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Assets held for sale and divestitures
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Assets held for sale and divestitures
3. Assets held for sale and divestitures
In November 2023, the Company entered into a sales agreement with SigmaRoc plc to divest of its Lime operations in Europe for consideration of $1.1 billion. The transaction was structured in three phases. The first phase of the transaction, comprising the Company’s Lime operations in Germany, Czech Republic and Ireland, closed on January 1, 2024 and the second phase comprising the operations in the United Kingdom, closed on March 27, 2024. The third phase, comprising the operations in Poland previously classified as held for sale, closed on August 30, 2024. In total, the divestiture resulted in a pretax gain of $163 million which is included in Other nonoperating income, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The results of the divested operations and the gain on divestiture are reported in the Europe Materials Solutions segment.