LANCASTER COLONY CORP [LANC] Filings

10-Q 1 lanc-20210930.htm 10-Q lanc-20210930

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


Form			10-Q

(Mark One)


☒			QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021


☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 000-04065



Lancaster Colony Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Ohio		13-1955943
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

380 Polaris Parkway	Suite 400
Westerville	Ohio	43082
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)


(614)			224-7141
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, without par value	LANC	NASDAQ Global Select Market

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 ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files). Yes ý No ¨

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

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

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Non-accelerated filer

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Smaller reporting company

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Emerging growth company

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ý

As of October 15, 2021, there were approximately 27,530,000 shares of Common Stock, without par value, outstanding.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS




PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION		3

Item 1.	Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited):

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets – September 30, 2021 and June 30, 2021	3

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income – Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020	4

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020	5

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020	6

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity – Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020	7

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	8

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	15

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	22

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	22

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION		23

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	23

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	23

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	23



Item 6.	Exhibits	23

SIGNATURES		24

INDEX TO EXHIBITS		25

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)


(Amounts in thousands, except share data)	September 30, 2021		June 30, 2021
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and equivalents	$	130,089	$	188,055
Receivables	108,365		97,897
Inventories:
Raw materials	48,077		48,895
Finished goods	110,292		72,980
Total inventories	158,369		121,875
Other current assets	13,033		15,654
Total current assets	409,856		423,481
Property, Plant and Equipment:
Land, buildings and improvements	270,972		252,174
Machinery and equipment	442,262		424,015
Total cost	713,234		676,189
Less accumulated depreciation	321,198		311,567
Property, plant and equipment-net	392,036		364,622
Other Assets:
Goodwill	208,371		208,371
Other intangible assets-net	57,625		58,766
Operating lease right-of-use assets	24,157		22,455
Other noncurrent assets	23,091		23,590
Total	$	1,115,136	$	1,101,285
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	127,753	$	110,338
Accrued liabilities	52,034		63,585
Total current liabilities	179,787		173,923
Noncurrent Operating Lease Liabilities	18,353		17,228
Other Noncurrent Liabilities	27,495		28,285
Deferred Income Taxes	39,446		38,702
Commitments and Contingencies
Shareholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock-authorized 3,050,000 shares; outstanding-none
Common stock-authorized 75,000,000 shares; outstanding-September-27,529,867 shares; June-27,531,040 shares	130,832		128,617
Retained earnings	1,492,200		1,482,220
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(8,211)		(8,253)
Common stock in treasury, at cost	(764,766)		(759,437)
Total shareholders’ equity	850,055		843,147
Total	$	1,115,136	$	1,101,285

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(UNAUDITED)


	Three Months Ended September 30,
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)		2021		2020
Net Sales		$	392,056	$	349,237
Cost of Sales		299,689		256,583
Gross Profit		92,367		92,654
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses		51,856		48,198
Change in Contingent Consideration		—		(5,687)
Impairment Charges		—		1,195
Operating Income		40,511		48,948
Other, Net		20		4
Income Before Income Taxes		40,531		48,952
Taxes Based on Income		9,876		11,873





Net Income		$	30,655	$	37,079






Net Income Per Common Share:
Basic and diluted		$	1.11	$	1.35




Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding:
Basic		27,459		27,461
Diluted		27,515		27,495

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(UNAUDITED)


	Three Months Ended September 30,
(Amounts in thousands)		2021		2020
Net Income		$	30,655	$	37,079
Other Comprehensive Income:
Defined Benefit Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans:
Amortization of loss, before tax		100		168
Amortization of prior service credit, before tax		(45)		(45)
Total Other Comprehensive Income, Before Tax		55		123
Tax Attributes of Items in Other Comprehensive Income:
Amortization of loss, tax		(23)		(39)
Amortization of prior service credit, tax		10		10
Total Tax Expense		(13)		(29)
Other Comprehensive Income, Net of Tax		42		94
Comprehensive Income		$	30,697	$	37,173

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)


	Three Months Ended September 30,
(Amounts in thousands)	2021		2020
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income	$	30,655	$	37,079
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Impacts of noncash items:
Depreciation and amortization	11,262		10,409
Change in contingent consideration	—		(5,687)
Deferred income taxes and other changes	800		3,179
Stock-based compensation expense	2,274		1,772
Impairment charges	—		1,195


Pension plan activity	(137)		(57)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables	(10,468)		(10,389)
Inventories	(36,494)		(25,514)
Other current assets	2,238		(626)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(1,302)		12,282
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(1,172)		23,643
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
Payments for property additions	(30,227)		(14,411)



Other-net	134		(137)
Net cash used in investing activities	(30,093)		(14,548)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Payment of dividends	(20,675)		(19,270)
Purchase of treasury stock	(5,329)		(15)
Tax withholdings for stock-based compensation	(59)		(1,854)

Other-net	(638)		(141)
Net cash used in financing activities	(26,701)		(21,280)




Net change in cash and equivalents	(57,966)		(12,185)
Cash and equivalents at beginning of year	188,055		198,273
Cash and equivalents at end of period	$	130,089	$	186,088
Supplemental Disclosure of Operating Cash Flows:
Net cash payments for income taxes	$	15	$	1,617

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(UNAUDITED)


	Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)	Common Stock Outstanding			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Treasury Stock		Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Shares	Amount
Balance, June 30, 2021	27,531	$	128,617	$	1,482,220	$	(8,253)	$	(759,437)	$	843,147
Net income				30,655						30,655
Net pension and postretirement benefit gains, net of $13 tax effect						42				42
Cash dividends - common stock ($0.75 per share)				(20,675)						(20,675)
Purchase of treasury stock	(30)							(5,329)		(5,329)
Stock-based plans	29	(59)								(59)
Stock-based compensation expense		2,274								2,274
Balance, September 30, 2021	27,530	$	130,832	$	1,492,200	$	(8,211)	$	(764,766)	$	850,055


	Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)	Common Stock Outstanding			Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Treasury Stock		Total Shareholders’ Equity
	Shares	Amount
Balance, June 30, 2020	27,524	$	125,153	$	1,421,121	$	(12,070)	$	(750,904)	$	783,300
Net income				37,079						37,079
Net pension and postretirement benefit gains, net of $29 tax effect						94				94
Cash dividends - common stock ($0.70 per share)				(19,270)						(19,270)
Purchase of treasury stock	—							(15)		(15)
Stock-based plans	16	(1,854)								(1,854)
Stock-based compensation expense		1,772								1,772
Balance, September 30, 2020	27,540	$	125,071	$	1,438,930	$	(11,976)	$	(750,919)	$	801,106

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share data)

Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Lancaster Colony Corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiaries, collectively referred to as “we,” “us,” “our,” “registrant” or the “Company” and have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and SEC Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In our opinion, the interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations and financial position for such periods. All such adjustments reflected in the interim condensed consolidated financial statements are considered to be of a normal recurring nature. Intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. Accordingly, these condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Unless otherwise noted, the term “year” and references to a particular year pertain to our fiscal year, which begins on July 1 and ends on June 30; for example, 2022 refers to fiscal 2022, which is the period from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.

Deferred Software Costs

We capitalize certain costs related to hosting arrangements that are service contracts (cloud computing arrangements). Capitalized costs are included in Other Current Assets or Other Noncurrent Assets and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life. For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, we capitalized $0.3 million and $1.6 million, respectively, of deferred software costs related to cloud computing arrangements.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost, except for those acquired as part of a business combination, which are recorded at fair value at the time of purchase. We use the straight-line method of computing depreciation for financial reporting purposes based on the estimated useful lives of the corresponding assets. Purchases of property, plant and equipment included in Accounts Payable and excluded from the property additions and the change in accounts payable in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows were as follows:


	September 30,
	2021		2020
Construction in progress in Accounts Payable	$	22,685	$	3,556

Accrued Compensation and Employee Benefits

Accrued compensation and employee benefits included in Accrued Liabilities was $18.2 million and $32.5 million at September 30, 2021 and June 30, 2021, respectively.

Earnings Per Share

Earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock and common stock equivalents (restricted stock, stock-settled stock appreciation rights and performance units) outstanding during each period. Unvested shares of restricted stock granted to employees are considered participating securities since employees receive nonforfeitable dividends prior to vesting and, therefore, are included in the earnings allocation in computing EPS under the two-class method. Basic EPS excludes dilution and is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, which includes the dilutive potential common shares associated with nonparticipating restricted stock, stock-settled stock appreciation rights and performance units.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share data)

Basic and diluted net income per common share were calculated as follows:


	Three Months Ended September 30,
		2021		2020
Net income		$	30,655	$	37,079
Net income available to participating securities		(87)		(79)
Net income available to common shareholders		$	30,568	$	37,000

Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic		27,459		27,461
Incremental share effect from:
Nonparticipating restricted stock		3		3
Stock-settled stock appreciation rights		49		31
Performance units		4		—
Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted		27,515		27,495

Net income per common share – basic and diluted		$	1.11	$	1.35

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following table presents the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss by component:


	Three Months Ended September 30,
		2021		2020
Accumulated other comprehensive loss at beginning of period		$	(8,253)	$	(12,070)
Defined Benefit Pension Plan Items:
Amortization of unrecognized net loss		107		173
Postretirement Benefit Plan Items:
Amortization of unrecognized net gain		(7)		(5)
Amortization of prior service credit		(45)		(45)
Total other comprehensive income, before tax		55		123
Total tax expense		(13)		(29)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax		42		94

Accumulated other comprehensive loss at end of period		$	(8,211)	$	(11,976)

Significant Accounting Policies

There were no changes to our Significant Accounting Policies from those disclosed in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Recent Accounting Standards

There are no recently issued or adopted accounting standards that will impact our consolidated financial statements.

Note 2 – Fair Value

Fair value is defined as the exit price, or the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the measurement date. GAAP sets forth a three-level fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The three levels are as follows:

Level 1 – defined as observable inputs, such as quoted market prices in active markets.

Level 2 – defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share data)

Level 3 – defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore, requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions.

Our financial assets and liabilities subject to the three-level fair value hierarchy consist principally of cash and equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, contingent consideration payable and defined benefit pension plan assets. The estimated fair value of cash and equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximates their carrying value.

Our contingent consideration, which resulted from the earn-out associated with our acquisition of Bantam Bagels, LLC (“Bantam”), is measured at fair value on a recurring basis and is included in Other Noncurrent Liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table summarizes our contingent consideration:


	Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2021
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Contingent consideration - Bantam	$	—	$	—	$	3,470	$	3,470



	Fair Value Measurements at June 30, 2021
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Contingent consideration - Bantam	$	—	$	—	$	3,470	$	3,470

Bantam Contingent Consideration

This contingent consideration resulted from the earn-out associated with our October 19, 2018 acquisition of Bantam. In general, the terms of the acquisition specify the sellers will receive an earn-out based upon a pre-determined multiple of the defined adjusted EBITDA of Bantam for the twelve months ending December 31, 2023. The initial fair value of the contingent consideration was determined to be $8.0 million. The fair value is measured on a recurring basis using a Monte Carlo simulation that randomly changes revenue growth, forecasted adjusted EBITDA and other uncertain variables to estimate an expected value. We record the present value of this amount by applying a discount rate. As this fair value measurement is based on significant inputs not observable in the market, it represents a Level 3 measurement within the fair value hierarchy. Our fair value measurement at September 30, 2020 resulted in a $5.7 million reduction in the fair value of Bantam’s contingent consideration based on changes in Bantam’s forecasted adjusted EBITDA for the twelve months ending December 31, 2023. The changes in forecasted adjusted EBITDA primarily reflected the impact of a SKU rationalization by a Foodservice customer resulting in the loss of sales to that customer after November 30, 2020. This adjustment was recorded in our Foodservice segment.

