Dean Foods Announces Third Quarter 2017 Results

DALLAS, Nov. 7, 2017

Highlights

• Q3 loss from continuing operations per share was $0.11 and adjusted income from continuing operations per diluted share was $0.20
• Volume and private label mix challenges continue in the third quarter; new volume wins begin shipping late 2017 and early 2018
• Enterprise-wide cost productivity program will deliver incremental cost savings in 2018
• Narrows full-year 2017 adjusted earnings expectation to $0.80 to $0.90 per diluted share⁽¹⁾

Chief Executive Officer Ralph Scozzafava said, "Our overall performance in the third quarter came in-line with our internal expectations.  We improved overall execution in the quarter despite incurring some incremental costs due to the hurricanes in both Florida and Texas as we continued to service our customers from sister plants. We continue to make strong progress against our cost savings initiatives and are in the early stages of a significant enterprise-wide cost productivity program to secure incremental savings in 2018 and ongoing. Importantly, we have recently won some new business for 2018 behind solid sales execution through the quarter."

Third Quarter 2017 Operating Results
Financial Summary *		Three Months Ended September 30				Nine Months Ended September 30 ARIVA.DE Börsen-Geflüster Kurse Dean Foods Company -   0,00%
(In millions, except per share amounts)		2017		2016		2017		2016
Gross Profit
GAAP		$   442		$  489		$ 1,371		$ 1,486
Adjusted		$   448		$  493		$ 1,373		$ 1,488
Operating Income
GAAP		$       2		$    42		$      50		$    193
Adjusted		$     45		$    69		$    127		$    223
Interest Expense
GAAP		$     17		$    17		$      50		$      50
Adjusted		$     17		$    17		$      49		$      50
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations
GAAP		$    (10)		$    15		$      (2)		$      87
Adjusted		$     18		$    33		$      50		$    110
Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share (EPS) from Continuing Operations
GAAP		$ (0.11)		$ 0.16		$ (0.03)		$   0.95
Adjusted		$  0.20		$ 0.37		$   0.55		$   1.20

Total volume across all products was 608 million gallons for the third quarter of 2017, a 6.6% decline compared to total volume of 651 million gallons in the third quarter of 2016.

Based on fluid milk sales data published by the USDA through August, U.S. fluid milk volume decreased 2.2% year-over-year quarter to date in the third quarter of 2017 on an unadjusted basis. Dean Foods' share of U.S. fluid milk volume decreased by 50 basis points versus the second quarter of 2017.

Raw milk costs in the third quarter of 2017 of $16.67 per hundred weight increased roughly 7% from the second quarter of 2017 and increased 10% from the third quarter of 2016.

Cash Flow

Net cash provided by continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, totaled $67 million. Free cash flow provided by continuing operations, which is defined as net cash provided by continuing operations less capital expenditures, was $5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, a $98 million decrease as compared to the prior year period. Capital expenditures totaled $61 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Debt

Total outstanding debt at September 30, 2017, net of $24 million cash on hand, was approximately $928 million. The Company's net debt to bank EBITDA total leverage ratio, on an all-cash netted basis, increased slightly on a sequential basis to 2.56 times at the end of the third quarter 2017.

Forward Outlook

"As we look to the balance of 2017, we continue to pursue smart volume to drive our top line, build margins and create operating efficiencies," said Scozzafava. "With momentum building on our commercial and cost productivity initiatives, we expect to deliver full-year adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.80 to $0.90. We are also updating our full-year free cash flow estimates to $10 million to $20 million and reducing our full-year capital expenditure estimates to $105 million to $115 million.

"Our initiatives to build strong brands and diversify our portfolio will build brand equity on DairyPure through new product innovation and enhanced consumer marketing.  In addition, we are intensely focused on reducing our cost structure across each facet of the organization.  Through a comprehensive productivity program including OPEX 2020 and our enterprise-wide initiatives currently ramping up, we will drive efficiencies across the business to enable us to compete and win.  Lastly, I want to emphasize that we are prudently navigating the macro environment in our industry with a solid strategy that will enable us to be successful," concluded Scozzafava.

We provide guidance on a non-GAAP basis and are unable to provide a full reconciliation to GAAP without unreasonable efforts as we cannot predict the amount or timing of certain elements which are included in reported GAAP results, including mark-to-market adjustments of hedging activities, asset impairment charges, and other non-recurring events or transactions that may have a significant impact to reported GAAP results.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to the results prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"), we have presented certain non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted gross profit, adjusted selling and distribution expenses, adjusted general and administrative expenses, adjusted total operating costs and expenses, adjusted operating income, adjusted interest expense, adjusted income (loss) from continuing operations, adjusted net income (loss), adjusted earnings (loss) from continuing operations per diluted share, adjusted earnings (loss) per diluted share, adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow and total leverage ratio, each as described below.

This non-GAAP financial information is provided as supplemental information for investors and is not in accordance with, or an alternative to, GAAP. Additionally, these non-GAAP measures may be different than similar measures used by other companies.

