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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the fiscal year ended March 2, 2002

OR

For the transition period from                                      to                                     

Commission File Number 1-6699

INTERNATIONAL MULTIFOODS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(952) 594-3300
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý    No o

        Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.    ý

        The aggregate market value of Common Stock, par value $.10 per share, held by non-affiliates of the registrant (see Item 12 hereof) as of May 1, 2002 (based on the closing sale price of $28.31 per share as reported in the consolidated transaction reporting system on such date) was $530,386,491.

        The number of shares outstanding of the registrant's Common Stock, par value $.10 per share, as of May 1, 2002 was 19,043,069.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

        Portions of the registrant's Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended March 2, 2002 are incorporated by reference into Parts I and II.

        Portions of the registrant's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held June 21, 2002 are incorporated by reference into Part III.

PART I

Item 1.    Business.

General

        International Multifoods Corporation, incorporated in Delaware in 1969 as the successor to a business founded in 1892, operates food manufacturing businesses in the United States and Canada and a foodservice distribution business in the United States.

        We manage our businesses through four operating segments: U.S. Consumer Products, U.S. Foodservice Products, Canadian Foods and Multifoods Distribution Group. Financial information for the last three fiscal years for each of our business segments, which is included in Note 16 to our Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 46 and 47 of our Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended March 2, 2002 ("2002 Annual Report to Stockholders"), is incorporated herein by reference.

U.S. Consumer Products

        On November 13, 2001, we acquired the Pillsbury dessert and specialty products business and the Pet evaporated milk and dry creamer business of The Pillsbury Company ("Pillsbury") and the United States Robin Hood business, the Farmhouse flavored rice and pasta side-dish products business and the La Piña, Red Band and Softasilk retail flour businesses of General Mills, Inc. ("General Mills") (the "Acquisition"). These acquired businesses comprise our U.S. Consumer Products segment.

        Through our U.S. Consumer Products segment, we market and distribute flour and scratch ingredients, dessert mixes, baking mixes, ready-to-spread frostings, potato mixes, dry breakfast mixes and syrups primarily under the Pillsbury, Martha White, Jim Dandy, Gladiola, Robin Hood, La Piña, Red Band, Softasilk, Hungry Jack and Idaho Spuds brand names for sale through retail channels in the United States. In addition, we market and sell flavored rice and pasta side-dish products under our Farmhouse brand name. Products in our portfolio are strong brands in the packaged foods industry, some having operating histories more than 100 years.

        Our Pillsbury branded products currently include 100 stock-keeping units ("SKUs") in seven general subcategories: cake mix, ready-to-spread frosting, brownie mix, muffin mix, cookie mix, quickbread mix and flour and scratch ingredients. Our Martha White branded products include 84 SKUs in the three major subcategories of muffin mixes, brownie mixes and scratch ingredients. We also market cornbread mix under the Gladiola brand name and grits under the Jim Dandy brand name. We currently market a total of 31 SKUs under the Hungry Jack brand, including seven pancake mix SKUs, five syrup SKUs and 19 potato mix SKUs. The 19 potato mix SKUs include products across three product lines: core mashed potatoes, specialty potatoes and mashed potatoes with gravy. We market 11 SKUs in the flour and scratch subcategory under our Robin Hood, La Piña, Red Band and Softasilk brands. We also market 27 pasta and rice side-dish SKUs under our Farmhouse brand.

        In connection with the Acquisition, we entered into a retail trademark license agreement pursuant to which Pillsbury has licensed to us the exclusive right to use certain Pillsbury trademarks, including the Pillsbury "barrelhead" and "doughboy" related trademarks, on a royalty-free basis for an initial term of 20 years, on certain dessert and baking mix and flour products and other baking related products in retail channels in the United States and its territories and commonwealths, including Puerto Rico. We also have the non-exclusive right to sell covered products bearing these trademarks to stores of United States-based retailers in Mexico and Canada. This license is renewable by us for unlimited additional 20-year terms on a royalty-free basis after the initial 20-year term.

