collectively, “OI”). The complaint alleges certain misrepresentations by OI in connection with the Company’s 2004 purchase of the blow molded plastic container business of Owens-Illinois, Inc. and seeks damages in excess of $30 million. In December 2006, OI filed an Answer and Counterclaim, seeking to rescind a Settlement Agreement entered into between OI and

 

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the Company in April 2005, and disgorgement of more than $39 million paid by OI to the Company in compliance with that Settlement Agreement. The Company filed a Motion to Dismiss the Counterclaim in July 2007, which was granted by the Court in October 2007. On August 1, 2007, the Company filed an Amended Complaint to add additional claims seeking indemnification from OI for claims made against the Company by former OI employees pertaining to their pension benefits. These claims arise from an arbitration between the Company and Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastic & Allied Workers, Local #171 (the “Union”) that resulted in an award on April 23, 2007, in favor of the Union. The Arbitrator ruled that the Company had failed to honor certain pension obligations for past years of service to former employees of OI, whose seven Union-represented plants were acquired by the Company in October 2004. In the Amended Complaint, the Company maintains that under Section 8.2 of the Stock Purchase Agreement between the Company and OI, OI is obligated to indemnify the Company for any losses associated with differences in the two companies’ pension plans including any losses incurred in connection with the Arbitration award. The litigation is proceeding.

On April 10, 2009, OnTech Operations, Inc. (“OnTech”) initiated an arbitration proceeding against the Company, in which OnTech alleges that the Company breached a bottle purchase agreement dated April 28, 2008, and an equipment lease dated June 1, 2008. In its statement of claims, OnTech alleges, among other things, that the Company’s failure to produce bottles as required by the bottle purchase agreement resulted in the failure of OnTech’s business. As a result, OnTech is seeking to recover the value of its business, which it alleges is between $80 million and $150 million, which is in excess of 10% of the Company’s current assets. The arbitration is currently scheduled to be heard by a three arbitrator panel from August 2, 2010, to August 6, 2010. The Company believes that OnTech’s claims are without legal, contractual or factual merit. The Company is vigorously defending against these claims and feels that the likelihood of it not prevailing is remote. Accordingly, the Company has not accrued a loss on this claim.

The Company is a party to various other litigation matters arising in the ordinary course of business. The ultimate legal and financial liability of the Company with respect to such litigation cannot be estimated with certainty, but management believes, based on its examination of these matters, experience to date and discussions with counsel, that ultimate liability from the Company’s various litigation matters will not be material to the business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

17. Segment Information

The Company is organized and managed on a geographical basis in three operating segments: North America, Europe and South America. Segment information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, and as of June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, representing the reportable segments currently utilized by the chief operating decision makers, was as follows:

 

        North
America
  Europe   South
America
    Eliminations
(a)
    Total
        (In thousands)

Net sales (b) (c)

 

Three months ended June 30, 2010

  $ 574,136   $ 54,527   $ 24,413      $ (244   $ 652,832
 

Three months ended June 30, 2009

    509,263     53,984     22,484        (17     585,714
 

Six months ended June 30, 2010

    1,079,290     112,791     46,861        (534     1,238,408
 

Six months ended June 30, 2009

    997,760     110,364     39,633        (192     1,147,565

Operating income (loss)

 

Three months ended June 30, 2010

  $ 83,844   $ 5,693   $ 1,267      $ —        $ 90,804
 

Three months ended June 30, 2009

    71,746     5,762     (1,054     —          76,454
 

Six months ended June 30, 2010

    106,507     13,043     3,580        —          123,130
 

Six months ended June 30, 2009

    125,548     15,745     (2,829     —          138,464

Depreciation and amortization

 

Three months ended June 30, 2010

  $ 33,555   $ 4,109   $ 1,408      $ —        $ 39,072
 

Three months ended June 30, 2009

    34,676     4,984     1,007        —          40,667
 

Six months ended June 30, 2010

    66,669     8,440     2,536        —          77,645
 

Six months ended June 30, 2009

    67,512     9,441     2,133        —          79,086

Asset impairment charges

 

Three months ended June 30, 2010

  $ 515   $ —     $ 39      $ —        $ 554
 

Three months ended June 30, 2009

    6,459     —       —          —          6,459
 

Six months ended June 30, 2010

    2,414     322     56        —          2,792
 

Six months ended June 30, 2009

    8,035     —       —          —          8,035

 

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Interest expense, net

  

Three months ended June 30, 2010

   $ 40,654      $ 307    $ 752      $    $ 41,713   
  

Three months ended June 30, 2009

     35,989        187      760        —        36,936   
  

Six months ended June 30, 2010

     85,123        638      1,216        —        86,977   
  

Six months ended June 30, 2009

     74,577        558      1,275        —        76,410   

Other (income) expense, net

  

Three months ended June 30, 2010

   $ (1,309   $ 1,829    $ (171 )(d)    $ —      $ 349   
  

Three months ended June 30, 2009

     (3,181     960      (1,636     2,880      (977
  

Six months ended June 30, 2010

     (2,651     3,352      2,511 (d)      —        3,212   
  

Six months ended June 30, 2009

     (1,951     785      (3,259     2,880      (1,545

Income tax provision (benefit)

  

Three months ended June 30, 2010

   $ 5,606      $ 1,764    $ (28   $ —      $ 7,342   
  

Three months ended June 30, 2009

     3,721        1,264      1,696        —        6,681   
  

Six months ended June 30, 2010

     8,784        3,098      206        —        12,088   
  

Six months ended June 30, 2009

     7,091        4,399      1,125        —        12,615   

Identifiable assets (b) (c) (e)

  

As of June 30, 2010

   $ 811,149      $ 117,978    $ 63,062      $ —      $ 992,189   
  

As of December 31, 2009

     830,897        138,053      48,828        —        1,017,778   

Goodwill

  

As of June 30, 2010

   $ 421,328      $ 13,738    $ 7      $ —      $ 435,073   
  

As of December 31, 2009

     420,765        16,286      7        —        437,058   

Cash paid for property, plant and equipment

  

Six months ended June 30, 2010

   $ 50,269      $ 8,323    $ 17,345      $ —      $ 75,937   
  

Six months ended June 30, 2009

     58,335        5,688      7,777        —        71,800   

 

(a) To eliminate intercompany transactions.
(b) The Company’s net sales for Europe include countries having significant sales as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended
June  30,
   Six Months Ended
June  30,
     2010    2009    2010    2009
     (In millions)

Poland

   $ 12.6    $ 10.5    $ 26.5    $ 22.7

Belgium

     12.6      12.7      26.8      26.7

Spain

     6.9      8.3      14.2      17.5

France

     7.0      5.4      14.7      11.0

The Company’s identifiable assets for Europe include countries having significant identifiable assets as follows:

 

     June 30,
2010
   December 31,
2009
     (In millions)

Poland

   $ 31.0    $ 36.6

Belgium

     27.9      31.9

Spain

     19.6      23.6

France

     14.3      15.1

 

(c) The Company’s net sales for North America include sales in Mexico which totaled $47.0 million and $39.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $86.6 million and $69.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Identifiable assets in Mexico totaled $64.4 million and $58.8 million as of June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively. Substantially all of the North America reportable segment’s remaining net sales and identifiable assets are in the United States.

 

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(d) Beginning January 1, 2010, Venezuela’s economy is considered to be highly inflationary for accounting purposes. Accordingly, the Company has adopted the U.S. dollar as the functional currency for its Venezuelan operations. All bolivar-denominated transactions, as well as monetary assets and liabilities, are remeasured into U.S. dollars. As a result of the application of hyper-inflationary accounting requiring the revaluation of monetary assets and liabilities, the Company recorded a $0.3 million gain and a $2.5 million loss in other expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively. Net sales for Venezuela were $1.5 million and $3.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively, and net assets for Venezuela were less than 1.0% of the Company’s total net assets as of June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009. As the Venezuelan operations are not significant to the overall operations of the Company, future rate changes in the bolivar would not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
(e) Represents property, plant and equipment, net.

Product Net Sales Information

The following is supplemental information on net sales by product category:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2010    2009    2010    2009
     (In thousands)

Food and Beverage

   $ 407,819    $ 360,844    $ 769,752    $ 713,582

Household

     111,084      105,626      218,008      207,153

Personal Care/Specialty

     40,935      42,066      82,505      85,818

Automotive Lubricants

     92,994      77,178      168,143      141,012
                           

Total Net Sales

   $ 652,832    $ 585,714    $ 1,238,408    $ 1,147,565
                           

18. Pension Plans

The components of net periodic pension cost for the Company’s defined benefit pension plans consisted of the following:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009  
     (In thousands)  

Components of net periodic pension cost:

        

Service cost

   $ 546      $ 564      $ 1,094      $ 1,136   

Interest cost

     1,585        1,505        3,176        2,996   

Expected return on plan assets

     (1,740     (1,433     (3,483     (2,852

Net amortization and deferral of prior service costs

     396        582        790        1,173   

Curtailment/special charges

     —          104        —          104   

Employee contributions

     —          (19     —          (37
                                

Net periodic pension cost

   $ 787      $ 1,303      $ 1,577      $ 2,520   
                                

The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009, that it expected to contribute $7.3 million to its pension plans in 2010. As of June 30, 2010, $2.9 million of required contributions to its pension plans has been made and the Company expects to make an additional $4.4 million of contributions in the remainder of 2010.

