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Subsequent Events
9 Months Ended
Oct. 01, 2017
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events

24.Subsequent Events

 

On October 2, 2017, the Company closed the following transactions and entered into the following agreements, each as described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8‑K filed with the SEC on October 4, 2017.

 

Acquisition of Arkansas Expansion Territory and Memphis and West Memphis Expansion Facilities in exchange for the Company’s Deep South and Somerset Territory and Mobile Facility (“CCR Exchange Transaction”)

 

On October 2, 2017, the Company (i) acquired from CCR certain of CCR’s exclusive rights, associated distribution assets and liabilities, and working capital relating to the distribution, promotion, marketing and sale of The Coca‑Cola Company-owned and -licensed beverage products and certain cross-licensed brands in territory located in central and southern Arkansas and two regional manufacturing facilities previously owned by CCR in Memphis, Tennessee and West Memphis, Arkansas and related manufacturing assets and certain associated liabilities (collectively, the “CCR Exchange Business”) in exchange for which the Company (ii) transferred to CCR certain of the Company’s exclusive rights, associated distribution assets and liabilities, and working capital relating to the distribution, promotion, marketing and sale of The Coca‑Cola Company-owned and -licensed beverage products and certain cross-licensed brands in territory located in portions of southern Alabama, southeastern Mississippi, southwestern Georgia and northwestern Florida and in and around Somerset, Kentucky, as well as a regional manufacturing facility previously owned by the Company in Mobile, Alabama and related manufacturing assets and certain associated liabilities (collectively, the “Deep South and Somerset Exchange Business”), pursuant to an asset exchange agreement between the Company, certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries and CCR dated September 29, 2017 (the “CCR Asset Exchange Agreement”).

 

During the third quarter of 2017, the Company paid CCR $16.9 million toward the closing of the CCR Exchange Transaction, representing an estimate of the difference between the value of the CCR Exchange Business acquired by the Company and the value of the Deep South and Somerset Exchange Business acquired by CCR, which such amount remains subject to final resolution pursuant to the CCR Asset Exchange Agreement. As it is impracticable at the time of the filing of this report, the Company has not yet completed the calculation to allocate the purchase price to the individual acquired assets and assumed liabilities or to determine the fair value associated with the acquired assets and assumed liabilities related to this transaction. Additionally, the Company has not completed the calculations to determine whether a gain or loss will occur as a result of the CCR Exchange Transaction, however, following the Company’s preliminary assessment, the Company expects to record a gain related to this transaction during the fourth quarter of 2017. This transaction will be accounted for as a business combination under FASB ASC 805.

 

The payment for the CCR Exchange Transaction reflects the agreement of the Company and The Coca‑Cola Company to apply the remaining $4.8 million of the aggregate valuation adjustment discount of $33.1 million on the purchase price for the Expansion Facilities (the “Expansion Facilities Discount”), pursuant to a letter agreement between them dated March 31, 2017 in connection with the Company’s acquisitions of the Expansion Facilities and the impact on transaction value from certain adjustments made by The Coca‑Cola Company to the authorized pricing under the Final RMA (as defined below) on sales of certain beverages produced by the Company at the Expansion Facilities and sold to The Coca‑Cola Company and certain U.S. Coca‑Cola bottlers (the “Manufacturing Facilities Letter Agreement”), representing the portion of the Expansion Facilities Discount applicable to the two Expansion Facilities acquired in the CCR Exchange Transaction. Following the closing of the CCR Exchange Transaction, no amounts remain outstanding under the Manufacturing Facilities Letter Agreement.

 

Acquisition of Memphis Expansion Territory (“Memphis Territory Acquisition”)

 

On October 2, 2017, the Company acquired from CCR certain of CCR’s rights, associated distribution assets and liabilities, and working capital relating to the distribution, promotion, marketing and sale of The Coca‑Cola Company-owned and -licensed beverage products as well as certain cross-licensed brands in and around Memphis, Tennessee (the “Memphis Territory”), including in portions of northwestern Mississippi and eastern Arkansas, pursuant to an asset exchange agreement between the Company and CCR dated September 29, 2017 (the “Memphis Purchase Agreement”).

 

During the third quarter of 2017, the Company paid CCR $39.6 million toward the closing of the Memphis Territory Acquisition, which represents the cash purchase price and remains subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Memphis Purchase Agreement. As it is impracticable at the time of the filing of this report, the Company has not yet completed the calculation to allocate the purchase price to the individual acquired assets and assumed liabilities or to determine the fair value associated with the acquired assets and assumed liabilities related to this transaction. This transaction will be accounted for as a business combination under FASB ASC 805.

