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Restructuring Programs
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Restructuring Programs

Note 6.  Restructuring Programs

2014-2018 Restructuring Program

On May 6, 2014, our Board of Directors approved a $3.5 billion restructuring program, comprised of approximately $2.5 billion in cash costs and $1 billion in non-cash costs (the “2014-2018 Restructuring Program”), and up to $2.2 billion of capital expenditures. The primary objective of the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program is to reduce our operating cost structure in both our supply chain and overhead costs. The program is intended primarily to cover severance as well as asset disposals and other manufacturing-related one-time costs. We expect to incur the majority of the program’s charges in 2015 and 2016 and to complete the program by year-end 2018. Since inception, we have incurred total restructuring and related implementation charges of $1.0 billion related to the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program.

Restructuring Costs:

We recorded restructuring charges of $146 million in the three months and $442 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and $25 million in the three months and $26 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 within asset impairment and exit costs. The activity for the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program liability for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was:

 

                                                        
     Severance
and Related
Costs
     Asset
Write-downs
     Total  
     (in millions)  

Liability balance, January 1, 2015

   $ 224       $       $ 224   

Charges

     252         190         442   

Cash spent

     (156              (156

Non-cash settlements / adjustments

     (6      (190      (196

Currency

     (15              (15
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability balance, September 30, 2015

   $ 299       $       $ 299   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

We spent $51 million in the three months and $156 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and $25 million in the three months and $26 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 in cash severance and related costs. We also recognized non-cash pension settlement losses (See Note 9, Benefit Plans), non-cash asset write-downs (including accelerated depreciation and asset impairments) and other non-cash adjustments totaling $56 million in the three months and $196 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015. At September 30, 2015, $267 million of our net restructuring liability was recorded within other current liabilities and $32 million was recorded within other long-term liabilities.

Implementation Costs:

Implementation costs are directly attributable to restructuring activities; however, they do not qualify for special accounting treatment as exit or disposal activities. We believe the disclosure of implementation costs provides readers of our financial statements with more information on the total costs of our 2014-2018 Restructuring Program. Implementation costs primarily relate to reorganizing our operations and facilities in connection with our supply chain reinvention program and other identified productivity and cost saving initiatives. The costs include incremental expenses related to the closure of facilities, costs to terminate certain contracts and the simplification of our information systems. Within our continuing results of operations, we recorded implementation costs of $75 million in the three months and $185 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and $42 million in the three months and $51 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014. We recorded these costs within cost of sales and general corporate expense within selling, general and administrative expenses.

 

Restructuring and Implementation Costs in Operating Income:

During 2015 and 2014, we recorded restructuring and implementation costs related to the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program within operating income as follows:

 

     Latin
America
     Asia
Pacific
     EEMEA      Europe      North
America
     Corporate (1)      Total  
                          (in millions)                       

For the Three Months Ended
September 30, 2015

                    

Restructuring Costs

   $ 30       $ 33       $ 7       $ 35       $ 39       $ 2       $ 146   

Implementation Costs

     6         3         1         19         19         27         75   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 36       $ 36       $ 8       $ 54       $ 58       $ 29       $ 221   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2015

                    

Restructuring Costs

   $ 79       $ 78       $ 21       $ 190       $ 70       $ 4       $ 442   

Implementation Costs

     27         12         7         47         40         52         185   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 106       $ 90       $ 28       $ 237       $ 110       $ 56       $ 627   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
September 30, 2014

                    

Restructuring Costs

   $ 25       $       $       $       $       $       $ 25   

Implementation Costs

     7         4         3         14         1         13         42   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 32       $ 4       $ 3       $ 14       $ 1       $ 13       $ 67   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2014

                    

Restructuring Costs

   $ 26       $       $       $       $       $       $ 26   

Implementation Costs

     8         4         3         14         1         21         51   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 34       $ 4       $ 3       $ 14       $ 1       $ 21       $ 77   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Project 2014-2015 (2)

                    

Restructuring Costs

   $ 158       $ 94       $ 40       $ 283       $ 124       $ 18       $ 717   

Implementation Costs

     45         21         11         82         48         84         291   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 203       $ 115       $ 51       $ 365       $ 172       $ 102       $ 1,008   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (1) Includes adjustment for rounding.
  (2) Includes all charges recorded since program inception on May 6, 2014 through September 30, 2015.