The Company closed its plants located in Bristol, PA and Vicksburg, MS during the fourth quarter of 2009. As a result of these closings, in January 2010, the Company made an additional $0.5 million contribution to the Bristol, PA plan, and in June 2010, an additional $0.1 million contribution to the Vicksburg, MS plan, to fully fund both plans.

 

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The Company recognized $1.9 million of expense for its 401(k) plans in each of the second quarters of 2010 and 2009, and $3.7 million of expense for its 401(k) plans in each of the first halves of 2010 and 2009.

19. Transactions with Related Parties

The Company had transactions with entities affiliated through common ownership. The Company made payments to Graham Engineering Company for equipment and related services of $0.4 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $1.4 million and $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Affiliates of both of the Graham Family and Blackstone have supplied management and advisory services to Holdings since 1998. The Company has recorded $0.3 million and $1.2 million of expense for these services for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $1.0 million and $2.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Under the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement and the Monitoring Agreement, Holdings was obligated to make annual payments of $2.0 million and $3.0 million to affiliates of the Graham Family and Blackstone, respectively. In exchange for a one-time payment of $26.3 million to Blackstone Management Partners III L.L.C. and $8.8 million to Graham Alternative Investment Partners I, the parties of the Monitoring Agreement agreed to terminate such agreement. These amounts paid to terminate the Monitoring Agreement are reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (Unaudited) for the six months ended June 30, 2010. As a result of the termination, Blackstone, the Graham Family and their affiliates have no further obligation to provide monitoring services to Holdings, and Holdings has no further obligation to make annual payments of $4.0 million, under the Monitoring Agreement. As a result, as of February 10, 2010, the Company is only obligated to make annual payments of $1.0 million to affiliates of the Graham Family for ongoing management and advisory services under the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, until such time that the Graham Family sells more than two thirds of its original investment, and such services would then cease.

At June 30, 2010, the Company had loans outstanding to certain former management employees of the Company for the purchase of shares of GPC. These loans were made in connection with the capital call payments made on September 29, 2000, and March 29, 2001, pursuant to a capital call agreement dated as of August 13, 1998. The proceeds from the loans were used to fund management’s share of the capital call payments. The loans mature on September 28, 2012, and March 30, 2013, respectively, and accrue interest at a rate of 6.22%. The loans are secured by a pledge of the stock purchased by the loans. The loans and related interest, totaling $1.9 million and $1.8 million as of June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively, are reflected in equity (deficit) on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited).

As discussed in Note 15, in connection with the IPO, on February 10, 2010, GPC entered into separate ITRs with its pre-IPO stockholders (e.g. Blackstone, management and other stockholders) and with GPC Holdings, L.P., an affiliate of the Graham Family. The agreements provide for the payment by GPC of 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax that is actually realized (or is deemed to be realized in the case of an early termination or change in control as further described in the ITRs) as a result of the utilization of net operating losses attributable to periods prior to the IPO, and any increase to the tax basis of the assets of the Company related to (1) the 1998 acquisition of Holdings and (2) current and future exchanges by the Graham Family of their limited partnership units for common stock of GPC pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, and of certain tax benefits related to GPC’s entering into the ITRs, including tax benefits attributable to payments under the ITRs.

20. Environmental Matters

As a result of the Company closing its plant located in Edison, New Jersey, the Company is subject to New Jersey’s Industrial Site Recovery Act (“ISRA”). The Company acquired this facility from Owens-Illinois, Inc. in 2004. ISRA is an environmental law that specifies a process of reporting to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) and, in some situations, investigating, cleaning up and/or taking other measures with respect to environmental conditions that may exist at an industrial establishment that has been shut down or is being transferred. The Company is in the process of evaluating and implementing its obligations under ISRA regarding this facility. The Company has recorded a preliminary reserve of $0.4 million for this obligation. This amount may change based on results of additional investigation expected to be undertaken for NJDEP.

 

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21. Earnings Per Share

The following are reconciliations of income from continuing operations, loss from discontinued operations and net income attributable to GPC stockholders used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share.

The following summarizes earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2010 (in thousands except share and per share data):

 

     As
Reported
   Attributable to
Noncontrolling
Interests (1)
    Attributable  to
GPC
Stockholders for
Computation of
Basic Earnings
Per Share
   Adjustment  for
Potentially
Dilutive
Options to
Purchase
Partnership
Units (2)
    Adjusted for
Computation
of Diluted
Earnings Per
Share

Numerator:

            

Net income

   $ 37,800    $ (4,264   $ 33,536    $ (671    $ 32,865
                                    

Denominator:

            

Weighted average number of GPC shares outstanding (3)

          62,555,962        62,555,962
           Basic          Diluted

Earnings per share:

      

Net income attributable to GPC stockholders

     $ 0.54      $ 0.53
                    

The following summarizes earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2009 (in thousands except share and per share data):

 

     As
Reported
    Attributable to
Noncontrolling
Interests (1)
    Attributable  to
GPC
Stockholders for
Computation of
Basic Earnings
Per Share
    Adjustment  for
Potentially
Dilutive
Options to
Purchase
Partnership
Units (2)
   Adjusted for
Computation
of Diluted
Earnings Per
Share
 

Numerator:

           

Income from continuing operations

   $ 34,570      $ (5,485   $ 29,085      $ —      $ 29,085   

Loss from discontinued operations

     (1,479 )     223        (1,256     —        (1,256
                                       

Net income

   $ 33,091      $ (5,262   $ 27,829      $ —      $ 27,829   
                                       

Denominator:

           

Weighted average number of GPC shares outstanding (4)

         42,975,419           42,975,419   
                 Basic          Diluted  

Earnings per share:

           

Income from continuing operations

       $ 0.68         $ 0.68   

Loss from discontinued operations

         (0.03 )        (0.03 )
                       

Net income attributable to GPC stockholders

       $ 0.65         $ 0.65   
                       

 

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The following summarizes earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, 2010 (in thousands except share and per share data):

 

     As
Reported
   Attributable to
Noncontrolling
Interests (1)
    Attributable  to
GPC
Stockholders for
Computation of
Basic Earnings
Per Share
   Adjustment  for
Potentially
Dilutive
Options to
Purchase
Partnership
Units (2)
    Adjusted for
Computation
of Diluted
Earnings Per
Share

Numerator:

            

Net income

   $ 13,289    $ (1,974   $ 11,315    $ (464 )   $ 10,851
                                    

Denominator:

            

Weighted average number of GPC shares outstanding (3)

          57,780,042        57,780,042
           Basic          Diluted

Earnings per share:

    

Net income attributable to GPC stockholders

     $ 0.20      $ 0.19
                    

The following summarizes earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, 2009 (in thousands except share and per share data):

 

     As
Reported
    Attributable to
Noncontrolling
Interests (1)
    Attributable  to
GPC
Stockholders for
Computation of
Basic Earnings
Per Share
    Adjustment  for
Potentially
Dilutive
Options to
Purchase
Partnership
Units (2)
   Adjusted for
Computation
of Diluted
Earnings Per
Share
 

Numerator:

           

Income from continuing operations

   $ 51,740      $ (8,360   $ 43,380      $ —      $ 43,380   

Loss from discontinued operations

     (1,806 )     272        (1,534     —        (1,534
                                       

Net income

   $ 49,934      $ (8,088   $ 41,846      $ —      $ 41,846   
                                       

Denominator:

           

Weighted average number of GPC shares outstanding (4)

         42,975,419           42,975,419   
      Basic          Diluted  

Earnings per share:

           

Income from continuing operations

  

  $ 1.01         $ 1.01   

Loss from discontinued operations

  

    (0.04 )        (0.04 )
                       

Net income attributable to GPC stockholders

  

  $ 0.97         $ 0.97   
                       

 

(1) The allocation of earnings is based on the noncontrolling interests’ relative ownership percentage.
(2) Holdings adjustment is based on incremental earnings that would be attributable to those potentially dilutive options to purchase partnership units on an “as-if converted” basis. For the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, and the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, 722,112, 5,116,765, 722,112 and 5,116,765 potential options to purchase partnership units, respectively, have been excluded as the options are either antidilutive or as a result of the related contingencies not being met as of the reporting dates. Regarding contingencies, there are two types of options that contain contingencies: (1) those which vest and become exercisable upon the attainment of certain financial performance goals associated with a sale of Blackstone’s entire interest in the Company, and (2) those which vest and become exercisable upon Holdings’ achievement of specified earnings targets.
(3) For each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, 803,088 potential options to purchase GPC common stock have been excluded as the options are antidilutive.
(4) For the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, there were no potentially dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding regarding GPC shares. Accordingly, the number of basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding is the same.

