date:May 04, 2014
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Excluding these items, comparable first quarter 2014 earnings* were $1.01 per share, greater than the company's expectations as the result of the impact of a $0.03 per share benefit in Other Income and Expense.
Our results for operating profit and earnings in the first quarter were broadly in-line with the expectations we highlighted on the last earnings call, said John Bryant, Kellogg Company's president and chief executive officer.