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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


Form 10-Q


(Mark One)

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

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBERFor the quarterly period ended June 30, 20172021

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 Commission File Number 1-13397

Ingredion IncorporatedIncorporated

(Exact name of Registrantregistrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWAREDelaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

22-3514823

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTERWestbrook Corporate Center

WESTCHESTER, ILLINOISWestchesterIllinois

60154

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(708) (708) 551-2600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $.01 par value per share

INGR

New York Stock Exchange

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 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 No

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

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

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

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

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

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

CLASSClass

OUTSTANDING AT OCTOBEROutstanding at July 31, 20172021

Common Stock, $.01 par value

71,865,00067,005,068 shares


Ingredion Incorporated (“Ingredion”)

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended 

Six Months Ended 

June 30, 

June 30, 

(in millions, except per share amounts)

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

Net sales

$

1,762

$

1,349

$

3,376

$

2,892

Cost of sales

1,395

1,078

2,658

2,298

Gross profit

367

271

718

594

Operating expenses

167

147

320

301

Other (income) expense, net

(26)

(28)

2

Restructuring/impairment charges

4

11

374

25

Operating income

222

113

52

266

Financing costs, net

19

19

38

37

Other, non-operating (income), net

(2)

(3)

(1)

Income before income taxes

205

94

17

230

Provision for income taxes

24

27

79

85

Net income (loss)

181

67

(62)

145

Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

3

1

6

4

Net income (loss) attributable to Ingredion

$

178

$

66

$

(68)

$

141

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

Basic

67.2

67.2

67.3

67.2

Diluted

67.9

67.6

67.3

67.7

Earnings (Loss) per common share of Ingredion:

Basic

$

2.65

$

0.98

$

(1.01)

$

2.10

Diluted

$

2.62

$

0.98

$

(1.01)

$

2.08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended

   

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

(in millions, except per share amounts)

   

2017

   

2016

   

2017

   

2016

 

Net sales before shipping and handling costs

 

$

1,574

 

$

1,569

 

$

4,653

 

$

4,537

 

Less: shipping and handling costs

 

 

89

 

 

80

 

 

258

 

 

233

 

Net sales

 

 

1,485

 

 

1,489

 

 

4,395

 

 

4,304

 

Cost of sales

 

 

1,097

 

 

1,120

 

 

3,282

 

 

3,241

 

Gross profit

 

 

388

 

 

369

 

 

1,113

 

 

1,063

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

152

 

 

149

 

 

458

 

 

431

 

Other income, net

 

 

(4)

 

 

(3)

 

 

(7)

 

 

(2)

 

Restructuring/impairment charges

 

 

 7

 

 

 2

 

 

23

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

 

233

 

 

221

 

 

639

 

 

619

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing costs, net

 

 

16

 

 

15

 

 

57

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

217

 

 

206

 

 

582

 

 

571

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

48

 

 

60

 

 

153

 

 

172

 

Net income

 

 

169

 

 

146

 

 

429

 

 

399

 

Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

 3

 

 

 3

 

 

 9

 

 

 8

 

Net income attributable to Ingredion

 

$

166

 

$

143

 

$

420

 

$

391

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

71.9

 

 

72.5

 

 

72.0

 

 

72.2

 

Diluted

 

 

73.3

 

 

74.3

 

 

73.4

 

 

74.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per common share of Ingredion:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

2.31

 

$

1.98

 

$

5.83

 

$

5.42

 

Diluted

 

$

2.26

 

$

1.93

 

$

5.72

 

$

5.29

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS3

Ingredion Incorporated (“Ingredion”)

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended 

Six Months Ended 

June 30, 

June 30, 

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

 

Net income (loss)

  

$

181

  

$

67

  

$

(62)

$

145

Other comprehensive income:

Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of income tax effect of $40, $4, $47 and $16, respectively

107

(16)

129

(50)

(Gains) losses on cash flow hedges reclassified to earnings, net of income tax effect of $30, $4, $30 and $6, respectively

(79)

15

(80)

19

Currency translation adjustment

30

16

(22)

(118)

Comprehensive income (loss)

239

82

(35)

(4)

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests

3

2

8

2

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Ingredion

$

236

$

80

$

(43)

$

(6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended 

 

Nine Months Ended 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

(in millions)

   

2017

   

2016

   

2017

   

2016

 

Net income

 

$

169

 

$

146

 

$

429

 

$

399

 

Other comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Losses on cash-flow hedges, net of income tax effect of $6, $9, $2, and $9, respectively

 

 

(10)

 

 

(18)

 

 

(2)

 

 

(15)

 

Losses on cash-flow hedges reclassified to earnings, net of income tax effect of $1, $2, $- and $9, respectively

 

 

 —

 

 

 4

 

 

 1

 

 

18

 

Actuarial gains (losses) on pension and other postretirement obligations, settlements and plan amendments, net of income tax effect of $-, $-, $- and $1, respectively

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 1

 

 

(4)

 

(Gains) losses related to pension and other postretirement obligations reclassified to earnings, net of income tax effect

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

(1)

 

 

 1

 

Unrealized gains on investments, net of income tax effect

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 1

 

 

 —

 

Currency translation adjustment

 

 

30

 

 

 9

 

 

62

 

 

68

 

Comprehensive income

 

 

189

 

 

141

 

 

491

 

 

467

 

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

 3

 

 

 3

 

 

 9

 

 

 8

 

Comprehensive income attributable to Ingredion

 

$

186

 

$

138

 

$

482

 

$

459

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS4

Ingredion Incorporated (“Ingredion”)

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

December 31,

 

(in millions, except share and per share amounts)

   

2017

   

2016

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

491

 

$

512

 

Short-term investments

 

 

14

 

 

 4

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

901

 

 

923

 

Inventories

 

 

825

 

 

789

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

35

 

 

24

 

Total current assets

 

 

2,266

 

 

2,252

 

Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $2,980 and $2,826, respectively

 

 

2,186

 

 

2,116

 

Goodwill

 

 

803

 

 

784

 

Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $130 and $106, respectively

 

 

499

 

 

502

 

Deferred income tax assets

 

 

 7

 

 

 7

 

Other assets

 

 

132

 

 

121

 

Total assets

 

$

5,893

 

$

5,782

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term borrowings

 

$

153

 

$

106

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

787

 

 

872

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

940

 

 

978

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

 

 

180

 

 

158

 

Long-term debt

 

 

1,731

 

 

1,850

 

Deferred income tax liabilities

 

 

154

 

 

171

 

Share-based payments subject to redemption

 

 

30

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredion stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock — authorized 25,000,000 shares — $0.01 par value, none issued

 

 

 —

 

 

 

Common stock — authorized 200,000,000 shares — $0.01 par value, 77,810,875 issued at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively

 

 

 1

 

 

 1

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

1,140

 

 

1,149

 

Less: Treasury stock (common stock: 5,964,226 and 5,396,526 shares at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively) at cost

 

 

(504)

 

 

(413)

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(1,009)

 

 

(1,071)

 

Retained earnings

 

 

3,203

 

 

2,899

 

Total Ingredion stockholders’ equity

 

 

2,831

 

 

2,565

 

Non-controlling interests

 

 

27

 

 

30

 

Total equity

 

 

2,858

 

 

2,595

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

5,893

 

$

5,782

 

June 30, 

December 31, 

(in millions, except share and per share amounts)

    

2021

    

2020

 

(Unaudited)

Assets

  

  

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

542

$

665

Short-term investments

7

Accounts receivable, net

1,140

1,011

Inventories

1,054

917

Prepaid expenses

70

54

Total current assets

2,813

2,647

Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $3,225 and $3,175, respectively

2,386

2,455

Goodwill

913

902

Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $240 and $229, respectively

431

444

Operating lease assets

189

173

Deferred income tax assets

27

23

Other assets

339

214

Total assets

$

7,098

$

6,858

Liabilities and equity

Current liabilities:

Short-term borrowings

$

72

$

438

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

1,029

1,020

Total current liabilities

1,101

1,458

Non-current liabilities

225

227

Long-term debt

2,129

1,748

Non-current operating lease liabilities

152

136

Deferred income tax liabilities

214

217

Liabilities held for sale

335

Total liabilities

4,156

3,786

Share-based payments subject to redemption

28

30

Redeemable non-controlling interests

70

70

Ingredion stockholders’ equity:

Preferred stock — authorized 25,000,000 shares — $0.01 par value, NaN issued

Common stock — authorized 200,000,000 shares — $0.01 par value, 77,810,875 issued at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

1

1

Additional paid-in capital

1,154

1,150

Less: Treasury stock (common stock: 10,808,504 and 10,795,346 shares at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively) at cost

(1,029)

(1,024)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(1,106)

(1,133)

Retained earnings

3,802

3,957

Total Ingredion stockholders’ equity

2,822

2,951

Non-redeemable non-controlling interests

22

21

Total equity

2,844

2,972

Total liabilities and equity

$

7,098

$

6,858

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS5

Ingredion Incorporated (“Ingredion”)

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity and Redeemable Equity

(Unaudited)

Total Equity

Non-

Redeemable

Share-based

Redeemable

Additional

Accumulated Other

Non-

Payments

Non-

Preferred

Common

Paid-In

Treasury

Comprehensive

Retained

Controlling

Subject to

Controlling

(in millions)

    

Stock

��

Stock

    

Capital

    

Stock

    

Loss

    

Earnings

    

Interests

    

Redemption

    

Interests

 

Balance, December 31, 2020

$

$

1

$

1,150

$

(1,024)

$

(1,133)

$

3,957

$

21

$

30

$

70

Net (loss) attributable to Ingredion

(68)

Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests

7

(1)

Dividends declared

(87)

(7)

Repurchases of common stock, net

(24)

Share-based compensation, net of issuance

4

19

(2)

Other comprehensive (loss) income

27

1

1

Balance, June 30, 2021

$

$

1

$

1,154

$

(1,029)

$

(1,106)

$

3,802

$

22

$

28

$

70

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equity

 

Share-based

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

 

 

Accumulated Other

 

 

 

 

Non-

 

Payments

 

 

 

Common

 

Paid-In

 

Treasury

 

Comprehensive

 

Retained

 

Controlling

 

Subject to

 

(in millions)

   

Stock

   

Capital

   

Stock

   

Loss

   

Earnings

   

Interests

   

Redemption

 

Balance, December 31, 2016

 

$

 1

 

$

1,149

 

$

(413)

 

$

(1,071)

 

$

2,899

 

$

30

 

$

30

 

Net income attributable to Ingredion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

420

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 9

 

 

 

 

Dividends declared

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(116)

 

 

(12)

 

 

 

 

Repurchases of common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(123)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation, net of issuance

 

 

 

 

 

(9)

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 —

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2017

 

$

 1

 

$

1,140

 

$

(504)

 

$

(1,009)

 

$

3,203

 

$

27

 

$

30

 

Total Equity

 

Non-

Redeemable

Share-based

Redeemable

Additional

Accumulated Other

Non-

Payments

Non-

 

Preferred

Common

Paid-In

Treasury

Comprehensive

Retained

Controlling

Subject to

Controlling

 

(in millions)

    

Stock

Stock

    

Capital

    

Stock

    

Loss

    

Earnings

    

Interests

    

Redemption

    

Interests

 

Balance, December 31, 2019

 

$

$

1

$

1,137

$

(1,040)

$

(1,158)

$

3,780

$

21

$

31

$

Net income attributable to Ingredion

141

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

4

Dividends declared

(85)

(3)

Share-based compensation, net of issuance

6

13

(4)

Other comprehensive income (loss)

(149)

(2)

Balance, June 30, 2020

$

$

1

 

$

1,143

 

$

(1,027)

 

$

(1,307)

 

$

3,836

 

$

20

 

$

27

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Equity

 

Share-based

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

 

 

Accumulated Other

 

 

 

 

Non-

 

Payments

 

 

 

Common

 

Paid-In

 

Treasury

 

Comprehensive

 

Retained

 

Controlling

 

Subject to

 

(in millions)

   

Stock

   

Capital

   

Stock

   

Loss

   

Earnings

   

Interests

   

Redemption

 

Balance, December 31, 2015

 

$

 1

 

$

1,160

 

$

(467)

 

$

(1,102)

 

$

2,552

 

$

36

 

$

24

 

Net income attributable to Ingredion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

391

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 8

 

 

 

 

Dividends declared

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(101)

 

 

(6)

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation, net of issuance

 

 

 

 

 

(14)

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 3

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78

 

 

 

 

 

(10)

 

 

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2016

 

$

 1

 

$

1,146

 

$

(414)

 

$

(1,024)

 

$

2,842

 

$

28

 

$

27

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS6

Ingredion Incorporated (“Ingredion”)

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

Six Months Ended

June 30, 

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

Cash provided by operating activities

Net (loss) income

$

(62)

$

145

Non-cash charges to net (loss) income:

Depreciation and amortization

103

106

Mechanical stores expense

27

26

Deferred income taxes

(21)

(2)

Assets held for sale impairment

360

Other

(5)

25

Changes in working capital:

Accounts receivable and prepaid expenses

(118)

64

Inventories

(165)

(31)

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

62

(21)

Margin accounts

(20)

(18)

Other

(32)

Cash provided by operating activities

129

294

Cash used for investing activities

Capital expenditures and mechanical stores purchases, net of proceeds on disposals

(102)

(175)

Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired of $2 and $ —, respectively

(40)

Investment in non-consolidated affiliates

(11)

(6)

Short-term investments

(4)

3

Cash used for investing activities

(157)

(178)

Cash (used for) provided by financing activities

Proceeds from borrowings

430

1,486

Payments on debt

(416)

(709)

Payments for debt issuance costs

(9)

Repurchases of common stock, net

(24)

Issuances of common stock for share-based compensation, net of settlements

9

2

Dividends paid, including to non-controlling interests

  

(93)

  

(87)

Cash (used for) provided by financing activities

(94)

683

Effects of foreign exchange rate changes on cash

(1)

(16)

(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

(123)

783

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

665

264

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$

542

$

1,047

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

(in millions)

   

2017

   

2016

 

Cash provided by operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

429

 

$

399

 

Non-cash charges to net income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

156

 

 

146

 

Charge for fair value markup of acquired inventory

 

 

 9

 

 

 —

 

Other

 

 

54

 

 

59

 

Changes in working capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable and prepaid expenses

 

 

15

 

 

(56)

 

Inventories

 

 

(33)

 

 

(8)

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

(92)

 

 

18

 

Decrease in margin accounts

 

 

10

 

 

 1

 

Other

 

 

(24)

 

 

(17)

 

Cash provided by operating activities

 

 

524

 

 

542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash used for investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures, net of proceeds on disposals

 

 

(222)

 

 

(197)

 

Short-term investments

 

 

(9)

 

 

(7)

 

Payments for acquisitions

 

 

(13)

 

 

 —

 

Cash used for investing activities

 

 

(244)

 

 

(204)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash used for financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from borrowings

 

 

1,085

 

 

793

 

Payments on debt

 

 

(1,164)

 

 

(742)

 

Debt issuance costs

 

 

 —

 

 

(4)

 

(Repurchase) issuance of common stock, net

 

 

(120)

 

 

21

 

Dividends paid (including to non-controlling interests)

 

 

(120)

 

 

(103)

 

Cash used for financing activities

 

 

(319)

 

 

(35)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effects of foreign exchange rate changes on cash

 

 

18

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(21)

 

 

317

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

 

512

 

 

434

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

491

 

$

751

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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INGREDION INCORPORATED (“Ingredion”)

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Interim Financial Statements

References to the “Company” are to Ingredion Incorporated (“Ingredion”) and its consolidated subsidiaries. These statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes to those statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2020.

The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of June 30, 2021 and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 included herein were prepared by management on the same basis as the Company’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 20162020 and reflect all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring items unless otherwise noted) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair presentation of resultsthe Condensed Consolidated Statements of operationsIncome (Loss), Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  Income (Loss), Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity and cash flows for the interim periods ended September 30, 2017Redeemable Equity, and 2016, and the financial positionCondensed Consolidated Statements of the Company as of September 30, 2017.Cash Flows. The results for the interim periodsperiod are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full years.year or any other future period.

2.     Recently Adopted and NewSummary of Significant Accounting Standards and Policies

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards: In July 2015,For detailed information about the Company’s significant accounting standards and policies, see Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. This Update requires an entity to measure inventory at the lower of cost and net realizable value, removing the consideration of current replacement cost. It is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. We adopted this UpdateStatements included in the currentCompany’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. There have been no material changes to the Company’s significant accounting standards and policies for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021.

3.Acquisitions

Acquisitions

On April 1, 2021, the Company acquired KaTech, a privately-held company headquartered in Germany. KaTech provides advanced texture and stabilization solutions to the food and beverage industry. To complete the closing, the Company made a total cash payment of $40 million, net of $2 million of cash acquired, which it did not havefunded from cash on hand. The results of KaTech are reported on a material impact on our auditedone-month lag within the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

New Accounting Standards: In May 2014,Statements during the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) that introduces a new five-step revenue recognition model in which an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This ASU also requires disclosures sufficient to enable users to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers, including qualitative and quantitative disclosures about contracts with customers, significant judgments and changes in judgments, and assets recognized from the costs to obtain or fulfill a contract. The FASB has also issued additional ASUs to provide further updates and clarification to this Update, including ASU 2015-14, ASU 2016-08, ASU 2016-10, ASU 2016-12 and ASU 2016-20. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. We plan to adopt the standard asintegration process of the effective date. The standard will allow various transition approaches upon adoption. We plan to usecompanies. KaTech’s operational results are recorded in the modified retrospective approach for the transition to the new standard. Based on the analysis performed byCompany’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) reportable business segment.

On November 3, 2020, the Company to date, our assessment is thatacquired the adoptionremaining 80% of the guidance in this Update is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s revenue recognition timing or amounts, as we have not identified any changes to the recognitionoutstanding shares of revenue for existing customer contracts.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842)Verdient Foods, Inc. (“Verdient”), which supersedes Topic 840, Leases. This Update increases the transparency and comparability of organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for leases longer than 12 months and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. The recognition, measurement and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee have not significantly changed. This Update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. We currently plan to adopt the standard as of the effective date. Adoption will require a modified retrospective approach for the transition. We expect the adoption of the guidance in this Update to have a material impact on our Consolidated Balance Sheet as operating leases will be recognized both as assets and liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. We are in the process of quantifying the magnitude of these changes and assessing the implementation approach for accounting for these changes.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. This Update simplifies the subsequent measurement of Goodwill as the Update eliminates Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. Instead, under the Update, an entity should perform its annual, or interim, goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An entity should then recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value,

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with the loss recognized not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. This Update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. 

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-07, Compensation – Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost. This Update requires an entity to change the classification of the net periodic benefit cost for pension and postretirement plans within the statement of income by eliminating the ability to net all of the components of the costs together within operating income. The Update will require the service cost component to continue to be presented within operating income, classified within either cost of sales or operating expenses depending on the employees covered within the plan. The remaining components of the net periodic benefit cost, however, must be presented in the statement of income as a non-operating income (loss) below operating income. The Update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted only within the first interim period for public entities. We plan to adopt this Update in 2018. When adopted, the new guidance must be applied retrospectively for all income statement periods presented. The Update will reduce the Company’s operating income and will require a new financial statement line item below operating income within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the non-operating income (loss) components. Net income within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income will not change upon adoption of the Update.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities. This Update modifies accounting guidance for hedge accounting by making more hedge strategies eligible for hedge accounting, amending presentation and disclosure requirements, and changing how companies assess ineffectiveness. The intent is to simplify the application of hedge accounting and increase transparency of information about an entity’s risk management activities. The amended guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. We are in the process of assessing the effects of these updates including potential changes to existing hedging arrangement, as well as the implementation approach for accounting for these changes.

