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NEWS RELEASE
   
 
Investor Contact:
Dustin Stilwell
812.306.2964
dustinstilwell@berryplastics.com
 
Media Contact:
Eva Schmitz
812.306.2424
evaschmitz@berryplastics.com
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
 
Berry Plastics Group, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2014 Results
 
EVANSVILLE, Ind.August 1, 2014 – Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY) today reported results for its third quarter fiscal 2014, referred to in the following as the June 2014 quarter:
 
Increased net sales by 6 percent to $1,298 million for the June 2014 quarter compared to $1,221 million in the June 2013 quarter
Achieved Operating EBITDA of $212 million for the June 2014 quarter and LTM Adjusted EBITDA of $835 million
Increased cash from operating activities for the three fiscal quarters ended June 2014 to $370 million from $297 million in the prior year three fiscal quarters
LTM Adjusted free cash flow of $291 million, representing a 10 percent adjusted free cash flow yield
Recorded net income of $15 million ($0.12 per diluted share) for the June 2014 quarter versus $40 million ($0.33 per diluted share) for the June 2013 quarter
Adjusted net income per diluted share of $0.51 for the June 2014 quarter compared to $0.35 in the June 2013 quarter
 
"In the June 2014 quarter we reported record sales for any quarterly period in the Company’s history, in the face of weak packaged food demand," said Jon Rich, Chairman and CEO of Berry Plastics.  “We also matched our Operating EBITDA record for any quarterly period of $212 million."
 
June 2014 Quarter Results
For the June 2014 quarter, the Company’s net sales increased by 6 percent to $1,298 million from $1,221 million in the June 2013 quarter.  The year-over-year increase was primarily attributed to increased selling prices due to higher material costs along with sales from businesses we acquired in the last 12 months.
 
   
Quarterly Period Ended (Unaudited)
 
Net sales  (in millions)
 
June 28, 2014
   
June 29, 2013
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
Rigid Open Top
  $ 303     $ 312     $ (9 )     (3 )%
Rigid Closed Top
    381       370       11       3 %
     Rigid Packaging
    684       682       2       - %
Engineered Materials
    371       351       20       6 %
Flexible Packaging
    243       188       55       29 %
    Total net sales
  $ 1,298     $ 1,221     $ 77       6 %
 
June 2014 Fiscal YTD Results
For June 2014 Fiscal YTD, the Company’s net sales increased by 6 percent to $3,648 million as compared to $3,443 million for the same period of fiscal 2013.  The increase was primarily attributed to increased selling prices due to higher material costs along with sales from businesses we acquired in the last 12 months.
 
   
Three Quarterly Periods Ended (Unaudited)
 
Net sales  (in millions)
 
June 28, 2014
   
June 29, 2013
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
Rigid Open Top
  $ 820     $ 828     $ (8 )     (1 )%
Rigid Closed Top
    1,073       1,036       37       4 %
     Rigid Packaging
    1,893       1,864       29       2 %
Engineered Materials
    1,081       1,030       51       5 %
Flexible Packaging
    674       549       125       23 %
    Total net sales
  $ 3,648     $ 3,443     $ 205       6 %
 
 
 
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Capital Structure and Adjusted Free Cash Flow
At the close of the June 2014 quarter, the ratio of net debt of $3,910 million to LTM Adjusted EBITDA of $835 million was 4.7x.  The Company’s LTM Adjusted free cash flow was $291 million.
 
   
June
28, 2014
   
September 28, 2013
 
(in millions)
 
(Unaudited)
       
             
Term Loans
  $ 2,511     $ 2,522  
Revolving line of credit
    39        
5½% Second Priority Notes
    500        
9¾% Second Priority Notes
    800       800  
Retired debt
          518  
Debt discount, net
    (20 )     (8 )
Capital leases and other
    125       114  
     Total debt
  $ 3,955     $ 3,946  
Less: Cash and cash equivalents
    (45 )     (142 )
     Net debt
  $ 3,910     $ 3,804  
 
Outlook
“We are reconfirming our guidance of $270 million of adjusted free cash flow for fiscal 2014 and anticipate our September 2014 quarter Operating EBITDA to exceed the prior year quarter by more than 10 percent and exceed our previous record for any quarterly period.  We expect to achieve these results based on our assumption that demand will remain similar to the June ending quarter, which is consistent with what we have experienced thus far in the quarter.  Recent acquisitions, our restructuring actions, the non resin related price increases we implemented, and our ongoing cost savings plans are all currently expected to have a positive impact on our financial results in the September 2014 quarter,” said Rich.
 