 

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22. Capital Stock and Changes in Equity (Deficit)

On February 10, 2010, the Company completed its IPO and on February 11, 2010, its stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “GRM.” In connection with the IPO, the Company, on February 4, 2010, increased the number of authorized shares of $0.01 par value common stock to 500,000,000 and of $0.01 par value preferred stock to 100,000,000, and effected a 1,465.4874-for-one stock split of its shares of common stock. On February 10, 2010, and in connection with the IPO, the Company issued 16,666,667 of its registered common stock at the initial public offering price of $10.00 per share, less underwriters discount and expenses.

Additionally, as part of the IPO, the Graham Family entered into an Exchange Agreement. Under the Exchange Agreement, the Graham Family and certain permitted transferees may, subject to specific terms, exchange their limited partnership units in Holdings for shares of the Company’s common stock at any time and from time to time on a one-for-one basis, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for splits, stock dividends and reclassifications. Under this Exchange Agreement, through February 18, 2010, entities controlled by the Graham Family and certain of their permitted transferees exercised their rights to exchange 1,324,900 limited partnership units of Holdings for 1,324,900 shares of the Company’s common stock. In addition, a member of former management exchanged nine units of Holdings for nine shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company has also entered into Management Exchange Agreements, which provide for similar rights to management to exchange limited partnership units of Holdings obtained on exercise of outstanding options for shares of the Company’s common stock.

On March 11, 2010, the underwriters of the IPO partially exercised their option to purchase additional shares of common stock from the Company and purchased 1,565,600 shares of registered common stock at the initial public offering price of $10.00 per share, less underwriters discount (the “Underwriters’ Allotment”). The Underwriters’ Allotment closed on March 16, 2010.

Changes in equity (deficit) for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, are as follows (in thousands, except share amounts):

 

     Common Stock   

Additional

Paid-In

   

Retained

Earnings

   

Notes and

Interest

Receivable

for

Ownership

   

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

   

Graham

Packaging

Company Inc.

Stockholders’

Equity

   

Non-

Controlling

    Equity  
     Shares    Amount    Capital     (Deficit)     Interests     Income (Loss)     (Deficit)     Interests     (Deficit)  

Consolidated balance at January 1, 2010

   42,998,786    $ 430    $ 297,470      $ (1,032,887 )   $ (6,353 )   $ (31,123 )   $ (772,463 )   $ 9,349     $ (763,114 )

Net income

   —        —        —          11,315        —          —          11,315        1,974        13,289   

Other comprehensive loss

   —        —        —          —          —          (17,803 )     (17,803 )     (1,768     (19,571 )

Stock compensation expense

   —        —        585        —          —          —          585        71        656   

Interest on notes receivable

   —        —        —          —          (151 )     —          (151 )     —          (151 )

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock

   18,232,267      183      162,975        —          —          —          163,158        —          163,158   

Common stock issued under exchange agreements

   1,324,909      13      50        857        —          2,393        3,313       (3,313      —     

Initial obligations under income tax receivable agreements

   —        —        (6,500     —          —          —          (6,500     —          (6,500
                                                                    

Consolidated balance at June 30, 2010

   62,555,962    $ 626    $ 454,580      $ (1,020,715 )   $ (6,504 )   $ (46,533 )   $ (618,546 )   $ 6,313      $ (612,233 )
                                                                    

 

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     Common Stock   

Additional

Paid-In

  

Retained

Earnings

   

Notes and

Interest

Receivable

for

Ownership

   

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

   

Graham

Packaging

Company Inc.

Stockholders’

Equity

   

Non-

Controlling

   Equity  
     Shares    Amount    Capital    (Deficit)     Interests     Income (Loss)     (Deficit)     Interests    (Deficit)  

Consolidated balance at January 1, 2009

   42,975,419    $ 430    $ 296,650    $ (1,043,966 )   $ (6,292 )   $ (65,204 )   $ (818,382 )   $ —      $ (818,382 )

Net income

   —        —        —        41,846        —          —          41,846        8,088      49,934   

Other comprehensive income

   —        —        —        —          —          8,262        8,262        1,464      9,726   

Stock compensation expense

   —        —        346      —          —          —          346        61      407   

Purchase of ownership interests

   —        —        —        —          (89     —          (89 )     —        (89 )

Interest on notes receivable

   —        —        —        —          (63 )     —          (63 )     —        (63 )
                                                                  

Consolidated balance at June 30, 2009

   42,975,419    $ 430    $ 296,996    $ (1,002,120 )   $ (6,444 )   $ (56,942 )   $ (768,080 )   $ 9,613    $ (758,467 )
                                                                  

23. Stock-based Compensation

The Company, from time to time, has granted options to purchase partnership units of Holdings, which may be exchanged for shares of the Company’s common stock, and options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock. On February 4, 2010, the Company effected a 1,465.4874-for-one stock split and Holdings effected a 3,781.4427-for-one unit split. Accordingly, any unit/share information reflects such splits. As a result of these splits, each share of the Company’s common stock corresponds to one unit of Holdings’ partnership interest.

A summary of the changes in the unit options outstanding under the option plans for the six months ended June 30, 2010, is as follows:

 

     Units
Under
Options
    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price/Option
   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
   Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
                (in years)    (in millions)

Outstanding at January 1, 2010

   4,813,115      $ 8.35      

Granted

   —          —        

Exercised

   —          —        

Forfeited

   (199,916     7.61      
              

Outstanding at June 30, 2010

   4,613,199      $ 8.39    6.7    $ 15.4
              

Vested or expected to vest

   3,836,259      $ 8.60    6.4    $ 12.0

Exercisable at June 30, 2010

   3,178,807      $ 8.68    6.3    $ 9.6

 

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GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)—continued

 

A summary of the changes in the stock options outstanding under the option plans for the six months ended June 30, 2010, is as follows:

 

     Common
Stock
Under
Options
    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price/Option
   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
   Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
                (in years)    (in millions)

Outstanding at January 1, 2010

   —        $ —        

Granted (1)

   881,363        10.09      

Exercised

   —          —        

Forfeited

   (78,275     10.00      
              

Outstanding at June 30, 2010

   803,088      $ 10.10    9.6    $ 1.4
              

Vested or expected to vest

   803,088      $ 10.10    9.6    $ 1.4

Exercisable at June 30, 2010

   —        $ —      —      $ —  

 

(1) In the first six months of 2010, in conjunction with the IPO, the Company granted options to certain management members to purchase 841,363 shares of common stock. Subsequently, the Company granted options to a certain management member to purchase 40,000 shares of common stock. As a result, the Company will incur incremental compensation expense of approximately $2.2 million over the four-year vesting period of the options. The incremental expense recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2010, was $0.2 million.

24. Subsequent Event

On July 1, 2010, the Company acquired China Roots Packaging PTE Ltd. (“China Roots”), a plastic container manufacturing company located in Guangzhou, China, for approximately $25 million. China Roots manufactures plastic containers and closures for food, health care, personal care and petrochemical products. Its customers include several global consumer product marketers. In 2009, China Roots’ sales were approximately $16.3 million.

 

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

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this Report on Form 10-Q, including statements regarding our future financial position, economic performance and results of operations, as well as our business strategy, budgets and projected costs and plans and objectives of management for future operations, and the information referred to under “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” (Part I, Item 3), are forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe” or “continue” or similar terminology. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, and are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, management’s beliefs and certain assumptions made by management, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and beyond our control. Accordingly, readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date made, expectations may prove to have been materially different from the results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Unless otherwise required by law, we also disclaim any obligation to update our view of any such risks or uncertainties or to announce publicly the result of any revisions to the forward-looking statements made in this report. Readers should carefully review the risks and uncertainties under “Risk Factors”(Part I, Item 1A) in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Graham Packaging Company Inc. (“GPC”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. All written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. You should evaluate all forward-looking statements made in this Report on Form 10-Q in the context of these risks and uncertainties.

Overview

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references herein to the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us” refer to GPC and its subsidiaries.

We are a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of value-added, custom blow molded plastic containers for branded consumer products. We operate in product categories where customers and end users value the technology and innovation that our custom plastic containers offer as an alternative to traditional packaging materials such as glass, metal and paperboard. We selectively pursue opportunities where we can leverage our technology portfolio to continue to drive the trend of conversion to plastic containers from other packaging materials. Our customers include leading multi-national and regional blue-chip consumer product companies that seek customized, sustainable plastic container solutions for diverse and stable end markets, such as the food and beverage and the household consumer products markets. We believe we are well-positioned to meet the evolving needs of our customers who often use our technology to differentiate their products with value-added design and performance characteristics such as smooth-wall panel-less bottles, unique pouring and dispensing features, multilayer bottles incorporating barrier technologies to extend shelf life, and ultra lightweight bottles with “hot-fill” capabilities that allow containers to be filled at high temperatures.

As of June 30, 2010, we operated a network of 82 manufacturing facilities throughout North America, Europe and South America. We are organized and managed on a geographical basis in three operating segments: North America, Europe and South America. Each operating segment includes four major categories: Food and Beverage, Household, Personal Care/Specialty and Automotive Lubricants. Our primary strategies are to manage our business for stable growth and strong cash flow from operations, leverage our technology portfolio to meet the needs of our customers, target organic growth in attractive markets utilizing our proven business model, continue to focus on operational excellence, and supplement our organic growth with opportunistic strategic investments.

