Imperial Sugar Company (IPSU)

Cost of Sales

The Company’s sugar inventories, which are accounted for on a LIFO basis, are periodically reduced at interim dates to levels below that of the beginning of the fiscal year. When such interim LIFO liquidations are expected to be restored prior to fiscal year-end, the estimated replacement cost of the liquidated layers is utilized as the basis of the cost of sugar sold from beginning of the year inventory. Accordingly, the cost of sugar utilized in the determination of cost of sales for interim periods includes estimates which may require adjustment in future fiscal periods.

Cost of Sales

The Company’s sugar inventories, which are accounted for on a LIFO basis, are periodically reduced at interim dates to levels below that of the beginning of the fiscal year. When such interim LIFO liquidations are expected to be restored prior to fiscal year-end, the estimated replacement cost of the liquidated layers is utilized as the basis of the cost of sugar sold from beginning of the year inventory. Accordingly, the cost of sugar utilized in the determination of cost of sales for interim periods includes estimates which may require adjustment in future fiscal periods.

Cost of Sales

The Company’s sugar inventories, which are accounted for on a LIFO basis, are periodically reduced at interim dates to levels below that of the beginning of the fiscal year. When such interim LIFO liquidations are expected to be restored prior to fiscal year-end, the estimated replacement cost of the liquidated layers is utilized as the basis of the cost of sugar sold from beginning of the year inventory. Accordingly, the cost of sugar utilized in the determination of cost of sales for interim periods includes estimates which may require adjustment in future fiscal periods.

Cost of Sales

The Company’s sugar inventories, which are accounted for on a LIFO basis, are periodically reduced at interim dates to levels below that of the beginning of the fiscal year. When such interim LIFO liquidations are expected to be restored prior to fiscal year-end, the estimated replacement cost of the liquidated layers is utilized as the basis of the cost of sugar sold from beginning of the year inventory. Accordingly, the cost of sugar utilized in the determination of cost of sales for interim periods includes estimates which may require adjustment in future fiscal periods.

Cost of Sales

The Company’s sugar inventories, which are accounted for on a LIFO basis, are periodically reduced at interim dates to levels below that of the beginning of the fiscal year. When such interim LIFO liquidations are expected to be restored prior to fiscal year-end, the estimated replacement cost of the liquidated layers is utilized as the basis of the cost of sugar sold from beginning of the year inventory. Accordingly, the cost of sugar utilized in the determination of cost of sales for interim periods includes estimates which may require adjustment in future fiscal periods.

Cost of Sales

The Company’s sugar inventories, which are accounted for on a LIFO basis, are periodically reduced at interim dates to levels below that of the beginning of the fiscal year. When such interim LIFO liquidations are expected to be restored prior to fiscal year-end, the estimated replacement cost of the liquidated layers is utilized as the basis of the cost of sugar sold from beginning of the year inventory. Accordingly, the cost of sugar utilized in the determination of cost of sales for interim periods includes estimates which may require adjustment in future fiscal periods.

Cost of Sales

The Company’s sugar inventories, which are accounted for on a LIFO basis, are periodically reduced at interim dates to levels below that of the beginning of the fiscal year. When such interim LIFO liquidations are expected to be restored prior to fiscal year-end, the estimated replacement cost of the liquidated layers is utilized as the basis of the cost of sugar sold from beginning of the year inventory. Accordingly, the cost of sugar utilized in the determination of cost of sales for interim periods includes estimates which may require adjustment in future fiscal periods.

Cost of Sales

The Company’s sugar inventories, which are accounted for on a LIFO basis, are periodically reduced at interim dates to levels below that of the beginning of the fiscal year. When such interim LIFO liquidations are expected to be restored prior to fiscal year-end, the estimated replacement cost of the liquidated layers is utilized as the basis of the cost of sugar sold from beginning of the year inventory. Accordingly, the cost of sugar utilized in the determination of cost of sales for interim periods includes estimates which may require adjustment in future fiscal periods.

Cost of Sales

The Company’s sugar inventories, which are accounted for on a LIFO basis, are periodically reduced at interim dates to levels below that of the beginning of the fiscal year. When such interim LIFO liquidations are expected to be restored prior to fiscal year-end, the estimated replacement cost of the liquidated layers is utilized as the basis of the cost of sugar sold from beginning of the year inventory. Accordingly, the cost of sugar utilized in the determination of cost of sales for interim periods includes estimates which may require adjustment in future fiscal periods.

Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) revised Financial Accounting Standard No. 123, Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123R). The revised statement requires the recording of compensation expense for the fair value of stock options and other equity-based compensation awards. The Company adopted this standard in fiscal 2006, using the modified prospective method and recorded the applicable expenses of $0.1 million and $0.4 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2006, for stock options currently outstanding based on the methods and assumptions noted below.