We believe that the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures, when considered together with our GAAP financial measures and the reconciliations to the corresponding GAAP financial measures, provides investors with a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting our business than could be obtained absent these disclosures. Our management uses these non-GAAP financial measures when evaluating our performance, when making decisions regarding the allocation of resources, in determining incentive compensation for management, and in determining earnings estimates.

A full reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, is set forth in the tables herein.

Adjusted Operating Results

We have supplemented the presentation of our reported GAAP gross profit, selling and distribution expenses, general and administrative expenses, total operating costs and expenses, operating income, interest expense, net income (loss), income (loss) from continuing operations, earnings (loss) per diluted share,  and earnings (loss) per diluted share from continuing operations, with non-GAAP measures that adjust the GAAP measures to exclude the impact of the following (as applicable):

• asset impairment charges;
• incremental non-cash trademark amortization triggered by the launch of a national fresh white milk brand;
• closed deal costs;
• facility closing, reorganization and realignment costs;
• debt issuance costs;
• costs associated with the early retirement of long-term debt;
• gains (losses) on the mark-to-market of our derivative contracts;
• separation costs;
• gains or losses related to discontinued operations and divestitures;
• litigation settlements (including any related interest accretion);
• income tax impacts of the foregoing adjustments; and
• adjustments to normalize our income tax expense at a rate of 38%.

We believe these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to investors by excluding expenses, gains or losses that are not indicative of the company's ongoing operating performance. In addition, we cannot predict the timing and amount of gains or losses associated with certain of these items. We believe these non-GAAP measures provide more accurate comparisons of our ongoing business operations and are better indicators of trends in our underlying business. In addition, these adjustments are consistent with how management views our business. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and evaluating the Company's ongoing performance. Further, adjusted gross profit and adjusted operating income are used by management to evaluate key performance indicators of brand mix and low cost, respectively.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income before interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, as further adjusted to exclude the impact of the adjustments discussed under "Adjusted Operating Results" above (other than the adjustments for incremental trademark amortization and interest expense and the normalized income tax rate, as Adjusted EBITDA excludes the full amount of these expenses). This information is provided to assist investors in making meaningful comparisons of our operating performance between periods and to view our business from the same perspective as our management. We believe Adjusted EBITDA is a useful measure for analyzing the performance of our business and is a widely-accepted indicator of our ability to incur and service indebtedness and generate free cash flow. We also believe that EBITDA measures are commonly reported and widely used by investors and other interested parties as measures of a company's operating performance and debt servicing ability because such measures assist in comparing performance on a consistent basis without regard to capital structure, depreciation or amortization (which can vary significantly) and non-operating factors (such as historical cost).

Total Leverage Ratio

Our total leverage ratio is calculated as net debt divided by Bank EBITDA for the trailing four quarters. Net debt is calculated as consolidated funded indebtedness in accordance with our credit agreement, except on an all cash netted basis. Bank EBITDA is calculated as Adjusted EBITDA, as further adjusted to exclude certain non-cash and non-recurring or extraordinary expenses as permitted in calculating covenant compliance under our credit agreement. Management believes analysts and investors commonly use our total leverage ratio as an indicator of our ability to service existing debt and our liquidity.

Free Cash Flow

We define Free Cash Flow as net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations less cash payments for capital expenditures. We believe Free Cash Flow is a meaningful non-GAAP measure that offers supplemental information and insight regarding the liquidity of our operations and our ability to generate sufficient cash flow to, among other things, repay debt, invest in our business and repurchase shares of our common stock. A limitation of Free Cash Flow is that it does not represent the total increase or decrease in the cash balance for the period.

Conference Call/Webcast

A webcast to discuss the Company's financial results and outlook will be held at 9:00 a.m. ET today and may be heard live by clicking the earnings button on the Company's website at http://www.deanfoods.com. A slide presentation will accompany the webcast.

About Dean Foods

Dean Foods is a leading food and beverage company and the largest processor and direct-to-store distributor of fresh fluid milk and other dairy and dairy case products in the United States. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the Dean Foods portfolio includes DairyPure^®, the country's first and largest fresh, white milk national brand, and TruMoo®, the leading national flavored milk brand, along with well-known regional dairy brands such as Alta Dena^®, Berkeley Farms^®, Country Fresh^®, Dean's^®, Friendly's^®, Garelick Farms^®, LAND O LAKES^®* milk and cultured products, Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms^®, Mayfield^®, McArthur^®, Meadow Gold^®, Oak Farms^®, PET^®**, T.G. Lee^®, Tuscan^® and more. In all, Dean Foods has more than 50 national, regional and local dairy brands as well as private labels. Dean Foods also makes and distributes ice cream, cultured products, juices, teas, and bottled water. Almost 17,000 employees across the country work every day to make Dean Foods the most admired and trusted provider of wholesome, great-tasting dairy products at every occasion. For more information about Dean Foods and its brands, visit www.deanfoods.com.

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