3.     Acquisitions

On March 9, 2017,leased land and buildings not owned by Verdient. To complete the Company completed its acquisition of Sun Flour Industry Co., Ltd. (“Sun Flour”) in Thailand for $18 million. Upon closing, the Company paid $13made a total cash payment of CAD $33 million in cash and recorded $5 million in accrued liabilities for deferred payments due to the previous owner. The Company(USD $26 million), which it funded the acquisition primarily withfrom cash on hand. The acquisitionCompany had previously entered into an equity method investment with Verdient by acquiring 20% of Sun Flour addsits outstanding shares. Verdient is a fourth manufacturing facility to our operations in Thailand. Sun Flour produces rice-based ingredients used primarily in theCanada-based producer of pulse-based protein concentrates and flours from peas, lentils, and fava beans for human food industry.applications.  The results of the acquired operation are included in the Company’s consolidated results from the acquisition date forward within the Asia PacificNorth America reportable business segment.

On December 29, 2016,July 1, 2020, the Company completed its acquisition of TIC Gums Incorporateda controlling interest in PureCircle Limited (“TIC Gums”PureCircle”), a privately held, U.S.-based company that provides advanced texture systems to. PureCircle is one of the leading producers and innovators of plant-based stevia sweeteners for the global food and beverage industry, for $396industries. To complete the closing, the Company made a total cash payment of $208 million, net of $14 million of cash acquired.acquired, which it funded from cash on hand. After the closing, the Company owns 75% of PureCircle, with the remaining 25% owned by former PureCircle shareholders. PureCircle is consolidated by Ingredion for financial reporting purposes, with a corresponding redeemable non-controlling interest of $74 million recorded for the portion not owned by the Company at the time of acquisition. The acquisition addsresults of PureCircle are reported on a manufacturing facility in bothone-month lag within the U.S. and China. The Company fundedCompany’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements during the acquisition with proceeds from borrowings under its revolving credit agreement.integration process of the companies. The results of the acquired operations are included in the Company’s consolidated results from the respective acquisition dates forwarddate within the North America and Asia PacificAsia-Pacific reportable business segments.segment.

On November 29, 2016, the Company completed its acquisition of Shandong Huanong Specialty Corn Development Co., Ltd. (“Shandong Huanong”) in China for $12 million in cash. The Company funded the acquisition primarily with cash on hand. The acquisition of Shandong Huanong, located in Shandong Province, adds second manufacturing facility to our operations in China. It produces starch raw material for our plant in Shanghai, which makes value-added ingredients for the food industry. The results of the acquired operation are included in the Company’s consolidated results from the acquisition date forward within the Asia Pacific business segment.

A preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed was made based on available information and incorporating management’s best estimates.  The assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the

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transaction for each acquisition in the transactions are generally recorded at their estimated acquisition date fair values, while transaction costs associated with the acquisitions wereare expensed as incurred.

The acquisitions of KaTech and Verdient added a total of $36 million of goodwill and $35 million of tangible assets as of their respective acquisition dates. The purchase accounting for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed for KaTech and Verdient is preliminarily recorded based on available information and incorporating management’s best estimates.

The purchase accounting for TIC Gumsthe assets acquired and liabilities assumed for PureCircle is still open, pending finalization ofcomplete, except for goodwill and taxes. All of thetaxes, which are preliminarily recorded assetsbased on available information and liabilities, including working capital, property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”), goodwill, and intangibles, are open for performingincorporating management’s best estimates. The purchase accounting adjustments for Sun Flour. Purchase accounting adjustments for Shandong Huanong remain opentaxes remains preliminary pending receipt of certain information required to finalize the valuationdetermination of intangible assets.fair value.

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Goodwill represents the amount by which the purchase price exceeds the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired. The goodwill results from synergies and other operational benefits expected to be derived from the acquisitions.acquisition. The goodwill related to TIC Gums and Shandong HuanongPureCircle is tax deductiblenot tax-deductible due to the structure of the acquisitions. The goodwill related to Sun Flour is not tax deductible.acquisition.

The following table summarizes the preliminary purchase price allocationallocations for the PureCircle acquisition of TIC Gums as of December 29, 2016:June 30, 2021:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preliminary

 

(in millions)

   

 

TIC Gums

 

Working capital (excluding cash)

 

$

49

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

 

37

 

Identifiable intangible assets

 

 

133

 

Goodwill

 

 

177

 

Total purchase price, net of cash

 

$

396

 

(in millions)

    

PureCircle

Working capital (excluding cash)

$

68

Property, plant and equipment

 

91

Other, net

(22)

Identifiable intangible assets

 

68

Goodwill

 

77

Total fair value, net of cash

282

Less: Non-redeemable non-controlling interests

74

Total purchase price, net of cash

 

$

208

The identifiable intangible assets for the acquisition of TIC Gums included items such asa controlling interest in PureCircle include customer relationships, trade names,tradenames, and proprietary technology. The fair values of these intangible assets were determined to be Level 3 under the fair value hierarchy. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for an asset or liability. Unobservable inputs are used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available, thereby allowing for fair value estimates to be made in situations in which there is little, if any, market activity for an asset or liability at the measurement date. The following table presentsFor more information on the fair values, valuation techniques, and estimated remaining useful life at the acquisition date for these Level 3 measurements (dollars in millions):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

   

Estimated 

 

 

Fair Value

 

Valuation Technique

 

Useful Life

Customer relationships

 

$

94

 

Multi-period excess earnings method

 

20 years

Trade names

 

 

35

 

Relief-from-royalty method

 

Indefinite

Proprietary technology

 

 

 4

 

Relief-from-royalty method

 

8 years

The acquisitions of Sun Flour and Shandong Huanong added $21 million to goodwill and identifiable intangible assets and $9 million to net tangible assets as of their respective acquisition dates.

Included in the resultsvalue hierarchy, see Note 6 of the acquired businesses for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was an increase in cost of sales of $9 million relatingNotes to the sale of inventory that was adjusted to fair value at the acquisition dates for each acquired business in accordance with business combination accounting rules. The fair value adjustments for the three months ended September 30, 2017 had no effect on cost of sales.Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Pro-forma results of operationsoperation for any of the foregoing acquisitions made in 2017 and 2016 have not been presented as the effect of each acquisition individually and in the aggregate with other acquisitions would not be material to the Company’s results of operations for any periods presented.

The Company incurred $1$5 million and $6 million of pre-tax acquisition and integration costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. The Company incurred $3 million of pre-tax acquisition and integration costs for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, respectively, associated with its recent acquisitions. In 2016,2020.

Equity Method Investments

On June 1, 2021, the Company incurred $2and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an agreement with Amyris, Inc. (“Amyris”) for certain exclusive commercialization rights to Amyris’ rebaudioside M by fermentation (“Reb M”) product; the exclusive licensing of Amyris’ Reb M sweetener manufacturing technology; and a 31% ownership stake in a Reb M joint venture. In exchange for its ownership interest in the joint venture, Ingredion contributed $28 million of pre-tax acquisitiontotal consideration including $10 million of cash and integration costs fornon-exclusive intellectual property licenses and other consideration valued at $18 million. The transaction resulted in $8 million of Other (income) expense, net recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 associated with the 2015 acquisitionsCondensed Consolidated Statements of Kerr Concentrates, Inc. and Penford Corporation. Pre-tax acquisition and integration costs incurred forIncome (Loss) during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016 were not significant.2021. The $8 million gain includes $18 million of other income related to non-exclusive intellectual property licenses and other consideration contributed by

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Ingredion for the Company’s stake in the joint venture, offset by a $10 million cash payment made by a subsidiary of Ingredion to Amyris for the exclusive right to the Reb M sweetener manufacturing technology license from Amyris. 

4.     Impairment and Restructuring Charges

ForThe Company incurred $1 million of pre-tax direct transaction costs to acquire the investment for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021.

4. Revenue Recognition

The Company applies the provisions of ASC 606-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company recognizes revenue under the core principle to depict the transfer of products to customers in an amount reflecting the consideration the Company recorded $7 million and $23 million, respectively, of pre-tax restructuring charges. During the first quarter of 2017, the Company implemented an organizational restructuring effort in Argentina inexpects to receive. In order to achieve that core principle, the Company applies the following five-step approach: (1) identify the contract with a more competitive cost position. customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (5) recognize revenue when a performance obligation is satisfied.

The Company notifiedidentifies customer purchase orders, which in some cases are governed by a master sales agreement, as the local labor union of a planned reduction in workforce, which resulted in a strike by the labor union and an interruption of manufacturing activities during the second quarter of 2017. The Company finalized a new labor agreementcontracts with the labor union in the second quarter, ending the strike on June 1, 2017.its customers. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017,each contract, the Company recorded total pre-tax restructuring-related charges in Argentinaconsiders the transfer of $17 million for employee-related severance and other costs. No additional charges were recordedproducts, each of which is distinct, to be the identified performance obligation. In determining the transaction price for the three months ended September 30, 2017. 

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During the second quarter of 2017,performance obligation, the Company announced a Finance Transformation initiative in North America forevaluates whether the U.S. and Canada businessesprice is subject to strengthen organizational capabilities and drive efficienciesadjustment to supportdetermine the growth strategy ofconsideration to which the Company. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring charges of $4 million ($3 million of severance costs and $1 million of other costs) and $5 million ($3 million of severance costs and $2 million of other costs), respectively, related to this initiative. The Company expects to incur between $3 millionbe entitled. The pricing model can be fixed or variable within the contract. The variable pricing model is based on historical commodity pricing and $5 millionis determinable prior to completion of employee-related severancethe performance obligation. Additionally, the Company has certain sales adjustments for volume incentive discounts and other costsdiscount arrangements that reduce the transaction price. The reduction of the transaction price is estimated using the expected value method based on an analysis of historical volume incentives or discounts, over a period of time considered adequate to account for current pricing and business trends. Historically, actual volume incentives and discounts relative to those estimated and included when determining the transaction price have not materially differed. Volume incentives and discounts are accrued at the satisfaction of the performance obligation and accounted for in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the fourth quarterCondensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. These amounts were not significant as of 2017June 30, 2021 or December 31, 2020. The product price as specified in the contract, net of any discounts, is considered the standalone selling price as it is an observable input which depicts the price as if sold to a similar customer in similar circumstances. Payment is received shortly after the performance obligation is satisfied; therefore, the Company has elected the practical expedient under ASC 606-10-32-18 to not assess whether a contract has a significant financing component.

Revenue is recognized when the Company’s performance obligation is satisfied and between $1 millioncontrol is transferred to the customer, which occurs at a point in time, either upon delivery to an agreed upon location or to the customer. Further, in determining whether control has transferred, the Company considers if there is a present right to payment and $2 million in 2018legal title, along with risks and rewards of ownership having transferred to the customer.

Shipping and handling activities related to this initiative.contracts with customers represent fulfillment costs and are recorded in Cost of sales. Taxes assessed by governmental authorities and collected from customers are accounted for on a net basis and excluded from revenues.  The Company applies a practical expedient to expense costs to obtain a contract as incurred as most contracts are one year or less. These costs primarily include the Company’s internal sales force compensation. Under the terms of these programs, such costs are generally earned and the costs are recognized at the time the revenue is recognized.

Additionally, for the three months ended September 30, 2017,From time to time, the Company recorded $3 million of other pre-tax restructuring costs including employee-related severance costs in North America. Formay enter into long-term contracts with its customers. Historically, the nine months ended September 30, 2017,contracts entered into by the Company recorded $1 million of other pre-tax restructuring charges including other employee-related severance costsdo not result in North Americasignificant contract assets or liabilities.  Any such arrangements are accounted for in Other assets or Accounts payable and a refinement of estimates for prior year restructuring activities.

Duringaccrued liabilities in the third quarter of 2016, the Company recorded $2 million of restructuring charges for employee-related severance and other costs due to the execution of global information technology (“IT”) outsourcing contracts. For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company recorded $15 million of restructuring charges consisting of $10 million of employee-related severance and other costs due to the execution of global IT outsourcing contracts, $3 million of employee-related severance costs associated with the Company’s optimization initiative in South America and $2 million of costs attributable to the 2015 Port Colborne plant sale.

A summary of the Company’s severance accrualCondensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  There were no significant contract assets or liabilities as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017 is as follows (in millions):2021 or December 31, 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

Balance in severance accrual as of December 31, 2016

    

$

 7

 

Restructuring charge for employee-related severance costs:

 

 

 

 

Argentina

 

 

15

 

North America Finance Transformation

 

 

 3

 

Other

 

 

 2

 

Prior year restructuring activities

 

 

(2)

 

Payments made to terminated employees

 

 

(14)

 

Balance in severance accrual as of September 30, 2017

 

$

11

 

Of the $11 million severance accrual as of September 30, 2017, $9 million is expected to be paid in the next 12 months.

5.     Segment Information

The Company is principally engaged in the production and sale of starches and sweeteners for a wide range of industries, and is managed geographically on a regional basis. The Company’s operations are classified into four4 reportable business segments: North America, South America, Asia PacificAsia-Pacific and Europe, Middle EastEMEA.  The nature, amount, timing and Africa (“EMEA”).    Its North America segment includes businessesuncertainty of the Company’s Net sales are managed by the Company primarily based on its geographic segments. Each region’s product sales are unique to each region and have unique risks.

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Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

2021

    

2020

    

Net sales to unaffiliated customers:

North America

$

1,068

$

848

$

2,013

$

1,811

South America

268

182

541

419

Asia-Pacific

248

187

483

376

EMEA

178

132

339

286

Total net sales

$

1,762

$

1,349

$

3,376

$

2,892

5. Restructuring and Impairment Charges

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recorded $4 million and $374 million of pre-tax impairment and restructuring charges, respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2021, these charges included pre-tax restructuring charges of $4 million primarily related to the Company’s Cost Smart program. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recorded impairment charges of $360 million related to held for sale treatment of net assets expected to be contributed to an unconsolidated joint venture in the U.S., Canadathird quarter of 2021, as described below, and Mexico.pre-tax restructuring charges of $14 million primarily related to the Company’s Cost Smart program.

For the three months and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded $11 million and $25 million of pre-tax restructuring and impairment charges. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, these charges included $6 million of pre-tax restructuring and impairment charges for the Company’s Cost Smart Cost of sales program, and $5 million of pre-tax restructuring and impairment charges for the Company’s Cost Smart selling, general, and administrative expense (“SG&A”) program. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded $15 million of pre-tax restructuring and impairment charges related to its Cost Smart Cost of sales program, and $10 million of pre-tax restructuring and impairment charges related to its Cost Smart SG&A program.

Impairment Charges

On February 12, 2021, the Company signed an agreement with an affiliate of Grupo Arcor, an Argentine food company, to establish a joint venture to combine manufacturing operations in Argentina in order to sell value-added ingredients to customers in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. The joint venture will be 51% owned by Grupo Arcor and 49% owned by Ingredion. The joint venture will operate 5 manufacturing facilities that produce value-added ingredients including glucose syrups, maltose, fructose, starch, and maltodextrins, among others, that are marketed to the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and other industries. The joint venture will be managed by a jointly appointed team of executives. Subject to the satisfaction of regulatory approvals and other closing conditions, the joint venture transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2021. See Note 14 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information about this transaction.

In connection with its entry into the joint venture agreement, the Company classified the assets and liabilities to be transferred to the joint venture as held for sale in its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the six months ended June 30, 2021. Accordingly, the Company recorded those assets and liabilities at the estimated fair value, less estimated transaction costs, resulting in an impairment charge of $360 million, of which $311 million was related to the required valuation allowance of the cumulative translation losses associated with the contributed net assets and $49 million was related to the write-down of the contributed net assets to the agreed upon fair value. The non-cash impairment charge is subject to finalization based on the final transaction terms, ending balances and foreign exchange impacts at time of closing of the transaction. The Company recorded the impairment within Restructuring/impairment charges in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The held for sale assets and liabilities were classified within the Company’s South America segment includes businessesreportable business segment.

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The following table presents the major classes of assets and liabilities classified as held for sale for the joint venture agreement as of June 30, 2021. Assets classified as held for sale are included in Brazil, Colombia, EcuadorOther assets and liabilities held for sale are included in Liabilities held for sale on the Southern ConeCondensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(in millions)

June 30, 2021

Cash and cash equivalents

    

$

2

Accounts receivable, net

29

Inventories

29

Prepaid expenses

1

Property, plant and equipment, net

58

Other assets

1

Impairment provision to record at fair value, less cost to sell

(49)

Assets held for sale

$

71

Accounts payable

$

18

Accrued liabilities

6

Impairment provision related to cumulative translation losses

311

Liabilities held for sale

$

335

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company identified property, plant and equipment assets within the Stockton, California and Lane Cove, Australia locations that met the held for sale criteria totaling $8 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company sold the Stockton, California land and building for $11 million, resulting in a gain of South$5 million. The remaining assets held for sale as of June 30, 2021 were recorded at $2 million. The assets held for sale are reported within Other assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. A total of $73 million of assets held for sale, including the held for sale assets described above, are reported within Other assets as of June 30, 2021.

Restructuring Charges

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recorded $4 million and $14 million of pre-tax restructuring related charges, respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recorded $4 million of pre-tax restructuring related charges, consisting of employee-related and other costs, including professional services, associated with its Cost Smart SG&A program and $5 million of restructuring related charges primarily in North America which includes Argentina, Chile, Peruas a part of its Cost Smart Cost of sales program. The Cost Smart Cost of sales program charges were offset by a $5 million gain on the sale of the Stockton, California land and Uruguay. Its Asia Pacific segment includes businessesbuilding during the period.

For the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recorded $14 million of pre-tax restructuring related charges, consisting of $9 million of employee-related and other costs, including professional services, associated with its Cost Smart SG&A program and $8 million of restructuring related charges as part of its Cost Smart Cost of sales program, primarily in South Korea, Thailand, China, Japan, Indonesia,North America. The Cost Smart Cost of sales program charges were partly offset by a $5 million gain on the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Australiasale of the Stockton, California land and New Zealand. The Company’s EMEA segment includes businesses in Germany,building during the United Kingdom, Pakistan, South Africa and Kenya.period. The Company does not aggregatealso recorded $2 million of acquisition charges related to the planned joint venture transaction.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded a total of $11 million and $25 million of pre-tax restructuring and impairment charges, respectively, as part of the Cost Smart program. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded $6 million of pre-tax restructuring charges for its operating segments when determiningCost Smart Cost of sales program, including $3 million of asset write-offs and $1 million of other costs in relation to the closure of the Lane Cove, Australia production facility. During the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company also recorded $1 million of accelerated depreciation and $1 million of employee-related severance, primarily in North America. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded $15 million of pre-tax restructuring charges for its reportable segments. NetCost Smart Cost of sales by product are not presented becauseprogram, including $6 million of asset write-offs, $2 million of other costs, and $1 million of accelerated depreciation in relation to do so would be impracticable. the closure of the Lane Cove, Australia production facility. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company also recorded $4 million of accelerated depreciation, $1 million of employee-related severance, and $1 million of other costs, primarily in North America.

