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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

  x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014

OR

 

  ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number 1-16483

 

LOGO

Mondelēz International, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Virginia   52-2284372

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Three Parkway North,
Deerfield, Illinois
  60015
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 943-4000

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  x  

Accelerated filer  ¨

   Non-accelerated filer  ¨   Smaller reporting company  ¨
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

At October 31, 2014, there were 1,679,923,170 shares of the registrant’s Class A common stock outstanding.

 

 

 


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Mondelēz International, Inc.

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION   
Item 1.  

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

  
 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings
for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

     1   
 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings
for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

     2   
 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013

     3   
 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity
for the Year Ended December 31, 2013 and the
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014

     4   
 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 and 2013

     5   
 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

     6   
Item 2.  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     29   
Item 3.  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

     60   
Item 4.  

Controls and Procedures

     60   

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

  
Item 1.  

Legal Proceedings

     62   
Item 1A.  

Risk Factors

     62   
Item 2.  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     62   
Item 6.  

Exhibits

     63   
Signature      64   

In this report, for all periods presented, “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company” and “Mondelēz International” refer to Mondelēz International, Inc. and subsidiaries. References to “Common Stock” refer to our Class A common stock.

 

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

Mondelēz International, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings

(in millions of U.S. dollars, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

                                                                           
     For the Three Months Ended      For the Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,      September 30,  
     2014     2013      2014      2013  

Net revenues

   $ 8,337      $ 8,472       $ 25,414       $ 25,811   

Cost of sales

     5,195        5,328         15,963         16,194   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross profit

     3,142        3,144         9,451         9,617   

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     2,053        1,784         6,356         6,385   

Asset impairment and exit costs

     188        43         285         135   

Gains on acquisition and divestitures, net

                            (28

Amortization of intangibles

     48        55         157         164   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating income

     853        1,262         2,653         2,961   

Interest and other expense / (income)

     (227     218         717         732   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings before income taxes

     1,080        1,044         1,936         2,229   

Provision for income taxes

     178        26         242         67   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net earnings

     902        1,018         1,694         2,162   

Noncontrolling interest

     3        6         10         13   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net earnings attributable to Mondelēz International

   $ 899      $ 1,012       $ 1,684       $ 2,149   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Per share data:

          

Basic earnings per share attributable to
Mondelēz International

   $ 0.53      $ 0.57       $ 0.99       $ 1.21   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share attributable to
Mondelēz International

   $ 0.53      $ 0.56       $ 0.98       $ 1.20   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Dividends declared

   $ 0.15      $ 0.14       $ 0.43       $ 0.40   

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Mondelēz International, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings

(in millions of U.S. dollars)

(Unaudited)

 

                                                                           
     For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,     September 30,  
     2014     2013     2014     2013  

Net earnings

   $ 902      $ 1,018      $ 1,694      $ 2,162   

Other comprehensive earnings / (losses):

        

Currency translation adjustment:

        

Translation adjustment

     (1,755     774        (1,615     (928

Tax (expense) / benefit

     (147     39        (150     9   

Pension and other benefits:

        

Net actuarial gain / (loss) arising during period

     16        6        16        3   

Reclassification of (gains) / losses into
net earnings:

        

Amortization of experience losses and
prior service costs

     31        48        100        145   

Settlement losses / (gains)

     9        (2     25        3   

Tax (expense) / benefit

     (26     (11     (47     (37

Derivatives accounted for as hedges:

        

Net derivative gains / (losses)

     34        10        (78     133   

Reclassification of (gains) / losses into
net earnings

     (18     8        (22     52   

Tax (expense) / benefit

     14        (8     57        (65
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive earnings / (losses)

     (1,842     864        (1,714     (685

Comprehensive earnings / (losses)

     (940     1,882        (20     1,477   

less: Comprehensive earnings / (losses)
attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (15     10        (9     10   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive earnings / (losses)
attributable to Mondelēz International

   $ (925   $ 1,872      $ (11   $ 1,467   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Mondelēz International, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in millions of U.S. dollars, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

                                     
     September 30,     December 31,  
     2014     2013  

ASSETS

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $            1,704      $            2,664   

Receivables (net of allowances of $73 in 2014 and $86 in 2013)

     5,352        5,403   

Inventories, net

     4,122        3,743   

Deferred income taxes

     433        517   

Other current assets

     1,235        889   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     12,846        13,216   

Property, plant and equipment, net

     10,152        10,247   

Goodwill

     24,399        25,597   

Intangible assets, net

     21,110        21,994   

Prepaid pension assets

     65        54   

Other assets

     1,395        1,449   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

   $ 69,967      $ 72,557   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

    

Short-term borrowings

   $ 1,807      $ 1,636   

Current portion of long-term debt

     2,084        1,003   

Accounts payable

     5,184        5,345   

Accrued marketing

     1,920        2,318   

Accrued employment costs

     990        1,043   

Other current liabilities

     2,630        3,051   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     14,615        14,396   

Long-term debt

     13,988        14,482   

Deferred income taxes

     5,753        6,282   

Accrued pension costs

     1,826        1,962   

Accrued postretirement health care costs

     439        412   

Other liabilities

     2,390        2,491   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     39,011        40,025   

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 12)

    

EQUITY

    

Common Stock, no par value (1,996,537,778 shares issued in 2014 and 2013)

              

Additional paid-in capital

     31,612        31,396   

Retained earnings

     14,298        13,419   

Accumulated other comprehensive losses

     (4,584     (2,889

Treasury stock, at cost (316,781,314 shares at September 30, 2014 and
291,141,184 shares at December 31, 2013)

     (10,482     (9,553
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Mondelēz International Shareholders’ Equity

     30,844        32,373   

Noncontrolling interest

     112        159   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL EQUITY

     30,956        32,532   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

   $ 69,967      $ 72,557   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Mondelēz International, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity

(in millions of U.S. dollars, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

                                                                                                                                    
     Mondelēz International Shareholders’ Equity                
     Common
Stock
     Additional
Paid-in
Capital
     Retained
Earnings
     Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Earnings /
(Losses)
     Treasury
Stock
     Noncontrolling
Interest
     Total
Equity
 

Balances at January 1, 2013

   $       $ 31,548       $ 10,551       $ (2,666    $ (7,157    $ 140       $ 32,416   

Comprehensive earnings / (losses):

                    

Net earnings

                     3,915                         20         3,935   

Other comprehensive losses,
net of income taxes

                             (223                      (223

Exercise of stock options and issuance of other stock awards

             10         (97              343                 256   

Common Stock repurchased

             (161                      (2,739         (2,900

Cash dividends declared
($0.54 per share)

                     (950                              (950

Dividends paid on noncontrolling interest and other activities

             (1                              (1      (2
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balances at December 31, 2013

   $       $ 31,396       $ 13,419       $ (2,889    $ (9,553    $ 159       $ 32,532   

Comprehensive earnings / (losses):

                    

Net earnings

                     1,684                         10         1,694   

Other comprehensive losses,
net of income taxes

                             (1,695              (19      (1,714

Exercise of stock options and issuance of other stock awards

             232         (78              283                 437   

Common Stock repurchased

                                     (1,212              (1,212

Cash dividends declared
($0.43 per share)

                     (727                              (727

Dividends paid on noncontrolling interest and other activities

             (16                              (38      (54
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balances at September 30, 2014

   $       $ 31,612       $ 14,298       $ (4,584    $ (10,482    $ 112       $ 30,956   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Mondelēz International, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in millions of U.S. dollars)

(Unaudited)

 

                                     
     For the Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,  
     2014     2013  

CASH PROVIDED BY / (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES

    

Net earnings

   $ 1,694      $ 2,162   

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to operating cash flows:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     797        808   

Stock-based compensation expense

     104        98   

Deferred income tax benefit

     (255     (176

Gains on acquisition and divestitures, net

            (28

Asset impairments

     77        36   

Benefit from indemnification resolution

            (385

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

     493          

Unrealized gain on planned coffee business divestiture currency hedge

     (413       

Other non-cash items, net

     (28     52   

Change in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and divestitures:

    

Receivables, net

     (163     (100

Inventories, net

     (625     (502

Accounts payable

     19        (30

Other current assets

     (106     17   

Other current liabilities

     (430     (796

Change in pension and postretirement assets and liabilities, net

     (15     42   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     1,149        1,198   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CASH PROVIDED BY / (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES

    

Capital expenditures

     (1,129     (1,028

Acquisition, net of cash received

            (119

Proceeds from divestitures, net of disbursements

            48   

Cash received from Kraft Foods Group related to the Spin-Off

            55   

Other

     29        29   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (1,100     (1,015
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CASH PROVIDED BY / (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES

    

Issuances of commercial paper, maturities greater than 90 days

     1,986        726   

Repayments of commercial paper, maturities greater than 90 days

     (2,072     (70

Net (repayments) / issuances of other short-term borrowings, net

     279        1,604   

Long-term debt proceeds

     3,032          

Long-term debt repaid

     (2,524     (1,750

Repurchase of Common Stock

     (1,020     (793

Dividends paid

     (713     (696

Other

     163        98   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

     (869     (881
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     (140     (85
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents:

    

Increase / (decrease)

     (960     (783

Balance at beginning of period

     2,664        4,475   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at end of period

   $ 1,704      $ 3,692   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Mondelēz International, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Note 1.  Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include Mondelēz International, Inc. as well as our wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries.

Our interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been omitted. It is management’s opinion that these financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position and operating results. Net revenues and net earnings for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of future or annual results.

We derived the condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2013 from audited financial statements, but do not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. You should read these statements in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Revision of Financial Statements:

In finalizing our 2013 results, we identified certain out-of-period, non-cash, income tax-related errors in prior interim and annual periods. These errors were not material to any previously reported financial results; however, we revised our 2013 interim and prior-year financial statements and accompanying notes in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, to reflect these items in the appropriate periods. The net effect of the revision was to lower tax expense in years prior to 2013. The impact of the revision for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was a $59 million reduction of net earnings. The impact of the revision to fiscal years prior to 2013 was an increase in cumulative net earnings of $94 million.

We evaluated the cumulative impact of the errors on prior periods under the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 250-10, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, and the guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 99, Materiality. We also evaluated the impact of correcting the errors through an adjustment to our financial statements under the guidance in ASC 250-10 relating to SAB No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements When Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements. We concluded that these errors were not material, individually or in the aggregate, to any of the prior reporting periods and, therefore, amendments of previously filed reports were not required.

The effects of the revision on the condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 are detailed below.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings

 

                                                                                                                 
    For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
    September 30, 2013     September 30, 2013  
    Reported     Correction     Revised     Reported     Correction     Revised  
    (in millions, except per share data)  

Provision / (benefit) for
income taxes

  $ 14      $ 12      $ 26      $ 8      $ 59      $ 67   

Net earnings

    1,030        (12     1,018        2,221        (59     2,162   

Net earnings attributable to Mondelēz International

    1,024        (12     1,012        2,208        (59     2,149   

Net earnings attributable to Mondelēz International:

           

Per share, basic

  $ 0.58      $ (0.01   $ 0.57      $ 1.24      $ (0.03   $ 1.21   

Per share, diluted

  $ 0.57      $ (0.01   $ 0.56      $ 1.23      $ (0.03   $ 1.20   

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Earnings

 

                                                                                                     
    For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
    September 30, 2013     September 30, 2013  
    Reported     Correction     Revised     Reported     Correction     Revised  
    (in millions)  

Net earnings

  $ 1,030      $ (12   $ 1,018      $ 2,221      $ (59   $ 2,162   

Translation adjustment

    778        (4     774        (931     3        (928

Total other comprehensive
earnings / (losses)

    868        (4     864        (688     3        (685

Comprehensive earnings

    1,898        (16     1,882        1,533        (56     1,477   

Comprehensive earnings
attributable to
Mondelēz International

    1,888        (16     1,872        1,523        (56     1,467   
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows            
                      For the Nine Months Ended  
                      September 30, 2013  
                      Reported     Correction     Revised  
                      (in millions)  

Net earnings

        $ 2,221      $ (59   $ 2,162   

Deferred income tax benefit

          (237     61        (176

Other non-cash items, net

          46        6        52   

Change in other current assets

          16        1        17   

Change in other current liabilities

          (787     (9     (796

Net cash provided by operating activities

          1,198               1,198   

Currency Translation and Highly Inflationary Accounting:

We translate the results of operations of our subsidiaries from multiple currencies using average exchange rates during each period and translate balance sheet accounts using exchange rates at the end of each period. We record currency translation adjustments as a component of equity and realized exchange gains and losses on transactions in earnings.

Venezuela. As prescribed by U.S. GAAP for highly inflationary economies, we have been accounting for the results of our Venezuelan subsidiaries using the U.S. dollar as the functional currency since January 1, 2010.

On February 8, 2013, the Venezuelan government announced the devaluation of the official Venezuelan bolivar exchange rate from 4.30 bolivars to 6.30 bolivars to the U.S. dollar and the elimination of the second-tier, government-regulated SITME exchange rate previously applied to value certain types of transactions. In connection with the announced changes, we recorded a $54 million currency remeasurement loss related to the devaluation of our net monetary assets in Venezuela within selling, general and administrative expenses in our Latin America segment during the three months ended March 31, 2013.

