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| ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES | ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES Acquisitions
Our Company’s acquisitions of businesses, equity method investments and nonmarketable securities totaled $153 million and $45 million during the nine months ended September 27, 2024 and September 29, 2023, respectively. In 2024, we invested $114 million in alternative energy limited partnerships. Refer to Note 15 for additional information on these investments.
Divestitures
Proceeds from disposals of businesses, equity method investments and nonmarketable securities during the nine months ended September 27, 2024 totaled $3,468 million, which primarily related to the refranchising of the Company’s bottling operations that were classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2023. Also included was the sale of our ownership interest in an equity method investee in Thailand, for which we received net cash proceeds of $718 million and recognized a net gain of $506 million, including the impact of post-closing adjustments. We also sold a portion of our interest in Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. (“Coke Consolidated”), an equity method investee, to Coke Consolidated, for which we received cash proceeds of $554 million and recognized a net gain of $338 million. These gains were recorded in the line item other income (loss) — net in our consolidated statements of income.
Proceeds from disposals of businesses, equity method investments and nonmarketable securities during the nine months ended September 29, 2023 totaled $327 million, which primarily related to the sale of our ownership interest in an equity method investee in Indonesia to Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc (“CCEP”), an equity method investee, for which we received cash proceeds of $302 million and recognized a net gain of $12 million. The Company also refranchised its bottling operations in Vietnam in January 2023 and recognized a net gain of $439 million as a result of the sale. The Company received the related cash proceeds of $823 million in December 2022. These gains were recorded in the line item other income (loss) — net in our consolidated statement of income.
Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale
As of December 31, 2023, the Company’s bottling operations in the Philippines, Bangladesh and certain territories in India met the criteria to be classified as held for sale. As a result, we were required to record the related assets and liabilities at the lower of carrying value or fair value less any costs to sell. As the fair values less any costs to sell exceeded the carrying values, the related assets and liabilities were recorded at their carrying values. These assets and liabilities were included in the Bottling Investments operating segment.
The Company refranchised its bottling operations in certain territories in India in January and February of 2024, for which we received net cash proceeds of $474 million and recognized a net gain of $290 million, including the impact of post-closing adjustments. The Company refranchised its bottling operations in Bangladesh to Coca-Cola İçecek A.Ş. (“CCI”), an equity method investee, in February 2024, for which we received net cash proceeds of $27 million and a note receivable of $29 million and recognized a net loss of $18 million, primarily due to the related reversal of cumulative translation adjustments. Additionally, in February 2024, the Company refranchised its bottling operations in the Philippines to CCEP and a local business partner, for which we received net cash proceeds of $1,652 million and recognized a net gain of $595 million,
including the impact of post-closing adjustments. These gains and losses were recorded in the line item other income (loss) — net in our consolidated statement of income.
The following table presents information related to the major classes of assets and liabilities that were classified as held for sale and were included in the line items prepaid expenses and other current assets and accounts payable and accrued expenses, respectively, in our consolidated balance sheet (in millions):
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