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Additionally, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring charges of $5 million and $10 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, for its Cost Smart SG&A program. During the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded $5 million of pre-tax restructuring charges, consisting primarily of other costs, including professional services, in North America. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring costs of $10 million primarily in North America, consisting of $8 million of other costs, including professional services, and $2 million of employee-related severance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended

   

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

(in millions)

   

2017

   

2016

   

2017

   

2016

 

Net sales to unaffiliated customers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North America

 

$

903

 

$

899

 

$

2,689

 

$

2,634

 

South America

 

 

257

 

 

276

 

 

740

 

 

731

 

Asia Pacific

 

 

189

 

 

185

 

 

555

 

 

534

 

EMEA

 

 

136

 

 

129

 

 

411

 

 

405

 

Total

 

$

1,485

 

$

1,489

 

$

4,395

 

$

4,304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North America

 

$

179

 

$

164

 

$

520

 

$

474

 

South America

 

 

26

 

 

27

 

 

44

 

 

59

 

Asia Pacific

 

 

29

 

 

29

 

 

88

 

 

87

 

EMEA

 

 

26

 

 

25

 

 

83

 

 

80

 

Corporate

 

 

(19)

 

 

(22)

 

 

(61)

 

 

(64)

 

Subtotal

 

 

241

 

 

223

 

 

674

 

 

636

 

Restructuring charges

 

 

(7)

 

 

(2)

 

 

(23)

 

 

(15)

 

Acquisition/integration costs

 

 

(1)

 

 

 —

 

 

(3)

 

 

(2)

 

Charge for fair value markup of acquired inventory

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

(9)

 

 

 —

 

Total

 

$

233

 

$

221

 

$

639

 

$

619

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of

 

As of

 

(in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

September 30, 2017

   

December 31, 2016

 

Total assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,699

 

$

3,796

 

South America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

877

 

 

809

 

Asia Pacific

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

796

 

 

697

 

EMEA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

521

 

 

480

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,893

 

$

5,782

 

A summary of the Company’s employee-related severance accrual as of June 30, 2021 is as follows (in millions):

Balance in severance accrual as of December 31, 2020

    

$

12

Joint venture related

1

Cost Smart Cost of sales and SG&A

1

Payments made to terminated employees

(8)

Balance in severance accrual as of June 30, 2021

 

$

6

The entire $6 million severance accrual as of June 30, 2021 is expected to be paid in the next 12 months.

6. Financial Instruments, Derivatives and Hedging Activities

The Company is exposed to market risk stemming from changes in commodity prices (primarily corn and natural gas), foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. In the normal course of business, the Company actively manages its exposure to these market risks by entering into various hedging transactions, authorized under established policies that place clear controls on these activities. These transactions utilize exchange-traded derivatives or over-the-counter derivatives with investment grade counterparties. Derivative financial instruments currently used by the Company consist of commodity-related futures, options and swap contracts, foreign currency-related forward contracts, interest rate swaps, and Treasury lock agreementstreasury locks (“T-Locks”).

Commodity price hedging: The Company’s principal use of derivative financial instruments is to manage commodity price risk in North America relating to anticipated purchases of corn and natural gas to be used in the manufacturing process, generally over the next 12 to 24 months. The Company maintains a commodity-price risk management strategy that uses derivative instruments to minimize significant, unanticipated earnings fluctuations caused by commodity-price volatility. To manage price risk related to corn purchases primarily in North America, the Company uses corn futures and optionsoption contracts that trade on regulated commodity exchanges to lock-in its corn costs associated with firm-pricedfixed-priced customer sales contracts. The Company also uses over-the-counter natural gas swaps in North America to hedge a portion of its natural gas usage in North America.usage. These derivative financial instruments limit the impact that volatility resulting from fluctuations in market prices will have on corn and natural gas purchasespurchases. The Company’s natural gas derivatives and the majority of its corn derivatives have been designated as cash-flow hedges. cash flow hedging instruments.

The Company also enters into futures contracts to hedgecertain corn derivative instruments that are not designated as hedging instruments as defined by ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. Therefore, the realized and unrealized gains and losses from these instruments are recognized in Cost of sales in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) during each accounting period. These derivative instruments also mitigate commodity price risk associated with fluctuations in the market pricerelated to anticipated purchases of ethanol. Unrealizedcorn.

For commodity hedges designated as cash flow hedges, unrealized gains and losses associated with marking the commodity hedging contracts to market (fair value) are recorded as a component of other comprehensive incomeloss (“OCI”OCL”) and included in the equity section of the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as part of accumulatedAccumulated other comprehensive income/loss (“AOCI”AOCL”). These amounts are subsequently reclassified into earnings in the same line item affected by the hedged transaction and in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings, or in the month a hedge is determined to be ineffective. The Company assesses the effectiveness of a commodity hedge contract based on changes in the contract’s fair value. The changes in the market value of such contracts have historically been, and are expected to continue to be,

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highly effective at offsetting changes in the price of the hedged items. Gains and losses from cash flow hedging instruments reclassified from AOCL to earnings are reported as Cash provided by operating activities on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

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As of June 30, 2021, the Company had outstanding futures and option contracts that hedged the forecasted purchase of approximately 71 million bushels of corn and outstanding swap and option contracts that hedged the forecasted purchase of approximately 35 million mmbtu’s of natural gas.

Foreign currency hedging: Due to the Company’s global operations, including operations in many emerging markets, the Company is exposed to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. As a result, the Company has exposure to translational foreign-exchange risk when the results of its foreign operations are translated to U.S. dollars and to transactional foreign-exchange risk when transactions not denominated in the functional currency are revalued. The amounts representing the ineffectiveness of these cash-flow hedges are not significant.

At September 30, 2017, AOCI included $5 million of losses (net of income taxes of $4 million), pertainingCompany’s foreign-exchange risk management strategy uses derivative financial instruments such as foreign currency forward contracts, swaps and options to commodities-relatedmanage its transactional foreign exchange risk. The Company enters into foreign currency derivative instruments that are designated as cash-flow hedges. Atboth cash flow hedging instruments as well as instruments not designated as hedging instruments as defined by ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, in order to mitigate transactional foreign-exchange risk. Gains and losses from derivative financial instruments not designated as hedging instruments are marked to market in earnings during each accounting period.

The Company hedges certain assets using foreign currency derivatives not designated as hedging instruments, which had a notional value of $409 million and $410 million as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2016, the amount included in AOCI pertaining to these commodities-related derivative instruments2020, respectively. The Company also hedges certain liabilities using foreign currency derivatives not designated as cash-flowhedging instruments, which had a notional value of $251 million and $224 million as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.  

The Company hedges was not significant.certain assets using foreign currency cash flow hedging instruments, which had a notional value of $305 million and $401 million as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The Company also hedges certain liability positions using foreign currency cash flow hedging instruments, which had a notional value of $482 million and $542 million as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

Interest rate hedging: The Company assesses its exposure to variability in interest rates by identifying and monitoring changes in interest rates that may adversely impact future cash flows and the fair value of existing debt instruments, and by evaluating hedging opportunities. The Company’s risk management strategy is to monitor interest rate risk attributable to both the Company’s outstanding and forecasted debt obligations as well as the Company’s offsetting hedge positions. Derivative financial instruments that have been used by the Company to manage its interest rate risk consist of interest rate swaps and T-Locks.

The Company hasperiodically enters into interest rate swap agreements that effectively convert the interest rates on $200 million ofswaps to hedge its $400 million of 4.625 percent senior notes due November 1, 2020,exposure to variable rates. These swap agreements call for the Company to receive interest at the fixed coupon rate of the respective notes and to pay interest at a variable rate based on the six-month U.S. dollar LIBOR rate plus a spread. The Company has designated these interest rate swap agreements as hedges of thechanges. The changes in fair value of the underlying debt obligations attributable to changes in interest rates and accounts for them as fair-value hedges. Changes in the fair value of interest rate swaps designated as hedging instruments that effectively offset the variability in the fair value of outstanding debt obligations are reported in earnings. These amounts offset the gaingains or losslosses (the changechanges in fair value) of the hedged debt instrumentinstruments that isare attributable to changes in interest rates (the hedged risk), which isare also recognized in earnings. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company did not have any outstanding interest rate swaps. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company had an outstanding interest rate swap agreement that converted the interest rates on $200 million of its $400 million 4.625% senior notes due November 1, 2020, to variable rates. The Company redeemed these notes in July 2020 and settled the outstanding interest rate swap in the second quarter of 2020.

The Company periodically enters into T-Locks to hedge its exposure to interest rate changes. The T-Locks are designated as hedges of the variability in cash flows associated with future interest payments caused by market fluctuations in the benchmark interest rate until the fixed interest rate is established, and are accounted for as cash flow hedges. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of these interest rate swap agreements at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 was  $3 million and $3 million, respectively, and is reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets within other assets, with an offsetting amountT-Locks are recorded in long-term debt to adjustAOCL until the carrying amountconsummation of the hedgedunderlying debt obligations.offering, at which time any realized gain (loss) is amortized to earnings over the life of the debt. The Company did not have any T-Locks outstanding at SeptemberT-locks as of June 30, 20172021 or December 31, 2016.2020.

At September14

The derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges included in AOCL as of June 30, 2017, AOCI included $3 million of losses (net of income taxes of $2 million), related to settled T-Locks. At2021 and December 31, 2016, AOCI included $4 million of losses (net of income taxes of $2 million), related to settled T-Locks. These deferred losses2020 are being amortized to financing costs over the terms of the senior notes with which they are associated.reflected below:

Amount of Gains

Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships

(Losses) included in AOCL

(in millions)

June 30, 2021

December 31, 2020

Commodity contracts, net of income tax effect of $33 and $16, respectively

$

97

$

47

Foreign currency contracts, net of income tax effect of $ —

(2)

(1)

Interest rate contracts, net of income tax effect of $1

(4)

(4)

Total

$

91

$

42

Foreign currency hedging: Due to the Company’s global operations, including operations in many emerging markets, it is exposed to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. As a result, the Company has exposure to translational foreign exchange risk when the results of its foreign operations are translated to U.S. dollars and to transactional foreign exchange risk when transactions not denominated in the functional currency are revalued. The Company primarily uses derivative financial instruments such as foreign currency forward contracts, swaps and options to manage its transactional foreign exchange risk. At September 30, 2017, the Company had foreign currency forward sales contracts that are designated as fair value hedges with an aggregate notional amount of $447 million and foreign currency forward purchase contracts with an aggregate notional amount of $173 million that hedged transactional exposures. At December 31, 2016, the Company had foreign currency forward sales contracts with an aggregate notional amount of $432 million and foreign currency forward purchase contracts with an aggregate notional amount of $227 million that hedged transactional exposures. 

The Company also has foreign currency derivative instruments that hedge certain foreign currency transactional exposures and are designated as cash-flow hedges. At September 30, 2017, AOCI included an insignificant amount of losses relating to these hedges. At December 31, 2016, AOCI included $3 million of losses, net of tax, relating to these hedges.

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The fair value and balance sheet location of the Company’s derivative instruments, presented gross in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, are reflected below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

Derivatives designated as

 

 

 

   As of   

 

   As of   

 

 

 

   As of   

 

   As of   

 

hedging instruments:

 

Balance Sheet

 

September 30, 

 

December 31, 

 

Balance Sheet

 

September 30, 

 

December 31, 

 

(in millions) 

 

Location

 

2017

 

2016

 

Location

 

2017

 

2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity and foreign currency

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

$

14

 

$

31

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

28

 

$

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity, foreign currency, and interest rate contracts

 

Other assets

 

 

 7

 

 

 8

 

Non-current liabilities

 

 

 7

 

 

 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

$

21

 

$

39

 

 

 

$

35

 

$

27

 

Fair Value of Hedging Instruments as of June 30, 2021

Designated Hedging Instruments (in millions)

Non-Designated Hedging Instruments (in millions)

Balance Sheet Location

Commodity Contracts

Foreign Currency Contracts

Total

Commodity Contracts

Foreign Currency Contracts

Total

Accounts receivable, net

$

72

$

1

$

73

$

5

$

7

$

12

Other assets

7

3

10

Assets

79

4

83

5

7

12

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

4

3

7

3

13

16

Non-current liabilities

2

2

Liabilities

6

3

9

3

13

16

Net (Liabilities)/Assets

$

73

$

1

$

74

$

2

$

(6)

$

(4)

Fair Value of Hedging Instruments as of December 31, 2020

Designated Hedging Instruments (in millions)

Non-Designated Hedging Instruments (in millions)

Balance Sheet Location

Commodity Contracts

Foreign Currency Contracts

Total

Commodity Contracts

Foreign Currency Contracts

Total

Accounts receivable, net

$

50

$

7

$

57

$

3

$

4

$

7

Other assets

4

4

1

1

Assets

54

7

61

3

5

8

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

4

12

16

1

8

9

Non-current liabilities

2

2

2

2

Liabilities

6

12

18

1

10

11

Net (Liabilities)/Assets

$

48

$

(5)

$

43

$

2

$

(5)

$

(3)

At September 30, 2017, the Company had outstanding futures and option contracts that hedged the forecasted purchase of approximately 65 million bushels of corn and 20 million pounds of soybean oil. The Company is unable to directly hedge price risk related to co-product sales; however, it occasionally enters into hedges of soybean oil (a competing product to corn oil) in order to mitigate the price risk of corn oil sales. The Company also had outstanding swap and option contracts that hedged the forecasted purchase of approximately 21 million mmbtu’s of natural gas at September 30, 2017. Additionally at September 30, 2017, the Company had outstanding ethanol futures contracts that hedged the forecasted sale of approximately 8 million gallons of ethanol.

Additional information relating to the Company’s derivative instruments is presented below:

Derivatives in Cash Flow

Gains (Losses) Recognized 
in OCL on Derivatives

Income

Gains (Losses) Reclassified
from AOCL into Income

Hedging Relationships

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Statement

Three Months Ended June 30, 

(in millions)

  

2021

  

2020

  

Location

  

2021

  

2020

Commodity contracts

$

149

$

(20)

Cost of sales

$

110

$

(17)

Foreign currency contracts

(2)

1

Net sales/Cost of sales

(1)

(1)

Interest rate contracts

(1)

Financing costs, net

(1)

Total

$

147

$

(20)

$

109

$

(19)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location of Gains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount of Gains (Losses)

 

(Losses)

 

Amount of Gains (Losses)

 

Derivatives in Cash-Flow

 

Recognized in OCI 

 

Reclassified from

 

Reclassified from AOCI into Income

 

Hedging Relationships

 

Three Months Ended

 

Three Months Ended

 

AOCI

 

Three Months Ended

 

Three Months Ended

 

(in millions, pre-tax)

  

September 30,  2017

  

September 30,  2016

  

into Income

  

September 30,  2017

  

September 30,  2016

 

Commodity contracts

 

$

(18)

 

$

(27)

 

Cost of sales

 

$

 —

 

$

(5)

 

Foreign currency contracts

 

 

 2

 

 

 —

 

Net sales/Cost of sales

 

 

 1

 

 

 —

 

Interest rate contracts

 

 

 

 

 

Financing costs, net

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

Total

 

$

(16)

 

$

(27)

 

 

 

$

 1

 

$

(6)

 

15

Derivatives in Cash-Flow

Gains (Losses) Recognized 
in OCL on Derivatives

Income

Gains (Losses) Reclassified
from AOCL into Income

Hedging Relationships

Six Months Ended June 30, 

Statement

Six Months Ended June 30, 

(in millions)

  

2021

  

2020

  

Location

  

2021

  

2020

Commodity contracts

$

176

$

(57)

Cost of sales

$

109

$

(24)

Foreign currency contracts

(4)

Net sales/Cost of sales

1

Interest rate contracts

(5)

Financing costs, net

(1)

Total

$

176

$

(66)

$

110

$

(25)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location of Gains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount of Gains (Losses)

 

(Losses)

 

Amount of Gains (Losses)

 

Derivatives in Cash-Flow

 

Recognized in OCI

 

Reclassified from

 

Reclassified from AOCI into Income

 

Hedging Relationships

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

AOCI

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

(in millions, pre-tax)

  

September 30,  2017

  

September 30,  2016

  

into Income

  

September 30,  2017

  

September 30,  2016

 

Commodity contracts

 

$

(7)

 

$

(25)

 

Cost of sales

 

$

(1)

 

$

(25)

 

Foreign currency contracts

 

 

 3

 

 

 1

 

Net sales/Cost of sales

 

 

 1

 

 

(1)

 

Interest rate contracts

 

 

 

 

 

Financing costs, net

 

 

(1)

 

 

(1)

 

Total

 

$

(4)

 

$

(24)

 

 

 

$

(1)

 

$

(27)

 

Derivatives in Fair Value Hedging

Income Statement Location of

Gains (Losses) Recognized in Income

Income Statement

Gains (Losses) Recognized in Income

Relationships

Derivatives Designated as

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Location

Three Months Ended June 30, 

(in millions)

Hedging Instruments

2021

2020

of Hedged Items

2021

2020

Interest rate contracts

Financing costs, net

$

$

(4)

Financing costs, net

$

$

4

Derivatives in Fair Value

Income Statement Location of

Gains (Losses) Recognized in Income

Income Statement

Gains (Losses) Recognized in Income

Hedging Relationships

Derivatives Designated as

Six Months Ended June 30, 

Location

Six Months Ended June 30, 

(in millions)

Hedging Instruments

2021

2020

of Hedged Items

2021

2020

Interest rate contracts

Financing costs, net

$

$

(1)

Financing costs, net

$

$

1

At SeptemberAs of June 30, 2017, AOCI2021, AOCL included $5$85 million of lossesnet gains (net of income taxes of $3$30 million) on settled commodities-related derivativederivatives instruments, foreign currency hedges, and T-Locks designated as cash-flow hedges that are expected to be reclassified into earnings during the next 12 months. The Company expects the losses to be offset by changes in the underlying commodities costs. The Company also has $1 million of losses on settled T-Locks (net of income taxes of $1 million) recorded in AOCI at September 30, 2017, which are expected to be reclassified into earnings during the next 12 months. Additionally, at September 30, 2017, AOCI included an insignificant amount of losses related to foreign currencycash flow hedges that are expected to be reclassified into earnings during the next 12 months.

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Fair Value Measurements:Presented below are the fair values of the Company’s financial instruments and derivatives foras of the periodsdates presented:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2017

 

As of December 31,  2016

 

As of June 30, 2021

As of December 31, 2020

(in millions)

   

Total

   

Level 1 (a)

   

Level 2 (b)

   

Level 3 (c )

   

Total

   

Level 1 (a)

   

Level 2 (b)

   

Level 3 (c )

 

    

Total

    

Level 1 (a)

    

Level 2 (b)

    

Level 3 (c)

    

Total

    

Level 1 (a)

    

Level 2 (b)

    

Level 3 (c)

  

Available for sale securities

 

$

 9

 

$

 9

 

$

 

$

 

$

 7

 

$

 7

 

$

 

$

 

$

13

$

13

$

$

$

11

$

11

$

$

Derivative assets

 

 

21

 

 

 4

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

39

 

 

 6

 

 

33

 

 

 

95

60

35

69

53

16

Derivative liabilities

 

 

35

 

 

 9

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

11

 

 

16

 

 

 

25

7

18

29

3

26

Long-term debt

 

 

1,832

 

 

 

 

1,832

 

 

 

 

1,929

 

 

 

 

1,929

 

 

 

2,364

2,364

1,751

1,751

(a)

Level 1 inputs consist of quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

(b)

Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. Level 2 inputs are based on quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data.  