We believe that the critical success factors to our business are our ability to:

 

   

maintain relationships with, and serve the complex packaging demands of, our customers, which include some of the world’s largest branded consumer products companies;

 

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participate in growth opportunities associated with the conversion of packaging products from glass, metal and paper to plastic;

 

   

develop proprietary technologies that provide a meaningful competitive advantage in product design, product performance, process technology and sustainability features;

 

   

focus on operational excellence, cost reductions and overall efficiencies;

 

   

make investments in plant and technology necessary to satisfy the factors mentioned above; and

 

   

reduce our financial leverage.

We intend to capitalize on our leadership positions in value-added custom plastic containers to increase our EBITDA (as defined herein) and cash flow in order to reduce our financial leverage and increase stockholder return.

We believe that the area with the greatest opportunity for growth continues to be in producing containers for the food and beverage product category because of the industry’s continued conversion to plastic packaging, including the demand for containers for juices and juice drinks, nutritional beverages, beer, yogurt drinks, liquor, teas, sports drinks/isotonics, vitamin enhanced waters, snacks, sauces, jellies and jams. Much of the growth in this area in recent years has been in the sale of smaller sized containers. We believe we are a leader in providing value-added hot-fill polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”) juice containers. We also believe we are a leading participant in the growing markets for yogurt drinks and nutritional beverages where we manufacture containers using polyolefin resins.

Growth in our household container product category was fueled in prior years by conversions from powders to liquids for such products as detergents, household cleaners and automatic dishwashing detergent. Our strongest position is in fabric care, where management believes we are a leader in plastic container design and manufacture. It should be noted the fabric care industry now offers most of its brands in a concentrated formula which has reduced sales in this product category.

Our personal care/specialty product category is driven by new product launch and re-launch cycles of our customers. Based on the volume of our sales to many major suppliers of personal care/specialty products, management believes we are among the leading suppliers in this product category, which includes products for the hair care, skin care, oral care and specialty markets. Management believes that our supply position results from our commitment to, and reputation in, new product development and flexible manufacturing processes and operations.

Our North American one-quart/liter motor oil container product category is in a mature industry. Unit volume in the one-quart/liter motor oil industry decreased approximately 10% per year from 2006 through 2009 as the product category migrated towards the quick-lube market and larger multi-quart/liter packages. Even though we believe we have the largest market share of multi-quart/liter containers, these sales only partially offset the loss in sales of one-quart/liter containers.

As of June 30, 2010, we operated 29 manufacturing facilities outside of the United States in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Venezuela. Over the past few years, we have expanded our international operations with the addition of three new plants in Brazil and one new plant in Mexico.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, 72.2% of our net sales were generated by our top twenty customers. All of the top twenty customers were under long-term contracts with terms up to ten years and have been doing business with us for over 20 years on average. Prices under these arrangements are typically tied to plastic resin market standards and, therefore, vary with market conditions. In general, the contracts have annually set minimum purchase requirements but do not obligate the customer to purchase any given amount of product from us beyond one year. Our sales to PepsiCo, Inc., our largest customer, were 10.2% and 11.9% of total sales for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. All of these sales were made in North America.

The largest component of our cost of goods sold is resin costs. Based on certain resin industry indices, the following table summarizes average market prices per pound of PET and high-density polyethylene (“HDPE”) resins in the United States during the periods indicated:

 

     Three Months Ended
June  30,
   Six Months Ended
June  30,
     2010    2009    2010    2009

PET

   $ 0.81    $ 0.73    $ 0.81    $ 0.70

HDPE

   $ 0.84    $ 0.65    $ 0.84    $ 0.62

 

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Resin and colorants make up a significant part of our cost of goods sold. Colorants are pigments added to the resin to formulate different colors of blow molded plastic bottles. Changes in the cost of colorants are typically passed through to customers, similarly to resin. On a percentage basis, resin and colorant costs generally make up between 40% and 50% of cost of goods sold, depending on the price of resin and colorants and bottle features. As a percentage of net sales, resin and colorant costs make up between 35% and 40%, in general. The percentage depends not only on the price of the resin and colorants, but also the physical characteristics of the bottle, such as size, weight, design features, labels and decorations, color and the technology platform and equipment used to make the bottle.

Changes in the cost of resin are passed through to customers by means of corresponding changes in product pricing, in accordance with our agreements with these customers and industry practice. A sustained increase in resin prices relative to other packaging materials, to the extent that those costs are not passed on to the end-consumer, would make plastic containers less economical for our customers and could result in a slower pace of conversions to, or reductions in the use of, plastic containers.

On November 12, 2009, we sold our wholly-owned subsidiary Graham Emballages Plastiques S.A.S., located in Meaux, France, to an independent third party. We determined that the results of operations for this location, which had previously been reported in the Europe segment, would be reported as discontinued operations, in accordance with the guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-20, “Discontinued Operations.” Our condensed consolidated statements of operations reflect these discontinued operations. Accordingly, our discussion on results of operations below, unless otherwise indicated, is based on results from continuing operations.

Results of Operations

The following tables set forth the major components of our net sales and such net sales expressed as a percentage of total net sales:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009  
     (Dollars in millions)  

North America

   $ 573.9    87.9   $ 509.2    86.9   $ 1,078.8    87.1   $ 997.6    86.9

Europe

     54.5    8.4        54.0    9.2        112.8    9.1        110.4    9.6   

South America

     24.4    3.7        22.5    3.9        46.8    3.8        39.6    3.5   
                                                    

Total Net Sales

   $ 652.8    100.0   $ 585.7    100.0   $ 1,238.4    100.0   $ 1,147.6    100.0
                                                    
     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009  
     (Dollars in millions)  

Food and Beverage

   $ 407.8    62.5   $ 360.8    61.6   $ 769.8    62.1   $ 713.6    62.2

Household

     111.1    17.0        105.6    18.0        218.0    17.6        207.2    18.0   

Personal Care/Specialty

     40.9    6.3        42.1    7.2        82.5    6.7        85.8    7.5   

Automotive Lubricants

     93.0    14.2        77.2    13.2        168.1    13.6        141.0    12.3   
                                                    

Total Net Sales

   $ 652.8    100.0   $ 585.7    100.0   $ 1,238.4    100.0   $ 1,147.6    100.0
                                                    

 

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Three Months Ended June 30, 2010, Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2009

The following table sets forth the summary of the condensed consolidated statements of income and related percentage changes for the periods indicated:

 

     Three Months Ended
June  30,
    Increase/     %
Increase/
 
     2010     2009     (Decrease)     (Decrease)  
     (Dollars in millions)  

Net sales

   $ 652.8      $ 585.7      $ 67.1      11.5

Cost of goods sold

     532.2        473.0        59.2      12.5   
                          

Gross profit (1)

     120.6        112.7        7.9      7.0   

% of net sales (2)

     18.5     19.2    

Selling, general and administrative expenses (1)

     28.4        29.0        (0.6   (2.1

% of net sales (2)

     4.4     5.0    

Asset impairment charges

     0.6        6.4        (5.8   (90.6

Net loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     0.8        0.8        —        —     
                          

Operating income

     90.8        76.5        14.3      18.7   

% of net sales (2)

     13.9     13.1    

Interest expense

     41.9        37.2        4.7      12.6   

Interest income

     (0.2     (0.2     —        —     

Net gain on debt extinguishment

     —          (0.8     0.8      100.0   

Increase in income tax receivable obligations

     3.6        —          3.6      >100.0   

Other expense (income), net

     0.4        (1.0     1.4      >100.0   

Income tax provision

     7.3        6.7        0.6      9.0   
                          

Income from continuing operations

     37.8        34.6        3.2      9.2   

Loss from discontinued operations

     —          (1.5     1.5      100.0   
                          

Net income

     37.8        33.1        4.7      14.2   

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     4.3        5.3        (1.0   (18.9
                          

Net income attributable to our stockholders

   $ 33.5      $ 27.8      $ 5.7      20.5
                          

 

(1) Amounts for gross profit and selling, general and administrative expenses may not be comparable to those of other companies, as the costs that we include in these line items may differ from the costs that other companies include. For a discussion of the types of costs included in each line item, see Note 1, “Significant Accounting Policies,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
(2) As resin prices can fluctuate significantly, we believe that our gross profit, as well as certain expense items, should not be analyzed solely on a percentage of net sales basis. Fluctuations in crude oil and natural gas prices can cause significant fluctuations in resin prices, as can refining capacity and the demand for other petroleum-based products.

Net Sales. The increase in sales was partially due to an increase in resin costs, which are passed through to customers. The average market price per pound of PET in the U.S. increased from $0.73 to $0.81 and the average market price per pound of HDPE in the U.S. increased from $0.65 to $0.84.

