UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

 

Commission file number 1-12139

SEALED AIR CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (201) 791-7600

Park 80 East
Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663-5291
(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES x   NO o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES o   NO x

There were 80,619,705 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.10 per share, issued and outstanding as of October 31, 2006.

SEALED AIR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.                        Financial Statements (Unaudited).

SEALED AIR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 AND 2005
(In millions of dollars, except for per share data)
(Unaudited)

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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SEALED AIR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 and DECEMBER 31, 2005
(In millions of dollars, except share data)
(Unaudited)

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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SEALED AIR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 and DECEMBER 31, 2005
(In millions of dollars, except share data)
(Unaudited)

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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SEALED AIR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 AND 2005
(In millions of dollars)
(Unaudited)

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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SEALED AIR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 AND 2005
(In millions of dollars)
(Unaudited)

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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SEALED AIR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in tables in millions of dollars, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

(1)   Basis of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Sealed Air Corporation and its subsidiaries, or the Company. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. In management’s opinion, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair presentation of the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2006 and the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 have been made. The results set forth in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. All amounts are approximate due to rounding. Where appropriate, prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation.

The condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared following the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, annual footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP, have been condensed or omitted.

The Company is responsible for the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this document. As these are condensed financial statements, they should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and with the information contained in the Company’s other publicly-available filings with the SEC.

(2)   Business Segment Information

(1)          The three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 includes a $0.1 million credit and $12.2 million charge, respectively, related to Food Packaging and no charge and a $0.1 million credit, respectively,

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Amounts in tables in millions of dollars, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

related to Protective Packaging. The three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 include charges of $0.1 million and $0.7 million, respectively, related to Food Packaging and no charge and a charge of $0.6 million, respectively, related to Protective Packaging.

In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, or SFAS, No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,” and because the Company’s management views goodwill as a corporate asset, the Company has allocated all of its goodwill to the corporate level rather than to the individual segments. However, in accordance with SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” the Company has allocated goodwill to each reportable segment in order to perform its annual impairment review of goodwill, which it does during the fourth quarter of each year. The allocation of goodwill in accordance with SFAS No. 142 as of September 30, 2006 was as follows:

 

See Note 16, “Acquisitions,” for additional information on the goodwill acquired during 2006.

(3)   Short-Term Investments—Available-for-Sale Securities

At September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the Company’s available-for-sale securities consisted of auction rate securities for which interest or dividend rates are generally re-set for periods of up to 90 days. At September 30, 2006, the Company held $84.7 million of auction rate securities of which $40.0 million were investments in preferred stock with no maturity dates and $44.7 million were investments in other auction rate securities, which had the following various contractual maturities:

 

At December 31, 2005, the Company held $44.1 million of auction rate securities, of which $34.7 million were investments in preferred stock with no maturity dates and $9.4 million were investments in other auction rate securities with contractual maturities in 2031.

At September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the fair value of the available-for-sale securities held by the Company was equal to their cost. There were no gross realized gains or losses from the sale of available-for-sale securities in 2006 and 2005.

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SEALED AIR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Amounts in tables in millions of dollars, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

(4)   Accounts Receivable Securitization Program

The Company’s $125.0 million receivables program has an expiration date of December 7, 2007. The receivables program contains financial covenants relating to interest coverage and debt leverage. The Company was in compliance with these ratios at September 30, 2006.

The Company’s receivables funding subsidiary did not sell any receivables interests under the receivables program during the first nine months of 2006, and neither the bank nor the issuer of commercial paper that are parties to the program held any receivables interests in such receivables as of September 30, 2006. Therefore the Company did not remove any related amounts from the assets reflected on its condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2006.

During the three months ended September 30, 2005, the Company’s receivables funding subsidiary sold an undivided ownership interest in $35.0 million of eligible receivables under the receivables program. Payments on the Company’s receivables that were applied to these receivables interests in accordance with the terms of the program reduced the amount of receivables interests held by the bank or the issuer of commercial paper that are parties to the program to zero at September 30, 2005. Therefore, as of September 30, 2005, neither the bank nor the issuer of commercial paper held any receivables interests and the Company did not remove any related amounts from the assets reflected on its condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2005.