(c)

Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs shall beare used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available, thereby allowing for situations in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

The carrying values of cash equivalents, short-term investments, accounts receivable, accounts payable and short-term borrowings approximate fair values. Commodity futures, options, and swap contracts are recognized at fair value. Foreign currency forward contracts, swaps and options are also recognized at fair value. The fair value of the Company’s long-termLong-term debt is estimated based on quotations of major securities dealers who are market makers in the securities. At SeptemberAs of June 30, 2017,2021, the carrying value and fair value of the Company’s Long-term debt was approximately $2.1 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively.

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7. Debt

Presented below are the Company’s debt carrying amounts, net of related discounts, premiums, and debt issuance costs as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

As of

As of

(in millions)

June 30, 2021

December 31, 2020

2.900% senior notes due June 1, 2030

$

594

$

594

3.200% senior notes due October 1, 2026

497

497

3.900% senior notes due June 1, 2050

390

390

6.625% senior notes due April 15, 2037

253

253

Amended term loan credit agreement due March 15, 2022

380

Revolving credit facility

Other long-term borrowings

15

14

Total long-term debt

2,129

1,748

Term loan credit agreement due April 12, 2021

380

Other short-term borrowings

72

58

Total short-term borrowings

72

438

Total debt

$

2,201

$

2,186

On March 16, 2021, the Company amended and restated its term loan credit agreement (the “Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement”). The Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement restates the previous agreement by extending the maturity date of the borrowings under the previous agreement until March 15, 2022. No new borrowings under the Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement were incurred in connection with the amendment and restatement. Borrowings under the Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement bear interest at a variable annual rate based on a London Interbank Offering Rate (“LIBOR”) or a base rate, at the Company’s election, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, plus, in each case, an applicable margin. The Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement reduced the applicable interest rate margin for loans accruing interest based on LIBOR from 0.80 percent to 0.75 percent. The Company is required to pay a fee on the unused availability under the Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement. The Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and events of default, including covenants restricting the incurrence of liens, the incurrence of indebtedness by the Company’s subsidiaries and certain fundamental changes involving the Company and its subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions in each case. The Company must also maintain a specified maximum consolidated leverage ratio and a specified minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio. As of June 30, 2021, the Company was in compliance with these financial covenants. The occurrence of an event of default under the Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement could result in all loans and other obligations being declared due and payable and the term loan credit facility being terminated.

On June 30, 2021 the Company entered into a new revolving credit agreement (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”) to replace the previous revolving credit agreement, which was terminated. The Revolving Credit Agreement provides for a five-year unsecured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $1 billion outstanding at any time. The facility will mature on June 30, 2026.  Loans under the facility will accrue interest at a per annum rate equal, at the Company’s option, to either a LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin, or a base rate (generally determined according to the highest of the prime rate, the federal funds rate or the specified LIBOR rate plus 1.00%) plus an applicable margin. The Revolving Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants that, among other matters, specify customary reporting obligations, and that, subject to exceptions, restrict the incurrence of additional indebtedness by the Company’s subsidiaries, the incurrence of liens and the consummation of certain mergers, consolidations and sales of assets. The Company is subject to compliance, as of the end of each quarter, with a maximum leverage ratio of 3.5 to 1.0 and a minimum ratio of consolidated EBITDA to consolidated net interest expense of 3.5 to 1.0, as each such financial covenant is calculated for the most recently completed four-quarter period. As of June 30, 2021, the Company was in compliance with these covenants. The Company has the ability and intent to refinance the Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement on a long-term debtbasis using the Revolving Credit Agreement or other sources prior to the maturity date.

Other short-term borrowings as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, primarily include amounts outstanding under various unsecured local country operating lines of credit.

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8. Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception of the agreement. Operating leases are included in operating lease assets, and current and non-current operating lease liabilities in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Lease assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent its obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Lease assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The operating lease asset value includes in its calculation any prepaid lease payments made and any lease incentives received from the arrangement as a reduction of the asset.  The Company’s lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease, and the impact of these options is included in the lease liability and lease asset calculations when the exercise of the option is at the Company’s sole discretion and it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. The Company will not separate lease and non-lease components for its leases when it is impracticable to separate the two, such as for leases with variable payment arrangements. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet.

The Company has operating leases for certain rail cars, office space, warehouses, and machinery and equipment.  The commencement date used for the calculation of the lease obligations recorded is the latter of the commencement date of the new standard (January 1, 2019) or the lease start date. Certain of the leases have options to extend the life of the lease, which are included in the liability calculation when the option is at the sole discretion of the Company and it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise the option. The Company has certain leases that have variable payments based solely on output or usage of the leased asset. These variable operating lease assets are excluded from the Company’s balance sheet presentation and expensed as incurred. The Company currently has 0 finance leases.

Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The components of lease expense were $1,731as follows for the periods presented:

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

Lease Cost

June 30, 

June 30, 

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

2021

    

2020

Operating lease cost

$

15

$

13

$

29

$

26

Variable operating lease cost

7

7

14

15

Short term lease cost

1

1

2

2

Lease cost

$

23

$

21

$

45

$

43

The following is a reconciliation of future undiscounted cash flows to the operating lease liabilities and the related operating lease assets as presented on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2021.

Operating Leases

As of

(in millions)

June 30, 2021

2021 (Excluding the six months ended June 30, 2021)

$

27

2022

47

2023

37

2024

27

2025

19

Thereafter

65

Total future lease payments

222

Less imputed interest

25

Present value of future lease payments

197

Less current lease liabilities

45

Non-current operating lease liabilities

$

152

Operating lease assets

$

189

18

Additional information related to the Company’s operating leases is listed below.

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

Other Information

June 30, 

June 30, 

($ in millions)

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

Operating cash flows from operating leases

$

15

$

13

$

29

$

26

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities:

Operating leases

$

18

$

13

$

39

$

21

As of

As of

June 30, 2021

December 31, 2020

Weighted average remaining lease term:

Operating leases

6.9 years

5.5 years

Weighted average discount rate:

Operating leases

4.4

%

4.9

%

9. Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2021 decreased to 11.7 percent from 28.7 percent during the three months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease in the effective income tax rate was primarily driven by a discrete tax benefit of $30 million due to the reversal of an accrual for withholding tax on the unremitted earnings of a foreign subsidiary. The remaining change in the effective tax rate was driven by an increase in the value of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar during the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to a decrease during the three months ended March 31, 2021. The change in the value of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar produced a taxable translation loss during the three months ended June 30, 2021, compared to a gain during the three months ended June 30, 2020, on net-U.S.-dollar-monetary assets held in Mexico for which there was 0 corresponding loss or gain in pre-tax income.

The effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2021 increased to 464.7 percent from 37.0 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2020. The primary cause of the increase in the effective tax rate was a $360 million impairment charge related to net assets that will be contributed to a joint venture, as described in Note 5 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. There was 0 corresponding income tax benefit recorded with respect to the impairment. The remaining change in the effective income tax rate was primarily driven by a 22 percent decrease in the value of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar during the six months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease in the value of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar produced taxable translation gains on net-U.S.-dollar-monetary assets held in Mexico for which there was 0 corresponding gain in pre-tax income. Consequently, the Company recorded a discrete tax expense of $22 million in the six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to a $1 million discrete tax benefit in the six months ended June 30, 2021.  

In January 2019, the Company’s Brazilian subsidiary received a favorable decision from the Federal Court of Appeals in Sao Paulo, Brazil, related to certain indirect taxes collected in prior years. The Company finalized its calculation of the amount of the credits and interest due from the favorable decision, concluding that the Company could be entitled to approximately $66 million of credits spanning a period from 2005 to 2018. The Department of Federal Revenue of Brazil, however, issued an Internal Ruling in which it charged that the Company is entitled to only $22 million of the calculated indirect tax credits and interest for the period from 2005 to 2014. The Brazil National Treasury filed a motion for clarification with the Brazilian Supreme Court, asking the Court, among other things, to modify the lower court’s decision to approve the Internal Ruling, which could impact the decision in favor of the Company.  During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company received another favorable court judgment that clarified the calculation of the Company’s benefit, allowing the Company to claim gross treatment within the indirect tax claim calculation and a larger indirect tax claim against the government. As a result of the decision, the Company recorded an additional $35 million pre-tax benefit in the Consolidated Income Statement in Other income for the year ended December 31, 2020, related to the open period of 2005 to 2014. In May 2021, the Brazilian Supreme Court issued its ruling related to the calculation of certain indirect taxes, which affirmed the lower court rulings that the Company had received in previous years and affirmed that the Company is entitled to the previously recorded tax credits.  The Supreme Court ruling ensures that the Company will be entitled to $15 million of additional credits from the period of 2015 to 2018 that was previously unrecorded pending a final court ruling. The Company recorded the $15 million of additional credits during the three months ended June 30,

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2021 within Other Income (expense), net in the Condensed Consolidated Income Sheet. As of June 30, 2021, the Company has $64 million of future tax offsets recorded in Other assets and Prepaid expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets that result in deferred income taxes of $22 million. The tax offsets arose from the recovery of indirect taxes withheld and paid in 2021 and prior years. The Company will use the tax offsets to eliminate its Brazilian federal tax payments in 2021 and future years, including the income tax payable with respect to the indirect taxes recovered. 

10. Net Periodic Pension and Postretirement Benefit Costs

The following table sets forth the components of net periodic benefit cost of the U.S. and non-U.S. defined benefit pension plans for the periods presented:

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Six Months Ended June 30, 

U.S. Plans

Non-U.S. Plans

U.S. Plans

Non-U.S. Plans

 (in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

  

Service cost

$

1

$

1

$

1

$

1

$

2

$

2

$

2

$

2

Interest cost

2

3

2

3

4

6

5

6

Expected return on plan assets

(4)

(6)

(2)

(2)

(9)

(11)

(4)

(4)

Amortization of actuarial loss

1

1

1

Net periodic benefit cost (a)

$

(1)

$

(2)

$

1

$

3

$

(3)

$

(3)

$

4

$

5

The Company currently anticipates that it will make approximately $4 million in cash contributions to its pension plans in 2021, consisting of contributions of $3 million to its non-U.S. pension plans and $1 million to its U.S. pension plans. For the six months ended June 30, 2021,cash contributions of approximately $2 million were made to the non-U.S. plans and an insignificant amount to the U.S. plans.

The following table sets forth the components of net postretirement benefit cost for the periods presented:

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Six Months Ended June 30, 

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

Service cost

$

$

$

$

Interest cost

1

1

2

Amortization of prior service credit

(1)

(1)

Net periodic benefit cost (a)

$

$

1

$

$

1

(a)The service cost component of net periodic benefit cost is presented within either Cost of sales or Operating expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss). The interest cost, expected return on plan assets, amortization of prior service credit, and amortization of actuarial loss components of net periodic benefit cost are presented as Other, non-operating income on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss).

11. Inventories

Inventories are summarized as follows:

As of

As of

 

(in millions)

    

June 30, 2021

    

December 31, 2020

 

Finished and in process

 

$

593

 

$

584

Raw materials

 

359

 

236

Manufacturing supplies and other

 

102

 

97

Total inventories

 

$

1,054

 

$

917

12. Equity

Treasury stock: On October 22, 2018, the Board of Directors authorized a new stock repurchase program permitting the Company to purchase up to 8 million of its outstanding shares of common stock from November 5, 2018 through December 31, 2023.  The parameters of the Company’s stock repurchase program are not established solely with reference to the dilutive impact of shares issued under the Company’s stock incentive plan. However, the Company expects that, over time, share repurchases will offset the dilutive impact of shares issued under the stock incentive plan.

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During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company repurchased 107 thousand and 265 thousand outstanding shares of common stock in open market transactions at a net cost of $10 million and $1,832$24 million, respectively. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company did 0t repurchase shares of common stock.

7.     Share-Based CompensationShare-based payments:The following table summarizes the components of the Company’s share-based compensation expense for the periods presented:

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

 

Stock options:

Pre-tax compensation expense

 

$

1

 

$

1

 

$

2

$

2

Income tax benefit

 

 

 

 

Stock option expense, net of income taxes

 

1

 

1

 

2

 

2

Restricted stock units ("RSUs"):

Pre-tax compensation expense

 

3

 

3

 

6

 

6

Income tax benefit

 

(1)

 

 

(1)

 

(1)

RSUs, net of income taxes

 

2

 

3

 

5

 

5

Performance shares and other share-based awards:

Pre-tax compensation expense

 

2

 

2

 

3

 

4

Income tax benefit

 

 

 

 

Performance shares and other share-based compensation expense, net of income taxes

 

2

 

2

 

3

 

4

Total share-based compensation:

Pre-tax compensation expense

 

6

 

6

 

11

 

12

Income tax benefit

 

(1)

 

 

(1)

 

(1)

Total share-based compensation expense, net of income taxes

 

$

5

 

$

6

 

$

10

$

11

Stock Options:Under the Company’s stock incentive plan, stock options are granted at exercise prices that equal the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. The options have a 10-year term and are exercisable upon vesting, which occurs over a three-year period at the anniversary dates of the date of grant. Compensation expense is generally recognized on a straight-line basis for all awards over the employee’s vesting period or over a one-year required service period for certain retirement eligibleretirement-eligible executive level employees. The Company estimates a forfeiture rate at the time of grant and updates the estimate throughout the vesting period of the stock options within the amount of compensation costs recognized in each period.

The Company granted non-qualified options to purchase 278358 thousand shares and 329336 thousand shares duringfor the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 and 2016,2020, respectively. The fair value of each option grant for the periods presented was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions:assumptions at the date of grant:

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30, 

 

   

2017

   

2016

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 

    

2021

2020

Expected life (in years)

 

5.5

 

5.5

 

5.5

5.5

Risk-free interest rate

 

1.93

%

1.36

%

0.6

%

1.4

%

 

Expected volatility

 

22.50

%

23.40

%

23.2

%

19.8

%

Expected dividend yield

 

1.68

%

1.80

%

2.9

%

2.9

%

The expected life of options represents the weighted average period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding giving consideration to vesting schedules and the Company’s historical exercise patterns. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the grant date for the period corresponding to the expected life of the options. Expected volatility is based on historical volatilities of the Company’s common stock. Dividend yields areyield is based on current dividend payments.payments at the date of grant.

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21

Stock option activity for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Average

 

Aggregate

 

 

Number of

 

Exercise

 

Remaining

 

Intrinsic

 

 

Options

 

Price per

 

Contractual

 

Value

 

   

(in thousands)

   

Share

   

Term (Years)

   

(in millions)

 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2016

 

2,281

 

$

61.39

 

5.93

 

$

145

 

    

Number of Options (in thousands)

    

Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share

    

Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)

    

Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)

 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2020

 

2,238

 

$

86.55

5.15

$

14

Granted

 

278

 

 

117.65

 

 

 

 

 

 

358

87.12

Exercised

 

(299)

 

 

46.10

 

 

 

 

 

 

(189)

58.07

Cancelled

 

(21)

 

 

87.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

(56)

92.83

Outstanding as of September 30, 2017

 

2,239

 

$

70.17

 

5.94

 

$

113

 

Exercisable as of September 30, 2017

 

1,671

 

$

58.04

 

5.33

 

$

105

 

Outstanding as of June 30, 2021

 

2,351

$

88.99

 

5.70

 

$

20

Exercisable as of June 30, 2021

 

1,740

$

89.30

 

4.47

 

$

19

For the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, cash received from the exercise of stock options was $14approximately $11 million. At SeptemberAs of June 30, 2017,2021, the total remaining unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options wastotaled $5 million, which willis expected to be amortized over a weighted averagethe weighted-average period of approximately 1.41.8 years.

Additional information pertaining to stock option activity is as follows:follows for the periods presented:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

(dollars in millions, except per share)

   

2017

   

2016

   

2017

   

2016

 

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

  

Weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted (per share)

 

$

 —

 

$

 —

 

$

23.90

 

$

18.73

 

$

$

$

12.31

$

11.48

Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised

 

 

11

 

 

21

 

 

23

 

 

45

 

$

1

$

$

6

$

4

Restricted Stock Units: The Company has granted restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to certain key employees. The RSUs are primarily subject to cliff vesting, generally after three years, provided the employee remains in the service of the Company. Compensation expense is generally recognized on a straight-line basis for all awards over the employee’s vesting period or over a one-year required service period for certain retirement eligibleretirement-eligible executive level employees. The Company estimates a forfeiture rate at the time of grant and updates the estimate throughout the vesting period of the RSUs within the amount of compensation costs recognized in each period. The fair value of the RSUs is determined based upon the number of shares granted and the quoted market price of the Company’s common stock aton the date of the grant.

The following table summarizes RSU activity for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017:2021:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

Average

 

 

Number of

 

Fair Value

 

(RSUs in thousands)

   

RSUs

   

per Share

 

    

Number of Restricted Shares

    

Weighted Average Fair Value per Share

Non-vested as of December 31, 2016

 

429

 

$

81.04

 

Non-vested as of December 31, 2020

418

$

96.45

Granted

 

121

 

 

119.24

 

219

87.32

Vested

 

(148)

 

 

64.94

 

(84)

126.56

Cancelled

 

(13)

 

 

93.70

 

(34)

90.69

Non-vested as of September 30, 2017

 

389

 

$

99.77

 

Non-vested as of June 30, 2021

519

$

88.18

At SeptemberAs of June 30, 2017,2021, the total remaining unrecognized compensation cost related to RSUs was $17$26 million, which will be amortized over a weighted average period of approximately 1.82.0 years.

Performance Shares: The Company has a long-term incentive plan for senior management in the form of performance shares. The ultimate payments forshares. Historically these performance shares awarded and vested will be based solely on the Company’s stock performancetotal shareholder return as compared to the stock performancetotal shareholder return of its peer group.group over the three-year vesting period. Beginning with the 2019 performance share grants, the vesting of the performance shares is based on 2 performance metrics. NaN percent of the performance shares awarded will vest based on the Company’s total shareholder return as compared to the total shareholder return of its peer group, and the remaining 50 percent will vest based on the calculation of the Company’s three-year average Adjusted Return on Invested Capital (“Adjusted ROIC”) against an established Adjusted ROIC target. The 2021 performance shares were granted in 2 tranches. Vesting for the first tranche was split evenly between the Company’s total shareholder return and Adjusted ROIC against the applicable target. The second tranche of performance share awards will vest 100% based on the calculation of Adjusted ROIC against the applicable target.