The following table represents our Level 3 fair value measurements using significant other unobservable inputs for Bantam’s contingent consideration:


	Three Months Ended September 30,
		2021		2020
Contingent consideration at beginning of period		$	3,470	$	9,157

Change in contingent consideration included in operating income		—		(5,687)
Contingent consideration at end of period		$	3,470	$	3,470

Note 3 – Long-Term Debt

At September 30, 2021 and June 30, 2021, we had an unsecured credit facility (“Facility”) under which we could borrow, on a revolving credit basis, up to a maximum of $150 million at any one time, with potential to expand the total credit availability to $225 million based on consent of the issuing banks and certain other conditions. The Facility expires on March 19, 2025, and all outstanding amounts are then due and payable. Interest is variable based upon formulas tied to LIBOR or an alternate base rate defined in the Facility. In the event that LIBOR becomes unavailable or is no longer deemed an appropriate reference rate, the Facility allows for the use of a benchmark replacement rate. We must also pay facility fees that are tied to our then-applicable consolidated leverage ratio. Loans may be used for general corporate purposes. Due to the nature of its terms, when we have outstanding borrowings under the Facility, they will be classified as long-term debt.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share data)

The Facility contains certain restrictive covenants, including limitations on indebtedness, asset sales and acquisitions. There are two principal financial covenants: an interest expense test that requires us to maintain an interest coverage ratio not less than 2.5 to 1 at the end of each fiscal quarter; and an indebtedness test that requires us to maintain a consolidated leverage ratio not greater than 3.5 to 1, subject to certain exceptions. The interest coverage ratio is calculated by dividing Consolidated EBIT by Consolidated Interest Expense, and the leverage ratio is calculated by dividing Consolidated Net Debt by Consolidated EBITDA. All financial terms used in the covenant calculations are defined more specifically in the Facility.

At September 30, 2021 and June 30, 2021, we had no borrowings outstanding under the Facility. At September 30, 2021 and June 30, 2021, we had $2.8 million of standby letters of credit outstanding, which reduced the amount available for borrowing under the Facility. We paid no interest for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.

Note 4 – Commitments and Contingencies

At September 30, 2021, we were a party to various claims and litigation matters arising in the ordinary course of business. Such matters did not have a material effect on the current-year results of operations and, in our opinion, their ultimate disposition will not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

We have a significant remaining commitment of approximately $78 million related to a capacity expansion project at our dressing and sauce facility in Horse Cave, Kentucky.

Our acquisition of Bantam included a provision for contingent consideration for the earn-out associated with this transaction. See further discussion in Note 2.

Note 5 – Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill attributable to the Retail and Foodservice segments was $157.4 million and $51.0 million, respectively, at September 30, 2021 and June 30, 2021.

The following table summarizes our identifiable other intangible assets:


	September 30, 2021		June 30, 2021


Tradenames (20 to 30-year life)
Gross carrying value	$	62,531	$	62,531
Accumulated amortization	(13,064)		(12,421)
Net carrying value	$	49,467	$	50,110




Customer Relationships (2 to 15-year life)
Gross carrying value	$	17,007	$	17,507
Accumulated amortization	(12,763)		(12,912)
Net carrying value	$	4,244	$	4,595
Technology / Know-how (10-year life)
Gross carrying value	$	8,020	$	8,020
Accumulated amortization	(4,111)		(3,973)
Net carrying value	$	3,909	$	4,047
Non-compete Agreements (5-year life)
Gross carrying value	$	191	$	191
Accumulated amortization	(186)		(177)
Net carrying value	$	5	$	14
Total net carrying value	$	57,625	$	58,766

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share data)

In the three months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded impairment charges of $1.2 million related to certain tradename and technology / know-how intangible assets for Bantam, which reflect the impact of a SKU rationalization by a Foodservice customer resulting in the loss of sales to that customer after November 30, 2020. The impairment charges represent the excess of the carrying value over the fair value of estimated discounted cash flows for the remaining useful lives of the intangible assets. The impairment charges are reflected in Impairment Charges in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and were recorded in our Foodservice segment. We also reduced the remaining useful life for Bantam’s Foodservice customer relationship and have recorded accelerated amortization expense.

Amortization expense for our other intangible assets, which is reflected in Selling, General and Administrative Expenses, was as follows:


	Three Months Ended September 30,
		2021		2020
Amortization expense		$	1,141	$	1,341

Total annual amortization expense for each of the next five years is estimated to be as follows:



2023	$	4,180
2024	$	4,180
2025	$	3,920
2026	$	3,290
2027	$	3,119

Note 6 – Income Taxes

Accrued federal income taxes of $2.3 million and accrued state and local income taxes of $0.6 million were included in Accrued Liabilities at September 30, 2021. Prepaid federal income taxes of $5.1 million and prepaid state and local income taxes of $1.1 million were included in Other Current Assets at June 30, 2021.

Note 7 – Business Segment Information

Our financial results are presented as two reportable segments: Retail and Foodservice. Costs that are directly attributable to either Retail or Foodservice are charged directly to the appropriate segment. Costs that are deemed to be indirect, excluding corporate expenses and other unusual significant transactions, are allocated to the two reportable segments using a reasonable methodology that is consistently applied.