The costs associated with the receivables program are reflected in other income, net, in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005. These costs primarily relate to program and commitment fees and other associated costs and in 2005 included the loss on the sale of receivables interests, which were $0.1 million for both the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, and $0.2 million and $0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

(5)   Inventories

 

The Company determines the value of non-equipment U.S. inventories by the last-in, first-out or LIFO inventory method. The value of U.S. inventories determined by that method amounted to $149.5 million and $139.2 million at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively. If the Company had used the first-in, first-out or FIFO inventory method, which approximates replacement value, for these

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Amounts in tables in millions of dollars, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

inventories, the balances would have been $36.3 million and $35.6 million higher at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively.

(6)   Goodwill and Identifiable Intangible Assets

Goodwill

At September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the Company had unamortized goodwill in the amount of $1,959.0 million and $1,908.8 million, respectively. See Note 2, “Business Segment Information,” for the allocation of goodwill by business segment.

Identifiable Intangible Assets

At September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the Company had identifiable intangible assets with definite useful lives with a gross carrying value of $37.9 million and $59.4 million, respectively, less accumulated amortization of $27.9 million and $47.9 million, respectively. These identifiable intangible assets are included in other assets and are considered immaterial to the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. Amortization of identifiable intangible assets was approximately $3.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. Assuming no change in the gross carrying value of identifiable intangible assets from the value at September 30, 2006, the estimated amortization for future periods is as follows: remainder of 2006—$0.9 million, 2007—$3.2 million, 2008—$2.1 million, 2009—$1.3 million; and 2010—$0.5 million. At September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, there were no identifiable intangible assets other than goodwill with indefinite useful lives as defined by SFAS No. 142.

(7)   Debt and Credit Facilities

Lines of Credit

Revolving Credit Facilities

The Credit Facility—The Company has not borrowed under its $500.0 million unsecured multi-currency revolving credit facility since its inception in July 2005. This facility contains a provision under which the Company may request, prior to each of the first and second anniversaries of the facility, a one-year extension of the termination of the facility. The Company requested an extension effective on the first anniversary, July 26, 2006, and lenders with commitments for $457.0 million under the facility consented to the extension. Accordingly, on July 26, 2006 this extension became effective, as a result of which $43.0 million of the facility will terminate on July 26, 2010 and $457.0 million of the facility will terminate on July 26, 2011.

ANZ Facility—The Company has an Australian dollar 170.0 million, dual-currency revolving credit facility, known as the ANZ facility, equivalent to U.S. $128.0 million at September 30, 2006. The Company borrowed under the ANZ facility during the second quarter of 2006, but it repaid those amounts in full and did not borrow further under the ANZ facility during the third quarter of 2006. There were no amounts outstanding under this facility at September 30, 2006 or at December 31, 2005.

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SEALED AIR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Amounts in tables in millions of dollars, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

Other Lines of Credit

The following table summarizes the Company’s available lines of credit and committed and uncommitted lines of credit, including the credit lines discussed above, at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005:

 

The Company’s principal credit lines were all committed and consisted of the credit facility and the ANZ facility. The Company is not subject to any material compensating balance requirements in connection with its lines of credit.

Covenants

Each issue of the Company’s outstanding senior notes imposes limitations on the Company’s operations and those of specified subsidiaries. The principal limitations restrict liens, sale and leaseback transactions and mergers, acquisitions and dispositions. The credit facility contains financial covenants relating to interest coverage, debt leverage and minimum liquidity and restrictions on the creation of liens, the incurrence of additional indebtedness, acquisitions, mergers and consolidations, asset sales, and amendments to the asbestos settlement agreement discussed in Note 12, “Commitments and Contingencies.” The ANZ facility contains financial covenants relating to debt leverage, interest coverage and tangible net worth and restrictions on the creation of liens, the incurrence of additional indebtedness and asset sales, in each case relating to the Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries of the Company that are borrowers under the facility. The Company was in compliance with the above financial covenants and limitations, as applicable, at September 30, 2006.

Senior Notes

During the nine months ended September 30, 2006, the Company recorded adjustments to the fair value of its 5.375% senior notes due April 2008 as a result of the Company’s interest rate hedging related to these senior notes. See Note 8, “Derivatives and Hedging Activities.”

