UNFI 10Q/A 11.1.2014

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

FORM 10-Q/A
(Amendment No. 1)
(Mark One)
 
ý      QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended November 1, 2014
 
OR
 
o         TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 

Commission File Number: 000-21531
 
UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
 
05-0376157
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)
 
 
313 Iron Horse Way, Providence, RI
 
02908
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (401) 528-8634
 
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 ý  No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes ý  No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer ý
 
Accelerated filer o
 
 
 
Non-accelerated filer o
 
Smaller reporting company o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes o  No ý
 
As of December 2, 2014 there were 50,002,376 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding.
 




EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A amends our original Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended November 1, 2014 (the "Original Filing"). The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 1 is to amend Item 4 of Part I to revise the disclosure on the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and the disclosure on our internal control over financial reporting. Other than the inclusion with this Amendment No. 1 of new certifications required by Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (and related amendment to the Exhibit Index in Item 6 of the Original Filing to reflect the addition of such certifications and related changes to the footnotes to the Exhibit Index), this Amendment No. 1 does not modify, or update any other disclosures contained in, our Original Filing.





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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
 
In the first half of fiscal year 2015, management identified immaterial errors related to the understatement of contractual obligations due to a customer that occurred during fiscal years 2009 through 2014. The immaterial errors were a result of a lack of effective controls over the completeness and accuracy of the recognition and measurement of amounts due to a customer, including the underlying data and assumptions used in the calculation of amounts owed. The internal controls in place during this time were not responsive to changes in circumstances.
While the control deficiency did not result in a material misstatement to the Company’s consolidated financial statements for any periods through and including the fiscal year ended August 2, 2014, or unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2015, it did represent a material weakness as of August 2, 2014, since there existed a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The correction of these immaterial errors is being recognized as out-of-period adjustments to the interim financial information for the six-month fiscal period ended January 31, 2015 to be filed concurrent with this Form 10-Q/A.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) as of November 1, 2014. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as a result of the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting described below, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of November 1, 2014. The Company is amending this Item 4, as well as Item 9A of its Annual Report on Form 10-K as of August 2, 2014 to reflect the conclusion by management that there was a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting as of the end of the periods covered by these reports. Item 4 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 will also reflect the conclusion by management that there was a material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of the end of the period covered by that report.
For purposes of Rule 13a-15(e), the term disclosure controls and procedures means controls and other procedures of an issuer that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its chief executive and chief financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Remediation and plans for remediation
The Company believes it has made significant progress toward remediation of the underlying causes of the material weakness.
The Company has initiated the following plans and actions to remediate this material weakness:
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Improve the design and operation of management’s review and analysis of the calculation including the cross-functional confirmation of the accuracy and completeness of the underlying data and assumptions; and
•
Conduct the review and analysis on a quarterly basis.
The Company and its Board of Directors are committed to maintaining a strong internal control environment, and believe that these remediation efforts represent significant improvements in our control environment. The identified material weakness in internal control will not be considered fully addressed until the internal controls over these areas have been in operation for a sufficient period of time for our management to conclude that the material weakness has been fully remediated. The Company will continue to work on implementing and testing the new controls in order to make this final determination.
Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)or 15d-15(f)) occurred during the fiscal quarter ended November 1, 2014 that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
As discussed above, subsequent to the issuance of our consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended August 2, 2014 , immaterial errors related to prior periods were identified that indicated certain deficiencies existed in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. The Company has concluded that these deficiencies when aggregated could have resulted in a material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements that would not have been prevented or detected on a timely

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basis, and as such, these control deficiencies result in a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. This material weakness did not result in any material misstatement of the Company’s financial statements and disclosures for the fiscal years ended July 28, 2012, August 3, 2013 and August 2, 2014. As discussed above, we are taking actions to remediate the material weakness related to our internal controls over the calculations of the contractual obligations owing to a customer pursuant to the Company’s distribution agreement with the customer, including new controls around the preparation and review of the calculation of amounts due to the customer. The identified material weakness in internal control over financial reporting will not be considered fully addressed until the internal controls over these areas have been in operation for a sufficient period of time for our management to conclude that the material weakness has been fully remediated. The Company will continue to work on implementing and testing the new controls in order to make this final determination.


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Item 6.  Exhibits

Exhibit Index
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
31.1*
 
Certification of CEO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*
 
Certification of CFO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.3**
 
Certification of CEO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.4**
 
Certification of CFO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*
 
Certification of CEO pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2*
 
Certification of CFO pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101*
 
The following materials from the United Natural Foods, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended November 1, 2014, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity, (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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*     Previously filed (or, with respect to Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2, furnished) with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (as originally filed on December 10, 2014).

**    Filed with this Amendment No. 1.



 
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We would be pleased to furnish a copy of this Form 10-Q to any stockholder who requests it by writing to:
 
    
United Natural Foods, Inc.
Investor Relations
313 Iron Horse Way
Providence, RI 02908


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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC.
 
 
 
/s/ Mark E. Shamber
 
Mark E. Shamber
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
Dated:  March 12, 2015


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