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LEASES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule of right-of-use assets and right-of-use liabilities | Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities associated with the Company's operating leases and fixed asset equipment and other financial liabilities associated with the Company's leaseback transaction are included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows:
(in millions) | December 31, 2025 |  | December 31, 2024
Right-of-use assets included in: |  |  |
Other non-current assets | $ | 160 |  |  | $ | 151 |
Fixed asset equipment included in: |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, net | $ | 36 |  |  | $ | — |
Lease liabilities included in: |  |  |
Accrued and other current liabilities | $ | 38 |  |  | $ | 32 |
Other non-current liabilities | 125 |  |  | 120 |
Current portion of long-term debt and other financial liabilities | 11 |  |  | — |
Long-term debt and other financial liabilities | 23 |  |  | — |
Total lease liabilities | $ | 197 |  |  | $ | 152 |
Schedule of lease expenses | Lease expense for 2025 and 2024 includes:
(in millions) | 2025 |  | 2024
Operating lease costs | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | 46 |
Variable operating lease costs | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 10 |
Amortization of other financial liabilities | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Interest on other financial liabilities | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |
Schedule of other operating lease information | Other information related to operating leases and other financial liabilities for 2025 and 2024 is as follows:
(dollars in millions) | 2025 |  | 2024
Cash paid from operating cash flows for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | 42 |
Cash paid from operating cash flows for other financial liabilities | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |
Cash paid from financing cash flows for other financial liabilities | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | — |
Cash received from financing cash flows for other financial liabilities | $ | 36 |  |  | $ | — |
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 73 |
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases | 7.3 years |  | 7.4 years
Weighted-average remaining lease term - other financial liabilities | 2.8 years |  | —
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases | 7.6 | % |  | 7.5 | %
Weighted-average discount rate - other financial liabilities | 7.5 | % |  | —
Schedule of operating lease future payments | As of December 31, 2025, future payments under noncancellable operating leases, and, under the leaseback agreement that did not qualify as a sale, for each of the five succeeding years ending December 31 and thereafter are as follows:
(in millions) |  | Operating Leases |  | Other Financial Liabilities
2026 |  | $ | 49 |  |  | $ | 13 |
2027 |  | 40 |  |  | 13 |
2028 |  | 28 |  |  | 12 |
2029 |  | 15 |  |  | — |
2030 |  | 13 |  |  | — |
Thereafter |  | 72 |  |  | — |
Total |  | 217 |  |  | 38 |
Less: Imputed interest |  | 54 |  |  | 4 |
Present value of remaining lease payments |  | 163 |  |  | 34 |
Less: Current portion |  | 38 |  |  | 11 |
Non-current portion |  | $ | 125 |  |  | $ | 23 |

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