On January 24, 2014, the Venezuelan government announced the expansion of the auction-based currency transaction program referred to as SICAD or SICAD I and new profit margin controls. The application of the SICAD I rate was extended to include foreign investments and significant operating activities, including contracts for leasing and services, use and exploitation of patents and trademarks, payments of royalties and contracts for technology import and technical assistance. As of September 30, 2014, the SICAD I exchange rate for the food segment auctions in which we participate was 11.50 bolivars to the U.S. dollar.

Additionally, on March 24, 2014, the Venezuelan government launched a new market-based currency exchange market, SICAD II. SICAD II may be used voluntarily to exchange bolivars into U.S. dollars. As of September 30, 2014, the SICAD II exchange rate was 49.99 bolivars to the U.S. dollar.

Our Venezuelan operations produce a wide range of biscuit, cheese & grocery, confectionery and beverage products. Based on the currency exchange developments this quarter, we have reviewed our domestic and international sourcing of goods and services and the exchange rates we believe will be applicable. We evaluated the level of primarily raw material imports that we believe would continue to be sourced in exchange for U.S. dollars converted at the official 6.30 exchange rate. Our remaining imported goods and services would primarily be valued at the SICAD I exchange rate. Imports that do not currently qualify for either the official rate or SICAD I rate may be sourced at the SICAD II rate.

 

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We believe the SICAD I rate is the most appropriate rate to use as it is most representative of the various exchange rates at which U.S. dollars are currently available to our entire Venezuelan business. While some of our net monetary assets or liabilities qualify for settlement at the official exchange rate, other operations do not, and we have utilized both the SICAD I and SICAD II auction processes. In addition, there is significant uncertainty about our ability to secure approval for transactions and the limited availability of U.S. dollars offered at the official rate. As such, we believe it is more economically representative to use the SICAD I rate than the official rate to value our net monetary assets and translate future operating results.

As of March 31, 2014, we began to apply the SICAD I exchange rate to remeasure our bolivar-denominated net monetary assets, and we began translating our Venezuelan operating results at the new rate in the second quarter of 2014. On March 31, 2014, we recognized a $142 million currency remeasurement loss within selling, general and administrative expenses of our Latin America segment as a result of revaluing our bolivar-denominated net monetary assets from the official exchange rate of 6.30 bolivars to the U.S. dollar to the then-prevailing SICAD I exchange rate of 10.70 bolivars to the U.S. dollar. In addition to the $142 million currency remeasurement loss in the first quarter of 2014, we recognized $19 million of additional remeasurement charges in operating income during the three months ended September 30, 2014 related to changes in the SICAD I rate.

The following table sets forth net revenues for our Venezuelan operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 (measured at the 6.30 official rate in the first quarter and at the SICAD I rate subsequent to the March 31, 2014 remeasurement), and cash, net monetary assets and net assets of our Venezuelan subsidiaries as of September 30, 2014 (translated at the SICAD I last exchange rate for food segment auctions in which we participate, which was 11.50 bolivars to the U.S. dollar):

 

Venezuela operations

  

Three Months Ended September 30, 2014

Net revenues    $192 million or 2.3% of consolidated net revenue
     

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014

Net revenues    $584 million or 2.3% of consolidated net revenue
    

As of September 30, 2014

Cash    $275 million
Net monetary assets    $271 million
Net assets    $514 million

The SICAD I and II rates are variable rates. Unlike the official rate that was devalued and fixed at 6.30 bolivars to the U.S. dollar, the SICAD I rate reflects currently offered rates based on recently cleared auction transactions, and the SICAD II rate reflects voluntary market-based currency exchange transactions cleared by the Central Bank of Venezuela. As such, these rates are expected to vary over time. If any of the rates, or application of the rates to our business, were to change, we may recognize additional currency losses or gains, which could be significant.

In light of the current difficult macroeconomic environment in Venezuela, we continue to monitor and actively manage our investment and exposures in Venezuela. We have taken protective measures against currency devaluation, such as converting monetary assets into non-monetary assets that we can use in our business. However, suitable protective measures have become less available and more expensive and may not be available to offset further currency devaluation that could occur.

Argentina. On January 23, 2014, the Central Bank of Argentina adjusted its currency policy, removed its currency stabilization measures and allowed the Argentine peso exchange rate to float relative to the U.S. dollar. On that day, the value of the Argentine peso relative to the U.S. dollar fell by 15%, and from December 31, 2013 through September 30, 2014, the value of the peso declined 30%. Further volatility and declines in the exchange rate are expected. Based on the current state of Argentine currency rules and regulations, the business environment remains challenging; however, we do not expect the existing controls and restrictions to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Our Argentinian operations contributed approximately $180 million, or 2.2% of consolidated net revenues, in the three months and $520 million, or 2.0% of consolidated net revenues, in the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Argentina is not designated as a highly-inflationary economy at this time for accounting purposes, so we continue to record currency translation adjustments within equity and realized exchange gains and losses on transactions in earnings.

 

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Accounting Calendar Change:

In connection with moving toward a common consolidation date across the company, in the first quarter of 2013, we changed the consolidation date for our Europe segment. Previously, this segment primarily reported results as of the last Saturday of each period. Subsequent to the change, our Europe segment reports results as of the last calendar day of the period. At this time, the majority of our operating subsidiaries report results as of the last calendar day of the period. Our North American operating subsidiaries report results as of the last Saturday of the period. The change in the consolidation date for our Europe segment had a favorable impact of $19 million on net revenues and $3 million on operating income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013.

New Accounting Pronouncements:

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an accounting standards update (“ASU”) on revenue recognition from contracts with customers. The new ASU outlines a new, single comprehensive model for companies to use in accounting for revenue. The core principle is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to a customer in an amount that reflects the consideration the entity expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for the goods or services. The ASU also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows from customer contracts, including significant judgments made in recognizing revenue. The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption prohibited. The ASU may be applied retrospectively to historical periods presented or as a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. We will adopt the new standard on January 1, 2017 and are currently assessing the impact of the new standard on our consolidated financial statements.

In April 2014, the FASB issued an accounting standards update on the reporting of discontinued operations. The guidance changed the definition of a discontinued operation to include dispositions that represent a strategic shift and have a major effect on operations and financial results. Strategic shifts may include the disposal of operations in a major geographical area, a major line of business, a major investment accounted for under the equity method or other major parts of an entity. For disposals that qualify, additional disclosures, including cash flow and balance sheet information for the discontinued operation, will be required. The guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014, with early adoption permitted. We will apply these provisions to prospective divestitures beginning in 2015, including the planned coffee business transactions. Please see Note 2, Divestitures and Acquisition – Planned Coffee Business Transactions, for additional information.

Note 2.  Divestitures and Acquisition

Planned Coffee Business Transactions:

On May 7, 2014, we announced that we entered into an agreement to combine our wholly owned coffee portfolio (outside of France) with D.E Master Blenders 1753 B.V. In conjunction with this transaction, Acorn Holdings B.V. (“AHBV”), owner of D.E Master Blenders 1753, has made a binding offer to receive our coffee business in France. The parties have also invited our partners in certain joint ventures to join the new company. The transactions remain subject to regulatory approvals and the completion of employee information and consultation requirements.

Upon completion of all proposed transactions, we will receive cash of approximately 4 billion and a 49 percent equity interest in the new company, to be called Jacobs Douwe Egberts. AHBV will hold a majority share in the proposed combined company and will have a majority of the seats on the board, which will be chaired by current D.E Master Blenders 1753 Chairman Bart Becht. AHBV is owned by an investor group led by JAB Holding Company s.à r.l. We will have certain minority rights.

The transactions are expected to be completed in the course of 2015, subject to closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. During this time, we and D.E Master Blenders 1753 will undertake consultations with all Works Councils and employee representatives as required in connection with the transactions.

 

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Expenses related to readying the businesses for the planned transactions have been incurred. Within selling, general and administrative expenses, incremental costs were $10 million in the three months and $15 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and were incurred primarily in our Europe segment. Within interest and other expense / (income), we also recorded unrealized gains of $420 million in the three months and $413 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 in connection with currency exchange forward contracts entered into to hedge the expected cash receipt of 4 billion upon closing. Also refer to Note 9, Financial Instruments, for additional information.

Spin-Off Costs following Kraft Foods Group Divestiture:

On October 1, 2012, we completed the Spin-Off of our North American grocery business, Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (“Kraft Foods Group”), to our shareholders (the “Spin-Off”). Following the Spin-Off, Kraft Foods Group is an independent public company and we do not beneficially own any shares of Kraft Foods Group common stock. We continue to incur primarily Spin-Off transition costs, and historically we have incurred Spin-Off transaction, transition and financing and related costs (“Spin-Off Costs”) in our operating results. Within selling, general and administrative expenses, we recorded $4 million of pre-tax Spin-Off Costs in the three months and $23 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $9 million in the three months and $33 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2013. In fiscal year 2014, we expect to incur approximately $30 million of Spin-Off Costs related primarily to customer service and logistics, information systems and processes, as well as legal costs associated with revising intellectual property and other long-term agreements.

Acquisition and Other Divestitures:

During the three months ended June 30, 2013, we completed two divestitures within our EEMEA segment which generated cash proceeds of $48 million during the quarter and pre-tax gains of $6 million. The divestitures included a salty snacks business in Turkey and a confectionery business in South Africa. The aggregate operating results of these divestitures were not material to our condensed consolidated financial statements during the periods presented.

On February 22, 2013, we acquired the remaining interest in a biscuit operation in Morocco, which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary within our EEMEA segment. We paid net cash consideration of $119 million, consisting of $155 million purchase price net of cash acquired of $36 million. Prior to the acquisition, our interest in the operation was accounted for under the equity method. As a result of obtaining a controlling interest, we consolidated the operation and upon finalizing the valuation of the acquired net assets, as of December 31, 2013, we had recorded the fair value of acquired assets (including identifiable intangible assets of $48 million), the liabilities assumed and goodwill of $209 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we also recorded a pre-tax gain of $22 million related to the remeasurement of our previously-held equity interest in the operation to fair value in accordance with U.S. GAAP and acquisition costs of $7 million in interest and other expense / (income) and selling, general and administrative expenses. We recorded integration charges of $3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 within selling, general and administrative expenses.

Note 3.  Inventories

Inventories at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were:

 

                                     
     September 30,      December 31,  
     2014      2013  
     (in millions)  

Raw materials

   $ 1,324       $ 1,165   

Finished product

     2,798         2,578   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Inventories, net

   $ 4,122       $ 3,743   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Note 4.  Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were:

 

                                     
     September 30,     December 31,  
     2014     2013  
     (in millions)  

Land and land improvements

   $ 557      $ 617   

Buildings and building improvements

     3,182        3,270   

Machinery and equipment

     12,112        12,351   

Construction in progress

     1,620        1,376   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     17,471        17,614   

Accumulated depreciation

     (7,319     (7,367
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

   $ 10,152      $ 10,247   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

In connection with our 2012-2014 Restructuring Program (see Note 6, Restructuring Programs), we recorded non-cash asset write-downs, including accelerated depreciation of $74 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $32 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2013. These charges were recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings within asset impairment and exit costs and arose from restructuring activities further described in Note 6, Restructuring Programs – 2012-2014 Restructuring Program.

Note 5.  Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill by reportable segment at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was:

 

                                     
     September 30,
2014
     December 31,
2013
 
     (in millions)  

Latin America

   $ 1,223       $ 1,262   

Asia Pacific

     2,497         2,504   

EEMEA

     2,286         2,764   

Europe

     9,386         10,026   

North America

     9,007         9,041   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Goodwill

   $ 24,399       $ 25,597   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Intangible assets at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were:

 

                                     
     September 30,     December 31,  
     2014     2013  
     (in millions)  

Non-amortizable intangible assets

   $ 19,460      $ 20,067   

Amortizable intangible assets

     2,652        2,852   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     22,112        22,919   

Accumulated amortization

     (1,002     (925
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Intangible assets, net

   $ 21,110      $ 21,994   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-amortizable intangible assets consist principally of brand names purchased through our acquisitions of Nabisco Holdings Corp., the Spanish and Portuguese operations of United Biscuits, the global LU biscuit business of Groupe Danone S.A. and Cadbury Limited. Amortizable intangible assets consist primarily of trademarks, customer-related intangibles, process technology, licenses and non-compete agreements. At September 30, 2014, the weighted-average life of our amortizable intangible assets was 13.4 years.

Amortization expense for intangible assets was $48 million for the three months and $157 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $55 million for the three months and $164 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. We currently estimate annual amortization expense for each of the next five years to be approximately $200 million.

 

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During our 2013 review of non-amortizable intangible assets, there were no impairments identified; however, we noted seven brands with $511 million of aggregate book value as of December 31, 2013 that each had a fair value in excess of book value of 10% or less. While these intangible assets passed our annual impairment testing and we believe our current plans for each of these brands will allow them to continue to not be impaired, if expectations are not met or specific valuation factors outside of our control, such as discount rates, change significantly, then a brand or brands might become impaired in the future.