        Also in connection with the Acquisition, we entered into several agreements with General Mills related to the production of the products of our U.S. Consumer Products segment. Under a conversion

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plan agreement, General Mills is converting its Toledo, Ohio plant (the "Toledo Plant") for our use. We currently anticipate that this conversion will be completed by November 2002, at which time we will purchase the Toledo Plant from General Mills. The conversion will be considered complete only if and when a supervisory panel consisting of three members (one appointed by each of us, General Mills and a third-party trustee appointed by the parties to monitor the conversion) determines that the production lines installed by General Mills in the Toledo Plant meet certain product quality, cost and efficiency standards when they are operated under normal conditions. The Toledo Plant has approximately 600,000 square feet of production and warehouse space. When the conversion is complete, we will operate eight production lines in the Toledo Plant, including six production lines for dry mixes and two production lines for ready-to-spread frosting.

        Under a co-pack agreement, General Mills is manufacturing and packaging certain products for our U.S. Consumer Products segment until the conversion is completed. The co-pack agreement generally requires us to purchase all of our requirements for products covered by the agreement from General Mills unless General Mills is unable to fill our orders or we desire to produce the products ourselves. Under a transition services agreement, General Mills is providing various transition services to us for the businesses acquired in the Acquisition, including services relating to raw material procurement and warehousing. General Mills will provide these services to us for varying time periods ranging from 30 days after the closing of the Acquisition for certain services to the date that the conversion is completed for others. Third party co-packers other than General Mills manufacture and package most of the remaining products of our U.S. Consumer Products segment.

        Our U.S. Consumer Products segment sells its products to supermarket chains, retail wholesalers and other retail channels. Our customers include Fleming Companies, Inc., Kroger Co., SuperValu, Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. CROSSMARK, Inc., a privately held, nationwide sales and marketing organization, provides retail sales and marketing services for our U.S. Consumer Products brands. We also employ a direct sales force.

        Our U.S. Consumer Products segment competes in the United States retail food manufacturing industry. Our Pillsbury and Martha White brands compete primarily within the dessert and baking mixes, or DBM, market. This market has remained relatively constant over the past three years at approximately $1.8 billion of sales and includes mixes for cakes, cookies, brownies, muffins and quickbread, as well as ready-to-spread frosting and ingredients used in scratch baking such as flour. Within the DBM category, we compete primarily with Betty Crocker, which is produced by General Mills, and Duncan Hines, which is produced by Aurora Foods. Our Hungry Jack brand competes in three primary market categories: pancake mix, dehydrated potatoes and table syrup. We compete primarily with Aunt Jemima, which is produced by PepsiCo's Quaker Foods segment, in pancake mix and Betty Crocker in dehydrated potatoes.

U.S. Foodservice Products.

        Our U.S. Foodservice Products segment produces approximately 1,400 products for retail, wholesale and in-store bakeries and foodservice customers primarily in the United States. Through this segment, we produce baking mix products, including mixes for breads, rolls, bagels, donuts, muffins, Danishes, cakes, cookies, brownies, bars and pizza crusts, as well as fillings, icings and frostings. Baking mix products are marketed under our Multifoods, Pillsbury and Jamco brands. In addition, we manufacture and market frozen batters, doughs and desserts under our Multifoods, Gourmet Baker and Fantasia brands. Our products are marketed through our own direct sales force of sales and technical support personnel, as well as through a network of brokers and bakery distributors, which in turn sell our products to retail bakers and other customers. Our customers include Ahold USA, Inc., Costco Wholesale Corporation, Dunkin' Donuts, Pizza Hut, Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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        In connection with the Acquisition, we entered into a foodservice trademark license agreement with Pillsbury under which we have the exclusive right to use certain Pillsbury trademarks, including the Pillsbury "barrelhead" and "doughboy" related trademarks, on a royalty-free basis for seven years after closing on certain non-custom dry mix products in packages of seven pounds or less and non-custom frosting products in packages of 11 pounds or less in foodservice channels in the United States and its territories and commonwealths, including Puerto Rico, and in certain limited instances and on a non-exclusive basis, Mexico and Canada. This license is non-renewable.

        Our U.S. Foodservice Products segment encounters significant competition in the bakery products market. We are a leading supplier of baking mixes to foodservice operators and retail and in-store bakeries in the United States and we compete with several large corporations and regional producers of baking mixes. With respect to frozen bakery products, we compete primarily in the foodservice and in-store bakery markets with several large corporations and numerous regional suppliers that have select product offerings. We compete on the basis of product quality and uniqueness, product convenience, brand loyalty, timely delivery and customer service, as well as price.

