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Item 2. PROPERTIES (Continued)
The Company operates twenty-three domestic wheat flour mills, a domestic bulgur plant, two domestic corn flour
mills, two domestic milo mills, and twenty foreign flour mills with a total daily milling capacity of approximately
26,700 metric tons (1.0 million bushels). The Company also operates six bakery mix plants. These plants and
related properties are located in California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Barbados, Belize, Canada, England,
Grenada, and Jamaica. The Company operates two foreign formula feed plants as adjuncts to the wheat flour mills
in Belize and Grenada. The Company operates a rice milling plant in Jamaica.
The Company operates three domestic and nine foreign chocolate and cocoa bean processing plants with a total
daily grind capacity of approximately 1,800 metric tons. The domestic plants are located in Massachusetts, New
Jersey, and Wisconsin, and the foreign plants are located in Brazil, Canada, England, Ivory Coast, the Netherlands,
and Singapore. The Company operates ten cocoa bean procurement and handling facilities/port sites in the Ivory
Coast, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brazil.
The Company operates two domestic soy protein specialty plants in Illinois and one foreign plant in the
Netherlands. Lecithin products are produced at six domestic and four foreign plants in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska,
Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands. The Company also operates a starch and gluten plant in Iowa and one in
Canada. The Company produces soy-based foods at plants in Illinois and North Dakota. The Company produces
vitamin E, sterols, and isoflavones at plants in Illinois. The Company also operates a honey drying operation in
Wisconsin.
The Company operates twenty-three domestic edible bean procurement facilities with an aggregate storage capacity
of approximately 12 million bushels, located in Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, and
Wyoming.
The Company also operates thirty domestic and six foreign formula feed and animal health and nutrition plants.
The domestic plants are located in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. The foreign plants are
located in Canada, China, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.
Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Environmental Matters
The Company is involved in approximately twenty administrative and judicial proceedings in which it has been
identified as a potentially responsible party (PRP) under the federal Superfund law and its state analogs for the
study and cleanup of sites contaminated by material discharged into the environment. In all of these matters there
are numerous PRPs. Due to various factors, such as the required level of remediation and participation in the
cleanup effort by others, the Company’s future cleanup costs at these sites cannot be reasonably estimated. In
management’s opinion, these proceedings will not, either individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse
affect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.
Item 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None.