Changes in goodwill and intangible assets consisted of:

 

                                     
           Intangible  
     Goodwill     Assets, at Cost  
     (in millions)  

Balance at January 1, 2014

   $ 25,597      $ 22,919   

Changes due to:

    

Currency

     (1,248     (808

Other

     50        1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2014

   $ 24,399      $ 22,112   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Note 6.  Restructuring Programs

2014-2018 Restructuring Program

On May 6, 2014, our Board of Directors approved a $3.5 billion restructuring program, comprised of approximately $2.5 billion in cash costs and $1 billion in non-cash costs (the “2014-2018 Restructuring Program”), and up to $2.2 billion of capital expenditures. The primary objective of the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program is to reduce our operating cost structure in both our supply chain and overhead costs. The program is intended primarily to cover severance as well as asset disposals and other manufacturing-related one-time costs. We expect to incur the majority of the program’s charges in 2015 and 2016 and to complete the program by year-end 2018.

Restructuring Costs:

We recorded restructuring charges for cash severance and related costs of $25 million in the three months and $26 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 within asset impairment and exit costs.

The activity for the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program liability, recorded within other current liabilities, for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was:

 

                                                        
     Severance
and related
costs
    Asset
Write-downs
     Total  
     (in millions)  

Liability balance, January 1, 2014

   $      $       $   

Charges

     26                26   

Cash spent

     (2             (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability balance, September 30, 2014

   $ 24      $       $ 24   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Implementation Costs:

Implementation costs are directly attributable to restructuring activities; however, they do not qualify for special accounting treatment as exit or disposal activities. These costs primarily relate to reorganizing our operations and facilities in connection with our supply chain reinvention program and other identified productivity and cost saving initiatives. The costs include incremental expenses related to the closure of facilities, costs to terminate certain contracts and the simplification of our information systems. We believe the disclosure of implementation costs provides readers of our financial statements with more information on the total costs of our 2014-2018 Restructuring Program. Within our continuing results of operations, we recorded implementation costs of $42 million in the three months and $51 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014. We recorded these costs within cost of sales and general corporate expense within selling, general and administrative expenses.

 

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Restructuring and Implementation Costs in Operating Income:

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, we recorded restructuring and implementation costs related to the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program within operating income as follows:

 

                                                                                                                 
     For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2014      For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014  
     Restructuring      Implementation             Restructuring      Implementation         
     Costs      Costs      Total      Costs      Costs      Total  
     (in millions)  

Latin America

   $ 25       $ 7       $ 32       $ 26       $ 8       $ 34   

Asia Pacific

             4         4                 4         4   

EEMEA

             3         3                 3         3   

Europe

             14         14                 14         14   

North America

             1         1                 1         1   

Corporate(1)

             13         13                 21         21   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 25       $ 42       $ 67       $ 26       $ 51       $ 77   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (1) Includes adjustment for rounding.

2012-2014 Restructuring Program

In 2012, our Board of Directors approved $1.5 billion of restructuring and related implementation costs (the “2012-2014 Restructuring Program”) reflecting primarily severance, asset disposals and other manufacturing-related one-time costs. The primary objective of the 2012-2014 Restructuring Program was to ensure that Mondelēz International and Kraft Foods Group were each set up to operate efficiently and execute on our respective business strategies upon separation and in the future.

Of the $1.5 billion of 2012-2014 Restructuring Program costs, we retained approximately $925 million and Kraft Foods Group retained the balance of the program. Since inception, we have incurred $765 million of our estimated $925 million total 2012-2014 Restructuring Program charges.

Restructuring Costs:

We recorded restructuring charges of $163 million in the three months and $259 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $43 million in the three months and $131 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2013 within asset impairment and exit costs. During the three months ended September 30, 2014, we recorded out-of-period accruals for $73 million of severance in connection with ongoing labor negotiations.

The activity for the 2012-2014 Restructuring Program liability for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was:

 

                                                        
     Severance
and related
costs
    Asset
Write-downs
    Total  
     (in millions)  

Liability balance, January 1, 2014

   $ 68      $      $ 68   

Charges

     182        77        259   

Cash spent

     (110            (110

Non-cash settlements

            (77     (77
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability balance, September 30, 2014

   $ 140      $      $ 140   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

We spent $44 million in the three months and $110 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 in cash severance and related costs. We also recognized non-cash asset write-downs (including accelerated depreciation and asset impairments) totaling $53 million in the three months and $77 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014. At September 30, 2014, our net restructuring liability was $140 million recorded within other current liabilities.

 

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Implementation Costs:

Implementation costs are directly attributable to restructuring activities; however, they do not qualify for special accounting treatment as exit or disposal activities. These costs primarily include costs to reorganize our operations and facilities, the discontinuance of certain product lines and the incremental expenses related to the closure of facilities, replicating our information systems infrastructure and reorganizing costs related to our sales function. We believe the disclosure of implementation costs provides readers of our financial statements with more information on the total costs of our 2012-2014 Restructuring Program. Within our continuing results of operations, we recorded implementation costs of $23 million in the three months and $66 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $20 million in the three months and $31 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2013. We recorded these costs within cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses primarily within our Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and EEMEA segments.

Restructuring and Implementation Costs in Operating Income:

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, we recorded restructuring and implementation costs related to the 2012-2014 Restructuring Program within operating income as follows:

 

                                                                                                                 
     For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2014      For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014  
     Restructuring      Implementation             Restructuring      Implementation         
     Costs      Costs      Total      Costs      Costs      Total  
     (in millions)  

Latin America

   $ 3       $       $ 3       $ 7       $ 1       $ 8   

Asia Pacific

     27         1         28         28         1         29   

EEMEA

     14                 14         26         2         28   

Europe

     85         14         99         128         42         170   

North America

     34         7         41         70         20         90   

Corporate(1)

             1         1                           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 163       $ 23       $ 186       $ 259       $ 66       $ 325   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013      For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013  
     Restructuring      Implementation             Restructuring      Implementation         
     Costs      Costs      Total      Costs      Costs      Total  
     (in millions)  

Latin America

   $ 9       $       $ 9       $ 9       $       $ 9   

Asia Pacific

                                               

EEMEA

     3                 3         7                 7   

Europe

     18         10         28         55         14         69   

North America

     12         10         22         58         17         75   

Corporate(1)

     1                 1         2                 2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 43       $ 20       $ 63       $ 131       $ 31       $ 162   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (1) Includes adjustment for rounding.

Note 7.  Integration Program

As a result of our combination with Cadbury Limited (formerly, Cadbury Plc or “Cadbury”) in 2010, we launched an integration program (the “Integration Program”) to combine the Cadbury operations with our operations and realize expected annual cost savings of approximately $750 million by the end of 2013 and revenue synergies from investments in distribution, marketing and product development. We achieved cost savings of approximately $800 million in 2012, a year ahead of schedule, and achieved our planned revenue synergies in 2013. Through the end of 2013, we incurred total integration charges of approximately $1.5 billion and completed incurring planned charges on the Integration Program.

 

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We recorded reversals to the Integration Program charges of $1 million in the three months and $6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 related to accruals no longer required. We recorded Integration Program charges of $36 million during the three months and $109 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 in selling, general and administrative expenses within our Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and EEMEA segments. Changes in the remaining Integration Program liability during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 were:

 

                  
     2014  
     (in millions)  

Balance at January 1

   $ 145   

Charges

     (6

Cash spent

     (51

Currency / other

     (17
  

 

 

 

Balance at September 30

   $ 71   
  

 

 

 

At September 30, 2014, $35 million of our net Integration Program liability was recorded within other current liabilities and $36 million, primarily related to leased facilities no longer in use, was recorded within other long-term liabilities.

Note 8.  Debt

Short-Term Borrowings:

At September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, our short-term borrowings and related weighted-average interest rates consisted of:

 

                                                                           
     September 30, 2014      December 31, 2013  
     Amount      Weighted-      Amount      Weighted-  
     Outstanding      Average Rate      Outstanding      Average Rate  
     (in millions)             (in millions)         

Commercial paper

   $ 1,409         0.4%       $ 1,410         0.4%   

Bank loans

     398         7.4%         226         7.0%   
  

 

 

       

 

 

    

Total short-term borrowings                                      

   $ 1,807          $ 1,636      
  

 

 

       

 

 

    

As of September 30, 2014, the commercial paper issued and outstanding had between 1 and 80 days remaining to maturity. Bank loans include borrowings on primarily uncommitted credit lines maintained by some of our international subsidiaries to meet short-term working capital needs.

Borrowing Arrangements:

We maintain a revolving credit facility for general corporate purposes, including for working capital purposes and to support our commercial paper program. Our $4.5 billion five-year senior unsecured revolving credit facility expires on October 11, 2018. The revolving credit agreement includes a covenant that we maintain a minimum shareholders’ equity of at least $24.6 billion, excluding accumulated other comprehensive earnings / (losses) and the cumulative effects of any changes in accounting principles. At September 30, 2014, we met the covenant as our shareholders’ equity as defined by the covenant was $35.4 billion. The revolving credit facility agreement also contains customary representations, covenants and events of default. There are no credit rating triggers, provisions or other financial covenants that could require us to post collateral as security. As of September 30, 2014, no amounts were drawn on the facility.

Long-Term Debt:

On February 19, 2014, $500 million of our 6.75% U.S. dollar notes matured. The notes and accrued interest to date were paid with cash on hand and the issuance of commercial paper.

On February 6, 2014, we completed a cash tender offer and retired $1.56 billion of our long-term U.S. dollar debt consisting of:

   

$393 million of our 7.000% Notes due in August 2037

   

$382 million of our 6.875% Notes due in February 2038

   

$250 million of our 6.875% Notes due in January 2039

   

$535 million of our 6.500% Notes due in February 2040

 

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We financed the repurchase of these notes, including the payment of accrued interest and other costs incurred, from net proceeds received from the $3.0 billion notes issuance on January 16, 2014. In connection with retiring this debt, during the first six months of 2014, we recorded a $493 million loss on extinguishment of debt within interest expense related to the amount we paid to retire the debt in excess of its carrying value and from recognizing unamortized discounts and deferred financing costs in earnings at the time of the debt extinguishment. The loss on extinguishment is included in long-term debt repayments in the 2014 consolidated statement of cash flows. We also recognized $2 million in interest expense related to interest rate cash flow hedges that were deferred in accumulated other comprehensive losses and recognized into earnings over the life of the debt. Upon extinguishing the debt, the deferred cash flow hedge amounts were recorded in earnings.

On January 16, 2014, we issued $3.0 billion of U.S. dollar notes, consisting of:

   

$400 million of floating rate notes that bear interest at a rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus 0.52% and mature on February 1, 2019

   

$850 million of 2.250% fixed rate notes that mature on February 1, 2019

   

$1,750 million of 4.000% fixed rate notes that mature on February 1, 2024

We received net proceeds of $2,982 million that were used to fund the February 2014 tender offer, pay down commercial paper borrowings and for other general corporate purposes. We recorded approximately $18 million of discounts and deferred financing costs, which will be amortized into interest expense over the life of the notes.

Our weighted-average interest rate on our total debt was 4.3% as of September 30, 2014. Our weighted-average interest rate on our total debt as of December 31, 2013 was 4.8%, down from 5.8% as of December 31, 2012.

Fair Value of Our Debt:

The fair value of our short-term borrowings at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 reflects current market interest rates and approximates the amounts we have recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. The fair value of our long-term debt was determined using quoted prices in active markets (Level 1 valuation data) for the publicly traded debt obligations. At September 30, 2014, the aggregate fair value of our total debt was $19,522 million and its carrying value was $17,879 million. At December 31, 2013, the aggregate fair value of our total debt was $18,835 million and its carrying value was $17,121 million.

Interest and Other Expense / (Income):

Interest and other expense / (income) within our results of continuing operations consisted of:

 

                                                                           
    For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2014     2013     2014     2013  
    (in millions)  

Interest expense, debt

  $ 188      $ 257      $ 582      $ 783   

Loss on debt extinguishment and related expenses

                  495          

Unrealized gain on planned coffee business divestiture currency hedge

    (420            (413       

Benefit from indemnification resolution

           (49            (49

Other expense / (income), net

    5        10        53        (2
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest and other expense / (income)

  $ (227   $ 218      $ 717      $ 732   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See Note 2, Divestitures and Acquisition, and Note 9, Financial Instruments, for information on the currency exchange forward contracts associated with the planned coffee business transactions and Note 12, Commitments and Contingencies, for information on the benefit from the resolution of the Cadbury acquisition-related indemnification.

 

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Note 9.  Financial Instruments

Derivative instruments were recorded at fair value in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 as follows:

 

                                                                           
     September 30, 2014      December 31, 2013  
     Asset      Liability      Asset      Liability  
     Derivatives      Derivatives      Derivatives      Derivatives  
     (in millions)  

Derivatives designated as
hedging instruments:

           

Currency exchange contracts

   $ 58       $       $ 3       $ 11   

Commodity contracts

     12         26         2         3   

Interest rate contracts

     56                 209           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 126       $ 26       $ 214       $ 14   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as
hedging instruments:

           

Currency exchange contracts

   $ 535       $ 12       $ 84       $ 8   

Commodity contracts

     157         138         60         51   

Interest rate contracts

     53         32         64         38   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 745       $ 182       $ 208       $ 97   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total fair value

   $ 871       $ 208       $ 422       $ 111   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

We record derivative assets and liabilities on a gross basis in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The fair value of our asset derivatives is recorded within other current assets and the fair value of our liability derivatives is recorded within other current liabilities. See our consolidated financial statements and related notes in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 for additional information on our risk management strategies and use of derivatives and related accounting.

