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RESTRUCTURING, IMPAIRMENT AND PLANT CLOSING COSTS (Tables)

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RESTRUCTURING, IMPAIRMENT AND PLANT CLOSING COSTS (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
RESTRUCTURING, IMPAIRMENT AND PLANT CLOSING COSTS  
Accrued restructuring, impairment and plant closing costs by type of cost and initiative

 

        As of December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, accrued restructuring, impairment and plant closing costs by type of cost and initiative consisted of the following (dollars in millions):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Workforce
reductions(1)

 

Demolition and
decommissioning

 

Non-cancelable
lease costs

 

Other
restructuring
costs

 

Total(2)

 

Accrued liabilities as of January 1, 2013

 

$

90

 

$

 

$

15

 

$

 

$

105

 

2013 charges for 2012 and prior initiatives

 

 

32

 

 

16

 

 

53

 

 

20

 

 

121

 

2013 charges for 2013 initiatives

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

36

 

Reversal of reserves no longer required

 

 

(22

)

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

 

(26

)

2013 payments for 2012 and prior initiatives

 

 

(66

)

 

(16

)

 

(3

)

 

(19

)

 

(104

)

2013 payments for 2013 initiatives

 

 

(10

)

 

 

 

 

 

(8

)

 

(18

)

Net activity of discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

 

(3

)

Foreign currency effect on liability balance

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

2

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2013

 

 

52

 

 

 

 

60

 

 

1

 

 

113

 

Adjustment to Pigments & Additives opening balance sheet liabilities

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

2014 charges for 2013 and prior initiatives

 

 

37

 

 

7

 

 

4

 

 

17

 

 

65

 

2014 charges for 2014 initiatives

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

64

 

Reversal of reserves no longer required

 

 

(4

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

(5

)

2014 payments for 2013 and prior initiatives

 

 

(58

)

 

(7

)

 

(8

)

 

(13

)

 

(86

)

2014 payments for 2014 initiatives

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

(2

)

Net activity of discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

(2

)

Foreign currency effect on liability balance

 

 

(4

)

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

 

(10

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2014

 

 

87

 

 

 

 

48

 

 

3

 

 

138

 

Adjustment to Pigments & Additives opening balance sheet liabilities

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

2015 charges for 2014 and prior initiatives

 

 

71

 

 

24

 

 

15

 

 

23

 

 

133

 

2015 charges for 2015 initiatives

 

 

58

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

67

 

Reversal of reserves no longer required

 

 

(7

)

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

 

(13

)

2015 payments for 2014 and prior initiatives

 

 

(68

)

 

(8

)

 

(17

)

 

(21

)

 

(114

)

2015 payments for 2015 initiatives

 

 

(26

)

 

(1

)

 

 

 

(8

)

 

(35

)

Foreign currency effect on liability balance

 

 

(7

)

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

(9

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2015

 

$

109

 

$

16

 

$

38

 

$

5

 

$

168

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  


 

 

 

(1)          

The total workforce reduction reserves of $109 million relate to the termination of 1,057 positions, of which 972 positions had not been terminated as of December 31, 2015.

(2)          

In December 2015, we prepaid $49 million of severance and other restructuring costs related to restructuring programs in our Pigments and Additives, Textile Effects and Performance Products segments. Certain of the severance costs were prepaid to a third party who will distribute the severance payments to affected employees when they are terminated in 2016.

(3)          

Accrued liabilities remaining at December 31, 2015 and 2014 by year of initiatives were as follows (dollars in millions):

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

2013 initiatives and prior

 

$

68 

 

$

75 

 

2014 initiatives

 

 

75 

 

 

63 

 

2015 initiatives

 

 

25 

 

 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total

 

$

168 

 

$

138 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

Accrued liabilities by initiative

Accrued liabilities remaining at December 31, 2015 and 2014 by year of initiatives were as follows (dollars in millions):

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

2013 initiatives and prior

 

$

68 

 

$

75 

 

2014 initiatives

 

 

75 

 

 

63 

 

2015 initiatives

 

 

25 

 

 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total

 

$

168 

 

$

138 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

Details with respect to reserves for restructuring, impairment and plant closing costs, provided by segment and initiative

 

        Details with respect to our reserves for restructuring, impairment and plant closing costs are provided below by segment and initiative (dollars in millions):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Polyurethanes

 

Performance
Products

 

Advanced
Materials

 

Textile
Effects

 

Pigments and
Additives

 

Discontinued
Operations

 

