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Acquisitions and Divestitures
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
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Acquisitions And Divestitures
Acquisitions and Divestitures

Acquisition

On October 3, 2014, the Company acquired an oral care business in Myanmar for $62 in cash plus additional consideration contingent upon achievement of performance targets under a distribution services agreement.

Sale of Land in Mexico

On September 13, 2011, the Company’s Mexican subsidiary entered into an agreement to sell to the United States of America (the “Purchaser”) the Mexico City site on which its commercial operations, technology center and soap production facility were located. The sale price is payable in three installments. During the third quarter of 2011, the Company received the first installment of $24 upon signing the agreement. During the third quarter of 2012, the Company received the second installment of $36. The final installment is due upon the transfer of the property, which is subject to the Company’s satisfaction of certain closing conditions relating to site preparation by March 20, 2015. While these conditions are not expected to be fully satisfied by March 20, 2015, in which case the Purchaser has several options under the agreement (including termination and the return to it of the first two installment payments), based on the transaction to date, the Company believes that the transfer of the property is likely to occur in 2015. The Company has reinvested the first two installments to relocate its soap production to a new state-of-the-art facility at its Mission Hills, Mexico site, to relocate its commercial and technology operations within Mexico City and to prepare the existing site for transfer. Exit costs incurred during the project primarily relate to staff leaving indemnities, accelerated depreciation and demolition to make the site building-ready. In 2014, 2013 and 2012 the Company recorded $4, $18 and $24 of pretax costs ($3, $12 and $18 of aftertax costs), respectively, related to the sale.