ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

ACQUISITIONS

On January 18, 2022, the Company acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of US Digital Designs, Inc., a leading provider of technologies for first responders, for total consideration of $186 million. The business is included within the Honeywell Building Technologies reportable business segment. The Company completed a preliminary evaluation of the fair value of all the assets and liabilities acquired with US Digital Designs, Inc., which will be finalized during the first quarter of 2023. Management recorded intangible assets of $53 million and allocated $130 million to goodwill, which is deductible for tax purposes.

On November 29, 2021, Honeywell Quantum Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honeywell, and Cambridge Quantum Computing, a leading developer of quantum computing and quantum software, combined to form Quantinuum. Prior to closing the transaction, Honeywell held a 4.2% ownership interest in Cambridge Quantum Computing. At closing of the business combination, Honeywell contributed an additional $270 million of cash and is the controlling majority-owner of Quantinuum, with an overall 54% ownership in the business. Quantinuum is well positioned to lead the quantum computing industry by offering advanced, fully integrated hardware and software solutions at an unprecedented pace, scale, and level of performance to large high-growth markets worldwide. Quantinuum supports customer needs for improved computation in cyber security, drug discovery and delivery, material science, finance, and optimization across all major industrial markets. The business is included within Corporate and All Other, which is not a reportable business segment. The combination was accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting; as such, assets and liabilities of Quantinuum are consolidated by Honeywell and included in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Upon close of the transaction, Honeywell recorded a non-cash adjustment of $460 million in Additional paid-in capital in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as the contribution of ownership interest in Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum Computing for the formation of Quantinuum. In addition, Honeywell recognized a gain of $22 million related to the fair value remeasurement of Honeywell's existing 4.2% ownership interest in Cambridge Quantum Computing, which was recorded in Other (income) expense in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. At close of the transaction, the fair value of Cambridge Quantum Computing's noncontrolling interest in Quantinuum was $419 million. In December 2021, Cambridge Quantum Computing contributed cash of $12 million to Quantinuum, increasing their noncontrolling interest and decreasing Honeywell's additional paid-in capital. In the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company completed its evaluation of the fair value of all the assets and liabilities acquired. Management recorded intangible assets of $90 million and allocated $945 million to goodwill, which is non-deductible for tax purposes.

On February 12, 2021, the Company acquired 100% of the shares outstanding of Sparta Systems, a leading provider of enterprise quality management software for the life sciences industry, for $1,303 million. Sparta Systems is expected to further strengthen the Company's leadership in industrial automation, digital transformation solutions, and enterprise performance management software. The business is included within the Performance Materials and Technologies reportable business segment. The assets and liabilities acquired with Sparta Systems are included in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2021, including $383 million of intangible assets and $1,011 million allocated to goodwill, which is non-deductible for tax purposes.

During 2020, the Company acquired businesses for an aggregate cost (net of cash and debt assumed) of $261 million, which included the October 2020 acquisition of Rocky Research and the December 2020 acquisition of Sine Group. Rocky Research is a technology leader specializing in thermal, energy, and power management solutions and is included within the Aerospace reportable business segment. Sine Group offers a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) that handles visitor management, workplace, and supply chain solutions and is included in the Honeywell Building Technologies reportable business segment. The acquisitions of Rocky Research and Sine Group included approximately $167 million allocated to goodwill, which is non-deductible for tax purposes.

DIVESTITURES

In conjunction with the wind down of our businesses and operations in Russia (the Wind down), during 2022 the Company completed the sale of three entities domiciled in Russia in exchange for gross cash consideration of less than $1 million. The Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $22 million, which was recorded in Other (income) expense in the Consolidated Statement of Operations, driven by favorable foreign currency cumulative translation adjustment positions in the entities at the time of sale. The financial results of the entities were previously included in the Performance Materials and Technologies, Honeywell Building Technologies, and Safety and Productivity Solutions reportable business segments.

On March 15, 2021, the Company completed the sale of its retail footwear business in exchange for gross cash consideration of $230 million. The Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $95 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, which was recorded in Other (income) expense. The retail footwear business was previously included in the Safety and Productivity Solutions reportable business segment.

During 2020, there were no significant divestitures that closed individually or in the aggregate.