Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Unless otherwise noted in this report, any description of "we", "us" or "our" includes Molson Coors Brewing Company ("MCBC" or the "Company"), principally a holding company, and its subsidiaries: Molson Coors Canada ("MCC"), operating in Canada; MillerCoors LLC ("MillerCoors") which is accounted for by us under the equity method of accounting, operating in the United States ("U.S."); Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Limited ("MCBC-UK"), operating in the United Kingdom ("U.K.") and the Republic of Ireland; Molson Coors International ("MCI") operating in various other countries; and our other non-operating subsidiaries as further described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements ("Notes") included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 ("Annual Report").

Unless otherwise indicated, information in this report is presented in U.S. dollars ("USD" or "$").

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements reflect all adjustments which are necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP"). Such unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations.

These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report and have been prepared on a consistent basis with the accounting policies described in Note 1 of the Notes included in our Annual Report. Our accounting policies did not change in the first quarter of 2012. The results of operations for the 13 week period ended March 31, 2012, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for the full fiscal year.

We follow a 52/53 week fiscal reporting calendar. The first fiscal quarter of 2012 and 2011 consisted of the 13 weeks ended on March 31, 2012, and March 26, 2011, respectively. Fiscal year 2012 consists of the 52 weeks ending on December 29, 2012, and fiscal year 2011 consisted of the 53 weeks ended December 31, 2011.

Unless otherwise indicated, the first quarter of 2012 refers to the 13 weeks ended March 31, 2012, and the first quarter of 2011 refers to the 13 weeks ended March 26, 2011.

MillerCoors follows a monthly reporting calendar. The first quarter of 2012 refers to the three months ended March 31, 2012, and the first quarter of 2011 refers to the three months ended March 31, 2011.

Consistent with the disclosure in the Annual Report, these significant accounting policies include our treatment of the allowance for credit losses on our MCBC-UK trade loan portfolio. This allowance is maintained to provide for loan losses deemed to be probable related to specifically identified loans and for losses in the loan portfolio that have been incurred at the balance sheet date. We establish our allowance through a provision for loan losses charged against earnings and recorded in Marketing, general & administrative expenses. Loan balances that are written off are recorded against the allowance as a write-off. A rollforward of the allowance for the quarters ended March 31, 2012, and March 26, 2011, is as follows (in millions):



	As of
	March 31, 2012			March 26, 2011
Balance at beginning of the year	$	6.2		$	9.1
Addition charged to expense, net of recoveries	1.4			0.9
Write-offs	(0.6		)	(0.5		)
Foreign currency and other adjustments	—			0.3
Balance at end of first quarter	$	7.0		$	9.8