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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-19-046812
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190821

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OWENS ILLINOIS INC /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000812074
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GLASS CONTAINERS [3221]
		IRS NUMBER:				222781933
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE MICHAEL OWENS WAY
		CITY:			PERRYSBURG
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43551-2999
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5673365000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE MICHAEL OWENS WAY
		CITY:			PERRYSBURG
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43551-2999

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OWENS-ILLINOIS INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100601

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OWENS ILLINOIS INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OWENS ILLINOIS HOLDINGS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870512
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 1.0in .0001pt 0in;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August&nbsp;21, 2019</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100 F Street, N.E.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Attn:&#160; SiSi Cheng and Anne McConnell</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Re:</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>Owens-Illinois,&nbsp;Inc.</b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Form&nbsp;10-K for the Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2018</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Filed February&nbsp;14, 2019</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">File No.&nbsp;001-09576</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Cheng and Ms.&nbsp;McConnell:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This letter is in response to the letter dated July&nbsp;24, 2019, from the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the &#147;Staff&#148;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), relating to the above-referenced Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (the &#147;Form&nbsp;10-K&#148;). The Staff&#146;s comment is set forth below in bold, followed by the Company&#146;s response to the comment.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please note that the &#147;Company&#148; refers to Owens-Illinois,&nbsp;Inc., and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to page&nbsp;numbers correspond to the pages&nbsp;in the Form&nbsp;10-K. All terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Form&nbsp;10-K.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1A. Risk Factors</font></u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Asbestos-Related Liability, page&nbsp;8</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">We note from your disclosure on page&nbsp;89 that you recorded a material adjustment to your asbestos-related liabilities during the fourth quarter of 2018 in light of additional information you obtained about higher estimated future claim volumes and values, due to factors including changes in the law, procedure, the expansion of judicial resources in certain jurisdictions, and renewed attention to dockets of non-mesothelioma cases. Please tell us how you considered expanding your risk factor disclosure to more fully address and discuss the factors impacting the increased likelihood of additional losses and whether you expect these factors to continue to impact your financial condition and operating results.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Please also tell us how you considered expanding your annual and quarterly MD&amp;A disclosures to more fully disclose and discuss the following:</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>the specific changes in the law, procedure, the expansion of judicial resources in certain jurisdictions, and renewed attention to dockets of non-mesothelioma cases that resulted in higher estimated future claim volumes and values;</b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>the specific events and circumstances that occurred or you became aware of during the fourth quarter of 2018 that resulted in the additional charge you recorded;</b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>how you determined the amount of the additional charge you recorded, including the specific changes in assumptions that impacted your asbestos-related liability; and</b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>updated claims activity roll-forwards in your Form&nbsp;10-Qs, especially in light of the apparent change in your claims strategy.</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Response:</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Risk Factor Disclosure</font></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In future filings, to the extent necessary to provide a discussion of the most significant factors related to the Company&#146;s ongoing asbestos-related liability that make an investment in the Company speculative or risky, the Company will expand its risk factor disclosure with respect to those factors impacting an increased likelihood of additional losses and whether the Company expects such factors to continue to impact its financial condition and results of operations.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company respectfully submits that Item 503(c)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K, which governed the risk factor disclosures in the Form&nbsp;10-K,(1)&nbsp;required the Company to include &#147;a discussion of the most significant factors&#148; that would make an investment in the Company&#146;s securities &#147;speculative or risky.&#148; Item 503(c)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K further required this discussion to be &#147;concise and organized logically.&#148;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">While drafting its Form&nbsp;10-K, the Company updated and revised its risk factor disclosures, including the risk factor relating to its asbestos-related liability. The Company determined that the risk factor included in the Form&nbsp;10-K appropriately described, in a concise manner as required by Item 503(c), the reasons why the Company&#146;s ongoing asbestos-related liability could make an investment in the Company&#146;s securities speculative or risky.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As discussed further below, the Company provided additional information in its MD&amp;A and in Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements that addressed more expansively the information described in the Staff&#146;s comment. The Company did not include this information in its risk factor disclosures</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">because it determined this information was not necessary as part of a concise discussion of the most significant factors relating to the risks at issue.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In future filings, the Company proposes to expand the disclosure in its asbestos risk factor, beginning with its next Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K. Below is an excerpt from the asbestos risk factor on pages&nbsp;8 and 9 of the Form&nbsp;10-K with the proposed additions marked in underlined text.