The fair values (asset / (liability)) of our derivative instruments at September 30, 2014 were determined using:

 

                                                                           
            Quoted Prices in               
            Active Markets     Significant      Significant  
     Total      for Identical     Other Observable      Unobservable  
     Fair Value of Net      Assets     Inputs      Inputs  
     Asset / (Liability)      (Level 1)     (Level 2)      (Level 3)  
     (in millions)  

Currency exchange contracts

   $ 581       $      $ 581       $   

Commodity contracts

     5         (10     15           

Interest rate contracts

     77                77           
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivatives

   $ 663       $ (10   $ 673       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The fair values (asset / (liability)) of our derivative instruments at December 31, 2013 were determined using:

 

                                                                           
            Quoted Prices in               
            Active Markets     Significant      Significant  
     Total      for Identical     Other Observable      Unobservable  
     Fair Value of Net      Assets     Inputs      Inputs  
     Asset / (Liability)      (Level 1)     (Level 2)      (Level 3)  
     (in millions)  

Currency exchange contracts

   $ 68       $      $ 68       $   

Commodity contracts

     8         (4     12           

Interest rate contracts

     235                235           
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivatives

   $ 311       $ (4   $ 315       $   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Level 1 financial assets and liabilities consist of exchange-traded commodity futures and listed options. The fair value of these instruments is determined based on quoted market prices on commodity exchanges. Our exchange-traded derivatives are generally subject to master netting arrangements that permit net settlement of transactions with the same counterparty when certain criteria are met, such as in the event of default. We also are required to maintain cash margin accounts in connection with funding the settlement of our open positions and the margin requirements generally fluctuate daily based on market conditions. We have recorded margin deposits related to our exchange-traded derivatives of $47 million as of September 30, 2014 and $22 million as of December 31, 2013 within other current assets. Based on our net asset or liability positions with individual counterparties, in the event of default and immediate net settlement of all of our open positions, as of September 30, 2014, our counterparties would owe us a total of $38 million, and as of December 31, 2013, our counterparties would owe us a total of $7 million.

Level 2 financial assets and liabilities consist primarily of over-the-counter (“OTC”) currency exchange forwards, options and swaps; commodity forwards and options; and interest rate swaps. Our currency exchange contracts are valued using an income approach based on observable market forward rates less the contract rate multiplied by the notional amount. Commodity derivatives are valued using an income approach based on the observable market commodity index prices less the contract rate multiplied by the notional amount or based on pricing models that rely on market observable inputs such as commodity prices. Our calculation of the fair value of interest rate swaps is derived from a discounted cash flow analysis based on the terms of the contract and the observable market interest rate curve. Our calculation of the fair value of financial instruments takes into consideration the risk of nonperformance, including counterparty credit risk. Our OTC derivative transactions are governed by International Swap Dealers Association (“ISDA”) agreements and other standard industry contracts. Under these agreements, we do not post nor require collateral from our counterparties. The majority of our commodity OTC derivatives do not have a legal right of set-off. In connection with our OTC derivatives that could be net-settled in the event of default, assuming all parties were to fail to comply with the terms of the agreements, for derivatives we have in a net liability position, we would owe $37 million as of September 30, 2014 and $47 million as of December 31, 2013, and for derivatives we have in a net asset position, our counterparties would owe us a total of $702 million as of September 30, 2014 and $349 million as of December 31, 2013. We manage the credit risk in connection with these and all our derivatives by entering into transactions with counterparties with investment grade credit ratings, limiting the amount of exposure with each counterparty and monitoring the financial condition of our counterparties.

Derivative Volume:

The net notional values of our derivative instruments as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were:

 

                                     
     Notional Amount  
     September 30,      December 31,  
     2014      2013  
     (in millions)  

Currency exchange contracts:

     

Intercompany loans and forecasted interest payments

   $ 5,514       $ 4,369   

Forecasted transactions

     7,039         2,565   

Commodity contracts

     1,225         805   

Interest rate contracts

     4,000         2,273   

Net investment hedge – euro notes

     4,105         4,466   

Net investment hedge – pound sterling notes

     1,054         1,076   

Cash Flow Hedges:

Cash flow hedge activity, net of taxes, within accumulated other comprehensive earnings / (losses) included:

 

                                                                           
    For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
  September 30,     September 30,  
    2014     2013     2014     2013  
    (in millions)  

Accumulated gain / (loss) at beginning of period

  $ 44      $ 72      $ 117      $ (38

Transfer of realized losses / (gains) in fair value to earnings

    (17     6        (20     38   

Unrealized gain / (loss) in fair value

    47        4        (23     82   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated gain / (loss) at end of period

  $ 74      $ 82      $ 74      $ 82   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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After-tax gains / (losses) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive earnings / (losses) into net earnings were:

 

                                                                           
     For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
   September 30,     September 30,  
     2014      2013     2014     2013  
     (in millions)  

Currency exchange contracts – forecasted transactions

   $ 12       $ (6   $ 8      $ (18

Commodity contracts

     5                14        (19

Interest rate contracts

                    (2     (1
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 17       $ (6   $ 20      $ (38
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

After-tax gains / (losses) recognized in other comprehensive earnings / (losses) were:

 

                                                                           
     For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
   September 30,     September 30,  
     2014     2013     2014     2013  
     (in millions)  

Currency exchange contracts – forecasted transactions

   $ 58      $ (16   $ 65      $ (12

Commodity contracts

     7        7        10        (1

Interest rate contracts

     (18     13        (98     95   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 47      $ 4      $ (23   $ 82   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow hedge ineffectiveness and amounts excluded from effectiveness testing were not material for all periods presented.

We record pre-tax (i) gains or losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive earnings / (losses) into earnings, (ii) gains or losses on ineffectiveness, and (iii) gains or losses on amounts excluded from effectiveness testing in:

   

cost of sales for commodity contracts;

   

cost of sales for currency exchange contracts related to forecasted transactions; and

   

interest and other expense / (income) for interest rate contracts and currency exchange contracts related to intercompany loans.

Based on current market conditions, we would expect to transfer unrealized losses of $2 million (net of taxes) for commodity cash flow hedges, unrealized gains of $48 million (net of taxes) for currency cash flow hedges and unrealized losses of less than $1 million (net of taxes) for interest rate cash flow hedges to earnings during the next 12 months.

Hedge Coverage:

As of September 30, 2014, we hedged transactions forecasted to impact cash flows over the following periods:

   

commodity transactions for periods not exceeding the next 15 months;

   

interest rate transactions for periods not exceeding the next 31 years and 5 months; and

   

currency exchange transactions for periods not exceeding the next 15 months.

Fair Value Hedges:

Pre-tax gains / (losses) due to changes in fair value of our interest rate swaps and related hedged long-term debt were recorded in interest and other expense / (income):

 

                                                                           
     For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
     For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2014     2013      2014     2013  
     (in millions)  

Derivatives

   $ (13   $       $ 1      $   

Borrowings

     13                (1       

Fair value hedge ineffectiveness and amounts excluded from effectiveness testing were not material for all periods presented.

 

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Economic Hedges:

Pre-tax gains / (losses) recorded in net earnings for economic hedges which are not designated as hedging instruments were:

 

                                                                                              
                             Location of
     For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended     Gain / (Loss)
     September 30,     September 30,     Recognized
     2014     2013     2014     2013     in Earnings
     (in millions)      

Currency exchange contracts:

          

Intercompany loans and forecasted interest payments

   $ 4      $ 4      $ 5      $ 7      Interest expense

Forecasted purchases

     29        10        (11     36      Cost of sales

Forecasted transactions

     419               405             Interest and other

expense / (income)

Forecasted transactions

     (4     (2     (7     1      Selling, general and
administrative
expenses

Interest rate contracts

     (1     2                    Interest expense

Commodity contracts

     12        28        82        62      Cost of sales
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total

   $ 459      $ 42      $ 474      $ 106     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

In connection with the planned coffee business transactions, we entered into euro to U.S. dollar currency exchange forward contracts to hedge an expected cash receipt of 4 billion upon closing. As the forward contracts relate to a pending business divestiture, unrealized gains and losses on the derivative are recorded in earnings. We recorded a $420 million unrealized gain in the three months and a $413 million unrealized gain in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 within interest and other expense / (income) in connection with the forward contracts as the U.S. dollar strengthened relative to the euro.

 

Hedges of Net Investments in International Operations:

After-tax gains / (losses) related to hedges of net investments in international operations in the form of euro and pound sterling-denominated debt were:

     For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended     Location of
Gain / (Loss)
Recognized in
AOCI
     September 30,     September 30,    
     2014     2013     2014     2013    
     (in millions)      

Euro notes

   $ 219      $ (28   $ 219      $ (18   Currency Translation

Pound sterling notes

     37        (40     14        3      Adjustment

 

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Note 10.  Benefit Plans

Pension Plans

Components of Net Periodic Pension Cost:

Net periodic pension cost for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 consisted of:

 

                                                                           
     U.S. Plans     Non-U.S. Plans  
     For the Three Months Ended September 30,  
     2014     2013     2014     2013  
     (in millions)  

Service cost

   $ 14      $ 17      $ 47      $ 44   

Interest cost

     16        15        99        88   

Expected return on plan assets

     (21     (16     (123     (108

Amortization:

        

Net loss from experience differences

     7        14        26        34   

Prior service cost

            1                 

Settlement losses / (gains) (1)

     14        (3     (5     1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net periodic pension cost

   $ 30      $ 28      $ 44      $ 59   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     U.S. Plans     Non-U.S. Plans  
     For the Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2014     2013     2014     2013  
     (in millions)  

Service cost

   $ 42      $ 53      $ 136      $ 130   

Interest cost

     49        45        296        265   

Expected return on plan assets

     (61     (50     (371     (323

Amortization:

        

Net loss from experience differences

     22        41        80        102   

Prior service cost

     1        2        1        1   

Settlement losses(1)

     20        2        5        1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net periodic pension cost

   $ 73      $ 93      $ 147      $ 176   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (1) Includes settlement losses of $2 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $3 million in the three months and $12 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2013 related to employees who elected to take lump-sum payments in connection with our 2012-2014 Restructuring Program. These costs are reflected within asset impairments and exit costs on the condensed consolidated statement of earnings and within the charges for severance and related costs in Note 6, Restructuring Programs – 2012-2014 Restructuring Program. In the nine months ended September 30, 2013, these were partially offset by $21 million of gains due to improvements in current market rates for routine settlement losses. 

Employer Contributions:

We make contributions to our U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans primarily to the extent that they are tax deductible and do not generate an excise tax liability. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we contributed $6 million to our U.S. plans and $242 million to our non-U.S. plans. Based on current tax law, we plan to make further contributions of approximately $4 million to our U.S. plans and approximately $67 million to our non-U.S. plans during the remainder of 2014. However, our actual contributions may differ due to many factors, including changes in tax and other benefit laws or significant differences between expected and actual pension asset performance or interest rates.

 

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Postretirement Benefit Plans

Net postretirement health care costs during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 consisted of:

 

                                                                           
     For the Three Months Ended     For the Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,     September 30,  
     2014     2013     2014     2013  
     (in millions)  

Service cost

   $ 4      $ 4      $ 10      $ 12   

Interest cost

     5        5        16        14   

Amortization:

        

Net loss from experience differences

     1        2        4        8   

Prior service credit

     (3     (3     (8     (9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net postretirement health care costs

   $ 7      $ 8      $ 22      $ 25   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Postemployment Benefit Plans

Net postemployment costs during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 consisted of:

 

                                                                           
     For the Three Months Ended      For the Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,      September 30,  
     2014      2013      2014      2013  
     (in millions)  

Service cost

   $ 2       $ 2       $ 6       $ 6   

Interest cost

     2         1         5         4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net postemployment costs

   $ 4       $ 3       $ 11       $ 10   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Note 11.  Stock Plans

On May 21, 2014, our shareholders approved the Amended and Restated 2005 Performance Incentive Plan (the “2005 Plan”). Under the amended plan, we now make grants to non-employee directors under the 2005 Plan, and we will no longer make any grants under the Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “2006 Directors Plan”). We also increased the number of shares available for issuance under the 2005 Plan by 75.7 million, which includes the shares remaining available for issuance under the 2006 Directors Plan as of March 14, 2014. Under the 2005 Plan, we are now authorized to issue a maximum of 243.7 million shares of our Common Stock. We may not make any grants under the 2005 Plan after May 21, 2024. As of September 30, 2014, there were 90.7 million shares available to be granted under the 2005 Plan.

Stock Options:

In February 2014, as part of our annual equity program, we granted 9.9 million stock options to eligible employees at an exercise price of $34.17 per share. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we granted 0.1 million of additional stock options with a weighted-average exercise price of $35.20 per share. In total, 10.0 million stock options were granted with a weighted-average exercise price of $34.18 per share. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, 6.5 million stock options, with an intrinsic value of $98.4 million, were exercised.

