Evidence packet 2 · filing-time record

Kraft Heinz Co (KHC)

A self-contained audit view of the featured disclosure change. Market outcomes are shown only in the separately labeled ex-post panel.

Selection rule: Debt/refinancing pressure. Case selection used evidence diversity and clarity—not future outcomes.
Current 10-K2023-02-16Open SEC filing
Prior 10-K2022-02-17Open SEC filing
ClassificationDebt or refinancing pressureambiguous · high · confidence 0.947
Noveltypreviously disclosed in 8-KCorpus-bounded prior-source check

Prior filing excerpt

Changes in financial and capital markets, including market disruptions, limited liquidity, and interest rate volatility, may increase the cost of financing as well as the risks of refinancing maturing debt. Our U.S. dollar variable rate debt uses London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) as a benchmark for determining interest rates and the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom intends to phase out the LIBOR rates associated with our outstanding variable rate debt by the end of June 2023.

Current filing excerpt

The creditors who hold our debt could accelerate amounts due in the event that we default, which could potentially trigger a default or acceleration of the maturity of our other debt. If our operating performance declines, or if we are unable to comply with any covenant, such as our ability to timely prepare and file our periodic reports with the SEC, we have in the past needed and may in the future need to obtain waivers from the required creditors under our debt instruments to avoid being in default. If we breach any covenants under our debt instruments and seek a waiver, we may not be able to obtain a waiver from the required creditors, or we may not be able to remedy compliance within the terms of any waivers approved by the required creditors. If this occurs, we would be in default under our debt instruments and unable to access our Senior Credit Facility.

Added language

The creditors who hold our could accelerate amounts due event that we default, which could potentially trigger a default or acceleration of the maturity of our other debt. If our operating performance declines, or if we are unable comply with any covenant, such as our ability to timely prepare and file our periodic reports with SEC, we have in the past needed and may in the future need to obtain waivers from the required creditors under instruments to avoid being in default. If we breach any covenants under our debt instruments and seek a waiver, we may not be able to obtain a waiver from the required creditors, or we may not be able to remed

Removed language

Changes in financial and capital markets, including market disruptions, limited liquidity, and interest rate volatility, may increase the cost of financing as well as the risks of refinancing maturing debt. Our U.S. dollar variable rate uses London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) as a benchmark for determining interest rates and the Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom intends phase out LIBOR rates associated with outstanding variable rate end of June 2023.

Why an analyst may care

Debt and refinancing changes can alter cash demands, financing access, and downside exposure.

Earlier point-in-time evidence

Document provenance

Current primary-document SHA-256
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Prior primary-document SHA-256
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Method
deterministic-evidence-rule-v1

Limitation: This is deterministic, corpus-bounded research triage. Novelty is limited to searched frozen sources; the category is not a causal claim or investment recommendation.