Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On July 25, 2023, Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (“the Company” or “our”) announced a change to our reportable segments. Effective May 29, 2023, to align with our expanded global footprint following the completion of our acquisition of the remaining 50 percent interest in Lamb-Weston/Meijer v.o.f. (“LW EMEA”), management, including the chief executive officer (who is our chief operating decision maker), began managing operations in two business segments based on management’s change to the way it monitors performance, aligns strategies, and allocates resources. This resulted in a change from four reportable segments to two (North America and International), effective with the beginning of fiscal 2024. All financial information on a prospective basis will be presented under the new reportable segments beginning in fiscal 2024 with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ending August 27, 2023.
Effective May 29, 2023, our reportable segments are comprised of the following:
| ● | North America – this segment primarily includes frozen potato products sold in the United States, Mexico, and Canada to quick service and full-service restaurant chains, foodservice distributors, non-commercial channels, and retailers. Our North America segment’s product portfolio includes frozen potatoes, commercial ingredients, and appetizers sold under the Lamb Weston brand, as well as frozen potatoes sold under the Company’s owned or licensed brands, including Grown in Idaho and Alexia, other licensed equities comprised of brand names of major North American restaurant chains, and retailers’ own brands. |
| ● | International – this segment primarily includes frozen potato products sold outside of North America to quick service and full-service restaurant chains, foodservice distributors, non-commercial channels, and retailers. Our International segment’s product portfolio includes frozen potatoes, commercial ingredients, and appetizers sold under the Lamb Weston brand. |
Effective May 29, 2023, the Company began measuring and evaluating its new reportable segments based on net sales, segment income, and Adjusted EBITDA. These metrics are used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker to review performance of the Company and allocate resources. The Company redefined total Adjusted EBITDA to align with Adjusted EBITDA reviewed by its chief operating decision maker, which includes new adjustments for foreign exchange gains and losses and all unrealized mark-to-market derivative gains and losses. These gains and losses increased with the recent acquisition of LW EMEA and management believes they are not core components of the Company’s operating performance for purposes of business decision-making. Accordingly, Adjusted EBITDA balances for historical periods are being recast in this Form 8-K to conform to the go-forward definition and presentation. Therefore, such balances have changed for certain periods as compared to prior filings. For more information about Adjusted EBITDA, see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.
The Company’s two segments include corporate support staff and services that are directly allocable to those segments. Unallocated corporate costs are presented as reconciling items to arrive at total Company Adjusted EBITDA. Unallocated corporate costs include costs related to corporate support staff and services, foreign exchange gains and losses, and unrealized derivative mark-to-market gains and losses. Support services include, but are not limited to, the Company’s administrative, information technology, human resources, finance, and accounting functions that are not specifically allocated to the segments. Consistent with current reporting, assets are not attributable to the Company’s reportable segments.
The Company is furnishing this Form 8-K to provide investors with recast segment summary historical financial information and segment historical data that is consistent with its new reportable segments and measures used by our chief operating decision maker to manage those segments. The segments follow the accounting principles described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 28, 2023. The schedules in Exhibit 99.1 furnished with this Form 8-K provide recast unaudited summary financial information and other data according to the new reporting segments and performance measures for the previously reported fiscal years ended May 30, 2021, May 29, 2022, and