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Plant Relocation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 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. Title to the land and buildings will transfer to Fraport upon completion of certain activities as specified in the settlement agreement. Completion of those required activities is expected to occur no later than December 31, 2013. 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:
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
Total From
Inception
Through
June 30, 2013
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(In $ millions)
Deferred proceeds (1)

 

 
907

Costs expensed
4

 
2

 
117

Costs capitalized (2)
3

 
24

 
1,130

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 the land and buildings to Fraport, the deferred proceeds will be recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. Such proceeds will be reduced by assets of €6 million included in Property, plant and equipment, net and €103 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 $3 million and $11 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.