        Canadian Foods.    Our Canadian Foods segment consists of our retail and commercial foods businesses in Canada. Canadian Foods manufactures flour and baking mixes, primarily under the Robin Hood brand, and pickles and relish condiments, primarily under the Bick's brand for sale through retail and commercial channels in the United States and Canada. Under agreements with Aurora Foods, we also manufacture, market and distribute Aurora Foods' Duncan Hines brand baking mixes in Canada. More than 40 retail baking mixes are sold in Canada under our Robin Hood brand, while retail flour is sold in Canada under the Robin Hood, Golden Temple, Brodie, Cream of the West, and Monarch brands. In the United States, we sell retail flour under our Golden Temple brand. We also sell hot cereals in Canada under our Robin Hood, Old Mill, Red River and Purity brands. In addition, we manufacture and market pickles and relish condiments to consumers in Canada, where our Bick's brand is the market leader. We also sell condiments in Canada under the Habitant, Gattuso, Woodman's, Rose and McLaren's labels.

        The commercial foods business of our Canadian Foods segment produces pickles and relish condiments, baking mix products, wheat flour and oat products for retail, in-store and wholesale bakeries and foodservice customers in Canada and the United States. Such products are sold primarily under our Robin Hood and Bick's brands.

        The products of our Canadian Foods segment are marketed primarily through our own sales organization, supported by advertising and other promotional activities. Our customers include Loblaw Companies Limited, The TDL Group Limited and Sobeys Inc. Our competitors in Canada include both large corporations and regional producers. We compete on the basis of product quality, product convenience, the ability to identify and satisfy emerging consumer preferences, brand loyalty, timely delivery and customer service, as well as price.

Multifoods Distribution Group

        Our Multifoods Distribution Group segment is a distributor of food and related products to the foodservice industry in the United States. Our Multifoods Distribution Group segment leases or owns a fleet of approximately 490 tractors, 580 trailers and 50 straight trucks, most of which are equipped with an on board computer system from which drivers and managers obtain delivery performance and route information. We operate 27 distribution centers located nationwide. We also operate 11 cash and carry locations from which customers can make purchases. No single customer accounts for a significant portion of the segment's sales. Deliveries are made directly to customers, generally once a week, from distribution centers located nationwide. We market our services and products through our own foodservice and vending sales organizations.

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        Our Multifoods Distribution Group segment is a distributor of food and related products in the United States to independent pizza restaurants and other casual-dining, limited-menu operators, including sandwich shops, Mexican restaurants, movie theaters, fund-raising groups, commissaries and stadium and recreational concession stands. Our customers include Jack-in-the-Box, Noble Roman's, Togo's, Quizno's, Schlotzsky's and Subway. We distribute a broad selection of cheeses, meats, snacks, paper goods, cleaning supplies and other products, including pizza ingredients sold under our Ultimo! brand as well as major national brands.

        Our Multifoods Distribution Group segment is also the only nationwide U.S. vending distributor, serving approximately 13,000 vending and office coffee service operators and other concessionaires. Our vending distribution customers include American Multi-Cinema, Inc., Aramark, Inc., Compass Group USA, Inc. (Canteen) and Sodexho Operations, LLC. We distribute and sell more than 5,000 food products consisting primarily of candy, snacks, frozen and refrigerated products, pastries, hot beverages and juices. Most of these products are nationally advertised brand products. We also sell certain products, such as premium ground and whole-bean coffee, hot cocoa, creamer and sugar, under our own Grindstone Café private label.

        Through our Better Brands, Inc. subsidiary, our Multifoods Distribution Group segment also operates a broadline distribution business in the northeastern United States. Based in Windsor, Connecticut, this subsidiary distributes a broad selection of food and related products to restaurants and other foodservice operators such as universities and schools, health care institutions and casinos.

        The distribution business is highly competitive. We compete with several national and regional broadline distributors, regional specialty foodservice distributors and local independent distributors. While we are the only nationwide vending distributor, we encounter significant competition from regional and local distributors as well as warehouse clubs. We compete on the basis of competitive pricing, the availability of a wide variety of products, a national distribution network and prompt and accurate delivery of orders. We believe that our pizza expertise, our vending expertise and the value- added services we provide our customers (such as merchandising support, special incentive programs and company-sponsored trade shows) differentiate us in part from our competitors.