Retail - The vast majority of the products we sell in the Retail segment are sold through sales personnel, food brokers and distributors in the United States. We have placement of products in grocery produce departments through our refrigerated salad dressings, vegetable dips and fruit dips. Our flatbread products and sprouted grain bakery products are generally placed in the specialty bakery/deli section of the grocery store. We also have products typically marketed in the shelf-stable section of the grocery store, which include salad dressings, slaw dressing, sauces and croutons. Within the frozen food section of the grocery store, we sell yeast rolls, garlic breads and mini stuffed bagels.

Foodservice - The vast majority of the products we sell in the Foodservice segment are sold through sales personnel, food brokers and distributors in the United States. Most of the products we sell in the Foodservice segment are custom-formulated and include salad dressings, sandwich and dipping sauces, frozen breads and yeast rolls. The majority of our Foodservice sales are products sold under private label to restaurants. We also manufacture and sell various branded Foodservice products to distributors. Finally, within this segment, we sold other roll products under a temporary supply agreement resulting from the acquisition of Omni Baking Company LLC. The temporary supply agreement was terminated effective October 31, 2020.

As many of our products are similar between our two segments, our procurement, manufacturing, warehousing and distribution activities are substantially integrated across our operations in order to maximize efficiency and productivity. Consequently, we do not prepare, and our Chief Operating Decision Maker does not review, separate balance sheets for the reportable segments. As such, our external reporting does not include the presentation of identifiable assets by reportable segment. The composition of our identifiable assets at September 30, 2021 is generally consistent with that of June 30, 2021.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share data)

We evaluate our Retail and Foodservice segments based on net sales and operating income which follow:


	Three Months Ended September 30,
		2021		2020
Net Sales
Retail		$	223,889	$	193,725
Foodservice		168,167		155,512
Total		$	392,056	$	349,237
Operating Income
Retail		$	48,178	$	42,658
Foodservice		15,825		27,421

Corporate Expenses		(23,492)		(21,131)
Total		$	40,511	$	48,948

The following table sets forth net sales disaggregated by class of similar products for the Retail and Foodservice segments:


	Three Months Ended September 30,
		2021		2020
Retail
Shelf-stable dressings, sauces and croutons		$	90,527	$	58,944
Frozen breads		74,719		72,843
Refrigerated dressings, dips and other		58,643		61,938
Total Retail net sales		$	223,889	$	193,725
Foodservice
Dressings and sauces		$	124,759	$	114,951
Frozen breads and other		43,408		37,792
Other roll products		—		2,769
Total Foodservice net sales		$	168,167	$	155,512
Total net sales		$	392,056	$	349,237

The following table provides an additional disaggregation of Foodservice net sales by type of customer:


	Three Months Ended September 30,
		2021		2020
Foodservice
National accounts		$	126,128	$	118,078
Branded and other		42,039		34,665
Other roll products		—		2,769
Total Foodservice net sales		$	168,167	$	155,512

LANCASTER COLONY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share data)

Note 8 – Stock-Based Compensation

There have been no changes to our stock-based compensation plan as disclosed in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K. However, as permitted under this plan, we made an initial grant of performance units in August 2021. These performance units have either a market condition or a performance condition and will vest 3 years after the grant date. Dividend equivalents earned during the vesting period will be paid at the time the awards vest.

Our stock-settled stock appreciation rights (“SSSARs”) compensation expense was $1.0 million and $0.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. At September 30, 2021, there was $5.7 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to SSSARs that we will recognize over a weighted-average period of 2 years.

Our restricted stock compensation expense was $1.1 million and $0.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. At September 30, 2021, there was $8.9 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock that we will recognize over a weighted-average period of 2 years.

Our performance units compensation expense was $0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021. At September 30, 2021, there was $3.5 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to performance units that we will recognize over a weighted-average period of 3 years.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Our fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30. Unless otherwise noted, references to “year” pertain to our fiscal year; for example, 2022 refers to fiscal 2022, which is the period from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto, all included elsewhere in this report, and our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The forward-looking statements in this section and other parts of this report involve risks, uncertainties and other factors, including statements regarding our plans, objectives, goals, strategies, and financial performance. Our actual results could differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements due to these factors. For more information, see the section below entitled “Forward-Looking Statements.”

OVERVIEW

Business Overview

Lancaster Colony Corporation is a manufacturer and marketer of specialty food products for the retail and foodservice channels.

Over 95% of our products are sold in the United States. Foreign operations and export sales have not been significant in the past and are not expected to be significant in the future based upon existing operations. We do not have any fixed assets located outside of the United States.

Our business has the potential to achieve future growth in sales and profitability due to attributes such as:

•leading Retail market positions in several product categories with a high-quality perception;

•recognized innovation in Retail products;

•a broad customer base in both Retail and Foodservice accounts;

•well-regarded culinary expertise among Foodservice customers;

•recognized leadership in Foodservice product development;

•experience in integrating complementary business acquisitions; and

•historically strong cash flow generation that supports growth opportunities.

Our goal is to grow both Retail and Foodservice segment sales over time by:

•introducing new products and expanding distribution;

•leveraging the strength of our Retail brands to increase current product sales;

•expanding Retail growth through strategic licensing agreements;

•continuing to rely upon the strength of our reputation in Foodservice product development and quality; and

•acquiring complementary businesses.