Corporate
& Other

 

Total

 

Accrued liabilities as of January 1, 2013

 

$

27

 

$

 

$

27

 

$

42

 

$

1

 

$

6

 

$

2

 

$

105

 

2013 charges for 2012 and prior initiatives

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

38

 

 

73

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

121

 

2013 charges for 2013 initiatives

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

36

 

Reversal of reserves no longer required

 

 

(9

)

 

 

 

(8

)

 

(9

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(26

)

2013 payments for 2012 and prior initiatives

 

 

(14

)

 

 

 

(45

)

 

(41

)

 

(3

)

 

 

 

(1

)

 

(104

)

2013 payments for 2013 initiatives

 

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

(10

)

 

(18

)

Net activity of discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

 

(3

)

Foreign currency effect on liability balance

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

2

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2013

 

 

9

 

 

10

 

 

12

 

 

68

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

9

 

 

113

 

Adjustment to Pigments & Additives opening balance sheet liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

2014 charges for 2013 and prior initiatives

 

 

2

 

 

23

 

 

10

 

 

13

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

65

 

2014 charges for 2014 initiatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

6

 

 

57

 

 

 

 

 

 

64

 

Reversal of reserves no longer required

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

(2

)

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

(5

)

2014 payments for 2013 and prior initiatives

 

 

(3

)

 

(22

)

 

(14

)

 

(25

)

 

(4

)

 

 

 

(18

)

 

(86

)

2014 payments for 2014 initiatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

Net activity of discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

(2

)

Foreign currency effect on liability balance

 

 

(1

)

 

(2

)

 

(1

)

 

(6

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2014

 

 

6

 

 

9

 

 

5

 

 

54

 

 

59

 

 

1

 

 

4

 

 

138

 

Adjustment to Pigments & Additives opening balance sheet liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

2015 charges for 2014 and prior initiatives

 

 

2

 

 

3

 

 

1

 

 

42

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

133

 

2015 charges for 2015 initiatives

 

 

17

 

 

8

 

 

5

 

 

2

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

67

 

Reversal of reserves no longer required

 

 

(4

)

 

(1

)

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

(13

)

2015 payments for 2014 and prior initiatives

 

 

(4

)

 

(8

)

 

(2

)

 

(34

)

 

(59

)

 

 

 

(7

)

 

(114

)

2015 payments for 2015 initiatives

 

 

(11

)

 

(1

)

 

(5

)

 

(1

)

 

(16

)

 

 

 

(1

)

 

(35

)

Foreign currency effect on liability balance

 

 

(1

)

 

(1

)

 

 

 

(1

)

 

(6

)

 

 

 

 

 

(9

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2015

 

$

5

 

$

9

 

$

4

 

$

55

 

$

90

 

$

1

 

$

4

 

$

168

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Current portion of restructuring reserves

 

$

4

 

$

9

 

$

 

$

16

 

$

83

 

$

1

 

$

4

 

$

117

 

Long-term portion of restructuring reserve

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

39

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

51

 

 

Cash and noncash restructuring charges by initiative

 

        Details with respect to cash and noncash restructuring charges for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 by initiative are provided below (dollars in millions):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

Cash charges:

 

 

 

 

2015 charges for 2014 and prior initiatives

 

$

133

 

2015 charges for 2015 initiatives

 

 

67

 

Reversal of reserves no longer required

 

 

(13

)

Pension-related settlement charges

 

 

3

 

Accelerated depreciation

 

 

74

 

Other non-cash charges

 

 

38

 

​  

​  

Total 2015 Restructuring, Impairment and Plant Closing Costs

 

$

302

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Cash charges:

 

 

 

 

2014 charges for 2013 and prior initiatives

 

$

65

 

2014 charges for 2014 initiatives

 

 

64

 

Reversal of reserves no longer required

 

 

(5

)

Pension-related settlement charges

 

 

2

 

Non-cash charges

 

 

32

 

​  

​  

Total 2014 Restructuring, Impairment and Plant Closing Costs

 

$

158

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Cash charges:

 

 

 

 

2013 charges for 2012 and prior initiatives

 

$

121

 

2013 charges for 2013 initiatives

 

 

36

 

Reversal of reserves no longer required

 

 

(26

)

Pension-related settlement charges

 

 

7

 

Non-cash charges

 

 

13

 

​  

​  

Total 2013 Restructuring, Impairment and Plant Closing Costs

 

$

151

 

​  

​  

​  

​