Higher unit volume increased sales by approximately $35.1 million and the favorable impact of exchange rates increased sales by $0.3 million. The remaining $31.7 million increase was driven primarily by higher resin costs as described above, partially offset by net price reductions both from operational cost savings shared with our customers and in response to competitive pressure. Container units sold increased 7.5%.

 

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On an operating segment basis, sales for the three months ended June 30, 2010, in North America increased $64.7 million, or 12.7%, from the three months ended June 30, 2009. Higher unit volume increased sales by approximately $31.8 million and the favorable impact of exchange rates increased sales by $3.3 million. The remaining $29.6 million increase was largely driven by higher resin costs mentioned above, partially offset by net price reductions. North American sales in the food and beverage, household and automotive lubricants product categories contributed $46.2 million, $4.8 million and $13.8 million, respectively, to the increase, while the personal care/specialty product category decreased by $0.1 million. Container units sold in North America increased in the food and beverage, household and personal care/specialty product categories by 14.2%, 4.1% and 3.2%, respectively, and decreased in the automotive lubricants product category by 3.9%.

Sales for the three months ended June 30, 2010, in Europe increased $0.5 million, or 0.9%, from the three months ended June 30, 2009. The increase in sales was primarily due to higher resin costs, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of exchange rates of $2.1 million.

Sales for the three months ended June 30, 2010, in South America increased $1.9 million, or 8.4%, from the three months ended June 30, 2009. The increase in sales was primarily due to an increase in unit volume of approximately $1.6 million and price increases.

Gross Profit. Gross profit for the three months ended June 30, 2010, increased in North America by $5.3 million, decreased in Europe by $0.2 million and increased in South America by $2.8 million, when compared to the three months ended June 30, 2009. Higher unit volume contributed $8.1 million to the increase. The remaining decrease of $0.2 million resulted from net price reductions referred to above, partially offset by ongoing productivity initiatives.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in advisory service fees of $1.0 million.

Asset Impairment Charges. We identified an indicator of possible impairment of certain assets in Brazil, Mexico and the United States for the three months ended June 30, 2010, and in Mexico and the United States for the three months ended June 30, 2009. As a result, we evaluated the recoverability of these assets and determined that the undiscounted future cash flows were below the carrying value of these long-lived assets. Additionally, management had no plans to redeploy the majority of these assets. Accordingly, we adjusted the carrying value of these long-lived assets to their estimated fair value in accordance with the guidance under ASC 360-10-35-15, “Subsequent Measurement—Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” resulting in impairment charges of $0.6 million and $6.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Interest Expense. The increase was primarily due to the extension, in May 2009, of $1,200.0 million of our term loan at a minimum LIBOR and increased LIBOR margin, partially offset by lower debt levels in 2010. See “—Liquidity and Capital Resources” for a more detailed description of our term loan extension.

Net Gain on Debt Extinguishment. On May 28, 2009, we amended our senior secured credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) and determined the amendment should be recorded as an extinguishment of debt in accordance with ASC 470-50-40, “Modifications and Extinguishments.” As a result, we recorded a net gain on debt extinguishment of $0.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009.

Increase in Income Tax Receivable Obligations. We recognized $3.6 million of expense related to the change in the deferred tax assets subject to the Income Tax Receivable Agreements (“ITRs”) for the three months ended June 30, 2010. See “—Contractual Obligations and Commitments” for a more detailed description of the ITRs.

Other Expense (Income), Net. Other expense (income), net predominantly included net foreign exchange gains and losses for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009.

Income Tax Provision. The increase primarily resulted from changes to deferred tax liabilities that cannot be offset by net operating losses, partially offset by a prior year valuation allowance adjustment in our Brazilian subsidiary and a refund of income taxes withheld on prior year dividends from our Spanish subsidiary.

 

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Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests. We allocate earnings and losses of Graham Packaging Holdings Company (“Holdings”) to the noncontrolling interests based on the noncontrolling interests’ relative unit ownership percentage.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2010, Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2009

The following table sets forth the summary of the condensed consolidated statements of income and related percentage changes for the periods indicated:

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
    Increase/     %
Increase/
 
     2010     2009     (Decrease)     (Decrease)  
     (Dollars in millions)  

Net sales

   $ 1,238.4      $ 1,147.6      $ 90.8      7.9

Cost of goods sold

     1,015.5        941.3        74.2      7.9   
                          

Gross profit (1)

     222.9        206.3        16.6      8.0   

% of net sales (2)

     18.0     18.0    

Selling, general and administrative expenses (1)

     95.9        57.5        38.4      66.8   

% of net sales (2)

     7.7     5.0    

Asset impairment charges

     2.8        8.0        (5.2   (65.0

Net loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     1.0        2.3        (1.3   (56.5
                          

Operating income

     123.2        138.5        (15.3   (11.0

% of net sales (2)

     9.9     12.1    

Interest expense

     87.3        76.9        10.4      13.5   

Interest income

     (0.3     (0.5     0.2      40.0   

Net loss (gain) on debt extinguishment

     2.7        (0.8     3.5      >100.0   

Increase in income tax receivable obligations

     4.9        —          4.9      >100.0   

Other expense (income), net

     3.2        (1.5     4.7      >100.0   

Income tax provision

     12.1        12.7        (0.6   (4.7
                          

Income from continuing operations

     13.3        51.7        (38.4   (74.3

Loss from discontinued operations

     —          (1.8     1.8      100.0   
                          

Net income

     13.3        49.9        (36.6   (73.3

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

     2.0        8.1        (6.1   (75.3
                          

Net income attributable to our stockholders

   $ 11.3      $ 41.8      $ (30.5   (73.0 )% 
                          

 

(1) Amounts for gross profit and selling, general and administrative expenses may not be comparable to those of other companies, as the costs that we include in these line items may differ from the costs that other companies include. For a discussion of the types of costs included in each line item, see Note 1, “Significant Accounting Policies,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
(2) As resin prices can fluctuate significantly, we believe that our gross profit, as well as certain expense items, should not be analyzed solely on a percentage of net sales basis. Fluctuations in crude oil and natural gas prices can cause significant fluctuations in resin prices, as can refining capacity and the demand for other petroleum-based products.

Net Sales. The increase in sales was partially due to an increase in resin costs, which are passed through to customers. The average market price per pound of PET in the U.S. increased from $0.70 to $0.81 and the average market price per pound of HDPE in the U.S. increased from $0.62 to $0.84.

Higher unit volume increased sales by approximately $42.1 million and the favorable impact of exchange rates increased sales by $10.7 million. The remaining $38.0 million increase was driven primarily by higher resin costs as described above, partially offset by net price reductions both from operational cost savings shared with our customers and in response to competitive pressure. Container units sold increased 5.1%.

 

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On an operating segment basis, sales for the six months ended June 30, 2010, in North America increased $81.2 million, or 8.1%, from the six months ended June 30, 2009. Higher unit volume increased sales by approximately $38.3 million and the favorable impact of exchange rates increased sales by $8.3 million. The remaining $34.6 million increase was largely driven by higher resin costs mentioned above, partially offset by net price reductions. North American sales in the food and beverage, household and automotive lubricants product categories contributed $52.4 million, $8.7 million and $21.4 million, respectively, to the increase, while the personal care/specialty product category decreased by $1.3 million. Container units sold in North America increased in the food and beverage, household and personal care/specialty product categories by 10.7%, 4.6% and 1.3%, respectively, and decreased in the automotive lubricants product category by 2.7%.

Sales for the six months ended June 30, 2010, in Europe increased $2.4 million, or 2.2%, from the six months ended June 30, 2009. The favorable impact of exchange rates increased sales by $2.9 million and was partially offset by lower resin costs and net price reductions.

Sales for the six months ended June 30, 2010, in South America increased $7.2 million, or 18.2%, from the six months ended June 30, 2009. The increase in sales was primarily due to an increase in unit volume of approximately $3.5 million and price increases.

Gross Profit. Gross profit for the six months ended June 30, 2010, increased in North America by $12.2 million, decreased in Europe by $2.8 million and increased in South America by $7.2 million, when compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009. An increase in unit volume contributed $11.5 million to the increase. The remaining increase of $5.1 million resulted from ongoing productivity initiatives, slightly offset by net price reductions referred to above.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. The increase was primarily due to a one-time fee of $35.0 million to affiliates of the Graham Family and Blackstone to terminate the Amended and Restated Monitoring Agreement (the “Monitoring Agreement”), bonuses paid in connection with the initial public offering (“IPO”) of $3.5 million and other costs incurred in connection with the IPO of $0.9 million, partially offset by a decrease in compensation-related expenses of $1.6 million, a decrease in advisory service fees of $1.6 million and ongoing expense reduction efforts.

Asset Impairment Charges. We identified an indicator of possible impairment of certain assets in Brazil, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States for the six months ended June 30, 2010, and in Mexico and the United States for the six months ended June 30, 2009. As a result, we evaluated the recoverability of these assets and determined that the undiscounted future cash flows were below the carrying value of these long-lived assets. Additionally, management had no plans to redeploy the majority of these assets. Accordingly, we adjusted the carrying value of these long-lived assets to their estimated fair value in accordance with the guidance under ASC 360-10-35-15, “Subsequent Measurement—Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” resulting in impairment charges of $2.8 million and $8.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Interest Expense. The increase was primarily due to the extension, in May 2009, of $1,200.0 million of our term loan at a minimum LIBOR and increased LIBOR margin, partially offset by lower debt levels in 2010. See “—Liquidity and Capital Resources” for a more detailed description of our term loan extension.