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Prior year results are presented using the intrinsic value method prescribed in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” The Company’s reported net income and net income per share for the prior year would have been different had compensation cost been determined using the fair value method of accounting as shown in the pro forma amounts below (in thousands of dollars, except per share amounts):

For purposes of estimating the fair value of options on their date of grant, in fiscal 2005 the Company began using a binomial lattice option pricing model and used the Black-Scholes option-pricing model previously. The following assumptions were used in those models:

In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48—Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements. The Company is analyzing the impact, if any, of FIN 48, which is required to be adopted in fiscal 2008, on its consolidated financial statements.

Cost of Sales

The Company’s sugar inventories, which are accounted for on a LIFO basis, are periodically reduced at interim dates to levels below that of the beginning of the fiscal year. When such interim LIFO liquidations are expected to be restored prior to fiscal year-end, the estimated replacement cost of the liquidated layers is utilized as the basis of the cost of sugar sold from beginning of the year inventory. Accordingly, the cost of sugar utilized in the determination of cost of sales for interim periods includes estimates which may require adjustment in future fiscal periods.

Cost of Sales

Payments to growers for sugarbeets are based in part upon the Company’s average net selling price for sugar sold (as defined in the participating contracts with growers) during the grower contract years, ending the last day of either February or June. The contracts provide for a variable purchase price which effectively results in the sharing of the net selling price (gross sales price less certain marketing costs, including packaging costs, brokerage, freight expense and amortization of costs for certain facilities used in connection with marketing) with growers. Sugarbeet purchases are recorded upon receipt, and a liability is established for estimated additional amounts to be paid to growers based on the average net return realized to date for sugar sold in each of the contract years through the end of the fiscal period. The final cost of sugarbeets cannot be determined until the end of the contract year for each growing area. Manufacturing costs incurred prior to production are deferred and allocated to production costs based on estimated production for each sugar manufacturing campaign. Additionally, the Company’s sugar inventories, which are accounted for on a LIFO basis, are periodically reduced at interim dates to levels below that of the beginning of the fiscal year. When such interim LIFO liquidations are expected to be restored prior to fiscal year-end, the estimated replacement cost of the liquidated layers is utilized as the basis of the cost of sugar sold from beginning of the year inventory. Accordingly, the cost of sugar utilized in the determination of cost of sales for interim periods includes estimates which may require adjustment in future fiscal periods.

Cost of Sales

Payments to growers for sugarbeets are based in part upon the Company’s average net selling price for sugar sold (as defined in the participating contracts with growers) during the grower contract years, ending the last day of either February or June. The contracts provide for a variable purchase price which effectively results in the sharing of the net selling price (gross sales price less certain marketing costs, including packaging costs, brokerage, freight expense and amortization of costs for certain facilities used in connection with marketing) with growers. Sugarbeet purchases are recorded upon receipt, and a liability is established for estimated additional amounts to be paid to growers based on the average net return realized to date for sugar sold in each of the contract years through the end of the fiscal period. The final cost of sugarbeets cannot be determined until the end of the contract year for each growing area. Manufacturing costs incurred prior to production are deferred and allocated to production costs based on estimated production for each sugar manufacturing campaign. Additionally, the Company’s sugar inventories, which are accounted for on a LIFO basis, are periodically reduced at interim dates to levels below that of the beginning of the fiscal year. When such interim LIFO liquidations are expected to be restored prior to fiscal year-end, the estimated replacement cost of the liquidated layers is utilized as the basis of the cost of sugar sold from beginning of the year inventory. Accordingly, the cost of sugar utilized in the determination of cost of sales for interim periods includes estimates which may require adjustment in future fiscal periods.

Cost of Sales

Payments to growers for sugarbeets are based in part upon the Company’s average net selling price for sugar sold (as defined in the participating contracts with growers) during the grower contract years, ending the last day of either February or June. The contracts provide for a variable purchase price which effectively results in the sharing of the net selling price (gross sales price less certain marketing costs, including packaging costs, brokerage, freight expense and amortization of costs for certain facilities used in connection with marketing) with growers. Sugarbeet purchases are recorded upon receipt, and a liability is established for estimated additional amounts to be paid to growers based on the average net return realized to date for sugar sold in each of the contract years through the end of the fiscal period. The final cost of sugarbeets cannot be determined until the end of the contract year for each growing area. Manufacturing costs incurred prior to production are deferred and allocated to production costs based on estimated production for each sugar manufacturing campaign. Additionally, the Company’s sugar inventories, which are accounted for on a LIFO basis, are periodically reduced at interim dates to levels below that of the beginning of the fiscal year. When such interim LIFO liquidations are expected to be restored prior to fiscal year-end, the estimated replacement cost of the liquidated layers is utilized as the basis of the cost of sugar sold from beginning of the year inventory. Accordingly, the cost of sugar utilized in the determination of cost of sales for interim periods includes estimates which may require adjustment in future fiscal periods.