Restricted and Deferred Stock:

In January 2014, in connection with our long-term incentive plan, we granted 1.2 million shares of restricted and deferred stock at a market value of $34.97 per share. In February 2014, as part of our annual equity program, we granted 2.0 million shares of restricted and deferred stock to eligible employees at a market value of $34.17 per share. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we issued 0.8 million of additional restricted and deferred shares with a weighted-average market value of $32.62 per share. In total, 4.0 million restricted and deferred shares were issued with a weighted-average market value of $34.08 per share. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, 4.0 million shares of restricted and deferred stock vested with a market value on the vesting date of $137.6 million.

Share Repurchase Program:

During 2013, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of $7.7 billion of our Common Stock through December 31, 2016. Repurchases under the program are determined by management and are wholly discretionary. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we repurchased 34.3 million shares of Common Stock at an average

 

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cost of $35.33 per share, or an aggregate cost of $1.2 billion, of which $1.0 billion was paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $0.2 billion was prepaid in December 2013 at the inception of an accelerated share repurchase program. All share repurchases were funded through available cash and commercial paper issuances. During 2013, we repurchased 82.8 million shares of Common Stock at an average cost of $33.09 per share, or an aggregate cost of $2.7 billion. As of September 30, 2014, we have $3.8 billion in remaining share repurchase capacity.

In December 2013, we initiated an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) program. On December 3, 2013, we paid $1.7 billion and received an initial delivery of 44.8 million shares of Common Stock valued at $1.5 billion. We increased treasury stock by $1.5 billion, and the remaining $0.2 billion was recorded against additional paid in capital. In May 2014, the ASR program concluded and we received an additional 5.1 million shares, valued at $0.2 billion, for a total of 49.9 million shares with an average repurchase price of $34.10 per share over the life of the ASR program. The final settlement was based on the volume-weighted average price of our Common Stock during the purchase period less a fixed per share discount. Upon conclusion of the ASR program and receipt of the remaining repurchased shares, the $0.2 billion recorded in additional paid in capital was reclassified to treasury stock.

Note 12.  Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Proceedings:

We routinely are involved in legal proceedings, claims and governmental inspections or investigations (“Legal Matters”) arising in the ordinary course of our business.

A compliant and ethical corporate culture, which includes adhering to laws and industry regulations in all jurisdictions in which we do business, is integral to our success. Accordingly, after we acquired Cadbury in February 2010 we began reviewing and adjusting, as needed, Cadbury’s operations in light of applicable standards as well as our policies and practices. We initially focused on such high priority areas as food safety, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and antitrust. Based upon Cadbury’s pre-acquisition policies and compliance programs and our post-acquisition reviews, our preliminary findings indicated that Cadbury’s overall state of compliance was sound. Nonetheless, through our reviews, we determined that in certain jurisdictions, including India, there appeared to be facts and circumstances warranting further investigation. We are continuing our investigations in certain jurisdictions, including in India, and we continue to cooperate with governmental authorities.

As we previously disclosed, on February 1, 2011, we received a subpoena from the SEC in connection with an investigation under the FCPA, primarily related to a facility in India that we acquired in the Cadbury acquisition. The subpoena primarily requests information regarding dealings with Indian governmental agencies and officials to obtain approvals related to the operation of that facility. We are continuing to cooperate with the U.S. and Indian governments in their investigations of these matters, including through ongoing meetings with the U.S. government to discuss potential conclusion of the U.S. government investigation.

On February 28, 2013, Cadbury India Limited (now known as Mondelez India Foods Limited), a subsidiary of Mondelēz International, and other parties received a show cause notice from the Indian Department of Central Excise Authority (the “Excise Authority”). The notice calls upon the parties to demonstrate why the Excise Authority should not collect approximately $46 million of unpaid excise tax as well as approximately $46 million of penalties and interest related to production at the same Indian facility. Subsequently, the Excise Authority issued another show cause notice, dated March 3, 2014, on the same issue but covering the period February to December 2013, thereby adding approximately $20 million of unpaid excise taxes as well as approximately $20 million of penalties and interest to the amount claimed by the Excise Authority. The latest notice includes an accruing claim for excise as finished products leave the facility on an ongoing basis. We believe that the decision to claim the excise tax benefit is valid and we are contesting the show cause notice through the administrative and judicial process.

In April 2013, the staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) advised us and Kraft Foods Group that it was investigating activities related to the trading of December 2011 wheat futures contracts that occurred prior to the Spin-Off of Kraft Foods Group. We are cooperating with the staff in its investigation. In October 2014, the staff advised us that the CFTC intends to commence a formal action against us and Kraft Foods Group. We continue to try to resolve this matter prior to any formal action being taken. It is not possible to predict the outcome of this matter; however, based on our Separation and Distribution Agreement with Kraft Foods Group dated as of September 27, 2012, we expect to predominantly bear any monetary penalties or other payments that the CFTC may impose.

 

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While we cannot predict with certainty the results of any Legal Matters in which we are currently involved, we do not expect that the ultimate costs to resolve any of these Legal Matters, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material effect on our financial results.

Third-Party Guarantees:

We enter into third-party guarantees primarily to cover the long-term obligations of our vendors. As part of these transactions, we guarantee that third parties will make contractual payments or achieve performance measures. At September 30, 2014, we had no material third-party guarantees recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

As part of our 2010 Cadbury acquisition, we became the responsible party for tax matters under the Cadbury Schweppes Plc and Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (“DPSG”) Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement dated May 1, 2008 (“Tax Indemnity”) for certain 2007 and 2008 transactions relating to the demerger of Cadbury’s Americas Beverage business. A U.S. federal tax audit of DPSG for the 2006-2008 tax years was concluded with the IRS in August 2013. As a result, we recorded a favorable impact of $336 million in selling, general and administrative expenses and $49 million in interest and other expense / (income) for a total pre-tax impact of $385 million ($363 million net of tax) in the three months ended September 30, 2013 due to the reversal of the accrued liability in excess of the amount we paid to DPSG under the Tax Indemnity in the third quarter of 2013.

Note 13.  Reclassifications from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Earnings / (Losses)

The components of accumulated other comprehensive earnings / (losses) attributable to Mondelēz International were:

 

                                                                           
     Currency
Translation
Adjustments
    Pension and
Other Benefits
    Derivatives
Accounted for
as Hedges
    Total  
     (in millions)  

Balances at January 1, 2014

   $ (1,414   $ (1,592   $ 117      $ (2,889

Other comprehensive earnings / (losses),
before reclassifications:

        

Currency translation adjustment(1)

     (2,069     90               (1,979

Pension and other benefits

            16               16   

Derivatives accounted for as hedges

     383               (78     305   

Losses / (gains) reclassified into
net earnings

            125        (22     103   

Tax (expense) / benefit

     (150     (47     57        (140
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive
earnings / (losses)

           (1,695
        

 

 

 

Balances at September 30, 2014

   $ (3,250   $ (1,408   $ 74      $ (4,584
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (1) The condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 includes $(19) million of currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests.

 

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Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive earnings / (losses) during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and their locations in the condensed consolidated financial statements were as follows:

 

                                                        
     For the Three     For the Nine     Location of
     Months Ended     Months Ended     Gain / (Loss)
     September 30,     September 30,     Recognized
     2014     2014     in Net Earnings
     (in millions)      

Pension and other benefits:

      

Reclassification of losses / (gains) into net earnings:

      

Amortization of experience losses and
prior service costs
(1)

   $ 31      $ 100     

Settlement losses(1)

     9        25     

Tax impact

     (26     (47   Provision for income taxes

Derivatives accounted for as hedges:

      

Reclassification of losses / (gains) into net earnings:

      

Currency exchange contracts – forecasted transactions

     (13     (9   Cost of sales

Commodity contracts

     (5     (16   Cost of sales

Interest rate contracts

            3      Interest and other expense /
(income)

Tax impact

     2        3      Provision for income taxes
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total reclassifications into net earnings, net of tax

   $ (2   $ 59     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (1) These items are included in the components of net periodic benefit costs disclosed in Note 10, Benefit Plans.

Note 14.  Income Taxes

See Note 1, Basis of Presentation – Revision of Financial Statements, for information related to the revision of income taxes. During 2014, as part of our ongoing remediation efforts related to the material weakness in internal controls over the accounting for income taxes, we recorded out-of-period adjustments that had an immaterial impact on the provision for income taxes of $20 million for the three months and $15 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The out-of-period adjustments were not material to the consolidated financial statements for any prior period.

Based on current tax laws, our estimated annual effective tax rate for 2014 is 21.2%, reflecting favorable impacts from the mix of pre-tax income in various non-U.S. tax jurisdictions, partially offset by the remeasurement of our Venezuelan net monetary assets. Our 2014 third quarter effective tax rate of 16.5% was favorably impacted by net tax benefits from $65 million of discrete one-time events. The discrete net tax benefits primarily related to $109 million from favorable tax audit settlements and expirations of statutes of limitations in several jurisdictions, partially offset by $20 million of out-of-period adjustments. Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 of 12.5% was due to net tax benefits from $169 million of discrete one-time events. The discrete net tax benefits primarily related to favorable tax audit settlements and expirations of statutes of limitations in several jurisdictions.

As of the third quarter of 2013, our estimated annual effective tax rate for 2013 was 20.0%, reflecting favorable impacts from the mix of pre-tax income in various non-U.S. tax jurisdictions. Our 2013 third quarter effective tax rate of 2.5% was favorably impacted by the non-taxable portion of the Cadbury acquisition-related indemnity resolution of $325 million and net tax benefits from $109 million of discrete one-time events. These discrete items primarily resulted from $88 million related to the revaluation of U.K. deferred tax assets and liabilities resulting from tax legislation enacted during the third quarter of 2013 and $45 million of net favorable tax audit settlements and expirations of statutes of limitations in several jurisdictions. Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 of 3.0% was favorably impacted by the non-taxable portion of the Cadbury acquisition-related indemnity resolution of $325 million and net tax benefits from $295 million of discrete one-time events. These discrete items primarily resulted from $177 million of net favorable tax audit settlements and expirations of statutes of limitations in several jurisdictions, $88 million related to the revaluation of U.K. deferred tax assets and liabilities resulting from tax legislation enacted during the third quarter of 2013 and $39 million associated with a business divestiture.

 

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Note 15.  Earnings Per Share

Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) were calculated using the following:

 

                                                                           
     For the Three Months Ended      For the Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,      September 30,  
     2014      2013      2014      2013  
     (in millions, except per share data)  

Net earnings

   $ 902       $ 1,018       $ 1,694       $ 2,162   

Noncontrolling interest

     3         6         10         13   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net earnings attributable to
Mondelēz International

   $ 899       $ 1,012       $ 1,684       $ 2,149   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares for basic EPS

     1,688         1,779         1,695         1,783   

Plus incremental shares from assumed
conversions of stock options and
long-term incentive plan shares

     17         15         18         15   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares for diluted EPS

     1,705         1,794         1,713         1,798   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share attributable to
Mondelēz International:

   $ 0.53       $ 0.57       $ 0.99       $ 1.21   

Diluted earnings per share attributable to
Mondelēz International:

   $ 0.53       $ 0.56       $ 0.98       $ 1.20   

We exclude antidilutive Mondelēz International stock options from our calculation of weighted-average shares for diluted EPS. We excluded 9.7 million antidilutive stock options for the three months and 8.1 million antidilutive stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and we excluded 8.0 million antidilutive stock options for the three months and 9.7 million antidilutive stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

Note 16.  Segment Reporting

Our operations, management structure and segments are organized into five reportable operating segments:

   

Latin America

   

Asia Pacific

   

EEMEA

   

Europe

   

North America

We manage the operations within Latin America, Asia Pacific and EEMEA by location and Europe and North America by product category.

We use segment operating income to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources. We believe it is appropriate to disclose this measure to help investors analyze segment performance and trends. Segment operating income excludes unrealized gains and losses on hedging activities (which are a component of cost of sales), general corporate expenses (which are a component of selling, general and administrative expenses), amortization of intangibles, the benefit from the Cadbury acquisition-related indemnification resolution (which is a component of selling, general and administrative expenses), gains and losses on divestitures or acquisitions and acquisition-related costs (which are a component of selling, general and administrative expenses) in all periods presented. We exclude these items from segment operating income in order to provide better transparency of our segment operating results. Furthermore, we centrally manage interest and other expense / (income). Accordingly, we do not present these items by segment because they are excluded from the segment profitability measure that management reviews.

 

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Our segment net revenues and earnings were:

 

                                                                           
     For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
    For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2014     2013     2014     2013  
     (in millions)  

Net revenues:

        

Latin America

   $ 1,315      $ 1,308      $ 3,913      $ 4,045   

Asia Pacific

     1,153        1,136        3,460        3,743   

EEMEA

     894        948        2,740        2,850   

Europe

     3,215        3,295        10,151        10,026   

North America

     1,760        1,785        5,150        5,147   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenues

   $ 8,337      $ 8,472      $ 25,414      $ 25,811   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings before income taxes:

        

Operating income:

        

Latin America

   $ 120      $ 171      $ 304      $ 425   

Asia Pacific

     65        81        364        399   

EEMEA

     93        109        303        282   

Europe

     368        403        1,294        1,178   

North America

     272        279        744        643   

Unrealized gains / (losses) on
hedging activities

     39        12        (8     55   

General corporate expenses

     (56     (74     (191     (219

Amortization of intangibles

     (48     (55     (157     (164

Benefit from indemnification resolution

            336               336   

Gains on acquisition and divestitures, net

                          28   

Acquisition-related costs

                          (2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     853        1,262        2,653        2,961   

Interest and other (expense) / income

     227        (218     (717     (732
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings before income taxes

   $ 1,080      $ 1,044      $ 1,936      $ 2,229   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Items impacting our segment operating results are discussed in Note 1, Basis of Presentation, including the Venezuelan currency remeasurements, Note 2, Divestitures and Acquisition, Note 6, Restructuring Programs, Note 7, Integration Program, and Note 9, Financial Instruments.

