American Italian Pasta Company to Withdraw and Restate Historical Financial Statements
27 Outubro 2005 - 11:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American
Italian Pasta Company (NYSE:PLB) announced today that it has
determined that certain of the Company's historical financial
statements should no longer be relied upon. The Company also
announced that as soon as practical after conclusion of its ongoing
Audit Committee investigation, the Company anticipates filing
restated financial statements for the affected periods. On August
9, 2005 the Company announced that it had identified impairment
charges and other adjustments that would be recorded in the
Company's financial statements. The Company announced at that time
that it would continue to review its financial statements and would
assess whether and to what extent these adjustments corrected
errors in prior reporting periods. Since the August 9th
announcement, the Company has continued to identify information and
undertake analyses that have led it to conclude that its previously
issued audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal
years ended October 1, 2004, October 3, 2003 and September 27,
2002, and its unaudited consolidated financial statements for each
of the fiscal quarters during such years, should no longer be
relied upon. In addition, the Company has concluded that its
unaudited financial statements for the first two quarters of fiscal
year 2005 (ended December 31, 2004 and April 1, 2005) should also
no longer be relied upon. The Company's determination results from
its conclusion, based on its ongoing review, that errors relating
to the accrual of allowances for product promotions and
capitalization of certain overhead costs (in both cases, as
disclosed in the August 9th announcement), when combined with
certain uncorrected immaterial errors, had a material impact on the
Company's historical financial statements. The Company continues to
review its historical financial statements, including with respect
to the matters disclosed on August 9, 2005, and the Audit
Committee's investigation is ongoing. The Company's restated
financial statements may also reflect other adjustments for errors
in addition to those identified above. The Company has discussed
the determination that these historical financial statements should
not be relied upon with its independent registered public
accounting firm, Ernst & Young LLP, which concurs with this
determination. The Company is continuing to gather information and
may determine in the future that the consolidated financial
statements for fiscal periods prior to 2002 cannot be relied upon.
As soon as practical following completion of the Audit Committee's
investigation, the Company expects to prepare restated financial
statements for the periods in question and file appropriate
corresponding amendments to its periodic and annual reports
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As
previously disclosed the Company has not yet filed its Form 10-Q
for the third fiscal quarter of 2005, which was due on August 10,
2005. Founded in 1988 and based in Kansas City, Missouri, American
Italian Pasta Company is the largest producer and marketer of dry
pasta in North America. The Company has five plants that are
located in Excelsior Springs, Missouri; Columbia, South Carolina;
Tolleson, Arizona; Kenosha, Wisconsin and Verolanuova, Italy. The
Company has approximately 600 employees located in the United
States and Italy. DATASOURCE: American Italian Pasta Company
CONTACT: George Shadid, EVP & Chief Financial Officer of
American Italian Pasta Company, +1-816-584-5621, Web site:
http://www.aipc.com/
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