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For the 2021 performance shares awarded based on the Company’s total shareholder return, the number of shares that ultimately vest can range from zero0 to 200 percent200% of the awarded grant depending on the Company’s stock performancetotal shareholder return as compared to the stock performancetotal shareholder return of theits peer group. The share award vesting will be calculated at the end of the three-year period and areis subject to approval by management and the People, Culture, and Compensation Committee.Committee of the Board of Directors. Compensation expense is based on the fair value of the performance shares at the grant date, established using a Monte Carlo simulation model. The total compensation expense for these awards is amortized over a three-year graded vesting schedule.

For the 2021 performance shares awarded based on Adjusted ROIC, the number of shares that ultimately vest can range from 0 to 200% of the grant depending on the Company’s Adjusted ROIC performance against the target. The share award vesting will be calculated at the end of the three-year period and is subject to approval by management and the People, Culture, and Compensation Committee. Compensation expense is based on the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant and the final number of shares that ultimately vest.  The Company will estimate the potential share vesting at least annually to adjust the compensation expense for these awards over the vesting period to reflect the Company’s estimated Adjusted ROIC performance against the target. The total compensation expense for these awards is amortized over a three-year graded vesting schedule.

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For the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, the Company awarded 38108 thousand share unitsperformance shares at a weighted average fair value of $114.08$100.29 per share unit.share.

The 2014 performance share award vested in the first quarter of 2017, achieving a 200 percent pay out of the grant, or 115 thousand total vested shares. There were no performance share cancellations during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. 

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, the unrecognized compensation cost related to these awards was $4$10 million, which will be amortized over the remaining requisite service periodsperiod of 1.82.0 years.

The following table summarizes2018 performance share awards vested during the componentssix months ended June 30, 2021, achieving a 0 percent payout of the Company’s share-based compensation expense:granted performance shares. Additionally, there were 10 thousand performance share cancellations during the six months ended June 30, 2021.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

(in millions)

   

2017

   

2016

   

2017

   

2016

 

Stock options:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-tax compensation expense

 

$

 2

 

$

 2

 

$

 6

 

$

 7

 

Income tax benefit

 

 

(1)

 

 

(1)

 

 

(2)

 

 

(3)

 

Stock option expense, net of income taxes

 

 

 1

 

 

 1

 

 

 4

 

 

 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSUs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-tax compensation expense

 

 

 4

 

 

 3

 

 

10

 

 

 9

 

Income tax benefit

 

 

(2)

 

 

(1)

 

 

(4)

 

 

(3)

 

RSUs, net of income taxes

 

 

 2

 

 

 2

 

 

 6

 

 

 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance shares and other share-based awards:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-tax compensation expense

 

 

 1

 

 

 2

 

 

 4

 

 

 5

 

Income tax benefit

 

 

(1)

 

 

(1)

 

 

(2)

 

 

(2)

 

Performance shares and other share-based compensation expense, net of income taxes

 

 

 —

 

 

 1

 

 

 2

 

 

 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total share-based compensation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-tax compensation expense

 

 

 7

 

 

 7

 

 

20

 

 

21

 

Income tax benefit

 

 

(4)

 

 

(3)

 

 

(8)

 

 

(8)

 

Total share-based compensation expense, net of income taxes

 

$

 3

 

$

 4

 

$

12

 

$

13

 

8.     Net Periodic PensionAccumulated Other Comprehensive Loss: The following is a summary of net changes in Accumulated other comprehensive loss by component and Postretirement Benefit Costs

For detailed information about the Company’s pension and postretirement benefit plans, please refer to Note 10net of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-Ktax for the yearsix months ended December 31, 2016.June 30, 2021 and 2020:

���

(in millions)

    

Cumulative Translation Adjustment

    

Hedging Activities

    

Pension and Postretirement Adjustment

    

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

   

Balance, December 31, 2020

$

(1,114)

$

42

$

(61)

$

(1,133)

Other comprehensive (loss) gain before reclassification adjustments

(22)

176

154

(Gain) reclassified from accumulated OCL

(110)

(110)

Tax (provision)

(17)

(17)

Net other comprehensive (loss) income

(22)

49

27

Balance, June 30, 2021

$

(1,136)

$

91

$

(61)

$

(1,106)

(in millions)

    

Cumulative Translation Adjustment

    

Hedging Activities

    

Pension and Postretirement Adjustment

    

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

   

Balance, December 31, 2019

$

(1,089)

$

(9)

$

(60)

$

(1,158)

Other comprehensive (loss) before reclassification adjustments

(118)

(66)

(184)

Loss reclassified from accumulated OCL

25

25

Tax benefit

10

10

Net other comprehensive loss

(118)

(31)

(149)

Balance, June 30, 2020

$

(1,207)

$

(40)

$

(60)

$

(1,307)

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Supplemental Information: The following table sets forthCondensed Consolidated Statements of Equity and Redeemable Equity provide the components of net periodic benefit cost of the U.S. and non-U.S. defined benefit pension plansdividends per share for common stock for the periods presented:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

 

 

U.S. Plans

 

Non-U.S. Plans

 

U.S. Plans

 

Non-U.S. Plans

 

 (in millions)

   

2017

   

2016

   

2017

   

2016

   

2017

   

2016

   

2017

   

2016

 

Service cost

 

$

1  

 

$

2

 

$

1

 

$

1

 

$

4  

 

$

5

 

$

3  

 

$

2

 

Interest cost

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

 

9  

 

 

10

 

 

8  

 

 

8

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

(5)

 

 

(5)

 

 

(3)

 

 

(3)

 

 

(15)

 

 

(15)

 

 

(8)

 

 

(8)

 

Amortization of actuarial loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

Settlement loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

Net periodic benefit cost

 

$

(1)

 

$

 

$

1  

 

$

1

 

$

(2)

 

$

 

$

4  

 

$

5

 

Total Equity

Non-

Accumulated

Redeemable

Share-based

Redeemable

Additional

Other

Non-

Payments

Non-

Preferred

Common

Paid-In

Treasury

Comprehensive

Retained

Controlling

Subject to

Controlling

(in millions)

  

Stock

  

Stock

  

Capital

  

Stock

  

Loss

  

Earnings

  

Interests

  

Redemption

  

Interests

 

Balance, December 31, 2020

$

$

1

$

1,150

$

(1,024)

$

(1,133)

$

3,957

$

21

$

30

$

70

Net (loss) attributable to Ingredion

(246)

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

4

(1)

Dividends declared, common stock ($0.64/share)

(44)

Repurchases of common stock

(14)

Share-based compensation, net of issuance

5

16

(9)

Other comprehensive loss

(31)

1

1

Balance, March 31, 2021

$

$

1

$

1,155

$

(1,022)

$

(1,164)

$

3,667

$

26

$

21

$

70

Net income attributable to Ingredion

178

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

3

Dividends declared, common stock ($0.64/share)

(43)

Dividends declared, non-controlling interests

(7)

Repurchases of common stock

(10)

Share-based compensation, net of issuance

(1)

3

7

Other comprehensive income

58

Balance, June 30, 2021

$

$

1

$

1,154

$

(1,029)

$

(1,106)

$

3,802

$

22

$

28

$

70

The Company currently anticipates that it will make approximately $5 million in cash contributions to its pension plans in 2017, consisting of $4 million to its non-U.S. pension plans and $1 million to its U.S. pension plans. For the nine

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Total Equity

 

Non-

Accumulated 

Redeemable

Share-based

Redeemable

 

Additional

Other

Non-

Payments

Non-

Preferred

Common

Paid-In

Treasury

Comprehensive

Retained

Controlling

Subject to

Controlling

 

(in millions)

  

Stock

  

Stock

  

Capital

  

Stock

  

Loss

  

Earnings

  

Interests

  

Redemption

  

Interests

 

Balance, December 31, 2019

$

$

1

$

1,137

$

(1,040)

$

(1,158)

$

3,780

$

21

$

31

$

Net income attributable to Ingredion

75

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

3

Dividends declared, common stock ($0.63/share)

(42)

Repurchases of common stock

Share-based compensation, net of issuance

5

12

(8)

Other comprehensive loss

(164)

(3)

Balance, March 31, 2020

$

$

1

$

1,142

$

(1,028)

$

(1,322)

$

3,813

$

21

$

23

$

Net income attributable to Ingredion

66

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

1

Dividends declared, common stock ($0.63/share)

(43)

Dividends declared, non-controlling interests

(3)

Repurchases of common stock

Share-based compensation, net of issuance

1

1

4

Other comprehensive income (loss)

15

1

Balance, June 30, 2019

$

$

1

$

1,143

$

(1,027)

$

(1,307)

$

3,836

$

20

$

27

$

The following table sets forth the components of net postretirement benefit cost for the periods presented:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

(in millions)

   

2017

   

2016

   

2017

   

2016

 

Service cost

 

$

 1

 

$

 

$

 1

 

$

 1

 

Interest cost

 

 

 

 

 1

 

 

 2

 

 

 2

 

Amortization of prior service credit

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

 

(2)

 

 

(3)

 

Net periodic benefit cost

 

$

 1

 

$

 

$

 1

 

$

 

9.     Earnings per Common Share

Supplemental Information:The following table provides the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share ("EPS") for the periods presented:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2017

   

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

 

 

Net Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available

 

Weighted

 

Per Share

 

Available

 

Weighted

 

Per Share

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2021

    

Three Months Ended June 30, 2020

    

(in millions, except per share amounts)

   

to Ingredion

   

Average Shares

   

Amount

   

to Ingredion

   

Average Shares

   

Amount

 

   

Net Income Available to Ingredion

    

Weighted Average Shares

    

Per Share Amount

    

Net Income Available to Ingredion

    

Weighted Average Shares

    

Per Share Amount

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS

 

$

166

 

71.9

 

$

2.31

 

$

143

 

72.5

 

$

1.98

 

$

178

 

67.2

$

2.65

$

66

 

67.2

$

0.98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of Dilutive Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incremental shares from assumed exercise of dilutive stock options and vesting of dilutive RSUs and other awards

 

 

 

 

1.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.8

 

 

 

 

 

0.7

 

0.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS

 

$

166

 

73.3

 

$

2.26

 

$

143

 

74.3

 

$

1.93

 

$

178

 

67.9

$

2.62

$

66

 

67.6

$

0.98

    

Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

    

Six Months Ended June 30, 2020

    

(in millions, except per share amounts)

   

Net Income Available to Ingredion

    

Weighted Average Shares

    

Per Share Amount

    

Net Income Available to Ingredion

    

Weighted Average Shares

    

Per Share Amount

    

Basic EPS

$

(68)

 

67.3

$

(1.01)

$

141

 

67.2

$

2.10

Effect of Dilutive Securities:

Incremental shares from assumed exercise of dilutive stock options and vesting of dilutive RSUs and other awards

 

 

0.5

Diluted EPS

$

(68)

 

67.3

$

(1.01)

$

141

 

67.7

$

2.08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017

   

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

 

 

 

Net Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available

 

Weighted

 

Per Share

 

Available

 

Weighted

 

Per Share

 

(in millions, except per share amounts)

  

to Ingredion

   

Average Shares

   

Amount

   

to Ingredion

   

Average Shares

   

Amount

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS

 

$

420

 

72.0

 

$

5.83

 

$

391

 

72.2

 

$

5.42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of Dilutive Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incremental shares from assumed exercise of dilutive stock options and vesting of dilutive RSUs and other awards

 

 

 

 

1.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS

 

$

420

 

73.4

 

$

5.72

 

$

391

 

74.0

 

$

5.29

 

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For the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, approximately 0.31.4 million and 0.32.1 million share-based awards of common stock, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS as the impact of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. For both the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016, the number of2020, approximately 1.6 million and 1.3 million share-based awards of common stock, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS wasas the impact of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

13. Segment Information

The Company is principally engaged in the production and sale of starches and sweeteners for a wide range of industries, and is managed geographically on a regional basis. The Company’s operations are classified into 4 reportable business segments: North America, South America, Asia-Pacific, and EMEA. Its North America segment includes businesses in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. The Company’s South America segment includes businesses in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and the Southern Cone of South America, which includes Argentina, Peru, Chile, and Uruguay. Its Asia-Pacific segment includes businesses in South Korea, Thailand, China, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Vietnam. The Company’s EMEA segment includes businesses in Pakistan, Germany, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Kenya. The Company has aggregated the PureCircle operating segment into the Asia-Pacific reportable segment. Net sales by product are not material.presented because to do so would be impracticable.

Presented below are the Company’s Net sales to unaffiliated customers by reportable segment for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

2021

    

2020

    

Net sales to unaffiliated customers:

North America

$

1,068

$

848

$

2,013

$

1,811

South America

268

182

541

419

Asia-Pacific

248

187

483

376

EMEA

178

132

339

286

Total net sales

$

1,762

$

1,349

$

3,376

$

2,892

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Presented below is the Company’s Operating income by reportable business segment for the three months ended June 30, 2021, and 2020.

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

(in millions)

2021

    

2020

2021

2020

Operating income:

North America

$

149

$

101

$

283

$

226

South America

33

13

73

39

Asia-Pacific

24

22

49

42

EMEA

32

21

63

48

Corporate

(30)

(30)

(59)

(61)

Subtotal

208

127

409

294

Acquisition/integration costs

(4)

(3)

(5)

(3)

Equity method acquisition charges

7

7

Restructuring/impairment charges

(4)

(11)

(14)

(25)

Assets held for sale impairment

(360)

Other matters

15

15

Total operating income

$

222

$

113

$

52

$

266

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10.    Inventories

InventoriesPresented below are summarizedthe Company’s total assets by reportable segment as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of September 30, 

 

As of December 31, 

 

(in millions)

   

2017

   

2016

 

Finished and in process

 

$

497

 

$

478

 

Raw materials

 

 

274

 

 

260

 

Manufacturing supplies and other

 

 

54

 

 

51

 

Total inventories

 

$

825

 

$

789

 

11.    Debt

As of SeptemberJune 30, 20172021, and December 31, 2016,2020.

As of

As of

(in millions)

June 30, 2021

    

December 31, 2020

Assets:

North America (a)

$

4,279

$

4,231

South America

862

818

Asia-Pacific

1,331

1,255

EMEA

626

554

Total assets

$

7,098

$

6,858

(a)For purposes of presentation, North America includes Corporate assets.

14. Subsequent Events

On August 2, 2021, the Company’s total debt consistedCompany and Grupo Arcor finalized closing conditions necessary to close the joint venture transaction originally announced on February 12, 2021, and more fully described in Note 5 of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of September 30, 

 

As of December 31, 

 

(in millions)

   

2017

   

2016

 

3.2% senior notes due October 1, 2026

 

$

496

 

$

496

 

4.625% senior notes due November 1, 2020

 

 

398

 

 

398

 

1.8% senior notes due September 25, 2017

 

 

 —

 

 

299

 

6.625% senior notes due April 15, 2037

 

 

254

 

 

254

 

6.0% senior notes due April 15, 2017

 

 

 —

 

 

200

 

5.62% senior notes due March 25, 2020

 

 

200

 

 

200

 

Term loan credit agreement due April 25, 2019

 

 

380

 

 

 —

 

Revolving credit facility

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

Fair value adjustment related to hedged fixed rate debt instruments

 

 

 3

 

 

 3

 

Long-term debt

 

$

1,731

 

$

1,850

 

Short-term borrowings

 

 

153

 

 

106

 

Total debt

 

$

1,884

 

$

1,956

 

The $200 millionNotes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.  As part of 6.0 percent senior notes due April 15, 2017 were refinanced with borrowings under the revolving credit facility in April 2017.

On August 18, 2017,transaction, the Company entered into a new Term Loan Credit Agreement (“Term Loan”)contributed certain assets of its operations in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay to establish a senior unsecured term loan credit facility. Under the Term Loan, the Company is allowed three borrowingsjoint venture in an amount of up to $500 million total. The Term Loan matures 18 months from the dateexchange for 49% ownership of the final borrowing. Asjoint venture shares and cash. The Company will finalize the resulting impact of September 30, 2017, the Company had initiated two borrowings under the Term Loan totaling $380 million. The proceeds were used to refinance $300 million of 1.8 percent senior notes due September 25, 2017 and pay down borrowings outstandingclosing conditions on the revolving credit facility. On October 25, 2017, the Company initiated its third and final borrowing under the Term Loan of $40 million, bringing the total outstanding Term Loan to $420 million, due April 25, 2019.

All borrowings under the term loan facility will bear interest at a variable annual rate based on the LIBOR or base rate, at the Company’s election, subjectheld for sale assets contributed to the terms and conditions thereof, plus, in each case, an applicable margin.  The Term Loan Credit Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, eventsventure during the third quarter of default, terms and conditions, including limitations on liens, incurrence of debt, mergers and significant asset dispositions. The Company must also comply with a leverage ratio and interest coverage ratio. The occurrence of an event of default under the Term Loan Credit Agreement could result in all loans and other obligations being declared due and payable and the term loan credit facility being terminated.2021.

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12.    Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following is a summary of net changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component and net of tax for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred

 

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

Cumulative

 

Gain (Loss)

 

Pension and

 

Gain

 

Other

 

 

 

Translation

 

on Hedging

 

Postretirement

 

on

 

Comprehensive

 

(in millions)

   

Adjustment

   

Activities

   

Adjustment

   

Investment

   

Loss

  

Balance, December 31, 2016

 

$

(1,008)

 

$

(7)

 

$

(56)

 

$

 —

 

$

(1,071)

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification adjustments

 

 

62

 

 

(4)

 

 

 1

 

 

 1

 

 

60

 

Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI

 

 

 —

 

 

 1

 

 

(1)

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

Tax benefit

 

 

 —

 

 

 2

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 2

 

Net other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

62

 

 

(1)

 

 

 —

 

 

 1

 

 

62

 

Balance, September 30, 2017

 

$

(946)

 

$

(8)

 

$

(56)

 

$

 1

 

$

(1,009)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred

 

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

Cumulative

 

Gain (Loss)

 

Pension and

 

Loss

 

Other

 

 

 

Translation

 

on Hedging

 

Postretirement

 

on

 

Comprehensive

 

(in millions)

   

Adjustment

   

Activities

   

Adjustment

   

Investment

   

Loss

  

Balance, December 31, 2015

 

$

(1,025)

 

$

(29)

 

$

(47)

 

$

(1)

 

$

(1,102)

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification adjustments

 

 

78

 

 

(24)

 

 

(5)

 

 

 —

 

 

49

 

Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI

 

 

 —

 

 

27

 

 

 1

 

 

 —

 

 

28

 

Tax benefit

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 1

 

 

 —

 

 

 1

 

Net other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

78

 

 

 3

 

 

(3)

 

 

 —

 

 

78

 

Balance, September 30, 2016

 

$

(947)

 

$

(26)

 

$

(50)

 

$

(1)

 

$

(1,024)

 

The following table provides detail pertaining to reclassifications from AOCI into net income for the periods presented:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassified from

 

Reclassified from

 

 

 

 

 

AOCI

 

AOCI

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Affected Line Item in

 

Details about AOCI Components 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

Condensed Consolidated

 

(in millions)

   

2017

   

2016

   

2017

   

2016

   

Statements of Income

 

Gains (losses) on cash-flow hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity contracts

 

$

 —

 

$

(6)

 

$

(1)

 

$

(25)

 

Cost of sales

 

Foreign currency contracts

 

 

 1

 

 

 —

 

 

 1

 

 

(1)

 

Net sales/Cost of sales

 

Interest rate contracts

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

(1)

 

 

(1)

 

Financing costs, net

 

Gains (losses) related to pension and other postretirement obligations

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 1

 

 

(1)

 

(a)

 

Total before-tax reclassifications

 

$

 1

 

$

(6)

 

$

 —

 

$

(28)

 

 

 

Tax (provision) benefit

 

 

(1)

 

 

 2

 

 

 —

 

 

 9

 

 

 

Total after-tax reclassifications

 

$

 —

 

$

(4)

 

$

 —

 

$

(19)

 

 

 

(a)

This component is included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost and affects both cost of sales and operating expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

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ITEM 2

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

OverviewUnless the context indicates otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” and “Ingredion” mean Ingredion Incorporated and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Overview

We are a major supplier of high-quality food and industrial ingredient solutions to customers around the world. WeAs of June 30, 2021, we have 4447 manufacturing plantsfacilities located in North America, South America, Asia PacificAsia-Pacific and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”), and we manage and operate our businesses at a regional level. We believe this approach provides us with a unique understanding of the cultures and product requirements in each of the geographic markets in which we operate, bringing added value to our customers. Our ingredients are used by customers in the food, beverage, brewing, and animal feed, paper and corrugating, and brewingnutrition industries, among others.