        In February 2001, we announced that we were exploring strategic alternatives for our Multifoods Distribution Group segment. Our review was delayed during fiscal 2002 as we focused our efforts on completing the Acquisition and positioning our existing manufacturing operations for future growth. Although we are unable to provide a specific timetable, we expect to complete the review in fiscal 2003.

Other Information Relating to the Business of Multifoods

        Sources of Supply and Raw Materials.    With respect to our U.S. Consumer Products, U.S Foodservice Products and Canadian Foods segments, raw materials generally are available from numerous sources and we believe that we will continue to be able to obtain adequate supplies. In Canada, we minimize risks associated with wheat market price fluctuations by hedging our wheat and flour inventories, open wheat purchase contracts and open flour sales contracts with wheat futures contracts. In the United States, we also enter into futures contracts to reduce the risk of price fluctuations on certain anticipated raw material purchases. See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements which are incorporated by reference in Part II, Item 8, hereof.

        Our Multifoods Distribution Group segment purchases products directly from numerous manufacturers, processors and independent suppliers. Several of these sources are large corporations from which we purchase significant quantities of brand name candy and snacks for our vending business and cheese for our foodservice business. Our distribution business is not dependent upon any single supplier and alternative sources of supply are generally available.

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        Trademarks and Other Intellectual Property.    We own numerous trademarks, service marks and product formulae which are important to our businesses. In addition, we use certain Pillsbury trademarks, including the Pillsbury "barrelhead" and "doughboy" related trademarks, on a royalty-free basis, under the terms of the retail trademark license agreement and the foodservice trademark license agreement described above. The most significant trademarks and service marks are identified by appearing in all italicized letters above. Most of our trademarks and service marks are registered.

        Seasonality.    Our U.S. Consumer Products, U.S. Foodservice Products and Canadian Foods segments experience some seasonality of their businesses due to increased demand for their products during the fall and holiday baking seasons. As a result, sales volumes of the U.S. Consumer Products, U.S. Foodservice Products and Canadian Foods segments are generally higher during our fiscal third quarter. Our Multifoods Distribution Group segment does not experience material seasonal variations in its sales volumes.

        Environmental Regulation.    Our facilities in the United States and Canada are subject to federal, state, provincial and local environmental laws and regulations. Compliance with these provisions has not had, and we do not expect such compliance to have, any material adverse effect upon our capital expenditures, net earnings or competitive position.

        On January 15, 1998, VIP's Industries, Inc. ("VIP's") filed a third-party complaint against us in the Circuit Court of Linn County, Oregon. The third-party complaint alleges that we, through our former subsidiary Crown Industries, Inc. ("Crown"), caused the environmental contamination of certain real property, and the groundwater beneath the real property, located in Albany, Oregon. At the time of our acquisition of Crown in 1976, Crown owned the subject real property and leased it to an operator of a retail gasoline service station. We sold the subject real property in 1981. The claims asserted by VIP's and the original plaintiffs in the lawsuit have been settled. However, crossclaims made by Ultramar, Inc., another defendant in the lawsuit, are continuing. Ultramar has alleged that we are strictly liable under Oregon law for costs of removal of contamination and remediation of real property adjacent to the VIP's real property. The Ultramar real property was also owned by Crown at the time of our acquisition of Crown and was sold by us in 1981 at the same time we sold the VIP's real property. Ultramar is seeking contribution for its costs of remedial action related to the contamination of its real property and the groundwater beneath the real property, which costs are claimed by Ultramar to be as much as $8.8 million. We believe that we have sustainable defenses to the claims asserted by Ultramar and we are vigorously defending the lawsuit. The lawsuit is currently scheduled for trial in June 2002. In addition, we have tendered defense of the lawsuit to our insurance carriers during the period of time at issue in the lawsuit. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., our primary insurance carrier during such period, has accepted defense of the lawsuit but has advised us that it will not indemnify Multifoods for liability arising from the claims asserted in the lawsuit. We continue to believe that the claims asserted in the Ultramar lawsuit are covered by our insurance policies. Therefore, we have commenced a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Multnomah County, Oregon against Liberty Mutual and another insurer, TIG Insurance Co., to enforce coverage under our policies with these insurers for any liability arising from claims asserted in the Ultramar lawsuit.

        Employees.    As of March 2, 2002, we and our subsidiaries had 4,680 employees.