Investor Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call today, August 1, 2014, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss its third quarter fiscal 2014 results.  The telephone number to access the conference call is (866) 244-4530 (domestic), or (703) 639-1173 (international), conference ID 1639865.  The call will last approximately one hour.  Interested parties are invited to listen to a live webcast by visiting the Company’s Investor Relations page at www.berryplastics.com.  A replay of the conference call can also be accessed on the Investor Relations page of the website beginning August 1, 2014, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, to August 9, 2014, by calling (888) 266-2081 (domestic), or (703) 925-2533 (international), access code 1639865.
 
About Berry Plastics
Berry Plastics Group, Inc. is a leading provider of value-added plastic consumer packaging and engineered materials delivering high-quality customized solutions to our customers with annual net sales of over $4.6 billion in fiscal 2013.  With world headquarters in Evansville, Indiana, the Company’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BERY.  For additional information, visit the Company’s website at www.berryplastics.com.
 
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release includes non-GAAP financial measures such as Operating EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted net income per share and Adjusted free cash flow. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to comparable measures determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) is set forth at the end of this press release.
 
 
 
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Forward Looking Statements
Statements in this release that are not historical, including statements relating to the expected future performance of the Company, are considered “forward looking” and are presented pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  You can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates” “outlook,” or “looking forward,” or similar expressions that relate to our strategy, plans or intentions.  All statements we make relating to our estimated and projected earnings, margins, costs, expenditures, cash flows, growth rates and financial results or to our expectations regarding future industry trends are forward-looking statements.  In addition, we, through our senior management, from time to time make forward-looking public statements concerning our expected future operations and performance and other developments.  These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may change at any time, and, therefore, our actual results may differ materially from those that we expected.
 
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations, which we refer to as cautionary statements, are disclosed under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, in conjunction with the forward-looking statements included in this release.  All forward-looking information and subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or to persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements.  Some of the factors that we believe could affect our results include:  (1) risks associated with our substantial indebtedness and debt service; (2) changes in prices and availability of resin and other raw materials and our ability to pass on changes in raw material prices on a timely basis; (3) performance of our business and future operating results; (4) risks related to our acquisition strategy and integration of acquired businesses; (5) reliance on unpatented know-how and trade secrets; (6) increases in the cost of compliance with laws and regulations, including environmental, safety, and production and product laws and regulations; (7) risks related to disruptions in the overall economy and the financial markets may adversely impact our business; (8) catastrophic loss of one of our key manufacturing facilities, natural disasters, and other unplanned business interruptions; (9) risks of competition, including foreign competition, in our existing and future markets;(10) general business and economic conditions, particularly an economic downturn; (11) the ability of our insurance to cover fully our potential exposures; (12) risks that our restructuring programs may entail greater implementation costs  or result in lower costs savings than anticipated, and (13) the other factors discussed in the under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
We caution you that the foregoing list of important factors may not contain all of the material factors that are important to you.  Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on those statements. All forward-looking statements are based upon information available to us on the date of this release.  We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Berry Plastics Group, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(in millions, except per share data)
 
 
   
Quarterly Period Ended
   
Three Quarterly Periods Ended
 
   
June 28, 2014
   
June 29, 2013
   
June 28, 2014
   
June 29, 2013
 
                         
Net sales                                                                
  $ 1,298     $ 1,221     $ 3,648     $ 3,443  
Costs and expenses:
                               
