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Segment Information
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Segment Information  
Segment Information

1. Segment Information

Historically, the Company had three reportable segments and three operating segments based on its geographic locations: the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. These three segments are aligned with the Company’s internal approach to managing, reporting, and evaluating performance of its global glass operations. On July 31, 2020, the Company completed the sale of its Australia and New Zealand (“ANZ”) businesses, which comprised the majority of its businesses in the Asia Pacific region (approximately 85% of net sales in that region for the full year 2019), to Visy Industries Holdings Pty Ltd. (“Visy”).  After the sale of the ANZ businesses, the remaining businesses in the Asia Pacific region do not meet the criteria of an individually reportable segment. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the results of the Asia Pacific segment have been recast to reflect only the results of its ANZ businesses. For all historical periods discussed in this report, the sales and operating results of the other businesses that historically comprised the Asia Pacific segment, and that have been retained by the Company, have been reclassified to Other sales and Retained corporate costs and other, respectively. For asset reporting purposes, only the assets related to the ANZ businesses have been reported in the Asia Pacific segment, while the other businesses that historically comprised this segment and that have been retained by the Company have been reclassified to the Other assets line for all periods presented.

Certain assets and activities not directly related to one of the regions or to glass manufacturing are reported with Retained corporate costs and other. These include licensing, equipment manufacturing, global engineering, certain equity investments and the remaining businesses in the Asia Pacific region that do not meet the criteria of an individually reportable segment after the sale of the ANZ businesses. Retained corporate costs and other also includes certain headquarters administrative and facilities costs and certain incentive compensation and other benefit plan costs that are global in nature and are not allocable to the reportable segments.

The Company’s measure of profit for its reportable segments is segment operating profit, which consists of consolidated earnings (loss) before interest income, interest expense, and benefit (provision) for income taxes and excludes amounts related to certain items that management considers not representative of ongoing operations, as well as certain retained corporate costs. The Company’s management uses segment operating profit, in combination with net sales and selected cash flow information, to evaluate performance and to allocate resources. Segment operating profit for reportable segments includes an allocation of some corporate expenses based on both a percentage of sales and direct billings based on the costs of specific services provided. Segment operating profit is not a recognized term under U.S. GAAP and, therefore, does not purport to be an alternative to earnings (loss) before income taxes. Further, the Company's measure of segment operating profit may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

Financial information for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 regarding the Company’s reportable segments is as follows:

    

Three months ended March 31,

2021

 

2020

 

Net sales:

Americas

$

837

$

831

Europe

 

639

576

Asia Pacific

 

123

Reportable segment totals

 

1,476

 

1,530

Other

24

31

Net sales

$

1,500

$

1,561

Three months ended March 31,

    

2021

    

2020

 

Segment operating profit:

Americas

$

100

$

103

Europe

 

75

 

61

Asia Pacific

 

 

12

Reportable segment totals

 

175

 

176

Items excluded from segment operating profit:

Retained corporate costs and other

(35)

(28)

Charge related to Paddock support agreement liability

(154)

Charge for deconsolidation of Paddock

(14)

Interest expense, net

(51)

(53)

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

$

(65)

$

81

Financial information regarding the Company’s total assets is as follows:

March 31,

December 31,

March 31,

    

2021

2020

2020

Total assets:

Americas

 

$

4,755

 

$

4,927

 

$

4,693

Europe

 

3,536

 

3,507

 

3,290

Asia Pacific

 

 

 

608

Reportable segment totals

 

8,291

 

8,434

 

8,591

Other

 

534

448

913

Consolidated totals

 

$

8,825

 

$

8,882

 

$

9,504