Net income attributable to the company fell to $205 million, or 58 cents per share, in the third quarter ended Oct. 3, from $224 million, or 62 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding items, the company earned 85 cents per share. Net sales fell 8.5 percent to $3.33 billion, the eighth decline in nine quarters.Analysts on average had expected earnings of 84 cents per share on revenue of $3.42 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Up to Monday's close, Kellogg's shares had risen 8 percent this year.