Our Strategic Blueprint continues to guide our decision-makingstrategic growth roadmap is based on five growth platforms and strategic choices with an emphasis on value-added ingredient solutions for our customers. The foundation of our Strategic Blueprint is operating excellence, which includes our focus on safety, quality and continuous improvement. We see growth opportunities in three areas. First is organic growth as we work to expand our current business. Second, we are focused on broadening our ingredient portfolio with on-trend products through internal and external business development. Finally, we look for growth from geographic expansion as we pursue extension of our reach to new locations. The ultimate goal of these strategies and actions isdesigned to deliver increased shareholder value.value by accelerating customer co-creation and enabling consumer-preferred innovation. Our first platform is starch-based texturizers, the second platform is clean and simple ingredients, the third platform is plant-based proteins, the fourth platform is sugar reduction and specialty sweeteners, and finally, our fifth platform is value-added food systems.

We had a solid third quarter and nineFor the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 as operating2021, Operating income, netNet income, and dilutedDiluted earnings per common share grewincreased from the comparable 2016 periods. 2020 period. The increases for this period were primarily due to the volume recovery in 2021. During the comparable 2020 period, there were reductions in volume driven by government mandated shutdowns associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic, particularly in the Americas.

COVID-19:  Our earnings growth was driven principallyoperations in recent periods have been adversely affected by continued strongimpacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our global operations expose us to risks associated with public health crises such as COVID-19. Foreign governmental organizations and governmental organizations at the national, state and local levels in the United States took various actions to combat the spread of COVID-19, including imposing stay-at-home orders and closing “non-essential” businesses and their operations. As a manufacturer of food ingredients, our operations are considered “essential” under most current COVID-19 government regulations, and our facilities are operating resultsglobally. While certain government organizations have begun to lift some of the pandemic control measures, COVID-19 continues to spread and may result in the imposition of more restrictions in the future. We did not experience any material supply chain interruptions during the three months ended June 30, 2021, and were able to continue to operate and ship products from our global network of manufacturing facilities. We place top priority on our employees’ health and safety and continue to follow the advice and the guidelines of applicable public health authorities for physical distancing and to make available personal protective equipment and sanitization supplies. We continue to monitor COVID-19 infection rates as well as the pace and effectiveness of vaccination rollouts, as the net sales volume is generally correlated with increased consumer activity and availability of food and beverages consumed away from home.

Impairment Charges: On February 12, 2021, we signed an agreement with Grupo Arcor, an Argentine food company, to establish a joint venture to combine manufacturing operations in Argentina in order to sell value-added ingredients to customers in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. In connection with our entry into the joint venture agreement, we classified the assets and liabilities to be transferred to the joint venture as held for sale in our North America segmentCondensed Consolidated Financial Statements during the year,six months ended June 30, 2021. Accordingly, we recorded those assets and partially offset by lower earningsliabilities at the estimated fair value, less estimated transaction costs, resulting in an impairment charge of $360 million, of which $311 million was related to the required valuation allowance of the cumulative translation losses associated with the contributed net assets and $49 million was related to the write-down of the contributed net assets to the agreed upon fair value. The non-cash impairment charge is subject to finalization based on the final transaction terms, ending balances and foreign exchange impacts at time of closing of the transaction. We recorded the impairment within Restructuring/impairment charges, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) for the six months ended June 30, 2021 included in this report. The assets and liabilities held for sale are recorded in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2021 included in this report in Other assets and Liabilities held for sale, respectively. The assets and liabilities held for sale were classified under our South America segment duereportable business segment.

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Restructuring Charges: In July 2018, we announced a $125 million savings target for our Cost Smart program, designed to continued difficult macroeconomic conditionsimprove profitability, further streamline our global business, and deliver increased costsvalue to stockholders. We set Cost Smart savings targets to include an anticipated $75 million in Argentina. The Company implemented an organizational restructuring effortCost of sales savings, including freight, and $50 million in Argentina duringanticipated SG&A savings by year-end 2021. Since the first quarter of 2017program’s inception, we have periodically updated our savings targets and we now expect to achieve a more competitive cost positiondeliver $170 million in the region. We notified the local labor union of a planned reduction in workforce, whichtotal savings by year-end 2021.

Our Cost Smart program and other initiatives have resulted in a strike byrestructuring charges. For the labor unionthree and an interruption of manufacturing activities during the second quarter of 2017. We finalized a new labor agreement with the labor union in the second quarter, ending the strike on June 1, 2017. The Company recorded total pre-tax employee-related severance and other costs in Argentina of $17 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, we recorded $4 million and $12 million, respectively, of pre-tax restructuring charges related to these programs. For the workforce reduction. Operating income also grew in our EMEA and Asia Pacific segments.

During the second quarter of 2017, the Company announced a Finance Transformation initiative in the North America for the U.S. and Canada businesses to strengthen organizational capabilities and drive efficiencies to support the growth strategy of the Company. The Companythree months ended June 30, 2021, we recorded $4 million of pre-tax restructuring charges, consisting of employee-related severance and other restructuring costs, during the third quarter of 2017 related to this initiative. We expect to incur between $3 millionincluding professional services, associated with our Cost Smart SG&A program and $5 million of additionalrestructuring charges primarily in North America for our Cost Smart Cost of sales program. The Cost Smart Cost of sales program charges were offset by a $5 million gain on our sale of the Stockton, California land and building during the period. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, we recorded $9 million of employee-related severance and other costs, including professional services, associated with our Cost Smart SG&A program and $8 million of restructuring charges as part of our Cost Smart Cost of sales program, primarily in North America. The Cost Smart Cost of sales charges were partly offset by a $5 million gain on the fourth quartersale of 2017the Stockton, California land and between $1 millionbuilding during the period.

Liquidity and $2 million in 2018 related to this initiative.

Capital Resources: Our cash provided by operating activities decreased to $524$129 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021, from $542$294 million infor the year-earlier period, driven by an increase of cash outflow in working capitalprior year, primarily due to the outflowchanges in accounts payable and accrued liabilitiesour working capital. Our cash used for investing activities decreased to $157 million for the $63six months ended June 30, 2021, from $178 million payment made tofor the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) inprior year, primarily as a result of the third quartertiming of 2017 to complete the double taxation settlement between the U.S.capital expenditures and Canada.  This outflow was partially offset by increased earnings in the period.mechanical stores purchases. Our cash used for financing activities increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, primarily due to the repurchase of approximately one million shares of our common stock in open market transactions for $123was $94 million during the first quartersix months ended June 30, 2021, compared to cash provided by financing activities of 2017. During$683 million in the secondprior year. This decrease was mainly driven by lower net borrowings during the current period, as we issued and third quarters, we also refinanced a total of $500 millionsold $1.0 billion of senior notes with borrowings under our revolving credit facility and a new term loan entered into during the third quarter. six months ended June 30, 2020.

On March 9, 2017, the Company completed its acquisition of Sun Flour Industry Co., Ltd. (“Sun Flour”) in Thailand for $18 million. Upon closing, the Company paid $13 million in cash and recorded $5 million in accrued liabilities for deferred payments due to the previous owner. The acquisition of Sun Flour adds a fourth manufacturing facility to our operations in Thailand. Sun Flour produces rice-based ingredients used primarily in the food industry.  This transaction will enhance our global supply chain and leverage other capital investments that we have made in Thailand to grow our specialty ingredients and service customers around the world. The acquisition did not have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows in the third quarter of 2017.

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Looking ahead, we anticipate that our full year 2017 operating income and net income will grow compared to 2016. In North America, we expect full year operating income to increase driven by improved product mix and margins.  In South America, we believe that full year operating income will be down compared to 2016 driven by temporary higher-than-normal costs related to the interruption of manufacturing activities in Argentina and the restructuring charges incurred to improve the cost position of the operation in Argentina. We will continue to focus on network optimization and cost improvement in this segment for the remainder of the year. In the longer term, we believe that the underlying business demographics for our South American segment are positive. We expect full-year operating income to grow in EMEA principally driven by improved price/product mix from our specialty ingredient product portfolio, volume growth and effective cost control. In Asia Pacific, we expect full-year operating income to increase, driven by volume growth and effective cost control.

Results of Operations

We have significant operations in four reporting segments: North America, South America, Asia PacificAsia-Pacific and EMEA. For most of our foreign subsidiaries, the local foreign currency is the functional currency. Accordingly, revenues and expenses denominated in the functional currencies of these subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars at the applicable average exchange rates for the period. Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates affect the U.S. dollar amounts of our foreign subsidiaries’ revenues and expenses. The impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes,translation to the reporting currency, where significant, is provided below.

We acquired Shandong Huanong Specialty Corn Development Co., Ltd. (“Shandong Huanong”), TIC Gums Incorporated (“TIC Gums”) and Sun Floura controlling interest in KaTech on April 1, 2021, Verdient on November 29, 2016, December 29, 20163, 2020, and March 9, 2017, respectively.PureCircle on July 1, 2020. The results of the acquired businesses are included in our consolidated financial results from the respective acquisition dates forward.dates. While we identify fluctuations due tothe effects of the acquisitions, our discussion below also addresses results of operations absentexcluding the impact of the acquisitions and the results of the acquired businesses, where appropriate, to provide a more comparable and meaningful analysis.

For the Three and Nine Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021

With Comparatives for the Three and Nine Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20162020

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Favorable (Unfavorable)

Favorable (Unfavorable)

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

    

Variance

Percentage

Net sales

$

1,762

$

1,349

$

413

31

%

Cost of sales

1,395

1,078

(317)

(29)

%

Gross profit

367

271

96

35

%

Operating expenses

167

147

(20)

(14)

%

Other (income) expense, net

(26)

26

%

Restructuring/impairment charges

4

11

7

64

%

Operating income

222

113

109

96

%

Financing costs, net

19

19

%

Other, non-operating (income), net

(2)

2

%

Income before income taxes

205

94

111

118

%

Provision for income taxes

24

27

3

11

%

Net income

181

67

114

170

%

Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

3

1

(2)

(200)

%

Net income attributable to Ingredion

$

178

$

66

$

112

170

%

Net Incomeincome attributable to Ingredion. Net income attributable to Ingredion.  Net income for the third quarter of 2017 increased by 16 percent to $166 million, or $2.26 per diluted common share, from $143 million, or $1.93 per diluted common share, a year ago. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased by 7 percent to $420 million, or $5.72 per diluted common share, from $391 million, or $5.29 per diluted common share, in the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

Results for the third quarter of 2017 include a tax benefit of $10 million ($0.14 per diluted common share) due to a deductible foreign exchange loss resulting from the tax settlement between the U.S. and Canada, partially offset by after-tax costs of $5 million ($0.07 per diluted common share) of net restructuring costs primarily associated with the Finance Transformation initiative,  and $1 million ($0.01 per diluted common share) associated with the integration of acquired operations. Results for the third quarter of 2016 include after-tax costs of $2 million ($0.02 per diluted common share) consisting of employee-related severance and other costs associated with the execution of global information technology (“IT”) outsourcing contracts.

Results for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 include after-tax costs of $21 million ($0.29 per diluted common share) of net restructuring costs primarily associated with our restructuring effort in Argentina and employee-related severance and other costs associated with the Finance Transformation initiative, $6 million ($0.08 per diluted common share) related to the flow-through of costs primarily associated with the sale of TIC Gums inventory that was adjusted to fair value at the acquisition date in accordance with business combination accounting rules, and $2 million ($0.03 per diluted common share) associated with the integration of acquired operations, partially offset by a tax benefit of $10 million ($0.14 per diluted common share) due to a deductible foreign exchange loss resulting from the tax settlement between the U.S. and Canada. Results for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 include after-tax costs of $12 million ($0.16 per diluted common share) consisting of employee-related severance and other costs associated with the execution of IT outsourcing contracts, employee-related severance costs associated with our optimization initiative in South America, and costs attributable to the 2015 sale of the Port Colborne plant. Additionally, our results for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 include $1 million ($0.01 per diluted common share) associated with the integration of acquired operations.

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Without the acquisition and integration, restructuring, inventory markup, and tax settlement, net income for the three and nine months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 would have grown 122021, increased by 170 percent and 9 percent, respectively,to $178 million from the comparable prior periods, while diluted earnings per share would have grown 13 percent and 10 percent, respectively, from the comparable prior periods. These increases$66 million for the three and nine months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 primarily reflect continued strong operating results in our North America segment during the year, partially offset by lower earnings in our South America segment due to continued difficult macroeconomic conditions and increased costs in Argentina.2020. The increase in net income was largely attributable to volume growth and demand recovery across all customer segments and specialty product growth.

Net sales. Net sales increased $413 million or 31 percent for the ninethree months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 was partially offset by higher net financing costs.

Net Sales.  Net sales for2021 as compared to the third quarter of 2017 were flat from $1.49 billion a year ago.  Volume growth of 2 percent, which was comprised of 2 percent growth from recent acquisitions, was offset by a 2 percent decrease in price/product mix driven by lower raw material costs. Net sales for the ninethree months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 increased 2 percent to $4.40 billion from $4.30 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2020. The increase was driven by volume growthhigher volumes, including PureCircle and KaTech, as well as strong price mix, including the pass through of 3higher corn costs.

Cost of sales. Cost of sales for the three months ended June 30, 2021 increased by $317 million or 29 percent as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. Our gross profit margin increased by 1 percent, from 20 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2020 to 21 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase in gross profit margin was mainly attributable to strong price mix.

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Operating expenses. Our Operating expenses increased 14 percent to $167 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to $147 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020.  Operating expenses, as a percentage of Net sales, was 9 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 11 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease in this ratio was driven by the increase in Net sales for the current period, which was comprisedpartly offset by an increase in Operating expenses resulting from our acquisitions of 2PureCircle and KaTech.

Financing costs, net. Financing costs for the three months ended June 30, 2021 were flat compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020.

Provision for income taxes. Our effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2021 was 11.7 percent growth from recent acquisitions and 1compared to 28.7 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease in the effective income tax rate was primarily driven by a discrete tax benefit of $30 million due to the reversal of an accrual for withholding tax on the unremitted earnings of a foreign subsidiary. The remaining change in the effective tax rate was driven by an increase in the value of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar during the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to a decrease during the three months ended March 31, 2021. The change in the value of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar produced a taxable translation loss during the three months ended June 30, 2021, compared to a gain during the three months ended June 30, 2020, on net-U.S.-dollar-monetary assets held in Mexico for which there was no corresponding loss or gain in pre-tax income.

Segment Results

North America

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Favorable (Unfavorable)

Favorable (Unfavorable)

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

    

Variance

 

Percentage

Net sales to unaffiliated customers

$

1,068

$

848

$

220

26

%

Operating income

149

101

48

48

%

Net sales. Our increase in Net sales of 26 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020, was driven by a 16 percent increase in organicvolume, a 9 percent increase in price mix, and a favorable foreign exchange impact of 1 percent.  

Operating income. Our Operating income increased by $48 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. The increase was driven by favorable price mix, higher volumes, and improved corn margins. These increases were partially offset by manufacturing cost inflation.

South America

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Favorable (Unfavorable)

Favorable (Unfavorable)

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

    

Variance

 

Percentage

Net sales to unaffiliated customers

$

268

$

182

$

86

47

%

Operating income

33

13

20

154

%

Net sales. Our Net sales increased 47 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020, primarily due to an 33 percent increase in favorable price mix, a 12 percent increase in volume, and a favorable foreign exchange impact of 2 percent.  

Operating income. Our increase in Operating income of $20 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020, was primarily due to favorable price mix.

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Asia-Pacific

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Favorable (Unfavorable)

Favorable (Unfavorable)

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

    

Variance

 

Percentage

Net sales to unaffiliated customers

$

248

$

187

$

61

33

%

Operating income

24

22

2

9

%

Net sales. Our Net sales increased 33 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. Of the increase, 16 percent was due to the inclusion of PureCircle results in the 2021 period.  In addition, we experienced a 9 percent increase in volume, favorable foreign exchange impact of 6 percent, and 2 percent increase in price mix.

Operating income. Our Operating income increased by $2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. The increase was driven by higher volumes and favorable foreign exchange impacts.

EMEA

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Favorable (Unfavorable)

Favorable (Unfavorable)

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

    

Variance

 

Percentage

Net sales to unaffiliated customers

$

178

$

132

$

46

35

%

Operating income

32

21

11

52

%

Net sales. Our Net sales increased by 35 percent for the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. Of the increase, 6 percent was due to the inclusion of KaTech results in the 2021 period. In addition, we experienced a 18 percent increase in volume, favorable foreign exchange impact of 9 percent, and 2 percent increase due to price mix.

Operating income. Our Operating income increased $11 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. The increase was largely attributable to lower raw material costs and favorable price mix in Pakistan and favorable foreign exchange impacts in Europe.

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For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

With Comparatives for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020

Six Months Ended June 30, 

Favorable (Unfavorable)

Favorable (Unfavorable)

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

    

Variance

Percentage

Net sales

$

3,376

$

2,892

$

484

17

%

Cost of sales

2,658

2,298

(360)

(16)

%

Gross profit

718

594

124

21

%

Operating expenses

320

301

(19)

(6)

%

Other (income) expense, net

(28)

2

30

1,500

%

Restructuring/impairment charges

374

25

(349)

(1,396)

%

Operating income

52

266

(214)

(80)

%

Financing costs, net

38

37

(1)

(3)

%

Other, non-operating (income), net

(3)

(1)

2

200

%

Income before income taxes

17

230

(213)

(93)

%

Provision for income taxes

79

85

6

7

%

Net (loss) income

(62)

145

(207)

(143)

%

Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

6

4

(2)

(50)

%

Net (loss) income attributable to Ingredion

$

(68)

$

141

$

(209)

(148)

%

Net income attributable to Ingredion. Net income attributable to Ingredion for the six months ended June 30, 2021, decreased by 148 percent to $(68) million from $141 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020.  The decrease in net income was largely attributable to an impairment charge taken for the held for sale treatment of certain net assets that will be contributed to the Arcor joint venture in Argentina as described in Note 5 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report. The effect of this charge was partially offset by volume growth from demand recovery across all customer segments and specialty product growth.