     Cost of goods sold                                                                
    1,089       998       3,076       2,829  
     Selling, general and administrative
    85       78       244       230  
     Amortization of intangibles
    26       27       77       81  
     Restructuring and impairment charges
    15       1       28       7  
Operating income                                                                
    83       117       223       296  
                                 
Debt extinguishment                                                                
    33             35       64  
Other income, net                                                                
    (2 )     (2 )     (3 )     (6 )
Interest expense, net                                                                
    56       57       168       188  
Income (loss) before income taxes
    (4 )     62       23       50  
Income tax expense (benefit)                                                                
    (19 )     22       (10 )     19  
Consolidated net income                                                                
    15       40       33       31  
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                       
Net income attributable to the Company
  $ 15     $ 40     $ 33     $ 31  
 
 
Comprehensive income
  $ 12     $ 45     $ 28     $ 34  
 
 
Net income per share:
                       
     Basic
  $ 0.13     $ 0.35     $ 0.28     $ 0.27  
     Diluted
    0.12       0.33       0.27       0.26  
                                 
Weighted-average number of shares outstanding:
         (in thousands)
                               
     Basic                                                                
    117,304       114,132       116,609       112,839  
     Diluted                                                                
    121,477       120,551       120,812       118,708  
                                 
 
 
 
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Berry Plastics Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in millions)
 
 
   
June
28, 2014
   
September 28, 2013
 
   
(Unaudited)
       
Assets:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 45     $ 142  
Accounts receivable, net
    523       449  
Inventories
    665       575  
Other current assets
    275       171  
Property, plant and equipment, net
    1,406       1,266  
Goodwill, intangibles assets and other long-term assets
    2,505       2,532  
        Total assets
  $ 5,419     $ 5,135  
                 
Liabilities and stockholders' deficit
               
Current liabilities, excluding debt
    798       613  
Current and long-term debt
    3,955       3,946  
Other long-term liabilities
    784       772  
Non-controlling interest
    12        
 Stockholders’ deficit
    (130 )     (196 )
         Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit
  $ 5,419     $ 5,135  
 

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Berry Plastics Group, Inc.
   Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
 (in millions)
 
   
Three Quarterly Periods Ended
 
   
June 28, 2014
   
June 29, 2013
 
             
     Net cash from operating activities
  $ 370     $ 297  
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Additions to property, plant and equipment
    (172 )     (179 )
Proceeds from sale of assets
    5       5  
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
    (225 )     (24 )
     Net cash from investing activities
    (392 )     (198 )
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Proceeds from long-term borrowings
    1,664       1,391  
Repayment of long-term borrowings
    (1,675 )     (1,968 )
Repayment of note receivable
          2  
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
    13       21  
Debt financing costs
    (44 )     (39 )
Payment of tax receivable agreement
    (32 )     (5 )
Proceeds from initial public offering
          438  
     Net cash from financing activities
    (74 )     (160 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
    (1 )     (1 )
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
    (97 )     (62 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    142       87  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 45     $ 25  
 
 
 
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Berry Plastics Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Segment Information
(Unaudited)
(in millions)
 
   
Quarterly Period Ended
   
Three Quarterly Periods Ended
 
   
June 28, 2014
   
June 29, 2013
   
June 28, 2014
   
June 29, 2013
 
Net sales:
                       
Rigid Open Top
  $ 303     $ 312     $ 820     $ 828  
Rigid Closed Top
    381       370       1,073       1,036  
              Rigid Packaging
  $ 684     $ 682     $ 1,893     $ 1,864  
Engineered Materials
    371       351       1,081       1,030  
Flexible Packaging
    243       188       674       549  
            Total
  $ 1,298     $ 1,221     $ 3,648     $ 3,443  
Operating income:
                               
Rigid Open Top
  $ 1     $ 35     $ 20     $ 95  
Rigid Closed Top
    38       43       101       97  
              Rigid Packaging
  $ 39     $ 78     $ 121     $ 192  
Engineered Materials
    33       31       90       88  
Flexible Packaging
    11       8       12       16  
            Total
  $ 83     $ 117     $ 223     $ 296  
Depreciation and amortization:
                               
