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Acquisitions and Divestitures (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Acquisitions and Divestitures |
Schedule of Fair Value Assigned to Other Intangible Assets | The following table presents the fair value assigned to other intangible assets for the SWS acquisition (amounts in millions, except for amortization periods):
|  | SWS
|  |  |  |  | Weighted Average
|  |  |  |  | Amortization
|  |  |  |  | Periods
|  | Amount |  | (in Years)
Customer and supplier relationships |  | $ | 160 |  | 10.0
Covenants not-to-compete |  |  | 18 |  | 5.0
Trade name |  |  | 4 |  | 10.0
Total other intangible assets subject to amortization |  | $ | 182 |  | 9.5

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