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ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES
12 Months Ended
May 29, 2011
Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements  
Acquisitions and Divestitures

NOTE 3. ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

During the third quarter of fiscal 2011, we acquired the Mountain High yoghurt business for $84.8 million. We recorded the purchase price less the fair value of tangible and intangible net assets acquired as goodwill of $44.6 million. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, we acquired the Pasta Master meals business in Australia for $38.5 million. We recorded the purchase price less the fair value of tangible and intangible net assets acquired as goodwill of $26.9 million. The pro forma effects of these acquisitions were not material.

 

During the third quarter of fiscal 2011, we sold a foodservice frozen baked goods product line in our International segment for $24.9 million in cash and recorded a pre-tax gain of $14.3 million. In addition, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, we sold a pie shell product line in our Bakeries and Foodservice segment for cash proceeds of $9.5 million and recorded a pre-tax gain of $3.1 million.

 

During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, we entered into definitive agreements with PAI Partners and Sodiaal International to purchase a 51 percent controlling interest in Yoplait S.A.S. and a 50 percent interest in Yoplait Marques S.A.S. for an aggregate purchase price of $1.2 billion. Yoplait S.A.S. operates yogurt businesses in several countries, including France and the United Kingdom, and oversees franchise relationships around the world. Yoplait Marques S.A.S. holds the worldwide rights to Yoplait and related trademarks. We finalized this transaction on July 1, 2011. The pro forma effects of this acquisition were not material.

There were no acquisitions or divestitures in fiscal 2010.

In fiscal 2009, we sold our bread concentrates product line within our Bakeries and Foodservice segment, including a plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for $8.3 million in cash. We recorded a pre-tax loss of $5.6 million on the transaction. We also sold a portion of the assets of the frozen unbaked bread dough product line within our Bakeries and Foodservice segment, including plants in Bakersfield, California; Hazleton, Pennsylvania; Montreal, Canada; and Vinita, Oklahoma, for $43.9 million in cash, an $11.9 million note receivable, and contingent future payments based on the post-sale performance of the product line. Certain assets sold were shared with a frozen dinner roll product line within our U.S. Retail segment, and we exited this product line as a result of the asset sale. We recorded a pre-tax loss of $38.3 million. In fiscal 2010, we recorded cash proceeds of $3.2 million related to the repayment of the note. In fiscal 2009, we sold our PopSecret microwave popcorn product line from our U.S. Retail segment for $192.5 million in cash, and we recorded a pre-tax gain of $128.8 million. We received cash proceeds of $158.9 million after repayment of a lease obligation and transaction costs. In fiscal 2009, we also acquired Humm Foods, Inc. (Humm Foods), the maker of Lärabar fruit and nut energy bars. We issued 1.8 million shares of our common stock with a value of $55.0 million to the shareholders of Humm Foods as consideration for the acquisition. We recorded the purchase price less tangible and intangible net assets acquired as goodwill of $41.6 million. The pro forma effect of this acquisition was not material.