FEDERAL-MOGUL LLC
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
(tabular information in millions)
1. | DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS |
Federal-Mogul LLC (the “Company” or “Federal-Mogul”) is a limited liability company formed under the laws of Delaware.
Icahn Enterprises, L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP) (“IEP”) is a diversified holding company that indirectly owns 100% of the Company’s outstanding LLC interest.
The Company is a global supplier of technology and innovation in vehicle and industrial products for fuel economy, emissions reduction, and safety systems. The Company serves the world’s foremost original equipment manufacturers (“OEM”) and servicers (and together with OEM, “OE”) of automotive, light, medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles,off-road, agricultural, marine, rail, aerospace, power generation and industrial equipment, as well as the worldwide aftermarket.
On April 10, 2018, IEP, American Entertainment Properties Corp., a Delaware corporation, the Company’s parent and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of IEP (“AEP”), the Company, and Tenneco Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Tenneco”), entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which AEP agreed to sell all of the outstanding membership interests of the Company to Tenneco (the “Transaction”) in exchange for $800 million in cash and 29,444,846 shares of Tenneco common stock. The Transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2018, subject to regulatory approvals, the approval of Tenneco’s shareholders, and other customary closing conditions.
Following the closing of the Transaction, Tenneco has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to pursue the separation of the combined company’s powertrain technology business, and its aftermarket and ride performance business into two separate, publicly traded companies in aspin-off transaction that is expected to be treated as atax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
2. | BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of Presentation—Interim Financial Statements
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) management believes are necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations, comprehensive income, financial position, and cash flows. The Company’s management believes the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading when read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017 dated February 26, 2018. Operating results for the six months ended June 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2018.
Principles of consolidation: The Company consolidates into its financial statements the accounts of the Company, all wholly-owned subsidiaries, and any partially-owned subsidiary the Company has the ability to control. Control generally equates to ownership percentage, whereby investments more than 50% owned are consolidated, investments in affiliates of 50% or less but greater than 20% are accounted for using the equity method, and investments in affiliates of 20% or less are accounted for using the cost method.
The Company does not consolidate any entity for which it has a variable interest based solely on power to direct the activities and significant participation in the entity’s expected results that would not otherwise be consolidated based on control through voting interests. Further, the Company’s affiliates are businesses established and maintained in connection with the Company’s operating strategy and are not special purpose entities. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.
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