5.625% Euro Notes

On July 19, 2006, the Company’s 5.625% euro notes with a face value of €200.0 million matured. The Company used available cash of $251.7 million to retire this debt. Interest on the 5.625% euro notes was payable annually in arrears, with the final payment of $14.2 million made upon maturity of the euro notes.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Amounts in tables in millions of dollars, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

(8)   Derivatives and Hedging Activities

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

The Company is exposed to market risk, such as fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company’s subsidiaries have foreign currency exchange exposure from buying and selling in currencies other than their functional currencies. The primary purpose of the Company’s foreign currency hedging activities is to manage the potential changes in value associated with the amounts receivable or payable on transactions denominated in foreign currencies. At September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, the Company was party to foreign currency forward contracts with an aggregate notional amount of $337.3 million maturing through March 2007 and $309.3 million maturing through September 2006, respectively. The estimated fair values of these contracts, which represent the estimated net payments that would be paid or received by the Company in the event of termination of these contracts based on the then current foreign exchange rates, was a net payable of $1.9 million at September 30, 2006 and a net receivable of $0.6 million at December 31, 2005. These contracts qualified and were designated as cash flow hedges and had original maturities of less than twelve months.

Interest Rate Swaps

2006 Interest Rate Swaps

At September 30, 2006, the Company had outstanding interest rate swaps with a total notional amount of $300.0 million that qualified and were designated as fair value hedges. The Company entered into these interest rate swaps to effectively convert its 5.375% senior notes due April 2008 into floating rate debt. At September 30, 2006, the Company recorded a mark to market adjustment to record a decrease of $10.1 million in the fair value of the 5.375% senior notes due April 2008 due to changes in interest rates and an offsetting increase to other liabilities to record the fair value of the related interest rate swaps. There was no ineffective portion of the hedges recognized in earnings during the period.

During the first nine months of 2006, under the terms of the $300.0 million outstanding interest rate swap agreements, the Company received interest at a fixed rate and paid interest at variable rates that were based on six-month London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR. As a result, interest expense increased by $1.8 million and $4.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006.

2005 Interest Rate Swaps

At September 30, 2005, the Company had outstanding interest rate swaps with a total notional amount of $300.0 million that qualified and were designated as fair value hedges. The Company entered into these interest rate swaps to effectively convert its 5.375% senior notes due April 2008 into floating rate debt. At September 30, 2005, the Company recorded a mark to market adjustment to record a decrease of $12.3 million in the fair value of the 5.375% senior notes due April 2008 due to changes in interest rates and an offsetting increase to other liabilities to record the fair value of the related interest rate swaps. There was no ineffective portion of the hedges recognized in earnings during the period.

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SEALED AIR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Amounts in tables in millions of dollars, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

During the first nine months of 2005, under the terms of the $300.0 million outstanding interest rate swap agreements, the Company received interest at a fixed rate and paid interest at variable rates that were based on six-month LIBOR. As a result, interest expense increased by $0.5 million in both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 due to increases in six-month LIBOR.

(9)   Restructuring Programs

Global Manufacturing Strategy

The Company’s global manufacturing strategy, when implemented, will expand production in countries where demand for the Company’s products and services has been growing significantly. At the same time, the Company intends to realign manufacturing capacity in North America and Europe into centers of excellence. The goals of this multi-year program are to expand capacity in growing markets, further improve the Company’s operating efficiencies, and implement new technologies more effectively. The Company expects this program, combined with the Company’s supply chain initiative, to produce meaningful savings in future years. By taking advantage of new technologies and streamlining production on a global scale, the Company expects to continue to enhance its profitable growth and its global leadership position.

In July 2006, the Company announced the first phase of this multi-year global manufacturing strategy. The financial scope of this phase of the global manufacturing strategy is expected to be as follows:

 

The associated costs include such items as equipment relocation, facility start-up and severance. The Company expects the capital expenditures and charges for associated costs to occur between 2006 and 2008, although the actual timing of these expenditures is subject to change due to a variety of factors.

The components of the associated costs incurred through September 30, 2006 appear in the condensed consolidated statement of operations on the following line items:

 

The Company has accrued approximately $11.8 million in severance costs in connection with this strategy. These costs will be future cash expenditures that will be incurred for one-time termination benefits for approximately 242 full-time employees.  The Company expects these benefits will be paid out before the end of the third quarter of 2007.  The Company expects to add approximately 120 full-time employees at other facilities as production is transferred. The Company reflected the $11.8 million of severance costs in its condensed consolidated statement of operations for the second quarter of 2006 in

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Amounts in tables in millions of dollars, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

restructuring charges, and the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2006 reflects this amount in other current liabilities. These costs relate to the Food Packaging segment.