Net Loss (Gain) on Debt Extinguishment. We made principal payments against the Credit Agreement of $114.2 million in February 2010 using the net proceeds from our IPO and of $14.7 million in March 2010 using the net proceeds from the sale of additional shares following our IPO and for an excess cash flow payment of $62.5 million due for the year ended December 31, 2009, paid in March 2010, resulting in a net loss on debt extinguishment of $2.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. On May 28, 2009, we amended the Credit Agreement and determined the amendment should be recorded as an extinguishment of debt in accordance with ASC 470-50-40, “Modifications and Extinguishments.” As a result, we recorded a net gain on debt extinguishment of $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009.

Increase in Income Tax Receivable Obligations. We recognized $4.9 million of expense related to the change in the deferred tax assets subject to the Income Tax Receivable Agreements (“ITRs”) for the six months ended June 30, 2010. This amount reflects the change from February 17, 2010, the date the ITRs were signed, through June 30, 2010. See “—Contractual Obligations and Commitments” for a more detailed description of the ITRs.

 

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Other Expense (Income), Net. Other expense (income), net predominantly included net foreign exchange gains and losses for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. Other expense, net for the six months ended June 30, 2010, included a loss of $2.5 million related to the application of hyper-inflationary accounting for our Venezuelan subsidiary and the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar.

Income Tax Provision. The decrease primarily resulted from decreased profitability in our major foreign taxpaying subsidiaries, a prior year valuation allowance adjustment in our Brazilian subsidiary and changes in income taxes withheld on foreign dividends, partially offset by changes in unrecogized tax benefits of foreign subsidiaries and changes to deferred tax liabilities that cannot be offset by net operating losses.

Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests. We allocate earnings and losses of Holdings to the noncontrolling interests based on the noncontrolling interests’ relative unit ownership percentage.

We utilize adjusted EBITDA (as defined herein) and free cash flow (as defined herein) as important internal metrics in managing our business. We consider adjusted EBITDA an operating metric and free cash flow a liquidity metric. Among other things, these metrics are used to determine incentive compensation. These metrics are reconciled to other appropriate generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) measures in “—Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

Effect of Changes in Exchange Rates

We generally conduct business in our foreign operations in local currencies. Accordingly, our results of operations are affected by changes in foreign exchange rates. Income and expense accounts and cash flow items are translated at average monthly exchange rates during the period. As a result, a decline in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to the local currencies of profitable foreign subsidiaries can have a favorable effect on our profitability, and an increase in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to the local currencies of profitable foreign subsidiaries can have a negative effect on our profitability.

We manage foreign currency exposures (primarily to the euro, Canadian dollar, Polish zloty, Brazilian real, pound sterling and certain non-U.S. subsidiaries’ purchases of raw materials and/or sales of products in U.S. dollars) at the operating unit level. Exposures that cannot be naturally offset within an operating unit are hedged with derivative financial instruments where possible and cost effective in our judgment. Foreign currency exchange contracts which hedge defined exposures generally mature within twelve months. We do not generally hedge our exposure to translation gains or losses on our non-U.S. net assets. There were foreign currency exchange contracts of $1.4 million and $1.5 million outstanding as of June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively. Included in other expense (income), net were foreign exchange losses of $0.3 million and foreign exchange gains of $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and foreign exchange losses of $3.2 million, including a loss of $2.5 million related to the application of hyper-inflationary accounting for our Venezuelan subsidiary and the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar, and foreign exchange gains of $1.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Net sales for our Venezuelan subsidiary were $3.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010.

Assets and liabilities are translated at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. Net exchange gains or losses resulting from the translation of foreign financial statements are recorded as a separate component of equity (deficit) under the caption “accumulated other comprehensive income.” Exchange rate fluctuations decreased comprehensive income by $22.8 million and increased comprehensive income by $28.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and decreased comprehensive income by $24.5 million and increased comprehensive income by $4.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Derivatives

During the first quarter of 2009, we elected to roll over our senior secured term loan in one-month increments to reduce our cash interest, as opposed to continuing to roll over our senior secured term loan in three-month increments to match the terms of our interest rate collar agreements. We have therefore discontinued hedge accounting for our interest rate collar and swap agreements. As a result, no change in fair value was recorded in other comprehensive income for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. Of the amount recorded within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of June 30, 2010, 91% is expected to be recognized in interest expense in the next twelve months.

 

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During 2009, we entered into a $1.2 million foreign currency exchange contract to hedge the exchange rate exposure on a transaction that is denominated in pound sterling. The contract was renewed in the third quarter of 2009 for another six months and increased to $1.5 million. The contract was renewed again in the first quarter of 2010 for another six months. This foreign currency exchange contract is accounted for as a cash flow hedge and is highly effective as defined by ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging.”

Liquidity and Capital Resources

In the six months ended June 30, 2010, we generated $99.2 million of cash flow from operations and $165.6 million of net proceeds from the IPO, and funded $75.7 million of investing activities and $198.6 million of other financing activities, resulting in a net use of cash of $11.7 million. The cash generated from operating activities came primarily from our net income adjusted for non-cash items, partially offset by an increase in working capital.

The increase in working capital was due to an increase in accounts receivable resulting from higher resin costs and higher sales in June 2010 compared to December 2009, partially offset by an increase in accounts payable also resulting from the higher resin costs.

Cash paid for property, plant and equipment for the six months ended June 30, 2010, was $75.9 million. Our largest capital spending in the first six months of 2010 included the installation of a new bottle line for a large beverage customer at our new on-site facility in Mexico, additional machinery and equipment at our new on-site facility for a large household customer in Missouri, and increasing production capacity through plant infrastructure improvements and machine upgrades in South America to better service a large automotive customer.

Cash used in financing activities included the paydown of the Term Loans (as defined herein) using the net proceeds from our IPO and subsequent sale of shares following our IPO of $162.6 million, including $3.0 million of expenses paid in the fourth quarter of 2009. In addition, $62.5 million was repaid on the Term Loans as an excess cash flow payment required by the Credit Agreement and $8.3 million was repaid on the Term Loans for regular amortization.

Our Credit Agreement consists of a senior secured term loan of $563.1 million due October 7, 2011 (“Term Loan B”), and a senior secured term loan of $1,022.8 million ($1,038.1 million aggregate outstanding principal amount less $15.3 million unamortized discount) due April 5, 2014 (“Term Loan C” and, together with the Term Loan B, the “Term Loans”), to Graham Packaging Company, L.P. (the “Operating Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings, which is a 90.9%-owned subsidiary of the Company, as of June 30, 2010, and a $260.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”). Availability under the Revolver as of June 30, 2010, was $249.8 million (as reduced by $10.2 million of outstanding letters of credit). The obligations of the Operating Company and GPC Capital Corp. I (“CapCo I”) under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by Holdings and certain domestic subsidiaries of the Operating Company. The Term Loans are payable in quarterly installments and require payments of $8.1 million in the remainder of 2010, $570.7 million in 2011, $10.5 million in 2012, $10.5 million in 2013 and $1,001.4 million in 2014 (disregarding any further mandatory or voluntary prepayments that may reduce such scheduled amortization payments). The payments of $8.1 million in the remainder of 2010 exclude the paydowns of debt in the first half of 2010 of $114.2 million using the net proceeds from our IPO and of $14.7 million using the net proceeds from the sale of additional shares following our IPO and for an excess cash flow payment of $62.5 million due for the year ended December 31, 2009, paid in March 2010.

On May 28, 2009, certain of the lenders under our Term Loans agreed to extend the final maturity of $1,200.0 million of the Term Loans, conditioned on the refinancing in full of our senior notes due 2012. As a result of such refinancing in November 2009, $563.1 million of the Term Loans will mature on October 7, 2011, and the remaining $1,038.1 million will mature on April 5, 2014.

On May 28, 2009, certain of our Revolver lenders agreed to extend their commitments, with respect to $112.8 million of the total commitment, conditioned on the refinancing in full of our senior notes due 2012. As a result of such refinancing in November 2009, $135.2 million of commitments under the Revolver will expire on October 7, 2010, and the remainder of the commitments will expire on October 1, 2013. In conjunction with the extension of these revolving commitments, we also voluntarily reduced the amount of total revolving commitments available to us under the Credit Agreement from $250.0 million to $248.0 million. Subsequent to the IPO, we received a $12.0 million increase to our revolving commitments.

 

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On May 28, 2009, the Credit Agreement was also amended such that we may not permit our senior secured debt to covenant compliance EBITDA (as defined below) ratio to exceed (a) 5.50x on the last day of any fiscal quarter ending on or before December 31, 2011; (b) 5.25x on the last day of any fiscal quarter ending on or after January 1, 2012, and ending on or before December 31, 2012; and (c) 5.00x on the last day of any fiscal quarter thereafter. As of June 30, 2010, we were in compliance with all covenants in the Credit Agreement.