 

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Net revenues by consumer sector were:

 

                                                                                                                 
     For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2014  
     Latin      Asia                    North         
   America      Pacific      EEMEA      Europe      America      Total  
     (in millions)  

Biscuits

   $ 338       $ 294       $ 165       $ 724       $ 1,367       $ 2,888   

Chocolate

     253         408         287         1,214         75         2,237   

Gum & Candy

     314         190         151         217         304         1,176   

Beverages

     232         100         227         723                 1,282   

Cheese & Grocery

     178         161         64         337         14         754   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net revenues

   $ 1,315       $ 1,153       $ 894       $ 3,215       $ 1,760       $ 8,337   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                 
     For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013  
     Latin      Asia                    North         
   America      Pacific      EEMEA      Europe      America      Total  
     (in millions)  

Biscuits

   $ 329       $ 285       $ 165       $ 750       $ 1,369       $ 2,898   

Chocolate

     253         378         294         1,224         83         2,232   

Gum & Candy

     353         209         160         227         312         1,261   

Beverages

     211         99         260         759                 1,329   

Cheese & Grocery

     162         165         69         335         21         752   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net revenues

   $ 1,308       $ 1,136       $ 948       $ 3,295       $ 1,785       $ 8,472   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                 
     For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014  
     Latin      Asia                    North         
   America      Pacific      EEMEA      Europe      America      Total  
     (in millions)  

Biscuits

   $ 998       $ 898       $ 483       $ 2,269       $ 4,078       $ 8,726   

Chocolate

     833         1,155         751         3,804         188         6,731   

Gum & Candy

     893         584         498         678         842         3,495   

Beverages

     684         359         782         2,348                 4,173   

Cheese & Grocery

     505         464         226         1,052         42         2,289   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net revenues

   $ 3,913       $ 3,460       $ 2,740       $ 10,151       $ 5,150       $ 25,414   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                 
     For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013  
     Latin      Asia                    North         
   America      Pacific      EEMEA      Europe      America      Total  
     (in millions)  

Biscuits

   $ 953       $ 1,028       $ 490       $ 2,231       $ 4,011       $ 8,713   

Chocolate

     901         1,190         806         3,680         214         6,791   

Gum & Candy

     1,049         638         505         702         868         3,762   

Beverages

     666         371         849         2,399                 4,285   

Cheese & Grocery

     476         516         200         1,014         54         2,260   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net revenues

   $ 4,045       $ 3,743       $ 2,850       $ 10,026       $ 5,147       $ 25,811   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Description of the Company

We manufacture and market primarily snack food and beverage products, including biscuits (cookies, crackers and salted snacks), chocolate, gum & candy, coffee & powdered beverages and various cheese & grocery products. We have operations in more than 80 countries and sell our products in approximately 165 countries.

Over the last several years, we have been expanding geographically and building our presence in the snacking category. At the same time, we continue investing in product quality, marketing and innovation behind our iconic brands, while implementing a series of cost saving initiatives. We expect our global snacks businesses will build upon our strong presence across numerous markets, categories and channels including the high-margin instant consumption channel. Our goal is to achieve industry-leading revenue growth over time; leverage our cost structure through supply chain reinvention, productivity programs, overhead streamlining, volume growth and improved product mix to drive margin gains; and grow earnings per share in the top-tier of our peer group.

Planned Coffee Business Transactions

On May 7, 2014, we announced that we have entered into an agreement to combine our wholly owned coffee portfolio (outside of France) with D.E Master Blenders 1753 B.V. In conjunction with this transaction, Acorn Holdings B.V. (“AHBV”), owner of D.E Master Blenders 1753, has made a binding offer to receive our coffee business in France. The parties have also invited our partners in certain joint ventures to join the new company. The transactions remain subject to regulatory approvals and the completion of employee information and consultation requirements.

Upon completion of all proposed transactions, we will receive cash of approximately 4 billion and a 49 percent equity interest in the new company, to be called Jacobs Douwe Egberts (“JDE”). AHBV will hold a majority share in the proposed combined company and will have a majority of the seats on the board, which will be chaired by current D.E Master Blenders 1753 Chairman Bart Becht. AHBV is owned by an investor group led by JAB Holding Company s.à r.l. We will have certain minority rights.

The transactions (collectively, the “JDE coffee transactions”) are expected to be completed in the course of 2015, subject to closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. During this time, we and D.E Master Blenders 1753 will undertake consultations with all Works Councils and employee representatives as required in connection with the transactions.

Expenses related to readying the businesses for the planned transactions have been incurred. Within selling, general and administrative expenses, incremental costs were $10 million in the three months and $15 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and were incurred primarily in our Europe segment. Within interest and other expense / (income), we also recorded unrealized gains of $420 million in the three months and $413 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 in connection with currency exchange forward contracts entered into to hedge the expected cash receipt of 4 billion upon closing. Refer to Note 9, Financial Instruments, for additional information.

2014-2018 Restructuring Program

On May 6, 2014, our Board of Directors approved a $3.5 billion restructuring program, comprised of approximately $2.5 billion in cash costs and $1 billion in non-cash costs (the “2014-2018 Restructuring Program”), and up to $2.2 billion of capital expenditures. The primary objective of the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program is to reduce our operating cost structure in both our supply chain and overhead costs. We expect the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program to generate annualized savings of at least $1.5 billion by the program’s completion at the end of 2018. Lower overheads and accelerated supply chain cost reductions are each expected to generate roughly half of the total incremental savings. We expect to incur the majority of the program’s charges in 2015 and 2016 and to complete the program by year-end 2018. The $2.2 billion of capital expenditures to support the restructuring program is included within our capital expenditure guidance of approximately 5 percent of net revenues for the next few years. We recorded restructuring and related implementation charges of $67 million for the three months and $77 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. For additional information on the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program, see Note 6, Restructuring Programs.

Revision of Financial Statements

In finalizing our 2013 results, we identified certain out-of-period, non-cash, income tax-related errors in prior interim and annual periods. These errors were not material to any previously reported financial results; however, we revised our 2013 interim and prior-year financial statements and accompanying notes in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, to reflect these items in the appropriate periods. The impact of the revision was a reduction of net earnings of $12 million for the three months and $59 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. For additional details about the adjustments, see Note 1, Basis of Presentation – Revision of Financial Statements. For additional information about the procedures and controls we are also implementing, see Item 4, Controls and Procedures. The following discussion and analysis relates to after-tax results that were revised for the prior-periods presented.

 

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Summary of Results

 

   

Net revenues decreased 1.6% to $8,337 billion in the third quarter of 2014 and decreased 1.5% to $25,414 billion in the first nine months of 2014 as compared to the same periods in the prior year. Net revenues decreased due primarily to unfavorable currency translation through September 30, 2014 as the U.S. dollar strengthened against many currencies in which we operate.

 

   

Organic Net Revenue increased 2.7% to $8,668 billion in the third quarter of 2014 and increased 2.2% to $26,302 billion in the first nine months of 2014 as compared to the same periods in the prior year. Organic Net Revenue is a non-GAAP financial measure we use to evaluate our underlying results (see the definition of Organic Net Revenue and our reconciliation with net revenues within Non-GAAP Financial Measures appearing later in this section).

 

   

Diluted EPS attributable to Mondelēz International decreased 5.4% to $0.53 in the third quarter of 2014 and decreased 18.3% to $0.98 in the first nine months of 2014 as compared to the same periods in the prior year. A number of significant items affected the comparability of our results as described in the Discussion and Analysis below.

 

   

Adjusted EPS increased 25.0% to $0.50 in the third quarter of 2014 and increased 15.2% to $1.29 in the first nine months of 2014 as compared to the same periods in the prior year. On a constant currency basis, Adjusted EPS increased 32.5% to $0.53 in the third quarter of 2014 and increased 22.3% to $1.37 in the first nine months of 2014 as compared to the same periods in the prior year. Adjusted EPS is a non-GAAP financial measure we use to evaluate our underlying results (see the definition of Adjusted EPS and our reconciliation with diluted EPS within Non-GAAP Financial Measures appearing later in this section).

Financial Outlook

Our long-term financial targets include:

 

   

Organic Net Revenue growth at or above expected category growth

   

Adjusted Operating Income growth of high single-digits on a constant currency basis

   

Double-digit Adjusted EPS growth on a constant currency basis

Refer to Non-GAAP Financial Measures appearing later in this section for more information on these measures.

We continue to expect Organic Net Revenue growth to be 2% to 2.5% in 2014, reflecting our expectation that global retail and consumer demand will continue to be soft in the near term. As we continue to execute our cost reduction programs to deliver sustainable margin improvement and earnings growth, we now expect approximately 10% growth in Adjusted Operating Income on a constant currency basis in 2014, up from high single-digit growth. We expect approximately 13% Adjusted Operating Income margin in 2014, up from a high 12% range. We now expect 2014 Adjusted EPS on a constant currency basis to be $1.82 to $1.87. Our 2014 Adjusted EPS outlook on a constant currency basis represents double-digit growth and reflects average 2013 currency rates.

 

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Discussion and Analysis

Items Affecting Comparability of Financial Results

Planned Coffee Business Transactions

In connection with readying the coffee businesses for the JDE coffee transactions, we have incurred incremental expenses. Within selling, general and administrative expenses, incremental costs were $10 million in the three months and $15 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and were incurred primarily in our Europe segment. Within interest and other expense / (income), we also recorded unrealized gains of $420 million in the three months and $413 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 in connection with currency exchange forward contracts entered into to hedge the expected cash receipt of 4 billion upon closing. Refer to Note 9, Financial Instruments, for additional information.

2014-2018 Restructuring Program

On May 6, 2014, our Board of Directors approved a $3.5 billion restructuring program, comprised of approximately $2.5 billion in cash costs and $1 billion in non-cash costs (the “2014-2018 Restructuring Program”), and up to $2.2 billion of capital expenditures. The primary objective of the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program is to reduce our operating cost structure in both our supply chain and overhead costs. The program is intended primarily to cover severance as well as asset disposals and other manufacturing-related one-time costs. We expect to incur the majority of the program’s charges in 2015 and 2016 and to complete the program by year-end 2018.

We recorded restructuring charges of $25 million for the three months and $26 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 within asset impairment and exit costs. We also incurred implementation costs of $42 million for the three months and $51 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, which were recorded within cost of sales and general corporate expense within selling, general and administrative expenses. See Note 6, Restructuring Programs – 2014-2018 Restructuring Program, for additional information.

Remeasurement of Venezuelan Net Monetary Assets

As a result of Venezuelan currency exchange developments and the expected impact on our Venezuelan operations, on March 31, 2014, we remeasured our Venezuelan bolivar-denominated net monetary assets from the official exchange rate of 6.30 bolivars to the U.S. dollar to the then-prevailing SICAD I exchange rate of 10.70 bolivars to the U.S. dollar. We recognized a $142 million currency remeasurement loss within selling, general and administrative expenses in the three months ended March 31, 2014. During the three months ended September 30, 2014, we recognized $19 million of additional remeasurement charges related to changes in the SICAD I rate. As of September 30, 2014, the SICAD I exchange rate for the food segment auctions in which we participate was 11.50 bolivars to the U.S. dollar. In the three months ended March 31, 2013, we also recorded a $54 million currency remeasurement loss related to the devaluation of our net monetary assets in Venezuela at that time. Note that the impact of the current and prior-year remeasurements is included in our GAAP results and excluded from our non-GAAP Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted EPS financial measures.

As of September 30, 2014, our remaining bolivar-denominated net monetary assets were $271 million. Our Venezuela net revenues were approximately $192 million, or 2.3% of consolidated net revenues, in the third quarter of 2014 and approximately $584 million, or 2.3% of consolidated net revenues, in the first nine months of 2014 (measured at the 6.30 official rate in the first quarter and at the SICAD I rate subsequent to the March 31, 2014 remeasurement). If any of the rates, or application of the rates to our business, were to change, we may recognize additional currency losses or gains, which could be significant. Refer to Note 1, Basis of PresentationCurrency Translation and Highly Inflationary Accounting, for additional information.

Tender Offer and Debt Issuance

On February 6, 2014, we completed a cash tender offer and retired $1.6 billion of our outstanding higher coupon U.S. dollar debt. In the first six months of 2014, we recorded a $495 million loss on debt extinguishment and related expenses related to the amount we paid to retire the debt in excess of its carrying value and from recognizing unamortized discounts and deferred financing costs in earnings at the time of the debt extinguishment. See Note 8, Debt, for additional information.

On January 16, 2014, we issued $3.0 billion of U.S. dollar notes that generated approximately $3.0 billion of net cash proceeds, which were used in part to fund the February 2014 tender offer and for other general corporate purposes. In January 2014, we also recorded approximately $18 million of discounts and deferred financing costs, which will be amortized into interest expense over the life of the notes.