2004 Restructuring Program

As of March 31, 2006, the Company had completed its reduction in headcount related to its 2004 restructuring program, which it announced in the fourth quarter of 2004. At December 31, 2004, the Company expected to eliminate 473 full-time positions, which was increased to 475 during 2005. These actions affected principally production workers and members of the Company’s sales force, primarily in Europe.

The components of the restructuring charges, spending and other activity through September 30, 2006 and the remaining accrual balance at September 30, 2006 were as follows:

 

The Company expects to pay $1.4 million of the remaining $1.6 million accrual balance in the twelve months ending September 30, 2007 and $0.2 million thereafter.

For the first nine months of 2006, the Company recorded an additional restructuring charge of $0.4 million which was related to the 2004 program. This amount includes an additional $0.5 million of costs related to the relocation of employees and assets from closed facilities.

(10)   Defined Benefit Pension Plans

U.S. Defined Benefit Pension Plans

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Amounts in tables in millions of dollars, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

The Company contributed $2.2 million to its U.S. defined benefit pension plans during the year ended December 31, 2005. The Company expects to contribute $0.4 million to its U.S. defined benefit pension plans in 2006.

Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Pension Plans

 

The Company contributed $6.4 million to its non-U.S. defined benefit pension plans during the year ended December 31, 2005. The Company expects to contribute $4.0 million to its non-U.S. defined benefit pension plans in 2006.

(11)   Income Taxes

The Company’s effective income tax rate was 30.6% and 33.3% for the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and 31.5% and 33.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, the effective income tax rate was lower than the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate of 35.0% primarily due to the lower net effective income tax rate on foreign earnings, partially offset by the effect of state income taxes.

(12)   Commitments and Contingencies

Asbestos Settlement and Related Costs

On November 27, 2002, the Company reached an agreement in principle with the committees appointed to represent asbestos claimants in the bankruptcy case of W. R. Grace & Co., known as Grace, to resolve all current and future asbestos-related claims made against the Company and its affiliates, the fraudulent transfer claims, successor liability claims, and indemnification claims by Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. and affiliated companies in connection with the Cryovac transaction referred to below. On December 3, 2002, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the agreement in principle. The Company received notice that both of the committees had approved the agreement in principle as of December 5, 2002. The parties to the agreement in principle signed a definitive settlement agreement as of November 10, 2003 consistent with the terms of the agreement in principle. The Company recorded a charge of $850.1 million as a result of the asbestos settlement in its consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2002. These matters are described more fully in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Amounts in tables in millions of dollars, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

On June 27, 2005, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware, where the Grace bankruptcy case is pending, signed an order approving the definitive settlement agreement. Although Grace is not a party to the settlement agreement, under the terms of the order, Grace is directed to comply with the settlement agreement subject to limited exceptions. The order also provides that the Court will retain jurisdiction of any dispute involving the interpretation or enforcement of the terms and provisions of the definitive settlement agreement. The Company expects that the settlement agreement will become effective upon Grace’s emergence from bankruptcy with a plan of reorganization that is consistent with the terms of the settlement agreement.

In January 2005, Grace filed a proposed plan of reorganization and related documents with the Bankruptcy Court. There were a number of objections filed, and the Company does not know whether the final plan will be consistent with the terms of the settlement agreement or if the other conditions to the Company’s obligation to pay the settlement amount will be met. If these conditions are not satisfied or not waived by the Company, the Company will not be obligated to pay the settlement amount. However, if the Company does not pay the settlement amount, the Company and its affiliates will not be released from the various asbestos-related, fraudulent transfer, successor liability and indemnification claims made against them, and all of these claims would remain pending and would have to be resolved through other means, such as through agreement on alternative settlement terms or trials. In that case, the Company could face liabilities that are significantly different from its obligations under the settlement agreement. The Company cannot estimate at this time what those differences or their magnitude may be. In the event these liabilities are materially larger than the current existing obligations, they could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. The Company cannot predict when a final plan of reorganization will become effective or whether the final plan will be consistent with the terms of the settlement agreement.

