Acquisitions and Divestitures

12 Months Ended

Oct. 29, 2023

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

Acquisitions: On June 7, 2021, the Company acquired the Planters® snack nuts business from The Kraft Heinz Company. The acquisition includes the Planters®, NUT-rition®, and Corn Nuts® brands. The final purchase price, including working capital adjustments, was $3.4 billion. The transaction was funded with the Company’s cash on hand and from the issuance of long-term debt.

Planters® is an iconic snack brand and this acquisition significantly expands the Company's presence, and should broaden the scope for future acquisitions, in the growing snacking space. Operating results for this acquisition have been included in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations from the date of acquisition and are reflected in the Retail, Foodservice, and International segments. The acquisition contributed $952.5 million, $1.0 billion and $410.8 million of net sales during fiscal 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. As the acquisition has been integrated within the Company's existing operations, post-acquisition net earnings are not discernible.

Acquisition-related costs were $30.3 million for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2021, which are reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as Selling, General, and Administrative. Additional one-time adjustments related to the revaluation of acquired inventory of $12.9 million were recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as Cost of Products Sold for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2021. The combined impact of these one-time acquisition costs and accounting adjustments was $43.2 million for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2021.

The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination using the acquisition method. The Company determined the acquisition date fair values of the assets acquired using independent appraisals. The Company completed purchase accounting allocations in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021. Allocations of the purchase price to acquired assets, including goodwill and intangibles assets, are presented in the table below.


In thousands	Purchase Price Allocation
Inventory		$	149,224
Property, Plant, and Equipment		170,958
Goodwill		2,313,064
Other Intangibles:
Trade Names		712,000
Customer Relationships		51,000
Purchase Price		$	3,396,246

Goodwill is calculated as the excess of the purchase price over the fair values of the identifiable net assets acquired and is deductible for tax purposes. The goodwill recorded as part of the acquisition primarily reflects the value of the potential to expand the Company's presence in the growing snacking space and serve as a platform for innovation.

The following unaudited pro forma financial information presents the combined results of operations as if the acquisition of the Planters® snack nuts business had occurred on October 27, 2019. These unaudited pro forma results do not necessarily reflect the actual results of operations that would have been achieved had the acquisition occurred on that date, nor are they necessarily indicative of future results of operations.

Fiscal Year Ended

In thousands

October 31, 2021

Pro Forma Net Sales

12,061,686

Pro Forma Net Earnings Attributable to Hormel Foods Corporation

985,881

The pro forma results include charges for depreciation and amortization of acquired assets and interest expense on debt issued to finance the acquisition, as well as the related income taxes. The pro forma results also reflect an adjustment to add back the transaction costs incurred and revaluation of inventory acquired along with the related income tax effects.

See Note C - Goodwill and Intangible Assets for amounts assigned to goodwill and intangible assets.