With respect to long-term growth, we continually evaluate the future opportunities and needs for our business specific to our plant infrastructure, IT platforms and other initiatives to support and strengthen our operations. Recent examples of resulting investments include:

•a significant capacity expansion project for our Marzetti dressing and sauce facility in Horse Cave, Kentucky that we expect to complete in the first quarter of fiscal 2023;

•a capacity expansion project for one of our Marzetti dressing and sauce facilities in Columbus, Ohio that we expect to complete in the second quarter of fiscal 2022;

•a significant infrastructure improvement and capacity expansion project for our frozen pasta facility in Altoona, Iowa that we expect to complete during the second quarter of fiscal 2022;

•a significant capacity expansion project for our Sister Schubert’s frozen dinner roll facility in Horse Cave, Kentucky that was completed in January 2020; and

•the establishment of a Transformation Program Office in 2019 that serves to coordinate our various capital and integration efforts, including our enterprise resource planning system (“ERP”) project and related initiatives, Project Ascent, that is currently underway.

Project Ascent commenced in late 2019 and entails the replacement of our primary customer and manufacturing transactional systems, warehousing systems, and financial systems with an integrated SAP S/4HANA system. Post implementation, Project Ascent will evolve into an on-going Center of Excellence (“COE”) that will provide oversight for all future upgrades of the S/4HANA environment, evaluation of future software needs to support the business, acquisition integration support and master

data standards. Most of the on-going COE costs are expected to consist of annual software maintenance and support, consulting and professional fees and wages and benefits.

We also continue to review potential acquisitions that we believe will complement our existing product lines, enhance our profitability and/or offer good expansion opportunities in a manner that fits our overall strategic goals.

RECENT EVENTS

A novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization designated COVID-19 as a global pandemic. COVID-19 has surfaced in all regions around the world and resulted in business slowdowns or shutdowns. In the U.S., state and local governments recommended or mandated actions intended to slow the transmission of COVID-19. These measures included limitations on public gatherings, social distancing requirements, travel restrictions, closures of bars and dine-in restaurants, stay-at-home orders, quarantines and restrictions that prohibited many non-essential employees from going to work.

We have two major priorities while navigating through this period of volatility and uncertainty:

1.to ensure the health, safety and welfare of our employees; and

2.to continue to play our part in the vital food supply chain by adequately supplying our customers while maintaining the financial strength of our business.

With respect to our efforts to ensure the health, safety and welfare of our employees, we continue to monitor the latest guidance from authorities, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal, state and local public health departments, regarding COVID-19 and adopt the appropriate measures to ensure we continue to operate safely and support our employees. We also engaged a pulmonology and critical care physician to advise us on our employee safety protocols. Based on the advice of these experts and our commitment to the health, safety and welfare of our employees, we implemented some policy changes and put in place a range of safety modifications and guidelines in our factories, distribution centers and offices, including but not limited to:

•conducted extensive cleaning and sanitation of workstations and common areas before, during, and after each shift;

•employed social distancing guidelines and modifications at workspaces and in break areas;

•staggered the timing of shift changes and breaks;

•relaxed attendance requirements and enhanced our paid leave policy; and

•provided every employee an extra vacation day in 2021 to allow flexibility with scheduling COVID-19 vaccination appointments.

After 16 months and once the vaccine became broadly available, we discontinued our temporary incentive pay compensation (“hero pay”) to our front-line employees at the end of fiscal 2021.

With respect to our second priority, as of the date of this filing, there has been no material adverse change in our ability to manufacture and distribute our products. We have not experienced any significant disruptions to our shipping or warehousing operations or sourcing of raw materials. We have also secured additional second-sourcing options to help limit the risk of supply disruptions.

The effects of COVID-19 on consumer behavior have impacted the relative demand for our Retail and Foodservice products. Specifically, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic near the end of our fiscal 2020 third quarter, there has been an overall shift in consumer demand towards increased at-home food consumption and away from in-restaurant dining. While this shift in demand has been inconsistent and volatile, on balance it has positively impacted our Retail segment sales and negatively impacted our Foodservice segment sales. From an operations standpoint, the shift in demand combined with other COVID-19-related issues such as higher hourly wage rates paid to our front-line employees, increased costs for personal protective equipment, higher expenditures attributed to incremental co-manufacturing volumes, and overall lower operating efficiencies have unfavorably impacted the operating results of both our segments.

RESULTS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS


(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2021	2020			Change
Net Sales		$	392,056		$	349,237		$	42,819	12	%
Cost of Sales		299,689			256,583			43,106		17	%
Gross Profit		92,367			92,654			(287)		—	%
Gross Margin		23.6		%	26.5		%
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses		51,856			48,198			3,658		8	%
Change in Contingent Consideration		—			(5,687)			5,687		(100)	%
Impairment Charges		—			1,195			(1,195)		(100)	%
Operating Income		40,511			48,948			(8,437)		(17)	%
Operating Margin		10.3		%	14.0		%
Other, Net		20			4			16		400	%
Income Before Income Taxes		40,531			48,952			(8,421)		(17)	%
Taxes Based on Income		9,876			11,873			(1,997)		(17)	%
Effective Tax Rate		24.4		%	24.3		%
Net Income		$	30,655		$	37,079		$	(6,424)	(17)	%
Diluted Net Income Per Common Share		$	1.11		$	1.35		$	(0.24)	(18)	%

Net Sales

Consolidated net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2021 increased 12% to a first quarter record $392.1 million versus $349.2 million last year. Excluding all sales resulting from the November 2018 acquisition of Omni Baking Company LLC (“Omni”), consolidated net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2021 increased 13%. Sales growth for the quarter reflected higher net sales for both the Retail and Foodservice segments. See discussion of net sales by segment following the discussion of “Earnings Per Share” below.

