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Significant Operating and Nonoperating Items

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Significant Operating and Nonoperating Items
9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2017
Significant Operating and Nonoperating Items  
Significant Operating and Nonoperating Items
SIGNIFICANT OPERATING AND NONOPERATING ITEMS
Other Operating Charges
During the three months ended September 29, 2017, the Company recorded other operating charges of $360 million. These charges primarily consisted of $213 million related to costs incurred to refranchise certain of our North America bottling operations. Costs related to refranchising include, among other items, internal and external costs for individuals directly working on the refranchising efforts, severance and costs associated with the implementation of information technology systems to facilitate consistent data standards and availability throughout our North America bottling system. In addition, other operating charges included $129 million related to the Company's productivity and reinvestment program and $18 million related to tax litigation expense. Refer to Note 11 for additional information on the Company's productivity, integration and restructuring initiatives. Refer to Note 15 for the impact these charges had on our operating segments.
During the nine months ended September 29, 2017, the Company recorded other operating charges of $1,491 million. These charges primarily consisted of $737 million of CCR asset impairments and $355 million related to the Company's productivity and reinvestment program. In addition, other operating charges included $314 million related to costs incurred to refranchise certain of our bottling operations, $43 million related to tax litigation expense and $34 million related to impairments of Venezuelan intangible assets. Refer to Note 1 for additional information about the Venezuelan intangible assets and Note 14 for information on how the Company determined the asset impairment charges. Refer to Note 11 for additional information on the Company's productivity, integration and restructuring initiatives. Refer to Note 15 for the impact these charges had on our operating segments.
During the three months ended September 30, 2016, the Company incurred other operating charges of $222 million. These charges primarily consisted of a charge of $76 million due to the write-down we recorded related to our receivables from our bottling partner in Venezuela due to changes in exchange rates and charges of $73 million related to costs incurred to refranchise certain of our North America bottling territories. These costs include, among other items, internal and external costs for individuals directly working on the refranchising efforts, severance and costs associated with the implementation of information technology systems to facilitate consistent data standards and availability throughout the North America bottling system. In addition, the Company recorded charges of $59 million due to the Company's productivity and reinvestment program. Refer to Note 1 for additional information on the Venezuelan exchange rates and Note 11 for additional information on the Company's productivity, integration and restructuring initiatives. Refer to Note 15 for the impact these charges had on our operating segments.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company incurred other operating charges of $830 million. These charges primarily consisted of $187 million due to the Company's productivity and reinvestment program and $240 million due to the integration of our German bottling operations. In addition, the Company recorded charges of $170 million related to costs incurred to refranchise certain of our North America bottling territories. The Company also recorded a charge of $100 million related to a cash contribution we made to The Coca-Cola Foundation, a charge of $76 million due to the write-down we recorded related to our receivables from our bottling partner in Venezuela due to changes in exchange rates, and charges of $37 million related to noncapitalizable transaction costs associated with pending and closed transactions. Refer to Note 11 for additional information on the Company's productivity, integration and restructuring initiatives and Note 1 for additional information on the Venezuelan exchange rates. Refer to Note 15 for the impact these charges had on our operating segments.
Other Nonoperating Items
Interest Expense
During the nine months ended September 29, 2017, the Company recorded a net charge of $38 million related to the extinguishment of long-term debt. Refer to Note 6.
Equity Income (Loss) — Net
During the three and nine months ended September 29, 2017, the Company recorded net charges of $16 million and $37 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company recorded net charges of $14 million and $35 million, respectively. These amounts represent the Company's proportionate share of significant operating and nonoperating items recorded by certain of our equity method investees. Refer to Note 15 for the impact these items had on our operating segments.
Other Income (Loss) — Net
During the three months ended September 29, 2017, the Company recorded charges of $762 million due to the refranchising of certain bottling territories in North America and charges of $72 million primarily related to payments made to convert the bottling agreements for certain North America bottling partners' territories to a single form of CBA with additional requirements. The Company also recorded an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $50 million related to one of our international equity method investees, primarily driven by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. These charges were partially offset by a gain of $79 million related to the refranchising of our remaining China bottling operations and related cost method investment. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on the refranchising of our China bottling operations, North America refranchising and the conversion payments. Refer to Note 15 for the impact these items had on our operating segments.
During the nine months ended September 29, 2017, the Company recognized a net charge of $1,473 million due to the refranchising of certain bottling territories in North America and charges of $287 million primarily related to payments made to convert the bottling agreements for certain North America bottling partners' territories to a single form of CBA with additional requirements. The Company also recorded an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $50 million related to one of our international equity method investees, primarily driven by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. Additionally, the Company incurred a charge of $26 million related to our former German bottling operations. These charges were partially offset by a gain of $445 million related to the integration of CCW and CCEJ to establish CCBJI. In exchange for our previously existing equity interests in CCW and CCEJ, we received an approximate 17 percent equity interest in CCBJI. The Company also recognized a gain of $88 million related to the refranchising of our China bottling operations and related cost method investment and a gain of $25 million as a result of Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. ("Coca-Cola FEMSA"), an equity method investee, issuing additional shares of its stock during the period at a per share amount greater than the carrying value of the Company's per share investment. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on the North America refranchising, the conversion payments and the refranchising of our China bottling operations. Refer to Note 15 for the impact these items had on our operating segments.
During the three months ended September 30, 2016, the Company recognized losses of $1,089 million due to the refranchising of certain bottling territories in North America and a loss of $21 million due to the deconsolidation of our South African bottling operations in exchange for investments in CCBA and CCBA's South African subsidiary. Additionally, the Company incurred charges of $17 million related to payments made to convert the bottling agreements for certain North America bottling partners' territories to a single form of CBA with additional requirements. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on the North America refranchising, the deconsolidation of our South African bottling operations and the conversion payments. Refer to Note 15 for the impact these items had on our operating segments.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company recognized a gain of $1,323 million due to the deconsolidation of our German bottling operations and a gain of $18 million resulting from the Company's disposal of its investment in Keurig. These gains were offset by losses of $1,657 million due to the refranchising of certain bottling territories in North America and a loss of $21 million due to the deconsolidation of our South African bottling operations in exchange for investments in CCBA and CCBA's South African subsidiary. Additionally, the Company incurred charges of $17 million related to payments made to convert the bottling agreements for certain North America bottling partners' territories to a single form of CBA with additional requirements. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on the deconsolidation of our German bottling operations, the Keurig investment disposal, the deconsolidation of our South African bottling operations, the North America refranchising and the conversion payments. Refer to Note 15 for the impact these items had on our operating segments.