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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Variable Interest Entities [Abstract] |
VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES | VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES Variable Interest Entities As of September 30, 2025, the fair value of the Timber Notes and Extension Loans for the 2007 Financing Entities was $2.4 billion and $2.1 billion, respectively. The Timber Notes and Extension Loans are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy, which is further defined in Note 1 in the Company’s Annual Report. The Timber Notes of $2.3 billion and the Extension Loans of $2.1 billion both mature in 2027 and are shown in Long-term nonrecourse financial assets of variable interest entities and Long-term nonrecourse financial liabilities of variable interest entities, respectively, on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. Activity between the Company and the 2007 Financing Entities was as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
In millions | 2025 |  | 2024 | 2025 |  | 2024 |
Revenue (a) | $ | 33 |  |  | $ | 39 |  | $ | 98 |  |  | $ | 116 |  |
Expense (b) | 28 |  |  | 33 |  | 87 |  |  | 103 |  |
Cash receipts (c) | 28 |  |  | 34 |  | 85 |  |  | 102 |  |
Cash payments (d) | 27 |  |  | 32 |  | 83 |  |  | 98 |  |
(a)The revenue is included in interest expense, net in the accompanying statement of operations and includes approximately $5 million and $14 million for both the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 of accretion income for the amortization of the basis difference adjustment on the Long-term financial assets of variable interest entities. (b)The expense is included in interest expense, net in the accompanying statement of operations and includes approximately $2 million and $5 million for both the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 of accretion expense for the amortization of the basis difference adjustment on the Long-term nonrecourse financial liabilities of variable interest entities. (c)The cash receipts are interest received on the Long-term financial assets of variable interest entities. (d)The cash payments are interest paid on Long-term nonrecourse financial liabilities of variable interest entities.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for a variable interest entity (VIE), including but not limited to, judgments and assumptions in determining whether to consolidate and in identifying the primary beneficiary, gain (loss) recognized on the initial consolidation of the VIE, terms of arrangements, amounts and classification of the VIE's assets and liabilities, and the entity's maximum exposure to loss. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Topic 810 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/810/tableOfContent + Details
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