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Cautionary Statement Relevant to Forward-Looking Information

        This Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In addition, we may from time to time make written and oral forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations or beliefs, including, but not limited to, statements concerning our operations and financial performance and condition. For this purpose, statements that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. We caution that these statements by their nature involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially depending on a variety of important factors, including, among others, successful completion of the integration of the businesses acquired in the Acquisition; reliance on General Mills to provide material transition and co-pack services to our U.S. Consumer Products segment, including the conversion of the Toledo Plant for our use; the results of our review of strategic alternatives for Multifoods Distribution Group; the impact of competitive products and pricing; changes in consumer preferences and tastes or perceptions of health-related issues; effectiveness of advertising or market-spending programs; market or weather conditions that may affect the costs of grain, cheese, other raw materials, fuel and labor; changes in laws and regulations; fluctuations in interest rates; the inability to collect on a $6 million insurance claim related to the theft of product in St. Petersburg, Russia; fluctuations in foreign exchange rates; risks commonly encountered in international trade; and other factors as may be discussed in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 2.    Properties.

        Our principal executive offices are located in Minnetonka, Minnesota in leased office space. Several of our subsidiaries also own or lease office space. We operate numerous processing and distribution facilities throughout the United States and Canada. We believe that our facilities are suitable and adequate for current production or distribution volumes. The following is a description of our properties as of March 2, 2002.

U.S. Consumer Products

        As discussed in Item 1 above, under our conversion plan agreement with General Mills, General Mills is converting its Toledo Plant for our use. We currently anticipate that this conversion will be completed by November 2002, at which time we will purchase the Toledo Plant from General Mills. The Toledo Plant has approximately 600,000 square feet of production and warehouse space. When the conversion is complete, we will operate eight production lines in the Toledo Plant, including six production lines for dry mixes and two production lines for ready-to-spread frosting.

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U.S. Foodservice Products and Canadian Foods

        We manufacture the products of our U.S. Foodservice Products and Canadian Foods segments in 17 owned and leased processing facilities across the United States and Canada, as described in the following table:

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We own the building and lease the land at our Pt. Colborne facility.

        Our U.S. Consumer Products, U.S. Foodservice Products and Canadian Foods segments also operate two research and development laboratories.

Multifoods Distribution Group

        We own 12 and lease 15 distribution centers aggregating approximately 2.77 million square feet for our Multifoods Distribution Group segment. These distribution centers are located in Tempe, Arizona; Anaheim, Fremont, Livermore, Modesto and Ontario, California; Denver, Colorado; Windsor, Connecticut; Kissimmee, Florida; Austell, Georgia; Woodridge, Illinois; Indianapolis, Indiana; Shawnee, Kansas; Louisville, Kentucky; Belleville, Michigan; Maple Grove and Rice, Minnesota; Springfield, Missouri; Parsippany and Swedesboro, New Jersey; Greensboro, North Carolina; Twinsburg, Ohio; Portland, Oregon; Memphis, Tennessee; and Dallas(2) and Houston, Texas.

        Our distribution business also operates 11 cash-and-carry distribution locations, which are separate from our other distribution centers.

Item 3.    Legal Proceedings.

        Neither Multifoods nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any legal proceeding that is material to the business or financial condition of Multifoods. See the information under the heading "Other Information Relating to the Business of Multifoods—Environmental Regulation" in Item 1 above for a description of environmental matters in which Multifoods is involved.

Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

        No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders of Multifoods during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March 2, 2002.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF MULTIFOODS.

        The information contained in Item 10 in Part III hereof under the heading "Executive Officers of Multifoods" is incorporated by reference in Part I of this Report.

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.

        Our Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The high and low sales prices for our Common Stock as reported in the consolidated transaction reporting system and the amount of the cash dividends paid on our Common Stock for each quarterly period within the two most recent fiscal years, shown in Note 17 to our Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 48 and 49 of the 2002 Annual Report to Stockholders, are incorporated herein by reference.

        As of May 1, 2002, there were 3,998 holders of record of our Common Stock.

Item 6.    Selected Financial Data.