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">The Company continues to believe that its ultimate asbestos-related liability cannot be estimated with certainty. As part of its future annual comprehensive legal reviews, the Company will review its estimate of its total asbestos-related liability, unless significant changes in trends or new developments warrant an earlier review. Such reviews may result in significant adjustments to the liability accrued at the time of the review. <u>For example, for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018, the Company&#146;s comprehensive legal review of its asbestos-related liabilities resulted in a $125 million charge.</u></font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">The significant assumptions underlying the material components of the Company&#146;s accrual are:</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">a) settlements will continue to be limited almost exclusively to claimants who were exposed to the Company&#146;s asbestos containing insulation prior to its exit from that business in 1958;</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">b) Asbestos Claims will continue to be resolved primarily under the Company&#146;s administrative claims agreements or on terms comparable to those set forth in those agreements;</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">c) the incidence of serious asbestos related disease cases and claiming patterns against the Company for such cases do not change materially <u>including claiming pattern changes driven by changes in the law, procedure, or expansion of judicial resources in jurisdictions where the Company settles Asbestos Claims</u>;</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">d) the Company is substantially able to defend itself successfully at trial and on appeal;</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">e) the number and timing of additional co-defendant bankruptcies do not change significantly the assets available to participate in the resolution of cases in which the Company is a defendant; and</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">f) co-defendants with substantial resources and assets continue to participate significantly in the resolution of future Asbestos Claims.</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">The ultimate amount of distributions that may be required to fund the Company&#146;s total asbestos-related payments cannot be estimated with certainty.&#160; Asbestos related payments continue to be substantial and the continued use of significant amounts of cash for asbestos related costs has affected and may continue to affect the Company&#146;s cost of borrowing, its ability to pursue</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">global or domestic acquisitions, its ability to reinvest in its operations, and its ability to pay dividends.</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">See &#147;Critical Accounting Estimates&#148; and Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information about the Company&#146;s asbestos-related liability.</font></u></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company respectfully submits that the foregoing approach is consistent with the relevant requirements applicable to risk factor disclosure.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In future filings, to the extent material, the Company will disclose additional information in its annual and quarterly MD&amp;A disclosures to address, as applicable: (i)&nbsp;specific changes in the law, procedure, expansion of judicial resources in certain jurisdictions, and renewed attention to dockets of non-mesothelioma cases resulting in higher estimated future claim volumes and values; (ii)&nbsp;specific events and circumstances that result in additional charges; (iii)&nbsp;the manner in which the Company determines the amount of any additional charges, including changes in assumptions that impact asbestos-related liability; and (iv)&nbsp;updated claims activity roll-forwards.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company respectfully advises the Staff that the Company provided significant detail in its MD&amp;A (including the disclosure cross-referenced therein) regarding each of the foregoing factors.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 303(a)(3)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K requires registrants to &#147;[d]escribe any unusual or infrequent events or transactions or any significant economic changes that materially affected the amount of reported income from continuing operations and, in each case, indicate the extent to which income was so affected.&#148; The Company considered this disclosure requirement and the Commission&#146;s interpretive guidance directing companies to &#147;focus on material information and eliminate immaterial information that does not promote understanding of companies&#146; financial condition, liquidity and capital resources, changes in financial condition and results of operations.&#148; See Commission Guidance Regarding Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Release No.&nbsp;33-8350 (Dec.&nbsp;19, 2003).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In accordance with this guidance, the Company focused its asbestos-related disclosure in its MD&amp;A (including the disclosure cross-referenced therein), on material information while eliminating immaterial information that would not promote understanding of the Company&#146;s financial condition and results of operations. In particular, the Company disclosed:&#160; (i)&nbsp;how the Company conducts its review of its asbestos-related liabilities; (ii)&nbsp;how the Company estimates its asbestos-related liability; (iii)&nbsp;why its ultimate asbestos-related liability cannot be estimated with certainty; (iv)&nbsp;the significant assumptions underlying the material components of the Company&#146;s accrual; (v)&nbsp;the possibility of adjustments to the Company&#146;s asbestos-related accrual; (vi)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s current charge for asbestos-related costs and the possibility of future charges; and (vii)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s current and future expected asbestos-related payments.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s asbestos-related disclosure on page&nbsp;35 discussed (i)&nbsp;a $125 million charge for asbestos-related liabilities for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018 that materially affected the Company&#146;s earnings from continuing operations and (ii)&nbsp;the reasons for the charge:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">For the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018, the Company&#146;s comprehensive legal review of its asbestos-related liabilities resulted in a $125 million charge.&#160; This charge was primarily due to factors impacting the increased likelihood of additional losses resulting from changes in the law, procedure, the expansion of judicial resources in certain jurisdictions, renewed attention to dockets of non-mesothelioma cases, and new information obtained about the Company&#146;s asbestos-related liability.