Cryovac Transaction; Contingencies Related to the Cryovac Transaction

On March 31, 1998, the Company completed a multi-step transaction that brought the Cryovac packaging business and the former Sealed Air Corporation’s business under the common ownership of the Company. In its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company described the Cryovac transaction, contingencies related to the Cryovac transaction, the cases of Thundersky v. The Attorney General of Canada, et al., and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Manitoba v. The Attorney General of Canada, et al. and six additional putative class proceedings that had been brought in various provincial and federal courts in Canada seeking recovery from the Company and its subsidiaries Cryovac, Inc. and Sealed Air (Canada) Co./Cie as well as other defendants, including Grace, for asbestos-related injuries.

In April 2001, Grace’s subsidiary Grace Canada, Inc. had obtained an order of the Superior Court of Justice, Commercial List, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Court File No. 01-CL-4081) recognizing the Chapter 11 actions in the United States of America involving Grace Canada, Inc.’s U.S. parent corporation and other U.S. affiliates of Grace Canada, Inc., and enjoining all new actions and staying all current proceedings against Grace Canada, Inc. related to asbestos under the Canadian Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. That order has been renewed repeatedly. In November 2005, upon motion by Grace Canada, Inc., the court ordered an extension of the injunction and stay to actions involving asbestos against the Company and its Canadian affiliate and the Attorney General of Canada, which had the effect of staying all of the Canadian actions referred to above. The stay has been extended through April 1, 2007. Grace’s

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Amounts in tables in millions of dollars, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

proposed plan of reorganization provides that these claims will be paid by the trusts to be established under Section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code as part of Grace’s plan of reorganization, and it is anticipated that the defendants will ask the Canadian courts to enforce the terms of the plan of reorganization. However, if Grace’s final plan does not include comparable provisions or if the Canadian courts refuse to enforce Grace’s final plan of reorganization in the Canadian courts, and if in addition Grace is unwilling or unable to defend and indemnify the Company and its subsidiaries in these cases, then the Company could be required to pay substantial damages, which the Company cannot estimate at this time and which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

On September 15, 2003, the case of Senn v. Hickey, et al. (Case No. 03-CV-4372) was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (Newark). This lawsuit seeks class action status on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of the Company during the period from March 27, 2000 through July 30, 2002. The lawsuit names the Company and five current and former officers and directors of the Company as defendants. The Company is required to provide indemnification to the other defendants, and accordingly the Company’s counsel is also defending them. On June 29, 2004, the court granted plaintiff Miles Senn’s motion for appointment as lead plaintiff and for approval of his choice of lead counsel. The plaintiff’s amended complaint makes a number of allegations against the defendants. The principal allegations are that during the above period the defendants materially misled the investing public, artificially inflated the price of the Company’s common stock by publicly issuing false and misleading statements and violated U.S. GAAP by failing to properly account and accrue for the Company’s contingent liability for asbestos claims arising from past operations of Grace. The plaintiffs seek compensatory damages and other relief. The Company is vigorously defending the lawsuit, since the Company believes that it properly disclosed its contingent liability for Grace’s asbestos claims and properly accounted for its contingent liability for such claims under U.S. GAAP.

On March 14, 2005, the Company and the individual defendants filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint in the Senn v. Hickey, et al. case for failure to state a claim. On December 19, 2005, the Court granted in part and denied in part defendants’ motion to dismiss. The Court determined that the complaint failed adequately to allege scienter as to the four individual defendants other than T.J. Dermot Dunphy, and therefore dismissed the lawsuit with respect to these four individual defendants, but adequately alleged scienter as to Mr. Dunphy and the Company. Mr. Dunphy is a current director of the Company and was formerly Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. On December 28, 2005, the defendants requested that the Court reconsider the portion of the December 19, 2005 order denying defendants’ motion to dismiss with regard to the Company’s arguments other than scienter, or, in the alternative, that the Court certify the matter for interlocutory appeal. On February 13, 2006, the defendants filed an answer to the amended complaint. On April 7, 2006, the Court heard oral argument on defendants’ reconsideration motion, and on July 10, 2006, the Court denied the motion on the ground that issues of fact prevent the Court from granting a motion to dismiss based on the Company’s arguments other than scienter. On October 3, 2006, plaintiff filed a motion to certify a class of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired the securities of the Company during the period from March 27, 2000 through July 30, 2002. Defendants’ response to that motion is due on December 1, 2006. Discovery is in the initial stages. Although the Company believes that neither it nor Mr. Dunphy should have any liability in this lawsuit, until the lawsuit has progressed beyond its current, still preliminary, stage, the Company cannot estimate the potential cost of an unfavorable outcome, if any.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Amounts in tables in millions of dollars, except share and per share data)
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Compliance Matters