        The information for fiscal years 1998 through 2002 in the "Five-Year Comparative Summary" on page 21 of the 2002 Annual Report to Stockholders under the headings "Consolidated Summary of Operations," "Year-End Financial Position" and "Dividends Paid" is incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in Note 2 ("Businesses Acquired"), Note 3 ("Discontinued Operations") and Note 5 ("Unusual Items") to Multifoods's Consolidated Financial Statements on pages 36 through 38 of the 2002 Annual Report to Stockholders is also incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

        The information under the heading "Management's Discussion and Analysis" on pages 22 through 29 of the 2002 Annual Report to Stockholders is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7A.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

        The section under the heading "Management's Discussion and Analysis" entitled "Market Risk Management" on page 29 of the 2002 Annual Report to Stockholders is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.    Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

        Multifoods' Consolidated Financial Statements as of March 2, 2002 and March 3, 2001, and for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended March 2, 2002, the Notes to Multifoods' Consolidated Financial Statements and the Report of Independent Auditors on pages 30 through 50 of the 2002 Annual Report to Stockholders are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.    Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

        None.

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PART III

Item 10.    Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.

        The section under the heading "Election of Directors" on pages 5 through 10 and the section entitled "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance" on page 22 of the Proxy Statement of International Multifoods Corporation dated May 17, 2002 ("2002 Proxy Statement") are incorporated herein by reference.

Executive Officers of Multifoods

        The following sets forth the name, age and business experience for at least the past five years of each of our executive officers as of May 1, 2002. Unless otherwise noted, the positions described are positions with Multifoods or its subsidiaries.

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        The executive officers of Multifoods are elected annually by the Board of Directors with the exception of the Presidents of our business units, who hold appointed offices.

Item 11.    Executive Compensation.

        The section under the heading "Election of Directors" entitled "Compensation of Directors" on pages 9 and 10 and the section entitled "Executive Compensation" on pages 14 through 20 of the 2002 Proxy Statement are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12.    Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.

        The section entitled "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management" on pages 3 through 5 of the 2002 Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

        For purposes of computing the market value of our Common Stock held by non-affiliates of Multifoods on the cover page of this Report, all executive officers and directors of Multifoods are considered to be affiliates of Multifoods. This does not represent an admission by us or any such person as to the affiliate status of such person.

Item 13.    Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

        The section under the heading "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management" entitled "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions" on page 5 of the 2002 Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

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PART IV

Item 14.    Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K.

(a)

Documents Filed as a Part of this Report

1.    Financial Statements

        The following consolidated financial statements of International Multifoods Corporation and subsidiaries and the Report of Independent Auditors thereon, included in the 2002 Annual Report to Stockholders, are incorporated by reference in Part II, Item 8, hereof:

2.    Financial Statement Schedules

        The consolidated financial statement schedule of International Multifoods Corporation and subsidiaries and the Independent Auditors' Report thereon required to be filed as part of this Report are listed below and are included at the end of this Report.

        All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable and, therefore, have been omitted.

3.    Exhibits

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Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit to Form 10-K pursuant to Item 14(c) of this Report.

(b)

Reports on Form 8-K

During the quarter ended March 2, 2002, Multifoods filed a Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated November 13, 2001, relating to Multifoods' acquisition of the Pillsbury dessert and specialty products business and the Pet evaporated milk and dry creamer business of The Pillsbury Company and the United States Robin Hood business, the Farmhouse flavored rice and pasta side-dish products business and the La Piña, Red Band and Softasilk retail flour businesses of General Mills, Inc., and including financial statements of businesses acquired and pro forma financial information.

(c)

See Exhibit Index and Exhibits attached to this Report.



(d)

See Financial Statement Schedules included at the end of this Report.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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Independent Auditors' Report

The Board of Directors and Shareholders of
International Multifoods Corporation:

Under date of April 8, 2002, we reported on the consolidated balance sheets of International Multifoods Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 2, 2002 and March 3, 2001, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, cash flows and shareholders' equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 2, 2002, as contained in the 2002 Annual Report to Stockholders. These consolidated financial statements and our report thereon are incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 2, 2002. In connection with our audits of the aforementioned consolidated financial statements, we also have audited the related consolidated financial statement schedule listed in Item 14. The consolidated financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statement schedule based on our audits.

In our opinion, such consolidated financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

/s/ KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 8, 2002

Schedule II

INTERNATIONAL MULTIFOODS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Three years ended March 2, 2002
(in thousands)

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K OF
INTERNATIONAL MULTIFOODS CORPORATION
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 2, 2002

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        *Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit to Form 10-K pursuant to Item 14(c) of this Report.

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