We expect to fund scheduled debt repayments in 2010 from cash flow from operations. It is our intention to refinance in 2010, or 2011, the Term Loan B maturing in 2011. Substantially all unused lines of credit have no major restrictions and are provided under notes between us and the respective lending institutions.

As of June 30, 2010, we had outstanding $253.4 million aggregate principal amount of 8.25% senior unsecured notes due 2017 (“Senior Notes”) and $375.0 million in senior subordinated notes due 2014 (“Senior Subordinated Notes”) co-issued by the Operating Company and CapCo I (collectively with the Senior Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by Holdings and certain domestic subsidiaries of the Operating Company and mature on October 7, 2014 (Senior Subordinated Notes), and January 1, 2017 (Senior Notes). Interest on the Senior Subordinated Notes is payable semi-annually at 9.875% per annum and interest on the Senior Notes is payable semi-annually at 8.25% per annum. In connection with the issuance of the Senior Notes, we entered into a registration rights agreement, under which we agreed to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) notes having substantially identical terms as part of an offer to exchange freely tradable exchange notes for the Senior Notes. In addition, we agreed to use our reasonable best efforts to cause each exchange offer to be completed or, if required, to have one or more shelf registration statements declared effective, before November 24, 2010. If we fail to meet this target (a “registration default”), the annual interest rate on the notes will increase by 0.25%. The annual interest rate on the notes will increase by an additional 0.25% for each subsequent 90-day period during which the registration default continues, up to a maximum additional interest rate of 1.0% per year. If the registration default is corrected, the applicable interest rate on the Senior Notes will revert to the original level. Accordingly, on July 2, 2010, Holdings filed a registration statement on Form S-4 to register the Senior Notes with the SEC.

As of June 30, 2010, our total indebtedness was $2,240.8 million, net of $18.4 million unamortized discount, and our indebtedness net of cash was $2,104.7 million.

The Credit Agreement and the indentures governing the Notes contain a number of significant covenants. We believe that these covenants are material terms of these agreements and that information about the covenants is material to an investor’s understanding of our financial condition and liquidity. Covenant compliance EBITDA (as defined below) is used to determine our compliance with certain of these covenants. Any breach of covenants in the Credit Agreement (including those that are tied to financial ratios based on covenant compliance EBITDA) could result in a default under the Credit Agreement and the lenders could elect to declare all amounts borrowed to be immediately due and payable. Any such acceleration would also result in a default under the indentures. Additionally, these covenants restrict our and our subsidiaries’ ability to dispose of assets, repay other indebtedness, incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends, prepay subordinated indebtedness, incur liens, make capital expenditures, investments or acquisitions, engage in mergers or consolidations, engage in transactions with affiliates and otherwise restrict our activities. Under the Credit Agreement, we are required to satisfy specified financial ratios and tests. The Credit Agreement also requires that up to 50% of excess cash flow (as defined in the Credit Agreement) is applied on an annual basis to pay down the Term Loans. As of June 30, 2010, we were in compliance with the financial ratios and tests specified in the Credit Agreement.

We define covenant compliance EBITDA as EBITDA (i.e., earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), generated by Holdings, further adjusted to exclude non-recurring items, non-cash items and other adjustments required in calculating covenant compliance under the Credit Agreement and the indentures, as shown in the table below. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as covenant compliance EBITDA, less project startup costs and certain other administrative expenses. Further, adjusted EBITDA is one of several measures we use to determine management incentive compensation. Covenant compliance EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are not intended to represent cash flow from operations as defined by generally accepted accounting principles and should not be used as an alternative to net income as an indicator of operating performance or to cash flow as a measure of liquidity. We believe that the inclusion of covenant compliance EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA amounts in this quarterly

 

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report on Form 10-Q is appropriate to provide additional information to investors about the calculation of certain financial covenants in the Credit Agreement and the indentures, as well as information as to how management is compensated. Because not all companies use identical calculations, these presentations of covenant compliance EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. A reconciliation of income (loss) from continuing operations to covenant compliance EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA is as follows:

Reconciliation of income (loss) from continuing operations to EBITDA

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
    Four
Quarters
Ended
June 30,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009     2010  
     (In millions)  

Income (loss) from continuing operations

   $ 37.8      $ 34.6      $ 13.3      $ 51.7      $ (14.7

Interest income

     (0.2     (0.3     (0.3     (0.5     (0.9

Interest expense

     41.9        37.2        87.3        76.9        187.2   

Income tax provision

     7.3        6.7        12.1        12.6        26.5   

Depreciation and amortization

     39.1        40.7        77.6        79.1        157.2   
                                        

EBITDA

   $ 125.9      $ 118.9      $ 190.0      $ 219.8      $ 355.3   
                                        

Reconciliation of EBITDA to covenant compliance EBITDA

      
     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
    Four
Quarters
Ended
June 30,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009     2010  
     (In millions)  

EBITDA

   $ 125.9      $ 118.9      $ 190.0      $ 219.8      $ 355.3   

Asset impairment charges

     0.6        6.5        2.8        8.0        36.6   

Increase in income tax receivable obligations

     3.6        —          4.9        —          4.9   

Other non-cash charges (a)

     1.2        1.0        1.7        2.7        6.3   

Fees related to monitoring agreements (b)

     0.2        1.2        0.9        2.5        3.4   

Net (gain) loss on debt extinguishment

     —          (0.8     2.7        (0.8     12.1   

Contract termination fee and IPO-related expenses (c)

     0.4        —          39.4        —          39.6   

Venezuelan hyper-inflationary accounting

     (0.3     —          2.5        —          2.5   

Reorganization and other costs (d)

     2.1        3.4        4.3        5.4        13.2   

Other administrative expenses (e)

     —          —          —          0.1        —     
                                        

Adjusted EBITDA (f)

     133.7        130.2        249.2        237.7        473.9   

Project startup costs (g)

     3.4        3.4        5.8        7.0        10.8   

Other administrative expenses (h)

     0.3        —          0.3        —          1.2   
                                        

Covenant compliance EBITDA

   $ 137.4      $ 133.6      $ 255.3      $ 244.7      $ 485.9   
                                        

 

 

(a) Represents the net loss on disposal of fixed assets, stock-based compensation expense and equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries.
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(c) Represents costs related to the termination of the Monitoring Agreement, IPO bonus payments and other IPO-related costs.
(d) Represents costs related to plant closures, employee severance and other costs defined in the Credit Agreement.
(e) Represents administrative expenses incurred by us and paid by Blackstone on our behalf.
(f) We use adjusted EBITDA as one factor in the setting of incentive compensation.
(g) Represents costs associated with startups of manufacturing lines to produce new products.
(h) Represents administrative expenses specific to GPC which are excluded from the computation of covenant compliance EBITDA.

Under applicable debt agreements, our ability to engage in activities such as incurring additional indebtedness, making investments and paying dividends is also tied to ratios based on covenant compliance EBITDA. The Credit Agreement requires that we maintain a senior secured debt to covenant compliance EBITDA ratio at a maximum of 5.5x for the most recent four-quarter period. For the four quarters ended June 30, 2010, the Operating Company’s covenant compliance EBITDA was $485.9 million and the senior secured debt to covenant compliance EBITDA ratio was 3.1x. Given the level of senior secured debt as of June 30, 2010, the Operating Company’s covenant compliance EBITDA could have fallen by $214.1 million to $271.8 million for the four quarters ended June 30, 2010, and we still would have been in compliance with the covenants in the Credit Agreement. The ability of the Operating Company to incur additional debt and make certain restricted payments under its Notes is tied to a minimum covenant compliance EBITDA to fixed charges (primarily cash interest expense) ratio of 2.0x, except that the Operating Company may incur certain debt and make certain restricted payments without regard to the ratio, including, but not limited to, exceptions permitting $2.2 billion under the Credit Agreement and investments equal to 7.5% of the Operating Company’s total assets. The covenant compliance EBITDA to fixed charges ratio was 2.6x for the four quarters ended June 30, 2010.

We define free cash flow as cash flow from operations, less cash paid for property, plant and equipment, as follows:

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2010     2009  
     (In thousands)  

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 99,202      $ 218,128   

Cash paid for property, plant and equipment

     (75,937     (71,800

Debt issuance fees

     (648     (9,570

Contract termination fee and IPO-related expenses

     39,363        —     
                

Free cash flow

   $ 61,980      $ 136,758   
                

Substantially all of the tangible and intangible assets of our domestic subsidiaries that are guarantors under the Credit Agreement are pledged as collateral pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement.

Under the Credit Agreement, as amended, the Operating Company is subject to restrictions on the payment of dividends or other distributions to Holdings; provided that, subject to certain limitations, the Operating Company may pay dividends or other distributions to Holdings:

 

   

with respect to overhead, tax and tax-related liabilities, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses; and

 

   

to fund purchases and redemptions of equity interests of Holdings or GPC held by then present or former officers or employees of Holdings, the Operating Company or their Subsidiaries (as defined therein) or by any employee stock ownership plan upon that person’s death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or other circumstances with annual dollar limitations.

