Restructuring and Related Implementation Charges
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring And Related Implementation Charges
Restructuring and Related Implementation Charges
 
In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company commenced a four-year Global Growth and Efficiency Program for sustained growth. The program’s initiatives are expected to help Colgate ensure continued solid worldwide growth in unit volume, organic sales and earnings per share and enhance its global leadership positions in its core businesses.

On October 23, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an expansion of the Global Growth and Efficiency Program (as expanded, the “2012 Restructuring Program”) to take advantage of additional savings opportunities.

Cumulative pretax charges related to the 2012 Restructuring Program, once all phases are approved and implemented, are estimated to be $1,285 to $1,435 ($950 to $1,050 aftertax). Implementation of the 2012 Restructuring Program is expected to be substantially completed by December 31, 2016. These pretax charges are currently estimated to be comprised of the following categories: Employee-Related Costs, including severance, pension and other termination benefits (50%); asset-related costs, primarily Incremental Depreciation and Asset Impairments (10%); and Other charges, which include contract termination costs, consisting primarily of implementation-related charges resulting directly from exit activities (20%) and the implementation of new strategies (20%). Anticipated pretax charges for 2015 are expected to amount to approximately $330 to $385 ($245 to $285 aftertax). Over the course of the 2012 Restructuring Program, it is currently estimated that approximately 75% of the charges will result in cash expenditures.

It is expected that the cumulative pretax charges, once all projects are approved and implemented, will relate to initiatives undertaken in North America (15%), Europe/South Pacific (20%), Latin America (5%), Asia (5%), Africa/Eurasia (5%), Hill’s Pet Nutrition (10%) and Corporate (40%), which includes substantially all of the costs related to the implementation of new strategies, noted above, on a global basis. It is expected that, by the end of 2016, the 2012 Restructuring Program will contribute a net reduction of approximately 2,000-2,500 positions from the Company’s global employee workforce.

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, restructuring and implementation-related charges are reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2015
 
2014
Cost of sales
 
$
4

 
$
10

Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
18

 
17

Other (income) expense, net
 
78

 
75

Total 2012 Restructuring Program charges, pretax
 
$
100

 
$
102

 
 
 
 
 
Total 2012 Restructuring Program charges, aftertax
 
$
67

 
$
73



Restructuring and related implementation charges in the preceding table are recorded in the Corporate segment as these initiatives are predominantly centrally directed and controlled and are not included in internal measures of segment operating performance.

Total charges incurred for the 2012 Restructuring Program relate to initiatives undertaken by the following reportable operating segments:


 

Program-to-date


Three Months Ended March 31,

Accumulated Charges


2015

2014


North America

18
%

9
%

11
%
Latin America

—
%

4
%

3
%
Europe/South Pacific

7
%

21
%

25
%
Asia

—
%

—
%

1
%
Africa/Eurasia

3
%

2
%

5
%
Hill’s Pet Nutrition

4
%

8
%

8
%
Corporate

68
%

56
%

47
%


Since the inception of the 2012 Restructuring Program in the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company has incurred pretax cumulative charges of $846 ($623 aftertax) in connection with the implementation of various projects as follows:
 
Cumulative Charges
 
as of March 31, 2015
Employee-Related Costs
$
330

Incremental Depreciation
57

Asset Impairments
2

Other
457

Total
$
846



The majority of costs incurred since inception relate to the following projects: the implementation of the Company’s overall hubbing strategy; the consolidation of facilities; the simplification and streamlining of the Company’s research and development capabilities and oral care supply chain, both in Europe; the extension of shared business services and streamlining of global functions; restructuring how the Company will provide future retirement benefits to substantially all of its U.S.-based employees participating in the Company’s defined benefit retirement plan by shifting them to the Company’s defined contribution plan; and the closing of the Morristown, New Jersey personal care facility.
The following table summarizes the activity for the restructuring and implementation-related charges discussed above and the related accruals:
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
 
 
Employee-Related
Costs
 
 
Incremental
Depreciation
 
 
Asset
Impairments 
 
 
Other 
 
 
Total 
 
Balance at December 31, 2014
 
$
85

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
107

 
$
192

Charges
 
35

 
6

 
—

 
59

 
100

Cash payments
 
(15
)
 
—

 
—

 
(26
)
 
(41
)
Charges against assets
 
(8
)
 
(6
)
 
—

 
—

 
(14
)
Foreign exchange
 
(5
)
 
—

 
—

 
(1
)
 
(6
)
Balance at March 31, 2015
 
$
92

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
139

 
$
231


Employee-Related Costs primarily include severance and other termination benefits and are calculated based on long-standing benefit practices, local statutory requirements and, in certain cases, voluntary termination arrangements. Employee-Related Costs also include pension and other retiree benefit enhancements amounting to $8 for the three months ended March 31, 2015, which are reflected as Charges against assets within Employee-Related Costs in the preceding tables, as the corresponding balance sheet amounts are reflected as a reduction of pension assets or an increase in pension and other retiree benefit liabilities (see Note 10, Retirement Plans and Other Retiree Benefits).

Incremental Depreciation is recorded to reflect changes in useful lives and estimated residual values for long-lived assets that will be taken out of service prior to the end of their normal service period. Asset Impairments are recorded to write down assets held for sale or disposal to their fair value based on amounts expected to be realized. Charges against assets within Asset Impairments are net of cash proceeds pertaining to the sale of certain assets.

Other charges consist primarily of charges resulting directly from exit activities and the implementation of new strategies as a result of the 2012 Restructuring Program. These charges for the three months ended March 31, 2015 include third-party incremental costs related to the development and implementation of new business and strategic initiatives of $12 and contract termination costs and charges resulting directly from exit activities of $3 directly related to the 2012 Restructuring Program. These charges were expensed as incurred. Also included in Other charges for the three months ended March 31, 2015 are other exit costs of $44 related to the consolidation of facilities.