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ConAgra Foods to separate its frozen potato business

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ConAgra Foods will separate into two independent public companies: one comprising its consumer portfolio of diverse brands and the other comprising its portfolio of frozen potato products.

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The consumer brands business will be renamed Conagra Brands, Inc. and the frozen potato business will operate under the Lamb Weston name.

Immediately following the transaction, which is expected to be completed in the fall of 2016, ConAgra Foods shareholders will own shares of both independent companies. The transaction is expected to be structured as a spin-off of the Lamb Weston business, tax-free to the company and its shareholders.

Conagra Brands will be comprised primarily of the operations currently reported as the company’s Consumer Foods segment, which generated approximately $7.2 billion in fiscal 2015 revenues, as reported.

The Consumer Foods segment consists of popular leading brands such as Marie Callender’s, Hunt’s, RO*TEL, Reddi-wip, Slim Jim, PAM, Chef Boyardee, Orville Redenbacher’s, P.F. Chang’s and Healthy Choice.

Conagra Brands is also expected to include several businesses currently reported within the Commercial Foods segment, including the traditional foodservice business (sales of branded products to foodservice companies), Spicetec Flavors & Seasonings and JM Swank, as well as certain private label operations which were moved to the Consumer Foods reporting segment in the first quarter of fiscal 2016.

These businesses generated approximately $1.8 billion in fiscal 2015 revenues, as reported. Conagra Brands is also expected to retain the company’s stake in the Ardent Mills joint venture.

Following the separation, Lamb Weston’s portfolio will consist of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and other vegetable products, as well as a continued presence in retail frozen products under licensed brands and private brands.

For fiscal 2015, Lamb Weston generated revenues of approximately $2.9 billion, as reported, and accounted for the significant majority of the Commercial Foods segment’s fiscal 2015 operating profit of approximately $570 million.

The separation is expected to be tax-free to ConAgra Foods shareholders for federal income tax purposes. The transaction is currently targeted to be completed in the fall of 2016, subject to final approval by the company’s Board of Directors, other customary approvals and receipt of an opinion from tax counsel on the tax-free nature of the spin-off to the company and its shareholders.

Throughout the separation process, ConAgra Foods management will remain focused on delivering on its previously announced $300 million efficiency plan.


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