Gross Profit

Consolidated gross profit for the three months ended September 30, 2021 decreased slightly to $92.4 million compared to $92.7 million in the prior-year period as the sales growth, a more favorable sales mix and our ongoing cost savings programs were offset by higher commodity and packaging costs, incremental expenditures attributed to increased co-manufacturing costs, and increased freight and warehousing costs.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses increased 8% for the quarter reaching $51.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021. This increase reflected higher expenditures for Project Ascent, which increased $1.1 million to $9.4 million for the quarter. Excluding Project Ascent, SG&A expenses for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 were 6% higher than the prior-year period, reflecting increased investments in personnel and business initiatives to support continued growth. Project Ascent expenses are included within Corporate Expenses. A portion of the costs that have been classified as Project Ascent expenses represent ongoing costs that will continue subsequent to the ERP implementation.


	Three Months Ended September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2021	2020		Change
SG&A Expenses - Excluding Project Ascent		$	42,427	$	39,912	$	2,515	6	%
Project Ascent Expenses		9,429		8,286		1,143		14	%
Total SG&A Expenses		$	51,856	$	48,198	$	3,658	8	%

Change in Contingent Consideration

There was no change in contingent consideration for the three months ended September 30, 2021. For the three months ended September 30, 2020, the change in contingent consideration resulted in a benefit of $5.7 million. This prior-year benefit was attributed to a reduction in the fair value of the contingent consideration liability for Bantam Bagels, LLC (“Bantam”) based on our September 30, 2020 fair value measurement. The fair value adjustment resulted from the impact of a SKU rationalization by a Foodservice customer, and therefore the entire adjustment was reflected within the Foodservice segment. See further discussion in Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Impairment Charges

There were no impairment charges recorded for the three months ended September 30, 2021.We recorded impairment charges of $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 related to certain tradename and technology / know-how intangible assets for Bantam as a result of the impact of the above-referenced SKU rationalization by a Foodservice customer. The impairment charges represent the excess of the carrying value over the fair value of estimated discounted cash flows for the remaining useful lives of the intangible assets and were reflected within our Foodservice segment.

Operating Income

Operating income decreased $8.4 million to $40.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The prior-year quarter included the $5.7 million benefit related to Bantam’s contingent consideration. In the current-year quarter, operating income was negatively affected by higher commodity and packaging costs, increased co-manufacturing costs, higher freight and warehousing costs, investments in personnel and business initiatives to support continued growth, and increased expenditures for Project Ascent. These unfavorable factors were partially offset by the increased sales and our ongoing cost savings programs. See discussion of operating results by segment following the discussion of “Earnings Per Share” below.

Taxes Based on Income

Our effective tax rate was 24.4% and 24.3% for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, our effective tax rate varied from the statutory federal income tax rate as a result of the following factors:


	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020
Statutory rate	21.0	%	21.0	%
State and local income taxes	3.5		3.0
Net windfall tax benefits - stock-based compensation	—		(0.7)
Other	(0.1)		1.0
Effective rate	24.4	%	24.3	%

We include the tax consequences related to stock-based compensation within the computation of income tax expense. We may experience increased volatility to our income tax expense and resulting net income dependent upon, among other variables, the price of our common stock and the timing and volume of share-based payment award activity such as employee exercises of stock-settled stock appreciation rights and vesting of restricted stock awards. For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the impact of net windfall tax benefits from stock-based compensation reduced our effective tax rate by less than 0.1% and 0.7%, respectively.

Earnings Per Share

As influenced by the factors noted above, particularly the higher commodity costs and the prior-year quarter’s benefit related to Bantam’s contingent consideration, diluted net income per share for the first quarter of 2022 totaled $1.11, as compared to $1.35 per diluted share in the prior year. Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding have remained relatively stable for the current and prior-year periods ended September 30.

Expenditures for Project Ascent reduced diluted earnings per share by $0.26 and $0.23 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. In the prior year, the favorable impact of the adjustment to Bantam’s contingent consideration increased diluted earnings per share by $0.16 while impairment charges had an unfavorable impact of $0.03 per diluted share.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - SEGMENTS

Retail Segment


	Three Months Ended September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2021	2020			Change
Net Sales		$	223,889		$	193,725		$	30,164	16	%
Operating Income		$	48,178		$	42,658		$	5,520	13	%
Operating Margin		21.5		%	22.0		%

For the three months ended September 30, 2021, Retail segment net sales reached $223.9 million, a 16% increase from the prior-year total of $193.7 million. The increase was driven by volume gains for Chick-fil-A® sauces and Buffalo Wild Wings® sauces, both of which are sold under exclusive licensing agreements, and higher sales of our New York BRAND Bakery® frozen garlic bread.

For the three months ended September 30, 2021, Retail segment operating income increased 13% to $48.2 million, reflecting the increase in sales, including some inflationary pricing, a more favorable sales mix and reduced promotional spending, as partially offset by higher commodity and packaging costs and increased freight and warehousing costs.

Foodservice Segment


	Three Months Ended September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)	2021	2020			Change
Net Sales		$	168,167		$	155,512		$	12,655	8	%
Operating Income		$	15,825		$	27,421		$	(11,596)	(42)	%
Operating Margin		9.4		%	17.6		%

For the three months ended September 30, 2021, Foodservice segment net sales grew 8% to $168.2 million compared to $155.5 million in the prior-year period driven by inflationary pricing and volume gains for our branded Foodservice products. Excluding all sales resulting from the November 2018 acquisition of Omni, Foodservice segment net sales increased 10%. Omni sales attributed to a temporary supply agreement totaled $2.8 million in the prior-year quarter. There were no such sales in the current-year quarter as the temporary supply agreement was terminated effective October 31, 2020.

The decline in Foodservice segment operating income for the three months ended September 30, 2021 was driven by the impact of last year’s $5.7 million benefit related to Bantam’s contingent consideration, as well as increased commodity costs and higher warehousing expenses. Operating income was favorably impacted by inflationary pricing.

