FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
June 18, 2003
Commission File Number 001-16625
BUNGE LIMITED
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
50 Main Street
White Plains, New York 10606
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): _________
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paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): _________
Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained
in this Form the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No X
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registrant with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- _____________
This report on Form 6-K shall be incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-104974), as amended, Registration
Statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-106182), as amended, and the
Registration Statement on Form F-4 (Registration No. 333-104975), as amended,
filed by Bunge Limited Finance Corp. and Bunge Limited under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration
Nos. 333-66594, 333-75762 and 333-76938) filed by Bunge Limited under the
Securities Act of 1933, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports
subsequently filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Bunge's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2002
contains a "non-GAAP financial measure" as this term is defined in Regulation
G. This measure, entitled "cash from operating activities before working capital
changes" appears in the Form 20-F on pages 46 and 47. The following table
provides a reconciliation of the difference between cash provided by (used for)
operating activities before working capital changes to cash from operating
activities, which is the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure.
Year ended December 31,
(US$ in millions) 2002 2001 2000
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Cash provided by (used for) operating
activities $ 130 $ 209 $ (521)
Add back (subtract) changes in operating
assets and liabilities, excluding the
effects of acquisitions:
Trade accounts receivables 114 127 336
Inventories 728 303 311
Recoverable taxes 106 (134) 72
Trade accounts payable (469) (18) 6
Other - net 140 (63) 6
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Cash from operating activities before
working capital changes $ 749 $ 424 $ 210
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Cash used for investing activities was $1,073 million, $179 million and
$91 million and cash provided by (used for) financing activities was $1,295
million, $(224) million and $ $709 million for the year ended December 31, 2002,
2001 and 2000, respectively.
In addition, page 43 of Bunge's Form 20-F contains the following
statement: "If we had completed our August 2001 initial public offering and our
March 2002 public offering on January 1, 2001 and applied the net proceeds of
$278 million and $292 million, respectively, our net income in 2001 would have
increased by $25 million to $159 million." The following table sets forth the
adjustments to net income that underlie the statement and provides a
reconciliation of the adjusted net income to net income as reported, which is
the most directly comparable US GAAP financial measure.
Year ended
December 31, 2001
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(US$ in millions)
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Net income, as reported $ 134
Add:
Additional earnings (1) 10
Reduction in commercial paper interest expense (2) 15
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Adjusted net income $ 159
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(1) Additional earnings represents the amount our net income would have
increased as a result of our March 2002 buy back of shares held by
minority shareholders of our Brazilian subsidiaries and the resulting
increase in our ownership interest in those subsidiaries. We paid $105
million out of the net proceeds of our March 2002 public offering in
connection with this transaction. The above table shows the effect the
buy back would have had on net income if it and the March 2002 public
offering had taken place on January 1, 2001.
(2) Reflects the decrease in interest expense associated with the repayment
of commercial paper with the net proceeds from our August 2001 initial
public offering and the remaining net proceeds of our March 2002 public
offering.
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.
Date: June 18, 2003 BUNGE LIMITED
By: /s/ William M. Wells
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William M. Wells
Chief Financial Officer