Net sales. Net sales increased $484 million or 17 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. The increase was driven by higher volume, including PureCircle and KaTech, as well as strong price mix, including the pass through of higher corn costs.

Cost of sales. Cost of sales for the six months ended June 30, 2021 increased by $360 million or 16 percent as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. Our gross profit margin remained flat at 21 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2020 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021.

Operating expenses. Our Operating expenses increased 6 percent to $320 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to $301 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020. Operating expenses, as a percentage of Net sales, decreased to 9 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2021 from 10 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2020.  The decrease in this ratio was driven by the increase in Net sales for the current period, which was partly offset by an increase in Operating expenses resulting from our acquisitions of PureCircle and KaTech.

Financing costs, net. Financing costs for the six months ended June 30, 2021 increased to $38 million from $37 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020. The increase was driven primarily by lower capitalized interest on capital projects for the six months ended June 30, 2021.

Provision for income taxes. Our effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was 464.7 percent compared to 37.0 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2020. The primary cause of the increase in the effective tax rate was a $360 million impairment charge referred to above related to net assets that will be contributed to the Arcor joint venture in Argentina. There was no corresponding income tax benefit recorded with respect to the impairment. The effective income tax rate also increased due to a 22 percent decrease in the value of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar during the six months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease in the value of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar

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produced taxable translation gains on net-U.S.-dollar-monetary assets held in Mexico for which there was no corresponding gain in pre-tax income. Consequently, the Company recorded a discrete tax expense of $22 million in the six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to a $1 million discrete tax benefit in the six months ended June 30, 2021. These items were offset by a discrete tax benefit of $30 million due to the reversal of an accrual for withholding tax on the unremitted earnings of a foreign subsidiary.

Segment Results

North America

Six Months Ended June 30, 

Favorable (Unfavorable)

Favorable (Unfavorable)

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

    

Variance

 

Percentage

Net sales to unaffiliated customers

$

2,013

$

1,811

$

202

11

%

Operating income

283

226

57

25

%

Net sales. Our increase in Net sales of 11 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, was driven by a 6 percent increase in price mix, 4 percent increase in volume, and favorable currency translationforeign exchange impact of 1 percent.  

Operating income. Our Operating income increased by $57 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. The increase was driven by favorable price mix, higher volumes, and improved corn margins. These increases were partially offset by manufacturing cost inflation.

South America

Six Months Ended June 30, 

Favorable (Unfavorable)

Favorable (Unfavorable)

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

    

Variance

 

Percentage

Net sales to unaffiliated customers

$

541

$

419

$

122

29

%

Operating income

73

39

34

87

%

Net sales. Our Net sales increased 29 percent reflectingfor the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, primarily due to a stronger Brazilian real,26 percent increase in favorable price mix and 8 percent increase in volume, partially offset by unfavorable foreign exchange impact of 5 percent.  

Operating income. Our increase in Operating income of $34 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, was primarily due to favorable price mix.

Asia-Pacific

Six Months Ended June 30, 

Favorable (Unfavorable)

Favorable (Unfavorable)

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

    

Variance

 

Percentage

Net sales to unaffiliated customers

$

483

$

376

$

107

28

%

Operating income

49

42

7

17

%

Net sales. Our Net sales increased 28 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. Of the increase, 14 percent was due to the inclusion of PureCircle results in the 2021 period.  In addition, our results reflected a 10 percent increase in volume and a 6 percent favorable foreign exchange impact. These items were partially offset by a 2 percent decrease in price/productfrom price mix.

North America’s net salesOperating income. Our Operating income increased by $7 million for the third quartersix months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. The increase was driven by higher volumes and favorable foreign exchange impacts.

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EMEA

Six Months Ended June 30, 

Favorable (Unfavorable)

Favorable (Unfavorable)

(in millions)

    

2021

    

2020

    

Variance

 

Percentage

Net sales to unaffiliated customers

$

339

$

286

$

53

19

%

Operating income

63

48

15

31

%

Net sales. Our Net sales increased by 19 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. Of the increase, 3 percent was due to the inclusion of KaTech results in the 2021 period. In addition, we experienced a year ago.Volume growth of 17 percent which was comprised of 4favorable foreign exchange impact, 6 percent growth from the TIC Gums acquisitionincrease in volume, and a 3 percent decline in organic volumeincrease due largely to customer shifts in the brewing industry in Mexico and supply chain interruptions caused by natural disasters that affected both our customers and us. This was offset by a 1 percent decrease in price/product mix driven by lower raw material costs.  North America’s net salesprice mix.

Operating income. Our Operating income increased $15 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 increased 2 percent2021, as compared to $2.69 billion from $2.63 billion for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2016.This2020. The increase was driven by volume growth of 3 percent primarily from the TIC Gums acquisition, partially offset by a 1 percent decrease in price/product mix driven by lower raw material costs.

South America’s net sales for third quarter of 2017 decreased 7 percent to $257 million from $276 million a year ago. This decrease was primarily driven by an 8 percent decrease in price/product mix duelargely attributable to lower raw material costs in Brazil and unfavorable currency translation of 2 percent reflecting a weaker Argentine peso in the quarter, partially offset by a volume increase of 3 percent. South America’s net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased 1 percent to $740 million from $731 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. This increase was driven by favorable currency translation of 5 percent primarily reflecting a stronger Brazilian real, partially offset by a 3 percent decrease in price/product mix due to lower raw material costs in Brazil and a volume decrease of 1 percent, primarily due to difficult macroeconomic conditions and the interruption of manufacturing activities in Argentina. 

Asia Pacific’s net sales for the third quarter of 2017 increased 2 percent to $189 million from $185 million a year ago. This increase was driven by volume growth of 8 percent, which was comprised of 7 percent organic volume growth and 1 percent growth from our recent acquisitions in the region, partially offset by a 6 percent decrease in price/product mix due to core customer mix diversification and pass through of lower raw material costs. Asia Pacific’s net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased 4 percent to $555 million from $534 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. This increase was driven by volume growth of 9 percent, which was comprised of 8 percent organic volume growth and 1 percent volume increase from our recent acquisitions in the region, and favorable currency translation of 1 percent primarily reflecting a stronger Korean won. The increaseprice mix in volume was partially offset by a 6 percent decrease in price/product mix due to core customer mix diversification.

EMEA’s net sales for the third quarter of 2017 increased 5 percent to $136 million from $129 million a year ago. This increase was driven by a 2 percent increase in price/product mix,Pakistan and favorable currency translation of 2 percent primarily reflecting a stronger Euro in the quarter, and a volume increase of 1 percent. EMEA’s net sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased 1 percent to $411 million from $405 million a year ago. This increase was driven by a 2 percent increase in price/product mix and volume growth of 1 percent,  partially offset by unfavorable currency translation of 2 percent, primarily reflecting a weaker British Pound sterling.

Cost of Sales and Operating Expenses. Cost of sales for the third quarter of 2017 decreased 2 percent to $1.10 billion from $1.12 billion a year ago. Our gross profit margin was 26 percent for the third quarter of 2017, up from 25 percent last year. The decline in cost of sales and improvement in gross profit margin are primarily driven by overall lower raw material costs and improved operational efficiencies. Operating expenses for the third quarter of 2017 increased to $152 million from $149 million last year. This increase was primarily driven by the incremental operating expenses of

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acquired operations. Operating expenses, as a percentage of gross profit, were 39 percent for the third quarter of 2017 as compared to 40 percent a year ago. 

Cost of sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased 1 percent to $3.28 billion from $3.24 billion a year ago. This increase was primarily driven by an increase of 2 percent in net sales volume. Our gross profit margin was 25 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, flat with 25 percent last year. The gross profit margin remained flat due to higher operating costs as a result of the temporary manufacturing interruption in Argentina offset by overall lower raw material cost and improved operational efficiencies in North America. Operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased to $458 million from $431 million last year. This increase was primarily driven by the incremental operating expenses of acquired operations. Operating expenses, as a percentage of gross profit, were 41 percent for the third quarter of 2017 as compared to 41 percent a year ago.

Operating Income.  Third quarter of 2017 operating income increased 5 percent to $233 million from $221 million a year ago. Operating income for the third quarter of 2017 includes pre-tax net restructuring costs of $7 million consisting of $4 million of other restructuring costs associated with a Finance Transformation initiative and $3 million of other pre-tax restructuring costs including employee-related severance costs in North America. Additionally, the third quarter results include $1 million of costs associated with the integration of acquired operations. Operating income for third quarter of 2016 includes pre-tax costs of $2 million consisting of employee-related severance and other costs associated with the execution of IT outsourcing contracts. Without the restructuring and acquisition-related charges, our third quarter of 2017 operating income would have grown 8 percent from the third quarter of 2016. The increase primarily reflects operating income growth in North America. Currency translation had a net favorable impact of $2 million, reflecting the movements of the Canadian dollar, Brazilian real, and Argentine peso during the quarter.

Operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased 3 percent to $639 million from $619 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 includes pre-tax net restructuring costs of $23 million consisting of $17 million of employee-related severance and other costs associated with our restructuring effort in Argentina, $5 million of other restructuring costs associated with a Finance Transformation initiative,  and $1 million of other pre-tax restructuring charges that including employee-related severance costs in North America and a refinement of estimates for prior year restructuring activities. Additionally, the nine months ended September 30, 2017 results include $9 million of costs primarily associated with the TIC Gums inventory that was adjusted to fair value at the acquisition date, and $3 million of costs associated with the integration of acquired operations. Operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 includes pre-tax costs of $15 million consisting of employee-related severance and other costs associated with the execution of IT outsourcing contracts and $2 million of costs associated with the integration of acquired operations. Without the restructuring and acquisition-related charges, our operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 would have grown 6 percent from the prior year period. The increase primarily reflects operating income growth in North America, partially offset by an operating income decrease in South America. Currency translation had a net favorable impact of $8 million, reflecting the movements of the Brazilian real, Argentine peso, and Canadian dollar.

North America’s third quarter of 2017 operating income increased 9 percent to $179 million from $164 million a year ago. This increase was primarily driven by net margin improvement from favorable raw material costs and operational efficiencies, partially offset by a decrease in price/product mix. North America’s operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased 10 percent to $520 million from $474 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.  This increase was primarily driven by net margin improvement from favorable raw material costs and operational efficiencies, in addition to organic and acquisition-related volume growth compared to the prior period, and partially offset by a decrease in price/product mix.

South America’s third quarter 2017 operating income decreased 4 percent to $26 million from $27 million a year ago. This decrease was primarily driven by a decrease in price/product mix and partially offset by a margin improvement due to favorable raw material costs. South America’s operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 decreased 25 percent to $44 million from $59 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. This decrease was primarily driven by difficult macroeconomic conditions in the region, interruption of manufacturing activities resulting in temporary higher operating costs in Argentina during the second quarter, and unfavorable price/product mix. This decrease was partially offset by a net margin improvement from favorable raw material costs and an $8 million favorable currency translation impact reflecting the movements of the Brazilian real and Argentine peso. 

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Asia Pacific’s third quarter 2017 operating income was flat from $29 million a year ago. Volume growth and improved operational efficiencies were offset by a decrease in price/product mix due to core customer mix diversification. Asia Pacific’s operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased 1 percent to $88 million from $87 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. This increase was driven by volume growth, improved operational efficiencies, and a net margin improvement due to favorable raw material costs, offset by a decrease in price/product mix due to core customer mix diversification.

EMEA’s third quarter 2017 operating income increased 4 percent to $26 million from $25 million a year ago. This increase was primarily driven by favorable price/product mix and volume growth during the period, partially offset by increased operating costs. EMEA’s operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased 4 percent to $83 million from $80 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. This increase was primarily driven by favorable price/product mix and volume growth, partially offset by increased operational costs and a net margin decrease due to unfavorable raw material costs.

Financing Costs, net. Financing costs for the third quarter of 2017 increased to $16 million from $15 million in the prior-year period. This increase was primarily driven by higher weighted average short-term borrowing costs and an increase in short-term borrowings.

Financing costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased to $57 million from $48 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. This increase was due to higher weighted average short-term borrowing costs and an increase in short-term borrowings. Additionally, an increase in foreign currency transaction losses contributed to the increase.

Provision for Income Taxes.  Our effective income tax rate for the third quarter of 2017 decreased to 22.1 percent from 29.2 percent a year ago. The effective income tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was 26.3 percent compared to 30.1 percent a year ago.

We use the U.S. dollar as the functional currency for our subsidiaries in Mexico. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the effective tax rates were reduced by 1.0 percent and 1.7 percent, respectively, due to the revaluation of the Mexican peso versus the U.S. dollar. 

In addition, we increased the valuation allowance on the net deferred tax assets of a foreign subsidiary. As a result, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the effective tax rates were increased by 2.0 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively.

We had been pursuing relief from double taxation under the U.S.-Canada tax treaty for the years 2004-2013. During the fourth quarter of 2016, a tentative settlement was reached between the U.S. and Canada and, consequently, last year we established a net reserve of $24 million, including interest thereon, recorded as a $70 million liability and a $46 million benefit. In the third quarter of 2017, the two countries finalized the agreement, which eliminated the double taxation, and we paid $63 million to the IRS to settle the liability. As a result of that agreement, we are entitled to deduct a foreign exchange loss of $10 million on our 2017 U.S. federal income tax return. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the effective tax rates were reduced by 4.9 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively, due to the foreign exchange loss deduction. The foreign exchange loss was not recognizedimpacts in income before taxes because it arose from the terms of the agreement.Europe.

The above discrete tax items were partially offset by individually insignificant discrete items. Without these items, the rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 would have been approximately 27.3 percent and 28.1 percent, respectively.

Our effective income tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 were increased by 2.3 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, due to the devaluation of the Mexican peso versus the U.S. dollar. The impact of the Mexican peso was partially offset by individually insignificant factors. Without these items, the rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 would have been approximately 27.4 percent and 28.3 percent, respectively.

Comprehensive Income Attributable to Ingredion. Comprehensive income for the third quarter of 2017 increased to $186 million from $138 million a year ago. The increase reflects an increase in net income, favorable variances due to losses resulting from cash-flow hedging activities, and favorable currency translation adjustments.

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Comprehensive income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased to $482 million from $459 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. This increase reflects an increase in net income, favorable variances due to losses resulting from cash-flow hedging activities, partially offset by unfavorable currency translation adjustments.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash provided by operating activities for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 was $524$129 million, as compared to $542$294 million a year ago.for the six months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease in operating cash flow was primarily reflects thedriven by our changes in our working capital, partially offset by an increase in our net income.

Capital expenditures of $222capital. Cash used for investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was $157 million, as compared to $178 million for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017 are in line with our2020. The change was driven by the timing of capital spending planexpenditures and mechanical stores purchases, which totaled $102 million for the year. We anticipate that oursix months ended June 30, 2021, compared to $175 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020.  The decrease in capital expenditures will be approximately $300and mechanical stores purchases were partly offset by the $40 million to $325 millionof net cash used for 2017. the acquisition of KaTech during the six months ended June 30, 2021.

As of June 30, 2021, our total debt consists of the following:

(in millions)

    

  

2.900% senior notes due June 1, 2030

    

$

594

3.200% senior notes due October 1, 2026

497

3.900% senior notes due June 1, 2050

390

6.625% senior notes due April 15, 2037

253

Amended term loan credit agreement due March 15, 2022

380

Revolving credit facility

Other long-term borrowings

15

Total long-term debt

2,129

Other short-term borrowings

72

Total short-term borrowings

72

Total debt

$

2,201

During the first quarter of 2017,six months ended June 30, 2021, we repurchased approximately 1 million shares ofamended and restated our common stock in open market transactions for $123 million.

On August 18, 2017, the Company entered into a newterm loan credit agreement (the “Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement”). The Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement (“Term Loan”) to establish a senior unsecured term loan credit facility. Underrestates the Term Loan,previous agreement by extending the Company is allowed three borrowings in an amount of up to $500 million total. The Term Loan matures 18 months from thematurity date of the final borrowing. As of September 30, 2017, the Company had initiated two borrowings under the Term Loan totaling $380 million. The proceeds were used to refinance $300 million of 1.8 percent senior notes due September 25, 2017 and pay downprevious agreement until March 15, 2022. No new borrowings outstanding on the revolving credit facility. On October 25, 2017, the Company initiated its third and final borrowing under the Term Loan of $40 million, bringing the total outstanding Term Loan to $420 million, due April 25, 2019. See also Note 11 of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

As of September 30, 2017, there were borrowings of $380 million outstanding under theAmended Term Loan Credit Agreement were incurred in connection with the amendment and no borrowings outstandingrestatement. Borrowings under the Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement bear interest at a variable annual rate based on a London Interbank Offering Rate (“LIBOR”) or a base rate, at our election, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, plus, in each case, an applicable margin. The Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement reduced the applicable interest rate margin for loans accruing interest based on LIBOR from 0.80 percent to 0.75 percent. The Company is required to pay a fee on the unused availability under the Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement. The Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and events of default, including covenants restricting the incurrence of liens, the incurrence of indebtedness by our subsidiaries and certain fundamental changes involving us and our subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions in each case. We must also maintain a specified maximum consolidated leverage ratio and a specified minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio. As of June 30, 2021, we were in compliance with these financial covenants. The occurrence of an event of default under the Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement

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could result in all loans and other obligations being declared due and payable and the term loan credit facility being terminated.

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, we entered into a revolving credit agreement (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”) to replace our previous revolving credit agreement, which was terminated. The Revolving Credit Facility. In additionAgreement provides for a five-year unsecured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $1 billion outstanding at any time. The facility will mature on June 30, 2026.  Loans under the facility will accrue interest at a per annum rate equal, at the Company’s option, to either a LIBOR rate plus an applicable margin, or a base rate (generally determined according to the borrowing availability underhighest of the prime rate, the federal funds rate or the specified LIBOR rate plus 1.00%) plus an applicable margin. The Revolving Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants that, among other matters, specify customary reporting obligations, and that, subject to exceptions, restrict the incurrence of additional indebtedness by the our subsidiaries, the incurrence of liens and the consummation of certain mergers, consolidations and sales of assets. We are subject to compliance, as of the end of each quarter, with a maximum leverage ratio of 3.5 to 1.0 and a minimum ratio of consolidated EBITDA to consolidated net interest expense of 3.5 to 1.0, as each such financial covenant is calculated for the most recently completed four-quarter period.  As of June 30, 2021, we were in in compliance with these covenants. We have the ability and intent to refinance the Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement on a long-term basis using the Revolving Credit Agreement or other sources prior to the maturity date.

As of June 30, 2021, in addition to approximately $1.0 billion of borrowing availability under our revolving credit facility, we have approximately $493$795 million of unused operating lines of credit in the various foreign countries in which we operate.

