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Plant Relocation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Plant Relocation [Abstract]  
Plant Relocation
Plant Relocation
In November 2006, the Company finalized a settlement agreement with the Frankfurt, Germany Airport ("Fraport") that required the Company to cease operations at its Kelsterbach, Germany POM site and sell the site, including land and buildings, to Fraport, resolving several years of legal disputes related to the planned Fraport expansion. Under the original agreement, Fraport agreed to pay the Company a total of €670 million. The agreement requires the Company to complete certain activities no later than December 31, 2013 at which time title to the land and buildings will transfer to Fraport. The agreement did not require the proceeds from the settlement be used to build or relocate the existing POM operations; however, based on a number of factors, the Company built a new expanded production facility in the Frankfurt Hoechst Industrial Park in the Rhine Main area in Germany.
The Company received its final payment from Fraport of €110 million during the three months ended June 30, 2011 and ceased POM operations at the Kelsterbach, Germany site prior to July 31, 2011. In September 2011, the Company announced the opening of its new POM production facility in Frankfurt Hoechst Industrial Park, Germany.
A summary of the financial statement impact associated with the Kelsterbach plant relocation is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
Total from
inception
through
March 31, 2013
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(In $ millions)
Deferred proceeds (1)

 

 
907

Costs expensed
2

 

 
115

Costs capitalized (2)
2

 
13

 
1,129

Lease buyout

 

 
22

Employee termination benefits

 

 
8

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(1) 
Included in noncurrent Other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. Amounts reflect the US dollar equivalent at the time of receipt. Upon transfer of title to Fraport, the deferred proceeds will be recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. Such proceeds will be reduced by assets of €7 million included in Property, plant and equipment, net and €102 million included in noncurrent Other assets in the consolidated balance sheets, to be transferred to Fraport or otherwise disposed.
(2) 
Includes a decrease in accrued capital expenditures of $1 million and $8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.