 

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We and our subsidiaries, affiliates or significant stockholders (including Blackstone) may, from time to time, subject to limitations in our debt agreements and in our or their sole discretion, purchase, repay, redeem or retire any of our outstanding debt or equity securities (including any publicly issued debt or equity securities), in privately negotiated or open market transactions, by tender offer or otherwise.

We believe that capital expenditures to maintain and upgrade property, plant and equipment are important to remain competitive. We estimate that on average the maintenance capital expenditures are approximately $30 million to $40 million per year. Additional capital expenditures beyond this amount will be required to expand capacity or improve our cost structure.

For the year 2010, we expect to incur capital expenditures ranging from $140 million to $160 million. However, total capital expenditures will depend on the size and timing of growth related opportunities. Our principal source of cash to fund ongoing operations and capital requirements has been and is expected to continue to be cash flow from operations. We believe that cash flow from operations will be sufficient to fund our ongoing operations and foreseeable capital requirements.

Income Tax Receivable Agreements

In connection with the IPO, GPC entered into ITRs which will obligate it to make payments to its pre-IPO stockholders (including Blackstone) and the Graham Family in an amount equal to 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax that GPC actually realizes (or is deemed to realize in the case of an early termination or change in control as further described in the ITRs) as a result of (i) the utilization of GPC’s net operating losses attributable to periods prior to the IPO, (ii) any increase to the tax basis of the assets of Holdings relating to GPC’s 1998 acquisition of 85% of Holdings and current and future exchanges of limited partnership units by the Graham Family pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, and (iii) other tax benefits related to GPC’s entering into the ITRs, including tax benefits attributable to payments under the ITRs. As of June 30, 2010, the value of the ITRs obligations was $11.4 million.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of June 30, 2010, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of SEC Regulation
S-K.

We have entered into agreements with an unrelated third-party for the financing of specific accounts receivable of certain foreign subsidiaries. The financing of accounts receivable under these agreements is accounted for as a sale of receivables in accordance with the guidance under ASC 860-20, “Sale of Financial Assets.” Under the terms of the financing agreements, we transfer ownership of eligible accounts receivable without recourse to the third-party purchaser in exchange for cash. Proceeds on the transfer reflect the face value of the accounts receivable less a discount. The discount is recorded against net sales on the consolidated statement of operations in the period of the sale. The eligible receivables financed pursuant to this factoring agreement are excluded from accounts receivable on the consolidated balance sheet and are reflected as cash provided by operating activities on the consolidated statement of cash flows, while non-eligible receivables remain on the balance sheet with a corresponding liability established when those receivables are financed. We do not continue to service, administer and collect the eligible receivables under this program. The third-party purchaser has no recourse to us for failure of debtors constituting eligible receivables to pay when due. We maintain insurance on behalf of the third-party purchaser to cover any losses due to the failure of debtors constituting eligible receivables to pay when due. At June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, we had sold $16.4 million and $15.7 million of eligible accounts receivable, respectively, which represent the face amounts of total outstanding receivables at those dates.

Environmental Matters

We are subject to potential loss contingencies resulting from regulation by various federal, state, local and foreign governmental authorities with respect to the environmental impact of our operating facilities. In the event a known environmental issue is identified, we may incur substantial costs to comply with environmental laws and regulations. See Note 20 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) for further discussion.

 

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) for information regarding new accounting pronouncements.

Subsequent Event

On July 1, 2010, we acquired China Roots Packaging PTE Ltd. (“China Roots”), a plastic container manufacturing company located in Guangzhou, China, for approximately $25 million. China Roots manufactures plastic containers and closures for food, health care, personal care and petrochemical products. Its customers include several global consumer product marketers. In 2009, China Roots’ sales were approximately $16.3 million.

 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk are discussed in Part II, Item 7A in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. Other than as set forth below, there have been no material changes in information reported since the year ended December 31, 2009.

Long-Term Debt

Our long-term debt consists of both variable-rate and fixed-rate debt. Our variable-rate debt, including our Credit Agreement, totaled $1,598.2 million (net of $15.3 million unamortized discount) and $1,790.1 million (net of $19.9 million unamortized discount) at June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively. The fair value of this long-term debt, including the current portion, was approximately $1,612.4 million and $1,809.8 million at June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively. Our fixed-rate debt, including $253.4 million of Senior Notes and $375.0 million of Senior Subordinated Notes, totaled $642.6 million (net of $3.1 million unamortized discount) and $646.8 million (net of $3.3 million unamortized discount) at June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively. The fair value of this long-term debt, including the current portion, was approximately $650.4 million and $652.8 million at June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively.

Based on the outstanding amount of our variable-rate indebtedness at June 30, 2010, a one percentage point change in the interest rates for our variable-rate indebtedness would impact interest expense by an aggregate of approximately $5.8 million, excluding the impact of our interest rate swap agreements at June 30, 2010.

Derivatives

The following table presents information for our interest rate collar agreements, interest rate swap agreements and foreign currency exchange contract. The notional amounts do not necessarily represent amounts exchanged by the parties, and therefore are not direct measures of our exposure to credit risk. The fair values approximate the costs to settle the outstanding contracts.

 

     June 30,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 
     (In thousands)  

Interest rate collar agreements:

    

Notional amount

   $ —        $ 385,000   

Fair value – liability

     —          (68

Interest rate swap agreements:

    

Notional amount

     350,000        350,000   

Fair value – liability

     (13,008     (16,688

Foreign currency exchange contract:

    

Notional amount

     1,414        1,544   

Fair value – liability

     (7     (27

See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources” (Part I, Item 2) for further discussion of our debt commitments.

 

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Item 4T. Controls and Procedures

 

  (a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objective. Based on this evaluation and subject to the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of June 30, 2010, the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to accomplish their objectives at the reasonable assurance level.

 

  (b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2010, 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

For a description of our legal proceedings, see Note 16 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) which is incorporated by reference in response to this item.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risk factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K have not materially changed.

 

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

None

 

Item 4. (Removed and Reserved)

 

Item 6. Exhibits

The agreements and other documents filed as exhibits to this quarterly report on Form 10-Q are not intended to provide factual information or other disclosure other than with respect to the terms of the agreements or other documents themselves, and you should not rely on them for that purpose. In particular, any representations and warranties made by the registrant in these agreements or other documents were made solely within the specific context of the relevant agreement or document and may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time.

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description of Exhibit

3.1     Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Graham Packaging Company Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement of Graham Packaging Company Inc. on Form S-1/A filed by Graham Packaging Company Inc. on February 5, 2010 (File No. 333-163956)).
3.2     Amended and Restated By-Laws of Graham Packaging Company Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement of Graham Packaging Company Inc. on Form S-1/A filed by Graham Packaging Company Inc. on February 5, 2010 (File No. 333-163956)).
10.1     Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2010, between Graham Packaging Holdings Company, Graham Packaging Company, L.P. and David Bullock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Graham Packaging Company Inc. on April 1, 2010 (File No. 001-34621)).
10.2     Graham Packaging Company Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement of Graham Packaging Company Inc. on Form S-8 filed by Graham Packaging Company Inc. on June 22, 2010 (File No. 333-167673)).
31.1*    Certification required by Rule 15d-14(a).
31.2*    Certification required by Rule 15d-14(a).
32.1*    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2*    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

* — Filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURE

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

Dated: August 3, 2010

 

GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY INC.
(Registrant)

By:

  /s/    DAVID W. BULLOCK        
  David W. Bullock
  Chief Financial Officer

 

By:

  /s/    WILLIAM E. HENNESSEY        
  William E. Hennessey
 

Vice President, Corporate Controller and

Treasurer

 

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EXHIBIT LIST

The agreements and other documents filed as exhibits to this quarterly report on Form 10-Q are not intended to provide factual information or other disclosure other than with respect to the terms of the agreements or other documents themselves, and you should not rely on them for that purpose. In particular, any representations and warranties made by the registrant in these agreements or other documents were made solely within the specific context of the relevant agreement or document and may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time.

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description of Exhibit

   3.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Graham Packaging Company Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement of Graham Packaging Company Inc. on Form S-1/A filed by Graham Packaging Company Inc. on February 5, 2010 (File No. 333-163956)).
   3.2    Amended and Restated By-Laws of Graham Packaging Company Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement of Graham Packaging Company Inc. on Form S-1/A filed by Graham Packaging Company Inc. on February 5, 2010 (File No. 333-163956)).
 10.1    Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2010, between Graham Packaging Holdings Company, Graham Packaging Company, L.P. and David Bullock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Graham Packaging Company Inc. on April 1, 2010 (File No. 001-34621)).
 10.2    Graham Packaging Company Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement of Graham Packaging Company Inc. on Form S-8 filed by Graham Packaging Company Inc. on June 22, 2010 (File No. 333-167673)).
 31.1*    Certification required by Rule 15d-14(a).
 31.2*    Certification required by Rule 15d-14(a).
 32.1*    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 32.2*    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

* — Filed herewith.

 

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