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Acquisitions and Divestitures

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Acquisitions and Divestitures
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Acquisitions and divestitures  
Acquisitions and Divestitures
Acquisitions and Divestitures
Acquisitions
During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, our Company's acquisition and investment activities totaled $310 million, which included our acquisition of the remaining ownership interest of Honest Tea, Inc. ("Honest Tea") not already owned by the Company. Prior to this transaction, the Company accounted for our investment in Honest Tea under the equity method of accounting. We remeasured our equity interest in Honest Tea to fair value upon the close of the transaction. The resulting gain on the remeasurement was not significant to our condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company anticipates finalizing our purchase accounting for the Honest Tea acquisition by the end of 2011. In addition, the Company's acquisition and investment activities included immaterial cash payments for the finalization of working capital adjustments related to our acquisition of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.'s ("CCE") North American business. Refer to our discussion of this transaction below.
During the nine months ended October 1, 2010, our Company's acquisition and investment activities totaled $1,798 million. The Company's acquisition and investment activities were primarily related to payments made by the Company to CCE in anticipation of the closing of our acquisition of CCE's North American business; our acquisition of OAO Nidan Juices ("Nidan"), a Russian juice company; and our additional investment in Fresh Trading Ltd. ("innocent"). Total consideration for the Nidan acquisition was $276 million, which was primarily allocated to property, plant and equipment, identifiable intangible assets and goodwill. Under the terms of the agreement for our additional investment in innocent, innocent's founders retained operational control of the business, and we continued to account for our investment under the equity method of accounting. Additionally, the Company and the existing shareowners of innocent have a series of outstanding put and call options for the Company to potentially acquire the remaining shares not already owned by the Company. The put and call options are exercisable in stages between 2013 and 2014.
Acquisition of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.'s North American Business
Pursuant to the terms of the business separation and merger agreement entered into on February 25, 2010, as amended (the "merger agreement"), on October 2, 2010 (the "acquisition date"), we acquired CCE's North American business, consisting of CCE's production, sales and distribution operations in the United States, Canada, the British Virgin Islands, the United States Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, and a substantial majority of CCE's corporate segment. Upon completion of the CCE transaction, we combined the management of the acquired North American business with the management of our existing foodservice business; Minute Maid and Odwalla juice businesses; North America supply chain operations; and Company-owned bottling operations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, into a unified bottling and customer service organization called Coca-Cola Refreshments ("CCR"). In addition, we reshaped our remaining Coca-Cola North America ("CCNA") operations into an organization that primarily provides franchise leadership and consumer marketing and innovation for the North American market. As a result of the transaction and related reorganization, our North American businesses operate as aligned and agile organizations with distinct capabilities, responsibilities and strengths. We believe this acquisition will result in an evolved franchise system that will enable us to better serve the unique needs of the North American market. The creation of a unified operating system will strategically position us to better market and distribute our nonalcoholic beverage brands in North America. Refer to Note 11 for information related to the integration of this acquisition.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company acquired the 67 percent of CCE's North American business that was not already owned by the Company for consideration that included: (1) the Company's 33 percent indirect ownership interest in CCE's European operations; (2) cash consideration; and (3) replacement awards issued to certain current and former employees of CCE's North American and corporate operations. At closing, CCE shareowners other than the Company exchanged their CCE common stock for common stock in a new entity, which was renamed Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. (which is referred to herein as "New CCE") and which continues to hold the European operations held by CCE prior to the acquisition. At closing, New CCE became 100 percent owned by shareowners that held shares of common stock of CCE immediately prior to the closing, other than the Company. As a result of this transaction, the Company does not own any interest in New CCE.
In addition, we granted New CCE the right to negotiate the acquisition of our majority interest in our German bottling operation, Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetraenke AG ("CCEAG"), 18 to 39 months after the date of the merger agreement, at the then current fair value and subject to terms and conditions as mutually agreed.
The final purchase price of this acquisition was $6,895 million. The following table presents the final allocation of the purchase price by major class of assets and liabilities (in millions) as of the acquisition date, as well as adjustments made during the first nine months of 2011 (referred to as "measurement period adjustments"):
 
Amounts
Recognized as of
Acquisition Date1

 
Measurement
Period
Adjustments2

 
Amounts
Recognized as of
Acquisition Date
(as Adjusted)

Cash and cash equivalents
$
49

 
$

 
$
49

Marketable securities
7

 

 
7

Trade accounts receivable
1,194

 

 
1,194

Inventories
696

 

 
696

Other current assets3
744

 
(5
)
 
739

Property, plant and equipment3
5,385

 
(682
)
 
4,703

Bottlers' franchise rights with indefinite lives3
5,100

 
100

 
5,200

Other intangible assets3
1,032

 
45

 
1,077

Other noncurrent assets
261

 

 
261

Total identifiable assets acquired
14,468

 
(542
)
 
13,926

Accounts payable and accrued expenses3
1,826

 
8

 
1,834

Loans and notes payable
266

 

 
266

Long-term debt
9,345

 

 
9,345

Pension and other postretirement liabilities
1,313

 

 
1,313

Other noncurrent liabilities3
2,603

 
(293
)
 
2,310

Total liabilities assumed
15,353

 
(285
)
 
15,068

Net liabilities assumed
(885
)
 
(257
)
 
(1,142
)
Goodwill3
7,746

 
304

 
8,050

 
6,861

 
47

 
6,908

Less: Noncontrolling interests
13

 

 
13

Net assets acquired
$
6,848

 
$
47

 
$
6,895

1 As previously reported in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
2 The measurement period adjustments did not have a significant impact on our condensed consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011. In addition, these adjustments did not have a significant impact on our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2011, and December 31, 2010. Therefore, we have not retrospectively adjusted the comparative 2010 financial information presented herein.
3 The measurement period adjustments were due to the finalization of appraisals related to intangible assets and certain fixed assets and resulted in the following: a decrease to property, plant and equipment; an increase to franchise rights; and a decrease to noncurrent deferred tax liabilities. The net impact of the measurement period adjustments and the payments made to New CCE that related to the finalization of working capital adjustments resulted in a net increase to goodwill.
Divestitures
During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, proceeds from disposals of bottling companies and other investments totaled $468 million, primarily related to the sale of our investment in Coca-Cola Embonor, S.A. ("Embonor"), a bottling partner with operations primarily in Chile, for $394 million. Prior to this transaction, the Company accounted for our investment in Embonor under the equity method of accounting. Refer to Note 10. None of the Company's other divestitures was individually significant.
During the nine months ended October 1, 2010, proceeds from the disposal of bottling companies and other investments totaled $1,050 million, primarily related to the cash received in anticipation of the sale of all our ownership interests in Coca-Cola Drikker AS (the "Norwegian bottling operation") and Coca-Cola Drycker Sverige AB (the "Swedish bottling operation") to New CCE for $0.9 billion in cash. In addition to the proceeds related to the disposal of our Norwegian and Swedish bottling operations, our Company sold 50 percent of our investment in Leão Junior, S.A. ("Leão Junior"), a Brazilian tea company, for $83 million. Refer to Note 10.