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Restructuring and Related Implementation Charges
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring and Related Implementation Charges
Restructuring and Related Implementation Charges
 
In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company commenced a four-year Global Growth and Efficiency Program (the 2012 Restructuring Program) for sustained growth. The program’s initiatives are expected to help Colgate ensure continued solid worldwide growth in unit volume, organic sales and earnings per share and enhance its global leadership positions in its core businesses.

Implementation of the 2012 Restructuring Program is projected to result in cumulative pretax charges, once all phases are approved and implemented, totaling between $1,100 and $1,250 ($775 and $875 aftertax), which are currently estimated to be comprised of the following categories: Employee-Related Costs, including severance, pension and other termination benefits (50%); asset-related costs, primarily Incremental Depreciation and Asset Impairments (15%); and Other charges, which include contract termination costs, consisting primarily of implementation-related charges resulting directly from exit activities (20%) and the implementation of new strategies (15%). The anticipated pretax charges for 2013 are expected to amount to approximately $260 to $310 ($185 to $220 aftertax). Over the course of the 2012 Restructuring Program, it is estimated that approximately 75% of the charges will result in cash expenditures.

It is expected that the cumulative pretax charges, once all projects are approved and implemented, will relate to initiatives undertaken in North America (15%), Europe/South Pacific (20%), Latin America (5%), Greater Asia/Africa (10%), Hill’s Pet Nutrition (15%) and Corporate (35%), which includes substantially all of the costs related to the implementation of new strategies, noted above, on a global basis.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, restructuring and implementation-related charges are reflected in the income statement as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2013
June 30, 2013
Cost of sales
$
10

$
18

Selling, general and administrative expenses
14

22

Other (income) expense, net
78

128

Total 2012 Restructuring Program charges, pretax
$
102

$
168

 
 


Total 2012 Restructuring Program charges, aftertax
$
79

$
131



Restructuring and related implementation charges in the preceding table are recorded in the Corporate segment as these initiatives are predominantly centrally directed and controlled and are not included in internal measures of segment operating performance. Total charges for the 2012 Restructuring Program for the three months ended June 30, 2013 relate to initiatives undertaken in North America (35%), Europe/South Pacific (42%), Greater Asia/Africa (3%), Hill’s Pet Nutrition (4%) and Corporate (16%). Total charges for the 2012 Restructuring Program for the six months ended June 30, 2013 relate to initiatives undertaken in North America (21%), Europe/South Pacific (38%), Latin America (6%), Greater Asia/Africa (4%), Hill's Pet Nutrition (4%) and Corporate (27%). Total program-to-date accumulated charges for the 2012 Restructuring Program relate to initiatives undertaken in North America (15%), Europe/South Pacific (44%), Latin America (4%), Greater Asia/Africa (3%), Hill's Pet Nutrition (3%) and Corporate (31%).

Since the inception of the 2012 Restructuring Program in the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company has incurred pretax cumulative charges of $257 ($201 aftertax) in connection with the implementation of various projects as follows:
 
Cumulative Charges
 
as of June 30, 2013
Employee-Related Costs
$
164

Incremental Depreciation
15

Asset Impairments
1

Other
77

Total
$
257



The majority of costs incurred since inception relate to the following projects: the closing of the Morristown, New Jersey personal care facility; the simplification and streamlining of the Company's research and development capabilities and oral care supply chain, both in Europe; the restructuring of certain commercial operations in advance of implementing an overall hubbing strategy; and other exit costs related to office consolidation.

The following table summarizes the activity for the restructuring and implementation-related charges discussed above and the related accrual:
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2013
 
 
Employee-Related
Costs
 
 
Incremental
Depreciation
 
 
Asset
Impairments 
 
 
Other 
 
 
Total 
 
Balance at March 31, 2013
 
$
95

 
$

 
$

 
$
28

 
$
123

Charges
 
71

 
9

 
1

 
21

 
102

Cash payments
 
(8
)
 

 

 
(18
)
 
(26
)
Charges against assets
 
(17
)
 
(9
)
 
(1
)
 

 
(27
)
Foreign exchange
 

 

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2013
 
$
141

 
$

 
$

 
$
31

 
$
172



 
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2013
 
 
Employee-Related
Costs
 
 
Incremental
Depreciation
 
 
Asset
Impairments
 
 
Other
 
 
Total
 
Balance at December 31, 2012
 
$
84

 
$

 
$

 
$
5

 
$
89

Charges
 
86

 
15

 
1

 
66

 
168

Cash payments
 
(12
)
 

 

 
(40
)
 
(52
)
Charges against assets
 
(17
)
 
(15
)
 
(1
)
 

 
(33
)
Foreign exchange
 

 

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2013
 
$
141

 
$

 
$

 
$
31

 
$
172



Employee-related costs primarily include severance and other termination benefits and are calculated based on long-standing benefit practices, local statutory requirements and, in certain cases, voluntary termination arrangements. Employee-related costs also include pension and other retiree benefit enhancements amounting to $17 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, which are reflected as Charges against assets within Employee-related costs in the preceding tables as the corresponding balance sheet amounts are reflected as a reduction of pension assets or an increase in pension and other retiree benefit liabilities.

Incremental depreciation is recorded to reflect changes in useful lives and estimated residual values for long-lived assets that will be taken out of service prior to the end of their normal service period. Asset impairments are recorded to write down assets held for sale or disposal to their fair value based on amounts expected to be realized. Charges against assets within Asset impairments are net of cash proceeds pertaining to the sale of certain assets.

Other charges consist primarily of implementation-related charges resulting directly from exit activities and the implementation of new strategies as a result of the 2012 Restructuring Program. These charges for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 included third-party incremental costs related to the development and implementation of new business and strategic initiatives of $13 and $24, respectively, and contract termination costs of $8 and $19, respectively, directly related to the 2012 Restructuring Program. These charges were expensed as incurred. These charges, for the six months ended June 30, 2013, also included a charge for other exit costs related to office space consolidation of $23.