UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 4, 2012
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Rock-Tenn Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Georgia
 
001-12613
 
62-0342590
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
     
Identification Number)

504 Thrasher Street,
Norcross, Georgia
 
 
30071
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 448-2193


(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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ITEM 8.01    OTHER EVENTS
 
In June 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05 “Comprehensive Income Presentation of Financial Statements” which amended certain provisions of ASC 220 “Comprehensive Income”.   These provisions changed the presentation requirements for other comprehensive income and total comprehensive income and require one continuous statement or two separate but consecutive statements.  Presentation of other comprehensive income in the statement of stockholders’ equity is no longer permitted. These provisions were effective for fiscal and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011 (January 1, 2012 for us) and required retroactive application for all periods presented. Accordingly, the unaudited interim financial statements in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2012 have applied the provisions of ASU No. 2011-05.
 
The audited consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the three years ended September 30, 2011 and the unaudited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 incorporated by reference in our previously filed periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, have not yet been revised to reflect the adoption of ASU No. 2011-05, Presentation of Comprehensive Income, as amended by ASU No. 2011-12, Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05.
 
The table below presents comprehensive income consistent with the presentation requirements of ASU No. 2011-05.
 
    Fiscal Year Ended September 30,    
Three Months
ended December 31,
 
    2009     2010     2011     2010     2011  
Consolidated net income   $ 225.9     $ 230.7     $ 146.0       51.3       76.8  
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:                                        
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)
    (2.4 )     7.2       (12.9 )     6.0       7.0  
Derivatives:
                                       
Deferred loss on cash flow hedges
    (16.7 )     (3.5 )     (0.3 )     -       -  
Less: Reclassification adjustment of net loss on cash flow hedges included in earnings
    5.2       6.0       4.0       1.2       0.8  
Defined benefit pension plans:
                                       
Net actuarial loss arising during the period
    (78.6 )     (8.4 )     (211.2 )     -       -  
Less: Amortization of net actuarial loss, included in pension cost
    4.5       12.0       12.2       2.8       3.2  
Prior service (cost) credit arising during the period
    (1.0 )     (0.2 )     0.3       -       -  
Less: Amortization of prior service cost, included in pension cost
    0.7       0.5       0.4       0.1       0.1  
Other adjustments
    -       (1.7     -       -       -  
Other comprehensive income (loss)
    (88.3 )     11.9       (207.5 )     10.1       11.1  
Comprehensive income (loss)     137.6       242.6       (61.5 )     61.4       87.9  
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    (3.3 )     (0.8 )     (4.4 )     (1.4 )     (0.2 )
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Rock-Tenn Company shareholders   $ 134.3     $ 241.8     $ (65.9 )   $ 60.0     $ 87.7  
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
ROCK-TENN COMPANY
     
  By: /s/ Robert B. McIntosh
  Name: Robert B. McIntosh
  Title:
Executive Vice-President, General Counsel
and Secretary
 
Date: September 4, 2012