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Intangible Assets, Net
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net  
Intangible Assets, Net

12.    Intangible Assets, Net

September 30,

December 31,

($ in millions)

    

2022

    

2021

Acquired customer relationships and other intangibles (net of accumulated amortization and impairment losses of $857 million at September 30, 2022, and $862 million at December 31, 2021)

$

1,317

$

1,593

Capitalized software (net of accumulated amortization of $197 million at September 30, 2022, and $187 million at December 31, 2021)

75

74

Other intangibles (net of accumulated amortization of $97 million at September 30, 2022, and $97 million at December 31, 2021)

18

21

$

1,410

$

1,688

Total amortization expense of intangible assets amounted to $40 million and $45 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $124 million and $135 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

As discussed in Note 4, in the second quarter of 2022, Ball recorded a non-cash impairment charge related to its Russian long-lived asset group, of which $131 million related to acquired customer relationships and other intangibles associated with the company’s Russian aluminum beverage packaging business, which resulted in fully impairing the assets which were subsequently disposed through the sale of the Russia aluminum beverage packaging business. See Note 4 for further details.