</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The asbestos-related disclosure provided in the Company&#146;s MD&amp;A also included cross references to the &#147;Critical Accounting Estimates&#148; section and to Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In response to the first two bullets identified in the Staff&#146;s comment, as disclosed in Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company determined in the fourth quarter of 2018 that it was advantageous to accelerate the disposition of certain asbestos-related claims as part of the Company&#146;s de-risking and accelerated claim disposition strategy. This determination was made from the culmination of additional information the Company had obtained in late 2018 about higher estimated future claim volumes and values. To expand on the disclosure from page&nbsp;35 of the Form&nbsp;10-K excerpted above, this information related to factors that, in certain jurisdictions where the Company settles Asbestos Claims, impact the increased likelihood of additional asbestos-related losses, including (i)&nbsp;changes in substantive law and possible legislation that would adversely affect claiming patterns; (ii)&nbsp;changes in long-standing judicial procedure and processes, including and the re-introduction of punitive damages; (iii)&nbsp;the expansion of judicial resources, including an increase in the number of judges assigned to hear asbestos cases; and (iv)&nbsp;renewed attention to re-activating dockets of non-mesothelioma cases.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company respectfully submits to the Staff that as it started to receive the additional information discussed above, the Company enhanced its disclosures in its Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2017 and made further enhancements in its Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2018 to include language that future claims and legal costs could be impacted by successful attempts by plaintiffs leveraging a changing litigation environment to increase the volume of cases or claims presented or per-claim values. The Company also previously disclosed, and continues to disclose, that it is reasonably possible that it could incur a loss in excess of its existing asbestos-related liabilities due to successful attempts by plaintiffs to revive long-dormant inventories of non-mesothelioma cases.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The selected excerpts provided below from Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements on page&nbsp;88 further discussed the factors identified in the first two bullets of the Staff&#146;s comment that resulted in changes to the Company&#146;s estimate of its future asbestos-related liability:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">other external factors have affected lawsuit volume, claim volume, qualification rates, claim values, and related matters. Collectively, these variables generally have had the effect of increasing the Company&#146;s per-claim average indemnity payment over time.</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">The Company&#146;s estimates of its liability have been significantly affected by, among other factors, the volatility of asbestos-related litigation in the United States, the significant number of co-defendants that have filed for bankruptcy, changes in mortality rates, the inherent uncertainty of future disease incidence and claiming patterns against the Company, the significant expansion of the types of defendants that are now sued in this litigation, and the continuing changes in the extent to which these defendants participate in the resolution of cases in which the Company is also a defendant.</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The collective effect of changes in several of the factors described above and the additional information obtained by the Company in the fourth quarter of 2018 resulted in the $125 million charge for asbestos-related costs for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the &#147;Critical Accounting Estimates&#148; section also contained disclosure relevant to the third bullet identified in the Staff&#146;s comment. The following excerpts from Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements on page&nbsp;88 provided additional detail regarding how the Company determined the amount of the charge:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">The material components of the Company&#146;s total accrued liability are determined by the Company in connection with its annual comprehensive legal review and consist of the following estimates, to the extent it is probable that such liabilities have been incurred and can be reasonably estimated: (i)&nbsp;the liability for Asbestos Claims already asserted against the Company; (ii)&nbsp;the liability for Asbestos Claims not yet asserted against the Company; and (iii)&nbsp;the legal defense costs estimated to be incurred in connection with the Asbestos Claims already asserted and those Asbestos Claims the Company believes will be asserted.</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">As part of its annual comprehensive legal review, the Company provides historical Asbestos Claims&#146; data to a third party with expertise in determining the impact of disease incidence and mortality on future filing trends to develop information to assist the Company in estimating the total number of future Asbestos Claims likely to be asserted against the Company. The Company uses this estimate, along with an estimation of disposition costs and related legal costs, as inputs to develop its best estimate of its total probable liability. If the results of the annual comprehensive legal review indicate that the existing amount of the accrued liability is lower (higher) than its reasonably estimable asbestos-related costs,</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">then the Company will record an appropriate charge (credit) to the Company&#146;s results of operations to increase (decrease) the accrued liability.</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As a result of the Company&#146;s evaluation of its asbestos-related liabilities in the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company compared the value of the liability it had previously recorded for these claims to the new estimated claim amounts and recorded an adjustment to the liability for the difference. The assessment of the foregoing items resulted in a change in estimate of the Company&#146;s asbestos-related liability and a $125 million net charge recorded in the fourth quarter 2018.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Finally, in response to the Staff&#146;s fourth bullet regarding whether the Company considered including updated claims activity roll-forwards in Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q, the Company notes that a large volume of the Company&#146;s claim dispositions have historically occurred in the fourth quarter of each year, and the negotiations for these dispositions have also usually occurred later in the year. As a result, the Company determined that the roll-forward provided in the Form&nbsp;10-K, detailing the year-over-year change in claim activity, appropriately provided information that is material to investors and that a quarterly roll-forward of claim activity would not provide material information to investors.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As detailed above, the Company believes that the disclosure it provided in its MD&amp;A regarding Asbestos Claims and asbestos-related liability (including the cross-referenced disclosure in Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements and &#147;Critical Accounting Estimates&#148;), fully satisfies the requirements of Item 303 of Regulation S-K and focuses on material information while eliminating immaterial information, consistent with the Commission&#146;s interpretive guidance relating to MD&amp;A disclosure.</font></p>
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