In late 2005, the Company identified travel and related expenses that had been paid by some of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries for trips by government officials who oversee the regulation of the Company’s medical products in a foreign country. Although these expenses were accurately recorded as travel and entertainment expenses in the Company’s books and records, these activities appeared to have breached the Company’s Code of Conduct. More importantly, the Company was concerned that these payments may have violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and therefore outside counsel was retained and promptly began an internal investigation. In March 2006, the Company voluntarily disclosed to the United States Department of Justice, or the DOJ, and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, the factual information obtained to date in the Company’s internal investigation, including that these payments were made between 2003 and 2005 and totaled less than $0.2 million. The internal investigation is ongoing, and the Company is cooperating with the DOJ and the SEC. The Company cannot predict when this matter will be resolved or the terms upon which this matter will be resolved, although the Company currently does not expect this matter to be material to its consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows. In connection with the investigation, the Company is evaluating remedial measures and has taken or will take timely and appropriate action where necessary.

Cash Dividend

The Company used cash of $36.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2006 to pay quarterly cash dividends of $0.15 per common share on March 17, June 16 and September 15, 2006. The payment of these dividends was reflected as a reduction to retained earnings in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet.

(13)   Stock-Based Compensation

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, commonly referred to as the FASB, issued SFAS No. 123 (revised), “Share-Based Payment” which replaces SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” and supersedes Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” SFAS No. 123 (revised) covers a wide range of share-based compensation arrangements and requires that the compensation cost related to these types of payment transactions be recognized in financial statements. Cost is measured based on the fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued. The Company adopted SFAS No. 123 (revised) in the first quarter of 2006 as required using the modified prospective application. Under the modified prospective application, SFAS No. 123 (revised) applies to all awards granted, modified, repurchased or cancelled by the Company since January 1, 2006 and to unvested awards at the date of adoption. The Company was also required to eliminate any unearned or deferred compensation related to earlier awards against the appropriate equity account. At December 31, 2005, the Company had $17.8 million of deferred compensation recorded in the shareholders’ equity section of the condensed consolidated balance sheet. This amount was eliminated against additional paid-in capital on January 1, 2006. The adoption of SFAS No. 123 (revised) did not have a material impact on the condensed consolidated statement of operations as the amounts previously recognized by the Company for stock awards under the 1998 and 2005 Contingent Stock Plans are essentially the same as under SFAS No. 123.

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Contingent Stock Plans

At the Company’s annual meeting of the stockholders held on May 20, 2005, the stockholders approved the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan of Sealed Air Corporation. The 2005 Contingent Stock Plan replaced the contingent stock plan that was approved by the Company’s stockholders in 1998. The 2005 Contingent Stock Plan is the Company’s sole long-term equity compensation program for officers and employees, except that prior grants under the 1998 Contingent Stock Plan remain subject to that plan’s provisions. The 2005 Contingent Stock Plan provides for awards of equity-based compensation, including restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance share units and cash awards measured by share price, to executive officers and other key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, as well as U.S.-based key consultants to the Company. During 2006, under the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan, the Company has granted restricted stock, restricted stock units and cash awards. An employee or consultant selected by the Organization and Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors to receive an award may accept the award during the 60-day period beginning when written notice of the award has been sent to the participant, provided the participant’s relationship to the Company has not changed.

The Company’s 1998 Contingent Stock Plan provided for the grant to employees of awards to purchase common stock during the succeeding 60-day period. The Organization and Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors had set the price to purchase the common stock pursuant to the grants under the 1998 Contingent Stock Plan at $1.00 per share, subject to appropriate adjustments in the event of any stock dividend, split-up, recapitalization, merger, or other events affecting the Company’s common stock. There is no similar purchase price under the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan.

Awards made under the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan and shares issued under the 1998 Contingent Stock Plan are restricted as to disposition by the holders for a period of at least three years after award. In the event of termination of employment of a participant prior to lapse of the restriction, the awards under the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan are forfeited on the date of termination unless (i) the termination results from the participant’s death or permanent and total disability, or (ii) the Organization and Compensation Committee affirmatively determines not to seek forfeiture of the award in whole or in part. Likewise, shares of restricted stock awarded under the 1998 Contingent Stock Plan are subject to a repurchase option by the Company at the price at which the shares were issued. The forfeiture provision of the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan and the repurchase provision of the 1998 Contingent Stock Plan expire upon vesting of the awards, except that these provisions lapse sooner if specified events occur that affect the existence or control of the Company.