 

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Our weighted-average interest rate on our total debt was 4.3% as of September 30, 2014, following the completion of our tender offer and debt retirement in the first quarter of 2014. Our weighted-average interest rate on our total debt as of December 31, 2013 was 4.8%, down from 5.8% as of December 31, 2012.

Benefit from Indemnification Resolution

As part of our 2010 Cadbury acquisition, we became the responsible party for tax matters under the Cadbury Schweppes Plc and Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (“DPSG”) Tax Sharing and Indemnification Agreement dated May 1, 2008 (“Tax Indemnity”) for certain 2007 and 2008 transactions relating to the demerger of Cadbury’s Americas Beverage business. A U.S. federal tax audit of DPSG for the 2006-2008 tax years was concluded with the IRS in August 2013. As a result, we recorded a favorable impact of $336 million in selling, general and administrative expenses and $49 million in interest and other expense / (income) for a total pre-tax impact of $385 million ($363 million net of tax) in the three months ended September 30, 2013 due to the reversal of the accrued liability in excess of the amount we paid to DPSG under the Tax Indemnity in the third quarter of 2013.

Divestitures and Acquisition

During the three months ended June 30, 2013, we completed two divestitures within our EEMEA segment which generated cash proceeds of $48 million during the quarter and pre-tax gains of $6 million. The divestitures included a salty snacks business in Turkey and a confectionery business in South Africa. The aggregate operating results of these divestitures were not material to our condensed consolidated financial statements during the periods presented.

On February 22, 2013, we acquired the remaining interest in a biscuit operation in Morocco, which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary within our EEMEA segment. We paid net cash consideration of $119 million, consisting of $155 million purchase price net of cash acquired of $36 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we also recorded a pre-tax gain of $22 million related to the remeasurement of our previously-held equity interest in the operation to fair value in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We recorded acquisition costs of $7 million in selling, general and administrative expenses and interest and other expense / (income) during the three months ended March 31, 2013. We recorded integration charges of $3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 within selling, general and administrative expenses.

Spin-Off Costs following Kraft Foods Group Divestiture

On October 1, 2012, we completed the Spin-Off of our North American grocery business, Kraft Foods Group, to our shareholders (the “Spin-Off”). Following the Spin-Off, Kraft Foods Group is an independent public company and we do not beneficially own any shares of Kraft Foods Group common stock. We continue to incur primarily Spin-Off transition costs, and historically we have incurred Spin-Off transaction, transition and financing and related costs (“Spin-Off Costs”) in our operating results. We recorded $4 million of pre-tax Spin-Off Costs in the three months and $23 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $9 million in the three months and $33 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2013. In fiscal year 2014, we expect to incur approximately $30 million of Spin-Off Costs related primarily to customer service and logistics, information systems and processes, as well as legal costs associated with revising intellectual property and other long-term agreements.

2012-2014 Restructuring Program

In 2012, our Board of Directors approved $1.5 billion of restructuring and related implementation costs (the “2012-2014 Restructuring Program”) reflecting primarily severance, asset disposals and other manufacturing-related one-time costs. The primary objective of the 2012-2014 Restructuring Program was to ensure that Mondelēz International and Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (“Kraft Foods Group”) were each set up to operate efficiently and execute on our respective business strategies upon separation and in the future.

Of the $1.5 billion of 2012-2014 Restructuring Program costs, we retained approximately $925 million and Kraft Foods Group retained the balance of the program. Since inception, we have incurred $765 million of our estimated $925 million total 2012-2014 Restructuring Program charges.

We recorded restructuring charges of $163 million for the three months and $259 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $43 million for the three months and $131 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 within asset impairment and exit costs. We also incurred implementation costs of $23 million for the three months and $66 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $20 million for the three months and $31 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, which were recorded within cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses. See Note 6, Restructuring Programs – 2012-2014 Restructuring Program, for additional information.

 

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Integration Program

As a result of our combination with Cadbury Limited (formerly, Cadbury Plc or “Cadbury”) in 2010, we launched an integration program (the “Integration Program”) to combine the Cadbury operations with our operations and realize annual cost savings of approximately $750 million by the end of 2013 and revenue synergies from investments in distribution, marketing and product development. We achieved cost savings of approximately $800 million in 2012, a year ahead of schedule, and achieved our planned revenue synergies in 2013. Through the end of 2013, we incurred total integration charges of approximately $1.5 billion and completed incurring planned charges on the Integration Program.

We recorded reversals to the Integration Program of $1 million in the three months and $6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 related to accruals no longer required. We recorded Integration Program charges of $36 million for the three months and $109 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 in selling, general and administrative expenses within our Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and EEMEA segments. At September 30, 2014, we had a remaining accrued liability of $71 million related to the Integration Program, of which $35 million was recorded within other current liabilities and $36 million, primarily related to leased facilities no longer in use, was recorded within other long-term liabilities. See Note 7, Integration Program, for additional information.

Provision for Income Taxes

Our income tax provision could be significantly affected by a shift in pre-tax income between non-U.S. tax jurisdictions, from non-U.S. tax jurisdictions to the U.S. or by changes in non-U.S. or U.S. tax laws and regulations that apply to the earnings of subsidiaries outside of the United States as well as other factors. At the end of each interim period, we make our best estimate of the effective tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year. This estimate reflects, among other items, our best estimate of operating results and currency exchange rates. However, in arriving at this estimate, we do not include the estimated impact of discrete one-time events. Examples of items which are not included in the estimated annual effective tax rate include subsequent recognition, derecognition and measurement of tax positions taken in previous periods.

Based on current tax laws, our estimated annual effective tax rate for 2014 is 21.2%, reflecting favorable impacts from the mix of pre-tax income in various non-U.S. tax jurisdictions, partially offset by the remeasurement of our Venezuelan net monetary assets. Our 2014 third quarter effective tax rate of 16.5% was favorably impacted by net tax benefits from $65 million of discrete one-time events. The discrete net tax benefits primarily related to $109 million from favorable tax audit settlements and expirations of statutes of limitations in several jurisdictions, partially offset by $20 million of out-of-period adjustments. Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 of 12.5% was due to net tax benefits from $169 million of discrete one-time events. The discrete net tax benefits primarily related to favorable tax audit settlements and expirations of statutes of limitations in several jurisdictions.

As of the third quarter of 2013, our estimated annual effective tax rate for 2013 was 20.0%, reflecting favorable impacts from the mix of pre-tax income in various non-U.S. tax jurisdictions. Our 2013 third quarter effective tax rate of 2.5% was favorably impacted by the non-taxable portion of the Cadbury acquisition-related indemnity resolution of $325 million and net tax benefits from $109 million of discrete one-time events. These discrete items primarily resulted from $88 million related to the revaluation of U.K. deferred tax assets and liabilities resulting from tax legislation enacted during the third quarter of 2013 and $45 million of net favorable tax audit settlements and expirations of statutes of limitations in several jurisdictions. Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 of 3.0% was favorably impacted by the non-taxable portion of the Cadbury acquisition-related indemnity resolution of $325 million and net tax benefits from $295 million of discrete one-time events. These discrete items primarily resulted from $177 million of net favorable tax audit settlements and expirations of statutes of limitations in several jurisdictions, $88 million related to the revaluation of U.K. deferred tax assets and liabilities resulting from tax legislation enacted during the third quarter of 2013 and $39 million associated with a business divestiture.

See Note 1, Basis of Presentation – Revision of Financial Statements, for information related to the revision of income taxes. During the three months ended September 30, 2014, as part of our ongoing remediation efforts related to the material weakness in internal controls over the accounting for income taxes, we recorded out-of-period adjustments that had an immaterial impact on the provision for income taxes of $20 million for the three months and $15 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The out-of-period adjustments were not material to the consolidated financial statements for any prior period.

 

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Consolidated Results of Operations

The following discussion compares our consolidated results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.

Three Months Ended September 30:

 

                                                                           
     For the Three Months Ended               
     September 30,               
     2014      2013      $ change     % change  
     (in millions, except per share data)        

Net revenues

   $ 8,337       $ 8,472       $ (135     (1.6%

Operating income

   $ 853       $ 1,262       $ (409     (32.4%

Net earnings attributable to
Mondelēz International

   $ 899       $ 1,012       $ (113     (11.2%

Diluted earnings per share attributable to Mondelēz International

   $ 0.53       $ 0.56       $ (0.03     (5.4%

Net Revenues – Net revenues decreased $135 million (1.6%) to $8,337 million and Organic Net Revenue (1) increased $227 million (2.7%) to $8,668 million in the third quarter of 2014. The changes in net revenues and Organic Net Revenue are detailed below:

 

                  

Change in net revenues (by percentage point)

  

Higher net pricing

     5.8 pp 

Unfavorable volume/mix

     (3.1 )pp 
  

 

 

 

Total change in Organic Net Revenue (1)

     2.7

Unfavorable currency

     (4.0 )pp 

Impact of accounting calendar change

     (0.2 )pp 

Impact of divestitures

     (0.1 )pp 
  

 

 

 

Total change in net revenues

     (1.6 )% 
  

 

 

 

 

  (1) Please see the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section at the end of this item.

Organic Net Revenue growth was driven by higher net pricing, partially offset by unfavorable volume/mix. Higher net pricing was driven by Latin America (primarily Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina), Europe, EEMEA and Asia Pacific. Unfavorable volume/mix was driven primarily by lower shipments in Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and EEMEA. Unfavorable currency impacts decreased net revenues by $331 million, due primarily to the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar in 2014 and the strength of the U.S. dollar relative to several foreign currencies, including the Argentinean peso, Ukrainian hryvnya, Russian ruble, Canadian dollar and euro, partially offset by the strength of the British pound sterling relative to the U.S. dollar. In addition, an accounting calendar change made in Europe in the third quarter of 2013 resulted in a year-over-year decrease in net revenues of $19 million. The impact of divestitures completed in 2013 resulted in a year-over-year decrease in net revenues of $12 million.

 

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Operating Income – Operating income decreased $409 million (32.4%) to $853 million in the third quarter of 2014, Adjusted Operating Income (1) increased $106 million (10.3%) to $1,138 million, and Adjusted Operating Income (on a constant currency basis) (1) increased $170 million (16.5%) to $1,202 million due to the following:

 

                                     
     Operating        
     Income     Change  
     (in millions)     (percentage point)  

Operating Income for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013

   $ 1,262     

Spin-Off Costs

     9        1.0pp   

2012-2014 Restructuring Program costs

     63        6.8pp   

Integration Program and other acquisition integration costs

     36        3.9pp   

Benefit from indemnification resolution

     (336     (27.3)pp   

Operating income from divestitures

     (2     (0.2)pp   
  

 

 

   

Adjusted Operating Income (1) for the Three Months Ended
September 30, 2013

   $ 1,032     

Higher net pricing

     492        47.8pp   

Higher input costs

     (304     (29.5)pp   

Unfavorable volume/mix

     (109     (10.6)pp   

Lower selling, general and administrative expenses

     60        5.8pp   

Change in unrealized gains / (losses) on hedging activities

     27        2.6pp   

Other, net

     4        0.4pp   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total change in Adjusted Operating Income (constant currency) (1)

     170        16.5%   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unfavorable currency—translation

     (64     (6.2)pp   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total change in Adjusted Operating Income (1)

     106        10.3%   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted Operating Income (1) for the Three Months Ended
September 30, 2014

   $ 1,138     

Spin-Off Costs

     (4     (0.4)pp   

2012-2014 Restructuring Program costs

     (186     (19.0)pp   

2014-2018 Restructuring Program costs

     (67     (5.3)pp   

Integration Program and other acquisition integration costs

     1        0.1pp   

Remeasurement of net monetary assets in Venezuela

     (19     (1.5)pp   

Costs associated with the JDE coffee transactions

     (10     (0.8)pp   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating Income for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2014

   $ 853        (32.4%)   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (1) Please see the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section at the end of this item.

During the quarter, higher net pricing outpaced increased input costs. Higher net pricing was driven by Latin America, Europe, EEMEA and Asia Pacific. The increase in input costs was driven by higher raw material costs, in part due to higher currency exchange transaction costs on imported materials, partially offset by lower manufacturing costs. Unfavorable volume/mix was driven by Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific and EEMEA.

Total selling, general and administrative expenses increased $269 million from the third quarter of 2013, due in part to the year-over-year negative impact of the benefit from the resolution of the Cadbury acquisition-related indemnification recorded in the third quarter of 2013, implementation costs incurred for the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program, the impact from the devaluation of our net monetary assets in Venezuela, costs incurred related to the JDE coffee transactions and higher implementation costs for the 2012-2014 Restructuring Program, which were partially offset by a favorable currency impact and lower Integration Program costs. Excluding these factors, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $60 million from the third quarter of 2013, driven primarily by lower overheads and lower advertising and consumer promotion costs. Overhead costs fell as a result of continued cost reduction efforts. Advertising and consumer promotion costs were lower due primarily to savings from consolidating media providers, reductions in non-working media costs and efficiencies gained by shifting spending to lower-cost, digital media outlets.

 

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The change in unrealized gains / (losses) increased operating income by $27 million for the third quarter of 2014 and relates to currency and commodity hedging activity. For the three months ended September 30, 2014, the change in unrealized gains / (losses) was a net gain of $39 million as compared to a net gain of $12 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013.