As of September 30, 2017, we had total debt outstanding of $1,884 million, compared to $1,956 million at December 31, 2016. As of September 30, 2017 our total debt consists of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of

 

(in millions)

    

September 30, 2017

  

3.2% senior notes due October 1, 2026

    

$

496

 

4.625% senior notes due November 1, 2020

 

 

398

 

6.625% senior notes due April 15, 2037

 

 

254

 

5.62% senior notes due March 25, 2020

 

 

200

 

Term loan credit agreement due April 25, 2019

 

 

380

 

Revolving credit facility

 

 

 —

 

Fair value adjustment related to hedged fixed rate debt instruments

 

 

 3

 

Long-term debt

 

$

1,731

 

Short-term borrowings

 

 

153

 

Total debt

 

$

1,884

 

The weighted average interest rate on our total indebtedness was approximately 4.13.4 percent for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, compared to 3.93.4 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Effective as of July 27, 2021, we established a commercial paper program under which we may issue senior unsecured notes of short maturities up to a maximum aggregate principal amount of $1 billion outstanding at any time.  The notes will be sold from time to time on customary terms in the comparable prior-year period.U.S. commercial paper market.  We will use the note proceeds for general corporate purposes.

On September 15, 2017,May 19, 2021, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.60$0.64 per share of common stock. This dividend was paid on October 25, 2017July 26, 2021, to stockholders of record at the close of business on October 2, 2017.July 1, 2021. Additionally, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, we repurchased 107 thousand and 265 thousand outstanding shares of common stock, respectively, in open market transactions at a net cost of $10 million and $24 million, respectively.

We currently expect that our available cash balances, future cash flow from operations, access to debt markets, and borrowing capacity under our credit facilities will provide us with sufficient liquidity to fund our anticipated capital expenditures, dividends and other investing and financing activities for the foreseeable future.

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We have not provided foreign withholding taxes, state income taxes, and federal and state income taxes or foreign currency gains/losses on accumulated undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries because these earnings are considered to be permanently reinvested. It is not practicable to determine the amount of the unrecognized deferred tax liability related to the undistributed earnings. We do not anticipate the need to repatriate funds to the U.S. to satisfy domestic liquidity needs arising in the ordinary course of business, including liquidity needs associated with our domestic debt service requirements. Approximately $484$534 million of the total $505$549 million of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments at SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 was held by our operations outside of the U.S.

We expect that available cash balances and borrowings expected to be available under the revolving credit facilities in the U.S., alongfacility, together with cash generated from operations and our access to debt markets, will be sufficient to meet our operating and other cash needs for at least the foreseeable future.next twelve months.

Hedging and Financial Risk

Hedging

Hedging:We are exposed to market risk stemming from changes in commodity prices (primarily corn and natural gas), foreign currencyforeign-currency exchange rates, and interest rates. In the normal course of business, we actively manage our exposure to these market risks by entering into various hedging transactions, authorized under established policies that place clear controls on these activities. These transactions utilize exchange-traded derivatives or over-the-counter derivatives with investment grade counterparties. Our hedging transactions may include, but are not limited to, a variety of derivative financial instruments such as commodity-related futures, options and swap contracts, forward currency-related contracts and options, interest rate swap agreements, and Treasury lock agreements (“T-Locks”). See Note 6 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report for additional information.

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Commodity Price Risk: Our principal use of derivative financial instruments is to manage commodity price risk in North America relating to anticipated purchases of corn and natural gas to be used in our manufacturing process. We periodically enter into futures, options and swap contracts for a portion of our anticipated corn and natural gas usage, generally over the following 12 to 24 months, in order to hedge price risk associated with fluctuations in market prices. We also enter into futures contracts to hedge price risk associated with fluctuations in the market price of ethanol. We are unable to directly hedge price risk related to co-product sales; however, we occasionally enter into hedges of soybean oil (a competing product to corn oil) in order to mitigate the price risk of corn oil sales. Unrealized gains and losses associated with marking our commodities-based cash flow hedge derivative instruments to market are recorded as a component of other comprehensive incomeloss (“OCI”OCL”). At SeptemberAs of June 30, 2017,2021, our accumulatedAccumulated other comprehensive loss account (“AOCI”AOCL”) included $5$97 million of losses, net gains (net of income taxestax expense of $4 million,$33 million) related to these derivative instruments. It is anticipated that these losses$89 million of net gains (net of income tax expense of $31 million) will be reclassified into earnings during the next 12 months. We expect the lossesnet gains to be offset by changes in the underlying commodities costs.

Foreign CurrencyForeign-Currency Exchange Risk: Due to our global operations, including operations in many emerging markets, we are exposed to fluctuations in foreign currencyforeign-currency exchange rates. As a result, we have exposure to translational foreign exchangeforeign-exchange risk when our foreign operations’ results are translated to U.S. dollars and to transactional foreign exchangeforeign-exchange risk when transactions not denominated in the functional currency of the operating unit are revalued.revalued into U.S. dollars. We primarily use derivative financial instruments such as foreign currencyforeign-currency forward contracts, swaps and options to manage our foreign currency transactional exchange risk. At SeptemberWe enter into foreign-currency derivative instruments that are designated as both cash flow hedging instruments as well as instruments not designated as hedging instruments as defined by Accounting Standards Codification 815, Derivatives and Hedging. As of June 30, 2017,2021, we had foreign currency forward sales contracts that arederivatives not designated as fair value hedgeshedging instruments hedging certain asset and liability positions with an aggregate notional amountamounts of $447$409 million and $251 million, respectively.

As of June 30, 2021, we had foreign currency forward purchase contractsderivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments hedging certain asset and liability positions with an aggregate notional amounts of $305 million and $482 million, respectively. The amount included in AOCI relating to these hedges at June 30, 2021, included $2 million of $173 million that hedged transactional exposures. 

We also have foreign currency derivative instruments that hedge certain foreign currency transactional exposures and are designated as cash-flow hedges. At September 30, 2017, AOCI includednet losses (net an insignificant amount of taxes). It is anticipated that $4 million of net losses net(net of income taxes, relating to these hedges.tax benefit of $1 million) will be reclassified into earnings during the next 12 months.

We have significant operations in Argentina. We utilize the official exchange rate published by the Argentine government for re-measurement purposes. Due to exchange controls put in place by the Argentine government, a parallel market exists for exchanging Argentine pesos to U.S. dollars at rates less favorable than the official rate, although the difference in rates has decreased from past levels. 

Interest Rate Risk: We occasionally use interest rate swaps and T-Locks to hedge our exposure to interest rate changes, to reduce the volatility of our financing costs, or to achieve a desired proportion of fixed versus floating rate debt, based on current and projected market conditions. We did not have anyoutstanding T-Locks outstanding as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017. 2021.

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017, AOCI2021, AOCL included $3$4 million of net losses (net of an income taxestax benefit of $2$1 million) related to previously settled T-Locks. TheseOnce T-Locks are settled, deferred losses are being amortized to financing costs over the terms of the senior notes with which

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they are associated. It is anticipated that $1 millionan insignificant amount of thesenet losses (net of income taxesan insignificant amount of $1 million)taxes) will be reclassified into earnings during the next 12 months.

As of September 30, 2017, weWe did not have any interest rate swap agreements as of June 30, 2021 or June 30, 2020. During the three months ended June 30, 2020, we settled an interest rate swap that effectively convertconverted the interest rates on $200 million of our $400 million of 4.625 percent4.625% senior notes due November 1, 2020, to variable rates. These senior notes were redeemed in July 2020. The swap agreements callagreement called for us to receive interest at the fixed coupon rate of the respective notes and to pay interest at a variable rate based on the six-month U.S. dollar LIBOR rate plus a spread. We have designated these interest rate swap agreements as hedges of the changes in fair value of the underlying debt obligations attributable to changes in interest rates and account for them as fair-value hedges. The fair value of these interest rate swap agreements was $3 million at September 30, 2017 and is reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets within other assets, with an offsetting amount recorded in long-term debt to adjust the carrying amount of the hedged debt obligations. 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our critical accounting policies and estimates are described in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K.10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. There have been no other changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates during the ninethree and six months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2021.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Form 10-Q contains or may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company intends these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for such statements.

 

Forward-looking statements include, among other things,others, any statements regarding the Company’s future prospects or future financial condition, earnings, revenues, tax rates, capital expenditures, cash flows, expenses or other financial items, any statements concerning the Company’s prospects or future operations, including management’s plans or strategies and objectives therefor, and any assumptions, expectations or beliefs underlying the foregoing.

 

These statements can sometimes be identified by the use of forward lookingforward-looking words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “anticipate,” “assume”,“assume,” “believe,” “plan,” “project,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “continue,” “pro forma,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “propels,” “opportunities,” “potential”“potential,” “provisional,” or other similar expressions or the negative thereof. All statements other than statements of historical facts in this report or referred to in or incorporated by reference ininto this report are “forward-looking statements.”

 

These statements are based on current circumstances or expectations, but are subject to certain inherent risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and are beyond our control. Although we believe our expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, stockholdersinvestors are cautioned that no assurance can be given that our expectations will prove correct.

 

Actual results and developments may differ materially from the expectations expressed in or implied by these statements, based on various factors, including the impact of COVID-19 on the demand for our products and our financial results; changing consumption preferences relating to high fructose corn syrup and other products we make; the effects of global economic conditions including, particularly, continuation or worsening of the current economic, currency and political conditions in South America and economic conditions in Europe, and their impact on our sales volumes and pricing of our products, our ability to collect our receivables from customers and our ability to raise funds at reasonable rates; fluctuations in worldwide markets for corn and other commodities, and the associated risks of hedging against such fluctuations; fluctuations in the markets and prices for our co-products, particularly corn oil; fluctuations in aggregate industry supply and market demand; the behavior of financial markets, including foreign currency fluctuations and fluctuations in interest and exchange rates; volatility and turmoil in the capital markets; the commercial and consumer credit environment; general political, economic, business, and market conditions that affect customers and weather conditionsconsumers in the various geographic regions and countries in which we buy our raw materials or manufacture or sell our products;products, including, particularly, economic, currency, and political conditions in South America and economic and political conditions in Europe, and the impact these factors may have on our sales volume, the pricing of our products and our ability to collect our receivables from customers; future financial performance of major industries which we serve and from which we derive a significant portion of our sales, including, without limitation, the food, and beverage, paper, corrugatedanimal nutrition, and brewing industries; energy coststhe uncertainty of acceptance of products developed through genetic modification and availability, freightbiotechnology; our ability to develop or acquire new products and shipping costs,services at rates or of qualities sufficient to gain market acceptance; increased competitive and/or customer pressure in the corn-refining industry and changes in regulatory controls regarding quotas, tariffs, duties, taxesrelated industries, including with respect to the markets and income tax rates,prices for our primary products and our co-products, particularly United States tax reform; operating difficulties;corn oil; the availability of raw materials, including potato starch, tapioca, gum arabic,Arabic, and the specific varieties of corn upon which some of our products are based;based, and our ability to develop new productspass along potential increases in the cost of corn or other raw materials to customers; energy costs and services at a rate or of a quality sufficient to meet expectations;availability, including energy issues in Pakistan; boiler reliability; our ability to effectively

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integrate and operate acquired businesses; our ability tocontain costs, achieve budgets, and to realize expected synergies;synergies, including with respect to our ability to complete planned maintenance and investment projects successfullyon time and on budget;budget and realize expected savings under our Cost Smart program as well as with respect to freight and shipping costs; the behavior of financial and capital markets, including with respect to foreign currency fluctuations, fluctuations in interest and exchange rates and market volatility and the associated risks of hedging against such fluctuations; our ability to successfully identify and complete acquisitions or strategic alliances on favorable terms as well as our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses or implement and maintain strategic alliances and achieve anticipated synergies with respect to all of the foregoing; operating difficulties at our manufacturing facilities; the impact of impairment charges on our goodwill or long-lived assets; changes in our tax rates or exposure to additional income tax liability; our ability to maintain satisfactory labor disputes; genetic and biotechnology issues; changing consumption preferences including those relating to high fructose corn syrup; increased competitive and/relations; the impact on our business of natural disasters, war, or customer pressure in the corn-refining industry; andsimilar acts of hostility, threats or acts of terrorism, the outbreak or continuation of serious communicable diseasepandemics such as COVID-19, or hostilitiesthe occurrence of other significant events beyond our control; changes in government policy, law, or regulation and costs of legal compliance, including actscompliance with environmental regulation; potential effects of terrorism. Factors relatingclimate change; security breaches with respect to information technology systems, processes, and sites; our ability to raise funds at reasonable rates and other factors affecting our access to sufficient funds for future growth and expansion; volatility in the acquisition of TIC Gumsstock market and other factors that could cause actual resultsadversely affect our stock price; risks affecting the continuation of our dividend policy; and developmentsour ability to differ from expectations include: the anticipated benefitsremediate in a timely manner a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.

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Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of the statement as a result of new information or future events or developments. If we do update or correct one or more of these statements, investors and others should not conclude that we will make additional updates or corrections. For a further description of these and other risks, see “Risk Factors” and other information included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20162020 and in our subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K.

ITEM 3

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

See the discussion set forth in Part II, Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk at pages 5055 to 5156 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016,2020 for a discussion as to howof the manner in which we address risks with respect to interest rates, raw material and energy costs and foreign currencies. There have been no material changes in the information that would be provided with respect to those disclosures from December 31, 2016 to Septemberduring the six months ended June 30, 2017.2021. For additional information, also see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Hedging and Financial Risk” in this report.

ITEM 4

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2021. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that as a result of the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting described below, Ingredion’s disclosure controls and procedures (a)were not effective as of June 30, 2021.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

During the three months ended June 30, 2021, our management continued updating certain internal controls and supporting processes to address the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 related to ineffective information technology general controls (“ITGCs”) related to user access over certain information technology (“IT”) systems. These control deficiencies were the result of insufficient development of IT personnel as the control owners did not adequately understand the control objectives or the design of the control activity, as well as the result of ineffective timely communication of the control objective to these IT personnel by management. To date, management has provided enhanced control training for ITGC owners, and we have designed and are effective in providing reasonable assuranceprocess of implementing our improved documentation of the user access review that all information required tomore clearly communicates the control objective and management’s documentation requirements. We expect remediation of this material weakness will be disclosedcompleted by the end of the third quarter of 2021.

We acquired PureCircle and Verdient in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Actthird and fourth quarters of 1934,2020, respectively, as amended, has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specifiedwell as KaTech in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and (b) are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

In the fourthsecond quarter of 2016, we acquired Shandong Huanong Specialty Corn Development Co., Ltd. in Pingyuan County, Shandong Province, China (“Shandong Huanong”)2021, and TIC Gums Incorporated (“TIC Gums”). In the first quarter of 2017, we acquired Sun Flour Industry Co., Ltd. (“Sun Flour”) in Thailand.  We are currently in the process of evaluating and integrating the acquired operations, processes and internal controls. See Note 3 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report for additional information regarding the acquisitions. There have been

Other than as described above, there were no other changes into our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the ninethree months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are a party to a large number of labor claimsIn 2015 and 2016, the Company self-reported certain monitoring and recordkeeping issues relating to our Brazilian operations. We have reserved an aggregateenvironmental regulatory matters involving its Indianapolis, Indiana manufacturing facility. In September 2017, following inspections and the provision by the Company of approximately $5 million asrequested information to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA"), the EPA issued the Company a Notice of September 30, 2017 in respect of these claims.Violation, which included additional alleged violations beyond those self-reported by the Company. These labor claimsadditional alleged violations primarily relate to dismissals, severance, healththe results of stack testing at the facility. The allegations in the Notice of Violation, whether from the self-reported information, the inspections or the additional requested information, are not material to us. The EPA has referred the overall matter to the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and safety, work schedulesNatural Resources Division (the "DOJ"). The DOJ and salary adjustments.the Company are engaged in discussions with respect to a resolution of this matter.

We are currently subject to various other claims and suits arising in the ordinary course of business, including those relating to labor matters, certain environmental proceedings, and other commercial claims.  We also routinely receive inquiries from regulators and other government authorities relating to various aspects of our business, including with respect to compliance with laws and regulations relating to the environment, and at any given time, we have matters at various stages of resolution with the applicable governmental authorities. The outcomes of these matters are not within our complete control and may not be known for prolonged periods of time. We do not believe that the results of currently known legal proceedings and inquires even if unfavorable to us, will be material to us. There can be no assurance, however, that such claims, suits or investigations or those arising in the future, whether taken individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

ITEM 2

UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities:

Maximum Number

(or Approximate

Total Number of

Dollar Value) of

Total

Average

Shares Purchased as

Shares that may yet

Number

Price

part of Publicly

be Purchased Under

of Shares

Paid

Announced Plans or

the Plans or Programs

(shares in thousands)

Purchased

per Share

Programs

at end of period

July 1 – July 31, 2017

3,702 shares

August 1 – August 31, 2017

 —

 —

 —

3,702 shares

September 1 – September 30, 2017

 —

 —

 —

3,702 shares

Total

 —

 —

 —

The following table presents information regarding our repurchase of shares of our common stock during the three months ended June 30, 2021.

Maximum Number

 

(or Approximate

 

Total Number of

Dollar Value) of

 

Total

Average

Shares Purchased as

Shares That May Yet

 

Number

Price

Part of Publicly

be Purchased Under

 

of Shares

Paid

Announced Plans or

the Plans or Programs

 

(shares in thousands)

Purchased

per Share

Programs

at End of Period

April 1 – April 30, 2021

 

106,914

 

89.93

 

106,914

 

5,590 shares

May 1 – May 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

5,590 shares

June 1 – June 30, 2021

 

 

5,590 shares

Total

 

106,914

 

89.93

 

106,914

On December 12, 2014,October 22, 2018, the Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program permitting the Companyus to purchase up to 5an additional 8.0 million shares of itsour outstanding common sharesstock from January 1, 2015November 5, 2018, through December 31, 2019. At September2023. As of June 30, 2017,2021, we have 3.75.6 million shares available for repurchase under the stock repurchase program.

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ITEM 6

EXHIBITS

EXHIBITS

a) Exhibits

Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed in the Exhibit Index hereto.below.

All other items hereunder are omitted because either such item is inapplicable or the response is negative.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Number

Description of Exhibit

Number

Description of Exhibit

4.1

10.1

Term LoanRevolving Credit Agreement, dated as of August 18, 2017,June 30, 2021, by and among Ingredion Incorporated, as Borrower, the lenders signatorySubsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.110.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 18, 2017,July 1, 2021, filed on August 24, 2016)July 1, 2021) (File No. 1-13397).

10.2*

Separation Agreement and General Release, dated June 25, 2021, by and between Janet M. Bawcom and Ingredion Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 1, 2021, filed on July 1, 2021) (File No. 1-13397).

31.1

CEOCertification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 Certification Pursuant toof the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2

CFOCertification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 Certification Pursuant toof the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1††

CEO Certification Pursuantof Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code, as created byadopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2††

CFO Certification Pursuantof Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code, as created byadopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-OxleySarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

101101.INS

The following financial information from Ingredion Incorporated’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q forXBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017 formattedInteractive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.

101.CAL

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.

101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.

101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.

101.PRE

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document, which is contained in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Condensed Consolidated StatementsExhibit 101).

HIDDEN_ROW

Filed with this report.

††

Furnished with this report.

*

Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement to be filed as an exhibit to this form pursuant to Item 6 of Income; (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income; (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets; (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity and Redeemable Equity; (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (vi) the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.this report.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

INGREDION INCORPORATED

INGREDION INCORPORATED

DATE:

November 3, 2017August 6, 2021

By

/s/ James D. Gray

James D. Gray

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

DATE:

November 3, 2017

By

/s/ Stephen K. Latreille

Stephen K. Latreille

Vice President and Corporate Controller

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