 

Acquisition of Spartanburg and Bluffton Expansion Territory in exchange for the Company’s Florence and Laurel Territory and Piedmont’s Northeastern Georgia Territory (“United Exchange Transactions”)

 

On October 2, 2017, the Company and Piedmont Coca‑Cola Bottling Partnership, a non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Piedmont”), completed transactions in which (i) the Company acquired from Coca‑Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. (“United”), an independent bottler that is unrelated to the Company, certain of United’s exclusive rights, associated distribution assets and liabilities, and working capital relating to the distribution, promotion, marketing and sale of The Coca‑Cola Company-owned and -licensed beverage products and certain cross-licensed brands in territories located in and around Spartanburg, South Carolina and a portion of United’s territory located in and around Bluffton, South Carolina and Piedmont acquired from United similar rights, assets and liabilities, and working capital in the remainder of United’s Bluffton, South Carolina territory (collectively, the “United Distribution Business”), in exchange for which (ii) the Company transferred to United certain of the Company’s exclusive rights, associated distribution assets and liabilities, and working capital relating to the distribution, promotion, marketing and sale of The Coca‑Cola Company-owned and -licensed beverage products and certain cross-licensed brands in territory located in parts of northwestern Alabama, south-central Tennessee and southeastern Mississippi previously served by the Company’s distribution centers located in Florence, Alabama and Laurel, Mississippi (collectively, the “Florence and Laurel Distribution Business”) and Piedmont transferred to United similar rights, assets and liabilities, and working capital of Piedmont’s in territory located in parts of northeastern Georgia (the “Northeastern Georgia Distribution Business”), pursuant to an asset exchange agreement between the Company, certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries and United dated September 29, 2017 (the “United Asset Exchange Agreement”) and an asset exchange agreement between Piedmont and United dated September 29, 2017 (the “Piedmont – United Asset Exchange Agreement”). Each of the United Asset Exchange Agreement  and the Piedmont – United Asset Exchange Agreement provides that, to the extent the value of the portion of the United Distribution Business acquired by the Company or Piedmont, as applicable, is not equal to the value of the Florence and Laurel Distribution Business or the Northeastern Georgia Distribution Business, as applicable, acquired by United (as such values are finally determined under the United Asset Exchange Agreement or the Piedmont – United Asset Exchange Agreement), the party receiving assets and distribution rights with the greater value is obligated to make a cash payment to the other party equal to the difference between the values.

 

At closing, the Company and Piedmont paid United a net cash purchase price of $3.4 million, representing an estimate of (i) the difference between the value of the portion of the United Distribution Business acquired by the Company and the value of the Florence and Laurel Distribution Business acquired by United, plus (ii)  the difference between the value of the portion of the United Distribution Business acquired by Piedmont and the value of the Northeastern Georgia Distribution Business acquired by United, which such amounts remain subject to final resolution pursuant to the United Asset Exchange Agreement and the Piedmont – United Asset Exchange Agreement, respectively.

 

As it is impracticable at the time of the filing of this report, the Company has not yet completed the calculation to allocate the purchase price to the individual acquired assets and assumed liabilities or to determine the fair value associated with the acquired assets and assumed liabilities related to these transactions. Additionally, the Company has not completed the calculations to determine whether a gain or loss will occur as a result of the United Exchange Transactions, however, following the Company’s preliminary assessment, the Company expects to record a gain related to these transactions during the fourth quarter of 2017. These transactions will be accounted for as a business combination under FASB ASC 805.

 

Amendments to Final Comprehensive Beverage Agreements and Final Regional Manufacturing Agreement

 

On October 2, 2017, in connection with the CCR Exchange Transaction, the Memphis Territory Acquisition and the United Exchange Transactions (collectively, the “October 2017 Expansion Transactions”), (i) the Company, Piedmont and CCBC of Wilmington, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, entered into an amendment to comprehensive beverage agreements (the “CBA Amendment”) with The Coca‑Cola Company and CCR to amend each of the final comprehensive beverage agreements between The Coca‑Cola Company and CCR, on the one hand, and each of the Company, Piedmont and CCBC of Wilmington, Inc., on the other hand, and (ii) the Company and The Coca‑Cola Company entered into an amendment (the “RMA Amendment”) to the final regional manufacturing agreement among them dated March 31, 2017 (as amended, the “Final RMA”), each to reflect the effects of the October 2017 Expansion Transactions. In the CBA Amendment, the Company agreed to make a quarterly sub-bottling payment to CCR with respect to the Memphis Territory on a continuing basis, based on sales of certain beverages and beverage products that are sold under the same trademarks that identify a Covered Beverage, Related Product (as those terms are defined in the Final CBA) or certain cross-licensed brands. Summaries of the Final CBA and the Final RMA are provided in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 4, 2017 and the Company intends to file the CBA Amendment and the RMA Amendment with its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

 

As of October 1, 2017, the business being exchanged in the CCR Exchange Transaction, which is included in the Nonalcoholic Beverages segment, met the accounting guidance criteria to be classified as held for sale. As such, the Company evaluated the assets and liabilities to determine whether the carrying value exceeded the fair value less any costs to sell based on the agreed-upon sale price. No impairments were recorded as of October 1, 2017 and the aggregate assets and liabilities held for sale have been presented as separate line items in the consolidated condensed balance sheet. The business being exchanged in the CCR Exchange Transaction did not meet the accounting guidance criteria to be classified as discontinued operations. The remaining October 2017 Expansion Transactions were not considered material for additional disclosure.

 

Following is a summary of the CCR Exchange Transaction balances included in assets held for sale and liabilities held for sale:

 

(in thousands)

 

October 1, 2017

 

Inventories

 

$

12,479

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

1,608

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

38,412

 

Other assets

 

 

416

 

Goodwill

 

 

12,727

 

Distribution agreements, net

 

 

63,321

 

Total assets held for sale

 

$

128,963

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other accrued liabilities

 

$

5,306

 

Pension and postretirement benefit obligations

 

 

14,661

 

Total liabilities held for sale

 

$

19,967