Unfavorable currency impacts decreased operating income by $64 million, due primarily to the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar in 2014 and the strength of the U.S. dollar relative to several foreign currencies, including the Argentinean peso, Ukrainian hryvnya, Russian ruble and euro, partially offset by the strength of the British pound sterling relative to the U.S. dollar.

Operating income margin decreased from 14.9% in the third quarter of 2013 to 10.2% in the third quarter of 2014. The decrease in operating income margin was primarily driven by the year-over-year negative impact of the benefit from the resolution of the Cadbury acquisition-related indemnification recorded in the third quarter of 2013, higher costs for the 2012-2014 Restructuring Program, costs incurred for the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program, the impact from the devaluation of our net monetary assets in Venezuela and costs incurred related to the JDE coffee transactions, partially offset by lower Integration Program costs. Adjusted Operating Income margin increased from 12.2% in the third quarter of 2013 to 13.6% in the third quarter of 2014. The increase in Adjusted Operating Income margin was driven primarily by lower overhead costs from continued cost reduction efforts, lower advertising and consumer promotion costs due primarily to current year productivity initiatives and a gain in gross profit margin due mostly to the favorable impact of unrealized gains / (losses) from commodity and currency hedging activities.

 

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Net Earnings and Earnings per Share Attributable to Mondelēz International – Net earnings attributable to Mondelēz International of $899 million decreased by $113 million (11.2%) in the third quarter of 2014. Diluted EPS attributable to Mondelēz International was $0.53 in the third quarter of 2014, down $0.03 (5.4%) from the third quarter of 2013. Adjusted EPS (1) was $0.50 in the third quarter of 2014, up $0.10 (25.0%) from the third quarter of 2013. Adjusted EPS (on a constant currency basis) (1) was $0.53 in the third quarter of 2014, up $0.13 (32.5%) from the third quarter of 2013. These changes, shown net of tax below, were due to the following:

 

                  
     Diluted EPS  

Diluted EPS Attributable to Mondelēz International for the
Three Months Ended September 30, 2013

   $ 0.56   

Spin-Off Costs (2)

       

2012-2014 Restructuring Program costs (3)

     0.03   

Integration Program and other acquisition integration costs (4)

     0.01   

Net benefit from indemnification resolution (5)

     (0.20

Net earnings from divestitures (2)

       
  

 

 

 

Adjusted EPS (1) for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013

   $ 0.40   

Increase in operations

     0.06   

Change in unrealized gains / (losses) on hedging activities

     0.01   

Lower interest and other expense, net (6)

     0.03   

Changes in shares outstanding (7)

     0.03   

Changes in income taxes (8)

       
  

 

 

 

Adjusted EPS (constant currency) (1) for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2014

   $ 0.53   

Unfavorable currency—translation

     (0.03
  

 

 

 

Adjusted EPS (1) for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2014

   $ 0.50   

Spin-Off Costs (2)

       

2012-2014 Restructuring Program costs (3)

     (0.08

2014-2018 Restructuring Program costs (3)

     (0.03

Integration Program and other acquisition integration costs (4)

       

Remeasurement of net monetary assets in Venezuela (9)

     (0.01

Income / (costs) associated with the JDE coffee transactions (2)

     0.15   
  

 

 

 

Diluted EPS Attributable to Mondelēz International for the
Three Months Ended September 30, 2014

   $ 0.53   
  

 

 

 

 

  (1) Please see the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section at the end of this item.
  (2) Refer to Note 2, Divestitures and Acquisition, for more information on Spin-Off Costs following the Kraft Foods Group Divestiture, the Planned JDE Coffee Business Transactions and other divestitures and an acquisition in our EEMEA segment.
  (3) Refer to Note 6, Restructuring Programs, for more information on our 2014-2018 Restructuring Program and our 2012-2014 Restructuring Program.
  (4) Refer to Note 7, Integration Program, for information on our Cadbury acquisition integration program and Note 2, Divestitures and Acquisition, for other integration charges associated with our acquisition of a biscuit operation in our EEMEA segment.
  (5) Refer to Note 12, Commitments and Contingencies, for more information on the benefit related to the resolution of a Cadbury acquisition indemnification in the three months ended September 30, 2013.
  (6) Excludes the favorable currency impact on interest expense related to our non-U.S. dollar denominated debt.
  (7) Refer to Note 11, Stock Plans, for more information on our equity compensation programs and share repurchase program and Note 15, Earnings Per Share, for earnings per share weighted-average share information.
  (8) Refer to Note 14, Income Taxes, for more information on the change in our income taxes and effective tax rate.
  (9) Refer to Note 1, Basis of Presentation—Currency Translation and Highly Inflationary Accounting, for more information on the remeasurement of net monetary assets in Venezuela in the current and prior-year periods.

 

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Nine Months Ended September 30:

 

                                                                           
     For the Nine Months Ended               
     September 30,               
     2014      2013      $ change     % change  
     (in millions, except per share data)        

Net revenues

   $ 25,414       $ 25,811       $ (397     (1.5%

Operating income

   $ 2,653       $ 2,961       $ (308     (10.4%

Net earnings attributable to
Mondelēz International

   $ 1,684       $ 2,149       $ (465     (21.6%

Diluted earnings per share attributable to
Mondelēz International

   $ 0.98       $ 1.20       $ (0.22     (18.3%

Net Revenues – Net revenues decreased $397 million (1.5%) to $25,414 million and Organic Net Revenue (1) increased $570 million (2.2%) to $26,302 million in the first nine months of 2014. The changes in net revenues and Organic Net Revenue are detailed below:

 

                  

Change in net revenues (by percentage point)

  

Higher net pricing

     4.0 pp 

Unfavorable volume/mix

     (1.8 )pp 
  

 

 

 

Total change in Organic Net Revenue(1)

     2.2

Unfavorable currency

     (3.5 )pp 

Impact of divestitures

     (0.2 )pp 

Impact of accounting calendar change

     (0.1 )pp 

Impact of acquisition

     0.1 pp 
  

 

 

 

Total change in net revenues

     (1.5 )% 
  

 

 

 

 

  (1) Please see the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section at the end of this item.

Organic Net Revenue growth was driven by higher net pricing, partially offset by unfavorable volume/mix. Higher net pricing was reflected across all segments, though mostly in Latin America (primarily Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil), EEMEA and Asia Pacific. Unfavorable volume/mix was driven primarily by lower shipments in Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America. Unfavorable currency impacts decreased net revenues by $902 million, due primarily to the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar and the strength of the U.S. dollar relative to several foreign currencies, including the Argentinean peso, Brazilian real, Russian ruble, Ukrainian hryvnya, Australian dollar and Canadian dollar, partially offset by the strength of the euro and British pound sterling relative to the U.S. dollar. The impact of divestitures completed in 2013 resulted in a year-over-year decrease in net revenues of $60 million. The accounting calendar change made in Europe in the third quarter of 2013 resulted in a year-over-year decrease in net revenues of $19 million. The acquisition of a biscuit operation in Morocco on February 22, 2013 added $14 million in incremental net revenues this year for the period prior to the anniversary date of the acquisition.

 

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Operating Income – Operating income decreased $308 million (10.4%) to $2,653 million in the first nine months of 2014, Adjusted Operating Income (1) increased $297 million (10.1%) to $3,251 million, and Adjusted Operating Income (on a constant currency basis) (1) increased $435 million (14.7%) to $3,389 million due to the following:

 

                                     
     Operating        
     Income     Change  
     (in millions)     (percentage point)  

Operating Income for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013

   $ 2,961     

Spin-Off Costs

     33        1.4pp   

2012-2014 Restructuring Program costs

     162        6.1pp   

Integration Program and other acquisition integration costs

     110        4.1pp   

Benefit from indemnification resolution

     (336     (12.1)pp   

Remeasurement of net monetary assets in Venezuela

     54        1.7pp   

Gains on acquisition and divestitures, net

     (28     (1.1)pp   

Acquisition-related costs

     2        0.1pp   

Operating income from divestitures

     (4     (0.1)pp   
  

 

 

   

Adjusted Operating Income (1) for the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2013

   $ 2,954     

Higher net pricing

     1,021        34.6pp   

Higher input costs

     (596     (20.2)pp   

Unfavorable volume/mix

     (237     (8.1)pp   

Lower selling, general and administrative expenses

     296        10.0pp   

Change in unrealized gains / (losses) on hedging activities

     (63     (2.1)pp   

Gain on sale of property in 2014

     7        0.3pp   

Impact from acquisition

     3        0.1pp   

Other, net

     4        0.1pp   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total change in Adjusted Operating Income (constant currency) (1)

     435        14.7%   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unfavorable currency—translation

     (138     (4.6)pp   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total change in Adjusted Operating Income (1)

     297        10.1%   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted Operating Income (1) for the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2014

   $ 3,251     

Spin-Off Costs

     (23     (0.9)pp   

2012-2014 Restructuring Program costs

     (325     (11.3)pp   

2014-2018 Restructuring Program costs

     (77     (2.6)pp   

Integration Program and other acquisition integration costs

     3        0.1pp   

Remeasurement of net monetary assets in Venezuela

     (161     (5.4)pp   

Costs associated with the JDE coffee transactions

     (15     (0.5)pp   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating Income for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014

   $ 2,653        (10.4%)   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (1) Please see the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section at the end of this item.

 

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During the first nine months of 2014, higher net pricing outpaced increased input costs. Higher net pricing was reflected across all segments. The increase in input costs was driven by higher raw material costs, in part due to higher currency exchange transaction costs on imported materials, partially offset by lower manufacturing costs. Unfavorable volume/mix was driven by Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Europe, partially offset by gains in EEMEA and North America.

Total selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $29 million from the first nine months of 2013, due in part to a favorable currency impact, lower Integration Program costs, lower Spin-Off Costs, a gain on a sale of property in 2014 and the absence of costs related to businesses divested in 2013, which were more than offset by the year-over-year negative impact of the benefit from the resolution of the Cadbury acquisition-related indemnification recorded in the third quarter of 2013, the year-over-year negative impact from the devaluation of our net monetary assets in Venezuela in both 2014 and 2013, implementation costs incurred for the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program, higher implementation costs for the 2012-2014 Restructuring Program, and costs incurred related to the JDE coffee transactions. Excluding these factors, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $296 million from the first nine months of 2013, driven primarily by lower advertising and consumer promotion costs and lower overhead costs. Advertising and consumer promotion costs were lower due primarily to savings from consolidating media providers, reductions in non-working media costs and efficiencies gained by shifting spending to lower-cost, digital media outlets. Overhead costs fell as a result of continued cost reduction efforts.

The change in unrealized gains / (losses) decreased operating income by $63 million for the first nine months of 2014 and relates to currency and commodity hedging activity. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the change in unrealized gains / (losses) was a net loss of $8 million, primarily due to currency hedging activity, as compared to a net gain of $55 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. In the first nine months of 2014, we recorded a pre-tax gain of $7 million related to a property in Europe. The acquisition of a biscuit operation in Morocco on February 22, 2013 added $3 million in incremental operating income this year for the period prior to the anniversary of the acquisition.

Unfavorable currency impacts decreased operating income by $138 million, due primarily to the devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar in 2013 and 2014 and the strength of the U.S. dollar relative to several foreign currencies, including the Argentinean peso, Brazilian real, Russian ruble, Ukrainian hryvnya and Australian dollar, partially offset by the strength of the British pound sterling and euro relative to the U.S. dollar.

Operating income margin decreased from 11.5% in the first nine months of 2013 to 10.4% in the first nine months of 2014. The decrease in operating income margin was primarily driven by the year-over-year negative impact of the benefit from the resolution of the Cadbury acquisition-related indemnification recorded in the third quarter of 2013, higher costs for the 2012-2014 Restructuring Program, the impact from the devaluation of our net monetary assets in Venezuela, costs incurred for the 2014-2018 Restructuring Program and costs incurred related to the JDE coffee transactions, partially offset by lower Integration Program costs. Adjusted Operating Income margin increased from 11.5% in the first nine months of 2013 to 12.8% in the first nine months of 2014. The increase in Adjusted Operating Income margin was driven primarily by lower advertising and consumer promotion costs due primarily to current year productivity initiatives and lower overhead costs from continued cost reduction efforts, partially offset by a decline in gross profit margin due entirely to the unfavorable impact of unrealized gains / (losses) on currency and commodity hedging activities.

 

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Net Earnings and Earnings per Share Attributable to Mondelēz International – Net earnings attributable to Mondelēz International of $1,684 million decreased by $465 million (21.6%) in the first nine months of 2014. Diluted EPS attributable to Mondelēz International was $0.98 in the first nine months of 2014, down $0.22 (18.3%) from the first nine months of 2013. Adjusted EPS (1) was $1.29 in the first nine months of 2014, up $0.17 (15.2%) from the first nine months of 2013. Adjusted EPS (on a constant currency basis) (1) was $1.37 in the first nine months of 2014, up $0.25 (22.3%) from the first nine months of 2013. These changes, shown net of tax below, were due to the following:

 

                  
     Diluted EPS  

Diluted EPS Attributable to Mondelēz International for the
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013

   $ 1.20   

Spin-Off Costs (2)