Form S-I Table of Contents Blue Buffalo Pet Product.. Inc. Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Note 1 — The Company Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc. ("BBPP") and together with its subsidiaries, the "Company," "we," "us," "its," and "our") conducts its business exclusively through its wholly-owned operating subsidiary•, Blue Buffalo Company, Ltd. ("Blue") (formerly The Blue Buffalo Company, LLC) and its subsidiaries. Blue was formed in August 2002 and is the parent company of three wholly-owned subsidiaries, Great Plains Leasing. LLC, Heartland Pet Foods Manufacturing, Inc. ("Heartland"), and Sierra Pet Products, LLC. Blue and its subsidiaries develop. produce. market, and sell pet food under the Blue Life Protection Formula. Blue Wilderness, Blue Basics, and Blue Freedom lines. Our products are produced domestically at our Heartland facility and through contract manufacturers for distribution to retailers in specialty channels throughout the United States of America and Canada. In July 2012, Blue formed I leartland for the purpose of commencing internal manufacturing operations to eventually supplement its contract manufacturers. We recently commenced manufacturing operations at our Heartland facility in Joplin, Missouri in September 2014. Also in July 2012, BBPP and Blue Pet Products, Inc. ("BPP") were established through a series of stock exchanges and transfers. In connection therewith, the existing stockholders of Blue became the stockholders of BBPP with the same pro-rata ownership percentage previously held in Blue end whereby BBPP owns 100% of the common stock of BPP and BPP owns 100% of the common stock of Blue. Note 2 - Basis of Presentation Principles of Consolidation The accompanying consolidabai financial statements include the accounts of BBPP and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Reclassifications Certain prior period amounts have been reclassifie