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Significant Operating and Nonoperating Items

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Significant Operating and Nonoperating Items
9 Months Ended
Sep. 25, 2020
Significant Operating and Nonoperating Items  
Significant Operating and Nonoperating Items SIGNIFICANT OPERATING AND NONOPERATING ITEMS
Other Operating Charges
During the three months ended September 25, 2020, the Company recorded other operating charges of $372 million. These charges primarily consisted of $332 million due to the Company's strategic realignment initiatives and $10 million related to the Company's productivity and reinvestment program. In addition, other operating charges included $18 million related to the remeasurement of our contingent consideration liability to fair value in conjunction with the fairlife acquisition and $12 million related to the restructuring of our manufacturing operations in the United States. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on the fairlife acquisition. Refer to Note 12 for additional information on the Company's strategic realignment initiatives and productivity and reinvestment program. Refer to Note 16 for the impact these charges had on our operating segments and Corporate.
During the nine months ended September 25, 2020, the Company recorded other operating charges of $747 million. These charges primarily consisted of $332 million related to the Company's strategic realignment initiatives and $71 million related to the Company's productivity and reinvestment program. In addition, other operating charges included impairment charges of $160 million related to the Odwalla trademark and charges of $35 million related to discontinuing the Odwalla juice business. Other operating charges also included an impairment charge of $55 million related to a trademark in North America, which was primarily driven by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, revised projections of future operating results and a change in brand focus in the Company's portfolio. Other operating charges also included $47 million related to the remeasurement of our contingent consideration liability to fair value in conjunction with the fairlife acquisition and $24 million related to the restructuring of our manufacturing operations in the United States. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on the fairlife acquisition. Refer to Note 12 for additional information on the Company's strategic realignment initiatives and productivity and reinvestment program. Refer to Note 15 for additional information on the impairment charges. Refer to Note 16 for the impact these charges had on our operating segments and Corporate.
During the three months ended September 27, 2019, the Company recorded other operating charges of $125 million. These charges primarily consisted of $61 million related to the Company's productivity and reinvestment program and $42 million related to the impairment of a trademark in Asia Pacific. In addition, other operating charges included $21 million for 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. Refer to Note 12 for additional information on the Company's productivity and reinvestment program. Refer to Note 15 for additional information on the trademark impairment charge. Refer to Note 16 for the impact these charges had on our operating segments and Corporate.
During the nine months ended September 27, 2019, the Company recorded other operating charges of $344 million. These charges primarily consisted of $184 million related to the Company's productivity and reinvestment program and $42 million related to the impairment of a trademark in Asia Pacific. In addition, other operating charges included $46 million of transaction costs associated with the purchase of Costa, which we acquired in January 2019, and $61 million for costs incurred to refranchise certain of our North America bottling operations. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on the acquisition of Costa. Refer to Note 12 for additional information on the Company's productivity and reinvestment program. Refer to Note 15 for additional information on the trademark impairment charge. Refer to Note 16 for the impact these charges had on our operating segments and Corporate.
Other Nonoperating Items
Interest Expense
During the three and nine months ended September 25, 2020, the Company recorded charges of $405 million related to the extinguishment of long-term debt. Refer to Note 7.
Equity Income (Loss) — Net
During the three and nine months ended September 25, 2020, the Company recorded net charges of $27 million and $128 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 27, 2019, the Company recorded net charges of $39 million and $107 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 16 for the impact these items had on our operating segments and Corporate.
Other Income (Loss) — Net
During the three months ended September 25, 2020, the Company recognized a net gain of $13 million related to realized and unrealized gains and losses on equity securities and trading debt securities as well as realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities. The Company also recorded other postretirement benefit plan curtailment charges of $11 million related to its strategic realignment initiatives. Refer to Note 4 for additional information on equity and debt securities. Refer to Note 12 for additional information on the Company's strategic realignment initiatives. Refer to Note 16 for the impact these items had on our operating segments and Corporate.
During the nine months ended September 25, 2020, the Company recognized a gain of $902 million in conjunction with the fairlife acquisition, which resulted from the remeasurement of our previously held equity interest in fairlife to fair value and a gain of $18 million related to the sale of a portion of our ownership interest in one of our equity method investments. These gains were partially offset by a net loss of $55 million related to economic hedging activities, an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $38 million related to one of our equity method investees in Latin America and an impairment charge of $26 million associated with an investment in an equity security without a readily determinable fair value, which were primarily driven by revised projections of future operating results. The Company also recorded a charge of $21 million related to the restructuring of our manufacturing operations in the United States, other postretirement benefit plan curtailment charges of $11 million related to the Company's strategic realignment initiatives, and a net loss of $127 million related to realized and unrealized gains and losses on equity securities and trading debt securities as well as realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on the fairlife acquisition. Refer to Note 4 for additional information on equity and debt securities. Refer to Note 6 for additional information on our economic hedging activities. Refer to Note 12 for additional information on the Company's strategic realignment initiatives. Refer to Note 15 for additional information on the impairment charges. Refer to Note 16 for the impact these items had on our operating segments and Corporate.
During the three months ended September 27, 2019, the Company recognized a gain of $739 million on the sale of a retail and office building in New York City. The Company also recognized a net gain of $38 million related to realized and unrealized gains and losses on equity securities and trading debt securities as well as realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities. In addition, the Company recorded an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $120 million related to Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc. ("CCBJHI"), an equity method investee, and other-than-temporary impairment charges of $255 million related to certain equity method investees in the Middle East. The Company also recorded net charges of $103 million primarily related to post-closing adjustments as contemplated by the related agreements associated with the refranchising of certain bottling territories in North America. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on refranchising activities. Refer to Note 4 for additional information on equity and debt securities. Refer to Note 15 for information on the impairment charges. Refer to Note 16 for the impact these items had on our operating segments and Corporate.
During the nine months ended September 27, 2019, the Company recognized a gain of $739 million on the sale of a retail and office building in New York City. The Company also recognized a net gain of $197 million related to realized and unrealized gains and losses on equity securities and trading debt securities as well as realized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities and a gain of $39 million related to the sale of a portion of our equity ownership interest in Andina. These gains were partially offset by other-than-temporary impairment charges of $406 million related to CCBJHI, an equity method investee, $255 million related to certain equity method investees in the Middle East, $57 million related to one of our equity method investees in North America and $49 million related to one of our equity method investees in Latin America. The Company also recorded an adjustment to reduce the carrying amount of CCBA's fixed assets and definite-lived intangible assets by $160 million and recognized a $121 million loss in conjunction with our acquisition of the remaining equity ownership interest in CHI. Additionally, the Company recognized net charges of $107 million primarily related to post-closing adjustments as contemplated by the related agreements associated with the refranchising of certain bottling territories in North America. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on the CCBA asset adjustment, refranchising activities, the acquisition of the remaining equity ownership interest in CHI and the sale of a portion of our equity ownership interest in Andina. Refer to Note 4 for additional information on equity and debt securities. Refer to Note 15 for additional information on the impairment charges. Refer to Note 16 for the impact these items had on our operating segments and Corporate.