2012-2014 Restructuring Program

On October 1, 2012, we completed the Spin-Off of our North American grocery business, Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (“Kraft Foods Group”), to our shareholders (the “Spin-Off”). Prior to this transaction, in 2012, our Board of Directors approved $1.5 billion of related restructuring and implementation costs (the “2012-2014 Restructuring Program”) reflecting primarily severance, asset disposals and other manufacturing-related one-time costs. The primary objective of the 2012-2014 Restructuring Program was to ensure that Mondelēz International and Kraft Foods Group were each set up to operate efficiently and execute on our respective business strategies upon separation and in the future.

Of the $1.5 billion of 2012-2014 Restructuring Program costs, we retained approximately $925 million and Kraft Foods Group retained the balance of the program. Through the end of 2014, we incurred total restructuring and related implementation charges of $899 million and completed incurring planned charges on the 2012-2014 Restructuring Program.

 

Restructuring Costs:

We recorded reversals to the restructuring charges of $3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 related to accruals no longer required. We recorded restructuring charges of $163 million in the three months and $259 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 within asset impairment and exit costs. The activity for the 2012-2014 Restructuring Program liability for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was:

 

                                                        
     Severance
and Related
Costs
     Asset
Write-downs
     Total  
     (in millions)  

Liability balance, January 1, 2015

   $ 128       $       $ 128   

Charges

     (3              (3

Cash spent

     (57              (57

Non-cash settlements / adjustments

                       

Currency

     (6              (6
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability balance, September 30, 2015

   $ 62       $       $ 62   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

We spent $14 million in the three months and $57 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and $44 million in the three months and $110 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 in cash severance and related costs. We also recognized non-cash pension plan settlement losses (See Note 9, Benefit Plans), non-cash asset write-downs (including accelerated depreciation and asset impairments) and other non-cash adjustments totaling $53 million in the three months and $77 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014. At September 30, 2015, $47 million of our net restructuring liability was recorded within other current liabilities and $15 million was recorded within other long-term liabilities.

Implementation Costs:

Implementation costs related to our 2012-2014 Restructuring Program primarily relate to activities in connection with the Spin-Off such as reorganizing our operations and facilities, the discontinuance of certain product lines and incremental expenses related to the closure of facilities, replicating our information systems infrastructure and reorganizing our sales function. Within our continuing results of operations, we recorded implementation costs of $23 million in the three months and $66 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014. We recorded these costs within cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses.

Restructuring and Implementation Costs in Operating Income:

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and since inception of the 2012-2014 Restructuring Program, we recorded restructuring and implementation costs within operating income as follows:

 

     Latin
America
     Asia
Pacific
     EEMEA      Europe      North
America
     Corporate (1)      Total  
                          (in millions)                       

For the Three Months Ended
September 30, 2014

                    

Restructuring Costs

   $ 3       $ 27       $ 14       $ 85       $ 34       $       $ 163   

Implementation Costs

             1                 14         7         1         23   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3       $ 28       $ 14       $ 99       $ 41       $ 1       $ 186   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2014

                    

Restructuring Costs

   $ 7       $ 28       $ 26       $ 128       $ 70       $       $ 259   

Implementation Costs

     1         1         2         42         20                 66   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 8       $ 29       $ 28       $ 170       $ 90       $       $ 325   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Project 2012-2014 (2)

                    

Restructuring Costs

   $ 36       $ 36       $ 69       $ 249       $ 337       $ 2       $ 729   

Implementation Costs

     3         6         4         88         65         4         170   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 39       $ 42       $ 73       $ 337       $ 402       $ 6       $ 899   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (1) Includes adjustment for rounding.
  (2) Includes all charges recorded since program inception in 2012 through conclusion on December 31, 2014.