For restricted stock awards, the Company records compensation expense and credits additional paid-in capital within shareholders’ equity based on the fair value of the award at the grant date. For restricted stock unit awards, the Company records compensation expense and credits additional paid-in capital within shareholders’ equity based on the fair value of the award at the end of each reporting period. The amount of the deferred compensation related to the restricted stock unit awards is re-measured at each reporting period based on the then current stock price and the effects of the stock price changes are recognized as compensation expense. For cash awards, the Company records a liability, which is reflected in other liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheet, and records compensation expense based on the fair value of the award at the end of each reporting period. The amount of the liability is re-measured at each reporting period based on the then current stock price and the effects of the stock price

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
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changes are recognized as compensation expense. At September 30, 2006, the liability related to cash awards was immaterial to the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company has not settled any cash awards during 2006.

Compensation expense related to restricted stock, restricted stock units and cash awards is recognized, net of estimated forfeitures in 2006 under SFAS No. 123 (revised) and net of actual forfeitures in 2005 under SFAS No. 123, over a three-year period on a straight-line basis. These charges are included in marketing, administrative and development expenses and amounted to $3.7 million and $10.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and $3.0 million and $8.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively.

At September 30, 2006, the weighted-average remaining contractual life of outstanding restricted stock, restricted stock units and cash awards was approximately 1.5 years, 2.4 years, and 2.5 years, respectively, and had terms expiring up to 2009. The total compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock, restricted stock units and cash awards not yet recognized was $23.5 million as of September 30, 2006. At September 30, 2006, there were 761,825 shares of nonvested restricted stock, 85,950 shares of nonvested restricted stock units and nonvested cash awards measured by 3,000 shares outstanding. The 2005 Contingent Stock Plan and the 1998 Contingent Stock Plan permit tax withholding attributable to awards and other charges that may be required by law to be paid by withholding a portion of the shares attributable to such awards.

A summary of the changes in shares available for the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan during 2006 follows:

 

Directors Stock Plan

Non-cash compensation comprises shares issued to non-employee directors in the form of awards under the Company’s 2002 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, which stockholders of the Company approved at the 2002 annual meeting. The 2002 Directors Stock Plan provides for annual grants of shares to non-employee directors, and interim grants of shares to eligible directors elected at times other than at an annual meeting, at a price per share equal to the par value of the shares, as all or part of the annual or interim retainer fees for non-employee directors. During 2002, the Company adopted a plan that permits non-employee directors to elect to defer all or part of their annual retainer until the non-employee director retires from the Board. The non-employee director can elect to defer the portion of the annual retainer payable in shares of stock. If a non-employee director makes this election, the non-employee director may

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also elect to defer the portion, if any, of the annual retainer payable in cash. Cash dividends on deferred shares are credited to the non-employee director’s deferred cash account on the applicable dividend payment date. The Company charges the excess of fair value over the price at which shares are issued under this plan to operations. This charge is included in marketing, administrative and development expenses and amounted to $0.1 million for both the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, and $0.3 million for both the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005.

A summary of the changes in shares available for the Directors Stock Plan during 2006 follows:

 

Other Common Stock Issuances

During 2004, the Company issued 50,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.10 per share, to a non-employee under an intellectual property purchase agreement as prepaid royalties under that agreement. These shares vest ratably over a five-year period. The Company amortizes the cost associated with these shares on a straight-line basis. Amortization expense related to this issuance was $0.1 million for both the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, and $0.4 million for both the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005.

Stock Options

Stock option plans in which specified employees of the Cryovac packaging business participated were terminated effective March 31, 1998 in connection with the Cryovac transaction, except with respect to options that remained outstanding as of that date. All of these options had been granted at an exercise price equal to their fair market value on the date of grant. All options outstanding upon the termination of the stock option plans in 1998 had fully vested prior to December 31, 2000. Since such options were fully vested, SFAS No. 123 (revised) is not applicable. Since 1997, the Company has not issued any stock option awards and has no plans to do so in the future. At September 30, 2006, options to purchase 36,603 shares of common stock were outstanding, had a per share exercise price of $42.19, a weighted-average remaining contractual life of approximately five months, and terms expiring up to March 2007. During 2006, the holders exercised options to purchase 50,469 common shares, with an aggregate exercise price of $2.1 million. At September 30, 2006, the cumulative number of options to purchase 50,574 shares of common stock had expired.

