Significant Transaction

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Significant Transaction [Abstract]

Significant Transaction

2.  Significant Transaction

Altium Packaging

On March 12, 2021, Loews Corporation entered into a definitive agreement to sell 47% of its interest in Altium Packaging to GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. On April 1, 2021, the transaction closed and Loews Corporation received approximately $420 million in cash consideration, subject to expenses and post-closing adjustments. Loews Corporation will share certain participating rights with GIC related to capital allocation and other decisions by Altium Packaging. Therefore, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810, “Consolidation,” Altium Packaging will be deconsolidated from Loews Corporation’s consolidated financial statements effective as of April 1, 2021. The assets and liabilities of Altium Packaging have been classified as held for sale at March 31, 2021, and a deferred tax liability of $35 million was recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2021. Assets held for sale of $1.8 billion primarily consist of property, plant and equipment of $0.5 billion, goodwill of $0.4 billion, intangible assets of $0.5 billion and other assets of $0.4 billion. Liabilities held for sale of $1.5 billion primarily consist of $1.1 billion of long term debt and other liabilities of $0.4 billion.

The transaction will result in a pretax gain of approximately $560 million to be recorded in the second quarter of 2021 and the retained 53% investment in Altium Packaging will initially be recorded at an estimated fair value of $475 million. The gain will be recorded in Investment gains (losses) on the Consolidated Condensed Statement of Operations. Effective April 1, 2021, Loews Corporation’s investment in Altium Packaging will be accounted for under the equity method of accounting.