Corporate Expenses

For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, corporate expenses totaled $23.5 million and $21.1 million, respectively. This increase was driven by expenditures for Project Ascent, which totaled $9.4 million and $8.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, we also capitalized an additional $0.3 million and $1.6 million, respectively, of ERP-related expenditures for application development stage activities.

LOOKING FORWARD

Looking forward to our fiscal second quarter, we expect our licensing program to remain an important source of growth for Retail segment sales while our Foodservice segment should continue to benefit from higher demand for our branded Foodservice products and growth from select quick-service restaurant and pizza chain customers in our mix of national chain restaurant accounts. We anticipate the inflationary environment to continue in the coming quarter, including higher commodity costs, particularly for soybean oil, along with increased costs for packaging, freight and labor. Inflationary pricing, including Retail segment pricing actions that took effect near the end of our fiscal first quarter combined with additional pricing in the Foodservice segment, will help to partially offset the input cost inflation. Our ongoing cost savings programs and other net price realization efforts will also serve to reduce the unfavorable impacts of inflation in the fiscal second quarter.

Our fiscal second quarter financial results will continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused shifts in consumer demand between the retail and foodservice channels and resulted in higher costs to produce our products and service our customers. The extent of this impact on our financial results is difficult to forecast due to ongoing regional ebbs and flows of COVID-19 cases and the associated changes to the COVID-19 guidelines provided by or mandates imposed by health authorities and government agencies, which creates uncertainty for the restaurant industry and consumer behavior over an unpredictable timeline.

FINANCIAL CONDITION

Cash Flows

For the three months ended September 30, 2021, net cash used in operating activities totaled $1.2 million, as compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $23.6 million in the prior-year period. This decrease was primarily due to the year-over-year changes in net working capital, particularly accounts payable and accrued liabilities, as well as inventories.

Cash used in investing activities for the three months ended September 30, 2021 was $30.1 million, as compared to $14.5 million in the prior year. This increase primarily reflects a higher level of payments for property additions in the current year. Our current-year capital expenditures include spending on a capacity expansion project at our dressing and sauce facility in Horse Cave, Kentucky that we expect to complete in the first quarter of fiscal 2023, a capacity expansion project for one of our Marzetti dressing and sauce facilities in Columbus, Ohio that we expect to complete in the second quarter of fiscal 2022, and infrastructure improvements and capacity expansion investments at our frozen pasta facility in Altoona, Iowa that we expect to complete in the second quarter of fiscal 2022.

Cash used in financing activities for the three months ended September 30, 2021 of $26.7 million increased from the prior-year total of $21.3 million. This increase was primarily due to a higher level of share repurchases.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Under our unsecured revolving credit facility (“Facility”), we may borrow up to a maximum of $150 million at any one time. We had no borrowings outstanding under the Facility at September 30, 2021. At September 30, 2021, we had $2.8 million of standby letters of credit outstanding, which reduced the amount available for borrowing under the Facility. The Facility expires in March 2025, and all outstanding amounts are then due and payable. Interest is variable based upon formulas tied to LIBOR or an alternate base rate defined in the Facility. We must also pay facility fees that are tied to our then-applicable consolidated leverage ratio. Loans may be used for general corporate purposes. Due to the nature of its terms, when we have outstanding borrowings under the Facility, they will be classified as long-term debt.

The Facility contains certain restrictive covenants, including limitations on indebtedness, asset sales and acquisitions, and financial covenants relating to interest coverage and leverage. At September 30, 2021, we were in compliance with all applicable provisions and covenants of this facility, and we exceeded the requirements of the financial covenants by substantial margins. At September 30, 2021, there were no events that would constitute a default under this facility.

We currently expect to remain in compliance with the Facility’s covenants for the foreseeable future. However, a default under the Facility could accelerate the repayment of any then outstanding indebtedness and limit our access to $75 million of additional credit available under the Facility. Such an event could require a reduction in or curtailment of cash dividends or share repurchases, reduce or delay beneficial expansion or investment plans, or otherwise impact our ability to meet our obligations when due.

We believe that cash provided by operating activities and our existing balances in cash and equivalents, in addition to that available under the Facility, should be adequate to meet our liquidity needs over the next 12 months, including the projected levels of capital expenditures and dividend payments. If we were to borrow outside of the Facility under current market terms, our average interest rate may increase and have an adverse effect on our results of operations. Based on our current plans and expectations, we believe our capital expenditures for 2022 could total between $170 and $190 million, which includes approximately $105 million in initial expenditures attributed to a substantial investment for a capacity expansion project at our dressing and sauce facility in Horse Cave, Kentucky that we expect to complete in the first quarter of fiscal 2023.

Beyond the next 12 months, we expect that cash provided by operating activities will be the primary source of liquidity for the foreseeable future. This source, combined with our existing balances in cash and equivalents and amounts available under the Facility, is expected to be sufficient to meet our overall cash requirements.

We have various contractual and other obligations that are appropriately recorded as liabilities in our condensed consolidated financial statements. Certain other contractual obligations are not recognized as liabilities in our condensed consolidated financial statements. Examples of such obligations are commitments to purchase raw materials or packaging inventory that has not yet been received as of September 30, 2021, as well as purchase orders and longer-term purchase arrangements related to the procurement of services, including IT service agreements, and property, plant and equipment. The majority of these obligations is expected to be due within one year. See further discussion below of our obligation related to the capacity expansion project at our dressing and sauce facility in Horse Cave, Kentucky.