(14)   Earnings Per Common Share

Basic and diluted earnings per common share were $0.95 and $0.82, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2006 compared with $0.78 and $0.68, respectively, for the three months ended

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September 30, 2005. Basic and diluted earnings per common share were $2.35 and $2.04, respectively, for the first nine months of 2006 compared with basic and diluted earnings per common share of $2.20 and $1.92, respectively, for the first nine months of 2005.

In calculating diluted earnings per common share, the Company’s calculation of the weighted average number of common shares for 2006 and 2005 provides for the conversion of the Company’s 3% convertible senior notes due June 2033 due to the application of Emerging Issues Task Force, or EITF, Issue No. 04-08, “The Effect of Contingently Convertible Debt on Diluted Earnings per Share,” the assumed issuance of nine million shares of common stock reserved for the Company’s previously announced asbestos settlement referred to in Note 12, “Commitments and Contingencies,” under the caption “Asbestos Settlement and Related Costs,” and the exercise of dilutive stock options, net of assumed treasury stock repurchases.

The following table sets forth the calculation of the basic and diluted earnings per common share computations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005:

 

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(15)   Other Income, Net

 

(16)   Acquisitions

On January 3, 2006, the Company acquired Nelipak Holdings B.V. for cash in the amount of $41.2 million, net of cash acquired, and assumed debt of approximately $9.6 million. The Company accounted for this acquisition under the purchase method of accounting, which resulted in a preliminary allocation of goodwill of $33.5 million. The Company allocated the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed using estimated fair values. This allocation is subject to revisions based on the results of the final determination of estimated fair values. The Company does not expect subsequent revisions to the purchase price allocation, if any, to be material to the condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company also made another smaller acquisition in July 2006. These acquisitions were not material to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

(17)   New Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans.” SFAS No. 158 requires a company to fully recognize the obligations associated with single-employer defined benefit pension, retiree healthcare and other postretirement plans in its financial statements. Under this new standard, the Company is required to (a) recognize in its consolidated balance sheet an asset for a plan’s overfunded status or a liability for a plan’s underfunded status (b) measure a plan’s assets and its obligations that determine its funded status as of the end of the Company’s fiscal year (with limited exceptions) and (c) recognize changes in the funded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan in the year in which the changes occur. These changes will be reported in comprehensive income. The requirement to recognize the funded status of a benefit plan and the disclosure requirements are effective as of the end of the fiscal year ending after December 15, 2006. The requirement to measure plan assets and benefit obligations is effective for the Company as of the end of the fiscal year ending after December 15, 2008. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, on its consolidated financial statements.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” SFAS No. 157 clarifies the definition of fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands the disclosures on fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, on its consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Amounts in tables in millions of dollars, except share and per share data)
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In September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin, or SAB, No. 108, “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements.” This staff accounting bulletin provides interpretive guidance on how the effects of the carryover or reversal of prior year misstatements should be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement. The SEC staff believes that registrants should quantify errors using both a balance sheet and an income statement approach and evaluate whether either approach results in quantifying a misstatement that, when all relevant quantitative and qualitative factors are considered, is material. SAB No. 108 is effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2006. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this staff accounting bulletin on its consolidated financial statements.

In July 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN No. 48”) “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.” The interpretation prescribes a consistent recognition threshold and measurement attribute, as well as criteria for subsequently recognizing, derecognizing and measuring such tax positions for financial statement purposes. The interpretation also requires expanded disclosure with respect to the uncertainty in income taxes. FIN No. 48 is effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this interpretation on its consolidated financial statements.

In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, “Inventory Costs,” which amends the guidance in Accounting Research Bulletin, or ARB, No. 43, Chapter 4, “Inventory Pricing.” This amendment clarifies the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs and wasted material (spoilage). SFAS No. 151 requires that those items be recognized as current-period charges regardless of whether they meet the criteria specified in ARB No. 43 of “so abnormal.” In addition, SFAS No. 151 requires that allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion be based on normal capacity of the production facilities. SFAS No. 151 was effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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