Rigid Open Top
  $ 23     $ 23     $ 70     $ 68  
Rigid Closed Top
    33       33       93       98  
              Rigid Packaging
  $ 56     $ 56     $ 163     $ 166  
Engineered Materials
    19       18       56       53  
Flexible Packaging
    16       12       42       39  
            Total
  $ 91     $ 86     $ 261     $ 258  
Restructuring and impairment charges:
                               
Rigid Open Top
  $ 11     $     $ 13     $ 1  
Rigid Closed Top
                1       3  
              Rigid Packaging
  $ 11     $     $ 14     $ 4  
Engineered Materials
    2       1       6       2  
Flexible Packaging
    2             8       1  
            Total
  $ 15     $ 1     $ 28     $ 7  
Other operating expenses:
                               
Rigid Open Top
  $ 14     $ 2     $ 33     $ 6  
Rigid Closed Top
    5       1       13       7  
              Rigid Packaging
  $ 19     $ 3     $ 46     $ 13  
Engineered Materials
    1       1       4       4  
Flexible Packaging
    3             13       3  
            Total
  $ 23     $ 4     $ 63     $ 20  
Operating EBITDA:
                               
Rigid Open Top
  $ 49     $ 60     $ 136     $ 170  
Rigid Closed Top
    76       77       208       205  
              Rigid Packaging
  $ 125     $ 137     $ 344     $ 375  
Engineered Materials
    55       51       156       147  
Flexible Packaging
    32       20       75       59  
             Total
  $ 212     $ 208     $ 575     $ 581  

 
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Berry Plastics Group, Inc.
Reconciliation Schedules
(Unaudited)
(in millions, except per share data)
 
         
Four Quarters
 
   
Quarterly Period Ended
   
Ended
 
   
June 28, 2014
   
June 29, 2013
   
June 28, 2014
 
                   
                   
Net income
  $ 15     $ 40     $ 59  
                         
   Add: interest expense
    56       57       224  
   Add: income tax expense (benefit)
    (19 )     22       (1 )
EBIT (1)
  $ 52     $ 119     $ 282  
                         
   Add: depreciation and amortization
    91       86       344  
   Add: restructuring and impairment
    15       1       35  
   Add: extinguishment of debt
    33             35  
   Add: other expense
    21       2       73  
Operating EBITDA (1)
  $ 212     $ 208     $ 769  
                         
Add: pro forma acquisitions
    6               28  
Add: unrealized cost savings
    5               38  
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
  $ 223             $ 835  
                         
 
    Cash flow from operating activities
  $ 120     $ 132     $ 537  
    Additions to property, plant, and equipment, net
    (54 )     (69 )     (214 )
    Tax receivable agreement payment
                (32 )
Adjusted free cash flow (1)
  $ 66     $ 63     $ 291  
                         
 
    Net income per share-diluted
  $ 0.12     $ 0.33  
    Restructuring and impairment charges (net of tax)
    0.08       0.01  
    Loss on extinguishment of debt (net of tax)
    0.19        
    Other expense (net of tax)
    0.12       0.01  
Adjusted net income per diluted share (1)
  $ 0.51     $ 0.35  
                 
 
(1) Supplemental financial measures that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”).  These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as alternatives to operating or net income or cash flows from operating activities, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures are among the indicators used by management to measure the performance of the Company’s operations, and also among the criteria upon which performance-based compensation may be based.  Adjusted EBITDA also is used by our lenders for debt covenant compliance purposes. We use Adjusted Free Cash Flow as a measure of liquidity because it assists us in assessing our company’s ability to fund its growth through its generation of cash.  Our projected Adjusted Free Cash flow for fiscal 2014 assumes $532 million of cash flow from operations, less $230 million of net additions to property, plant, and equipment and $32 million of payment under our tax receivable agreement.
 
Similar non-GAAP financial measures may be calculated differently by other companies, including other companies in our industry, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.  Because of these limitations, you should consider the non-GAAP financial measures alongside other performance measures and liquidity measures, including operating income, various cash flow metrics, net income and our other GAAP results.
 
 
 
 
 
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