Acquisitions and Divestitures

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]

South Korea Divestiture

On November 10, 2023, we entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of our South Korea business to an affiliate of the Sajo Group, a leading food company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, for 384 billion South Korean won, or approximately $294 million. Upon completion of the sale on February 1, 2024, we received 330 billion South Korean won, or $247 million, net of certain transaction costs and an incremental $8 million working capital true-up in the third quarter of 2024. We will receive the remaining consideration in equal, annual payments that Sajo began in February 2025 and committed to continue through February 2027. As a result, we recognized net pre-tax gains of $90 million in 2024, which consisted of an $82 million gain in the first quarter of 2024 and the $8 million working capital adjustment in the third quarter of 2024, both within Net gain on sale of business in the Consolidated Statements of Income. The South Korea business generated operating profits of $2 million in 2024, $30 million in 2023 and $14 million in 2022.

In connection with this divestiture, we reclassified the assets and liabilities of our South Korea business, which is in our All Other segment, as held for sale during the fourth quarter of 2023 in our Consolidated Financial Statements. The following table presents the major classes of assets and liabilities classified as held for sale for the South Korea divestiture. Assets classified as held for sale are included in Prepaid expenses and assets held for sale, and liabilities held for sale are included in Accrued liabilities and liabilities held for sale on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2023.


	December 31, 2023
Accounts receivable, net	$	38
Inventories	69
Property, plant and equipment, net	100
Other assets	4
Assets held for sale	$	211

Short-term borrowings	$	2
Accounts payable	30
Accrued liabilities	14
Non-current liabilities	5
Liabilities held for sale	$	51

Acquisitions

During 2024, we purchased shares from minority shareholders in PureCircle Limited (“PureCircle”) for $40 million, which increased our ownership percentage to 98 percent as of December 31, 2024, from 88 percent as of December 31, 2023.