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Organization and Basis of Presentation | 9 Months Ended
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Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Organization and Basis of Presentation | Note 1 Organization and Basis of Presentation Organization We are a global leader in food safety and security, facility hygiene and product protection. We serve an array of end markets including food and beverage processing, food service, retail, healthcare and industrial, and commercial and consumer applications. Our focus is on achieving quality sales growth through leveraging our geographic footprint, technological know-how and leading market positions to bring measurable, sustainable value to our customers and investors. We conduct substantially all of our business through three wholly-owned subsidiaries, Cryovac, Inc., Sealed Air Corporation (US) and Diversey, Inc. Throughout this report, when we refer to “Sealed Air,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us,” we are referring to Sealed Air Corporation and all of our subsidiaries, except where the context indicates otherwise. Basis of Presentation Our condensed consolidated financial statements include all of the accounts of the Company and our subsidiaries. We have eliminated all significant intercompany transactions and balances in consolidation. In management’s opinion, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair presentation of our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2015 and our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 have been made. The results set forth in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and in our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. All amounts are in millions, except per share amounts, and approximate due to rounding. Some prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. These reclassifications, individually and in the aggregate, did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Our condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with the interim reporting requirements of the SEC. As permitted under those rules, annual footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted. The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and the disclosure of contingent amounts in our condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates. We are responsible for the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes included in this report. As these are condensed financial statements, they should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 as filed with the SEC on February 27, 2015 (“2014 Form 10-K”) and with the information contained in other publicly-available filings with the SEC. During the first quarter of 2015, we entered into an asset purchase agreement with NOVIPAX, a portfolio company of Atlas Holdings LLC, to sell our North American foam trays and absorbent pads business. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the North American foam trays and absorbent pads business met the held for sale criteria and was classified as such in all periods presented in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. As a result, all applicable balances in prior periods have been reclassified to held for sale. Refer to Note 3, “Divestitures and Acquisitions” of the notes to condensed consolidated financial statements for further details. As of April 15, 2015, we realigned our regional organization. There was no change to our previously reported Consolidated Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statements of Operations, Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity or Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows due to our change in regional organization. Refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for further details on the realignment. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, certain amounts related to foreign currency gains and losses, including the remeasurement loss related to Venezuelan subsidiaries in 2014, and the settlement of foreign currency forward contracts were misclassified on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. The reclassification of these items in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 resulted in a decrease in cash used in operating activities of $16.9 million, a decrease to cash used in investing activities of $9.1 million, and a decrease of $26.0 million due to the effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash. For the six months ended June 30, 2015 and the nine months ended September 30, 2014, foreign currency translation adjustments were misclassified on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income in deferred pension items and unrealized losses on cash flow hedge derivative instruments. The reclassification of these items in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the six months ended June 30, 2015 resulted in a decrease in recognition of deferred pension items of $8.2 million, an increase in unrealized losses on derivative instruments for cash flow hedge of $1.1 million, and an increase in the foreign currency translation adjustments of $7.1 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, these reclassifications resulted in a decrease in recognition of deferred pension items of $7.9 million, an increase in unrealized losses on derivative instruments for cash flow hedge of $0.3 million, and an increase in the foreign currency translation adjustments of $7.6 million. These classification adjustments did not result in a change to Total stockholder’s equity. Changes in Accounting/Retrospective Application During the fourth quarter of 2014, we changed the method of valuing our inventories that were valued using the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) method to the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method. As a result of this accounting change, inventories, retained earnings, non-current deferred tax liability, net earnings (loss) available to common stockholders, basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share, among other accounts, have been retrospectively changed. As a result of the accounting change, all of our inventories are now determined using the FIFO method. We state inventories at the lower of cost or market. Impact of Inflation and Currency Fluctuation Venezuela Economic and political events in Venezuela have continued to expose us to heightened levels of foreign currency exchange risk. Accordingly, Venezuela has been designated a highly inflationary economy under U.S. GAAP, and the U.S. dollar replaced the bolivar fuerte as the functional currency for our subsidiaries in Venezuela. All bolivar-denominated monetary assets and liabilities are re-measured into U.S. dollars using the current exchange rate available to us, and any changes in the exchange rate are reflected in foreign currency exchange gains and losses related to our Venezuelan subsidiaries on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Based on changes to the Venezuelan currency exchange rate mechanisms, in the first quarter of 2014, we changed the exchange rate we used to re-measure our Venezuelan subsidiaries’ financial statements into U.S. dollars. As a result, as of September 30, 2014 our excess cash position in our Venezuelan subsidiaries was re-measured at the SICAD 2 rate resulting in an $18.9 million loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. In February 2015, the Venezuelan government announced a new foreign exchange platform called the Marginal Currency System or SIMADI. The SIMADI basically replaced the SICAD 2 rate as noted above. When this market opened on February 12, 2015 the rate was 170 and then at September 30, 2015 it was 199. The SICAD 1 and the SICAD 2 were merged into the SICAD. The opening rate was 12 for the SICAD and at September 30, 2015 it was 13.5. In addition, the CENCOEX will continue and provide preferential treatment for certain import operations such as food and medicines. Since these changes were announced by the Venezuelan government, the new SIMADI market has had very little activity and companies have not been able to access this market to obtain U.S. dollars. In addition, the SICAD rate which is established via auctions has had no auctions held since October 2014. However, in June 2015 an auction was held for the automotive parts and school supplies industries. Therefore, there are now three legal mechanisms at this time to exchange bolivars for US dollars:
| · | CENCOEX at the official rate of 6.3
| · | SICAD auction process at the awarded exchange rate (opening rate at 12 and at September 30, 2015 it was 13.5)
| · | SIMADI at the negotiated rate (rate of 199 at September 30, 2015)
At September 30, 2015, we evaluated which legal mechanisms were available to our Venezuelan subsidiaries to access U.S. dollars. As of September 30, 2015 consistent with June 30, 2015, we concluded that we will continue to use the SIMADI rate to remeasure our bolivar denominated monetary assets and liabilities since it is our only legally available option and our intent on a go-forward basis to utilize this market to settle any future transactions based on the current facts and circumstances. The SIMADI rate as of September 30, 2015 was 199. During 2015, the Company did not receive U.S. dollars via the CENCOEX official rate of 6.3. We expect that we will only have limited access to the CENCOEX market to settle certain past transactions. However, if the option becomes available to us to use the CENCOEX in the future, the Company will consider this further. In addition, there have been no SICAD auctions for the food or chemical industries as of September 30, 2015. During 2015, we have only been able to access the SIMADI market and during the second and third quarters of 2015 only received minimal amounts of U.S. dollars. For any U.S. dollar denominated monetary asset or liability, such amounts do not get remeasured at month-end since it is already an asset or liability denominated in U.S. dollars. As a result of this evaluation, the Company reported a remeasurement loss of $30.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015. We will continue to evaluate each reporting period the appropriate exchange rate to remeasure our financial statements based on the facts and circumstances at that time. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015, approximately 1% of our consolidated net sales and operating income were derived from our businesses in Venezuela. As of September 30, 2015, we had net assets of $7 million in Venezuela, which included cash and cash equivalents of $2 million. Also, as of September 30, 2015, our Venezuelan subsidiaries had a negative cumulative translation adjustment balance of $46 million.

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