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Restructuring Program
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring Program
Note 7. Restructuring Program

On May 6, 2014, our Board of Directors approved a $3.5 billion 2014-2018 restructuring program and up to $2.2 billion of capital expenditures. On August 31, 2016, our Board of Directors approved a $600 million reallocation between restructuring program cash costs and capital expenditures so the $5.7 billion program consisted of approximately $4.1 billion of restructuring program charges ($3.1 billion cash costs and $1.0 billion non-cash costs) and up to $1.6 billion of capital expenditures. On September 6, 2018, our Board of Directors approved an extension of the restructuring program through 2022, an increase of $1.3 billion in the program charges and an increase of $700 million in capital expenditures. On October 21, 2021, our Board of Directors approved an extension of the restructuring program through 2023. The total $7.7 billion program now consists of $5.4 billion of program charges ($4.1 billion of cash costs and $1.3 billion of non-cash costs) and total capital expenditures of $2.3 billion to be incurred over the life of the program. The current restructuring program, as increased and extended by these actions, is now called the Simplify to Grow Program.

The primary objective of the Simplify to Grow Program is to reduce our operating cost structure in both our supply chain and overhead costs. The program covers severance as well as asset disposals and other manufacturing and procurement-related one-time costs. Since inception, we have incurred total restructuring and implementation charges of $5.1 billion related to the Simplify to Grow Program. We expect to incur the remainder of the program charges by year-end 2023.

Restructuring Costs:
The Simplify to Grow Program liability activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was:
 Severance
and related
costs
Asset
Write-downs
Total
 (in millions)
Liability balance, January 1, 2021$304 $— $304 
Charges84 166 250 
Cash spent(129)— (129)
Non-cash settlements/adjustments(4)(166)(170)
Currency(10)— (10)
Liability balance, September 30, 2021$245 $— $245 

We recorded restructuring charges of $62 million in the third quarter of 2021 and $68 million in the third quarter of 2020 and $250 million in the first nine months of 2021 and $111 million in the first nine months of 2020 within asset impairment and exit costs and benefit plan non-service income.
We spent $65 million in the third quarter of 2021 and $44 million in the third quarter of 2020 and $129 million in the first nine months of 2021 and $113 million in the first nine months of 2020 in cash severance and related costs.
We also recognized non-cash asset write-downs (including accelerated depreciation and asset impairments), including any gains on sale of restructuring program assets, non-cash pension settlement losses and other adjustments, which totaled $54 million in the third quarter of 2021 and a gain of $13 million in the third quarter of 2020 and $170 million in the first nine months of 2021 and $1 million in the first nine months of 2020.
At September 30, 2021, $198 million of our net restructuring liability was recorded within other current liabilities and $47 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 Simplify to Grow 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 $65 million in the third quarter of 2021 and $46 million in the third quarter of 2020 and $132 million in the first nine months of 2021 and $141 million in the first nine months of 2020. We recorded these costs within cost of sales and general corporate expense within selling, general and administrative expenses.

Restructuring and Implementation Costs:
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, and since inception of the Simplify to Grow Program, we recorded the following restructuring and implementation costs within segment operating income and earnings before income taxes:
Latin
America
AMEAEuropeNorth
America
CorporateTotal
 (in millions)
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
Restructuring Costs$$$$57 $$62 
Implementation Costs— 51 65 
Total$$$$108 $$127 
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
Restructuring Costs$$21 $40 $$$68 
Implementation Costs15 15 46 
Total$$27 $55 $18 $$114 
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
Restructuring Costs$$(18)$$250 $$250 
Implementation Costs27 78 13 132 
Total$11 $(11)$34 $328 $20 $382 
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
Restructuring Costs$19 $25 $52 $$12 $111 
Implementation Costs12 12 40 36 41 141 
Total$31 $37 $92 $39 $53 $252 
Total Project (Inception to Date)
Restructuring Costs$551 $540 $1,150 $742 $149 $3,132 
Implementation Costs294 236 538 534 351 1,953 
Total$845 $776 $1,688 $1,276 $500 $5,085