In November 2020, T. Marzetti Company (“T. Marzetti”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ours, entered into a Design/Build Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Gray Construction, Inc. (“Gray”) under which Gray will design, coordinate and build additional dressing and sauce manufacturing and warehousing capacity for the T. Marzetti facility in Hart County, Kentucky (the “Project”). The Project will result in an expansion of the current facility footprint. Subject to certain conditions in the Agreement, T. Marzetti will pay Gray no more than the guaranteed maximum price of approximately $113 million for the Project. The Agreement contains other terms and conditions that are customary for this type of project. Expected to be completed in the first quarter of fiscal 2023, we have a remaining commitment of approximately $78 million for the Project.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

There have been no changes in critical accounting policies from those policies disclosed in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Recent accounting pronouncements and their impact on our consolidated financial statements are disclosed in Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We desire to take advantage of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “PSLRA”). This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains various “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the PSLRA and other applicable securities laws. Such statements can be identified by the use of the forward-looking words “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” “believe,” “intend,” “plan,” “expect,” “hope” or similar words. These statements discuss future expectations; contain projections regarding future developments, operations or financial conditions; or state other forward-looking information. Such statements are based upon assumptions and assessments made by us in light of our experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors we believe to be appropriate. These forward-looking statements involve various important risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ as a result of factors over which we have no, or limited, control including, without limitation, the specific influences outlined below, many of which could be amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Management believes these forward-looking statements to be reasonable; however, one should not place undue reliance on such statements that are based on current expectations. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update such forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Items which could impact these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

•significant shifts in consumer demand and disruptions to our employees, communities, customers, supply chains, operations, and production processes resulting from COVID-19 and other epidemics, pandemics or similar widespread public health concerns and disease outbreaks;

•fluctuations in the cost and availability of ingredients and packaging;

•inflationary pressures resulting in higher input costs;

•capacity constraints that may affect our ability to meet demand or may increase our costs;

•dependence on contract manufacturers, distributors and freight transporters, including their operational capacity and financial strength in continuing to support our business;

•adequate supply of labor for our manufacturing facilities;

•efficiencies in plant operations;

•the reaction of customers or consumers to price increases we may implement;

•cyber-security incidents, information technology disruptions, and data breaches;

•complexities related to the design and implementation of our new enterprise resource planning system;

•stability of labor relations;

•adverse changes in freight, energy or other costs of producing, distributing or transporting our products;

•the potential for loss of larger programs, including licensing agreements, or key customer relationships;

•changes in demand for our products, which may result from loss of brand reputation or customer goodwill;

•price and product competition;

•the possible occurrence of product recalls or other defective or mislabeled product costs;

•the success and cost of new product development efforts;

•the lack of market acceptance of new products;

•the impact of customer store brands on our branded retail volumes;

•the extent to which recent and future business acquisitions are completed and acceptably integrated;

•the ability to successfully grow recently acquired businesses;

•dependence on key personnel and changes in key personnel;

•the effect of consolidation of customers within key market channels;

•maintenance of competitive position with respect to other manufacturers;

•changes in estimates in critical accounting judgments;

•the impact of any regulatory matters affecting our food business, including any required labeling changes and their impact on consumer demand;

•the outcome of any litigation or arbitration;

•the impact of fluctuations in our pension plan asset values on funding levels, contributions required and benefit costs; and

•certain other factors, including the information disclosed in our discussion of risk factors under Item 1A of our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Our market risks have not changed materially from those disclosed in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)). Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2021 to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is 1) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and 2) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, in a manner that allows timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. No changes were made to our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are required to disclose certain environmental matters when a governmental authority is a party to the proceedings and such proceedings involve potential monetary sanctions that we reasonably believe will be in excess of an applied threshold not to exceed $1 million. We are using a threshold of $1 million as we believe this amount is reasonably designed to result in disclosure of such proceedings that are material to our business or financial condition. Applying this threshold, there are no environmental matters to disclose in this Form 10-Q.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed under Item 1A in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(c) In November 2010, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase authorization of 2,000,000 common shares, of which 1,239,539 common shares remained authorized for future repurchases at September 30, 2021. This share repurchase authorization does not have a stated expiration date. In the first quarter, we made the following repurchases of our common stock:


Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased	Average Price Paid Per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans	Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans
July 1-31, 2021	—	$	—	—	1,269,701
August 1-31, 2021 (1)	5,062	$	177.73	5,062	1,264,639
September 1-30, 2021	25,100	$	176.45	25,100	1,239,539
Total	30,162	$	176.67	30,162	1,239,539

(1)Includes 162 shares in August 2021 that were repurchased in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations arising from the vesting of restricted stock granted to employees under the Lancaster Colony Corporation 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

Item 6. Exhibits

See Index to Exhibits following Signatures.

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.

LANCASTER COLONY CORPORATION

(Registrant)

Date:

November 3, 2021

By:

/s/ DAVID A. CIESINSKI

David A. Ciesinski

President, Chief Executive Officer

and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date:

November 3, 2021

By:

/s/ THOMAS K. PIGOTT

Thomas K. Pigott

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

and Assistant Secretary

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

LANCASTER COLONY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

FORM 10-Q

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

INDEX TO EXHIBITS



Exhibit Number						Description

10.1(a)(b)						Form of Performance Unit Award Agreement for Employees and Consultants under the Lancaster Colony Corporation 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan

31.1(b)						Certification of CEO under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2(b)						Certification of CFO under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32(c)						Certification of CEO and CFO under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101.INS(b)						XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

101.SCH(b)						Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL(b)						Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF(b)						Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB(b)						Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE(b)						Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

104(b)						The cover page of Lancaster Colony Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, formatted in Inline XBRL (included within Exhibit 101 attachments)

(a)						Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement in which any Director or any Executive Officer participates.

(b)						Filed herewith

(c)						Furnished herewith