Mark-to-market impacts from commodity and currency derivative contracts
The company excludes unrealized gains and losses(mark-to-market impacts) from outstanding commodity and forecasted currency transaction derivatives from itsnon-GAAP earnings measures until such time that the related exposures impact its operating results. The company recorded net unrealized losses on commodity and forecasted currency transaction derivatives of $184 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and recorded net unrealized gains of $16 million in the three months ended March 31, 2019.
Remeasurement of net monetary position
During the second quarter of 2018, primarily based on published estimates which indicated that Argentina’s three-year cumulative inflation rate exceeded 100%, the company concluded that Argentina became a highly inflationary economy for accounting purposes. As of July 1, 2018, the company began to apply highly inflationary accounting for its Argentinian subsidiaries and changed their functional currency from the Argentinian peso to the U.S. dollar. On July 1, 2018, both monetary andnon-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in Argentinian pesos were remeasured into U.S. dollars. As of each subsequent balance sheet date, Argentinian peso denominated monetary assets and liabilities were remeasured into U.S. dollars using the exchange rate as of the balance sheet date, with remeasurement and other transaction gains and losses recorded in net earnings. Within selling, general and administrative expenses, the company recorded a remeasurement loss of $2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020, as well as a remeasurement loss of $2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2019 related to the revaluation of the Argentinian peso denominated net monetary position over these periods.
Impact from pension participation changes
The impact from pension participation changes represent the charges incurred when employee groups are withdrawn from multiemployer pension plans and other changes in employee group pension plan participation. The company excludes these charges from itsnon-GAAP results because those amounts do not reflect the company’s ongoing pension obligations.
On July 11, 2019, the company received an undiscounted withdrawal liability assessment from the Fund totaling $526 million and requiringpro-rata monthly payments over 20 years. The company began making monthly payments during the third quarter of 2019. The company recorded $3 million of accreted interest in the three months ended March 31, 2020. As of March 31, 2020, the remaining discounted withdrawal liability was $387 million, with $14 million recorded in other current liabilities and $373 million recorded in long-term other liabilities.
CEO transition remuneration
On November 20, 2017, Dirk Van de Put succeeded Irene Rosenfeld as CEO of Mondelēz International. In order to incent Mr. Van de Put to join the company, the company provided him compensation to make him whole for incentive awards he forfeited or grants that were not made to him when he left his former employer. In connection with Irene Rosenfeld’s retirement, the company made her outstanding grants of performance share units for the 2016-2018 and 2017-2019 performance cycles eligible for continued vesting and paid $0.5 million salary for her service as Chairman from January through March 2018. The company refers to these elements of Mr. Van de Put’s and Ms. Rosenfeld’s compensation arrangements together as “CEO transition remuneration.”
The company is excluding amounts it expenses as CEO transition remuneration from itsnon-GAAP results because those amounts are not part of the company’s regular compensation program and are incremental to amounts the company would have incurred as ongoing CEO compensation. As a result, in 2017, the company excluded amounts expensed for the cash payment to Mr. Van de Put and partial vesting of his equity grants. In 2018, the company excluded amounts paid for Ms. Rosenfeld’s service as Chairman and partial vesting of Mr. Van de Put’s and Ms. Rosenfeld’s equity grants. In 2019, the company excluded amounts related to the partial vesting of Mr. Van de Put’s equity grants. During the first quarter of 2020, Mr. Van de Put’s equity grants became fully vested.
Gains/losses related to interest rate swaps
Within interest and other expense, net, the company recognized anafter-tax loss of $79 million ($103 millionpre-tax) in the three months ended March 31, 2020, related to certain forward-starting interest rate swaps for which the planned timing and currency of the related forecasted debt was changed.
Gains and losses on equity method investment transactions
On July 9, 2018, Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (“Keurig”) closed on its definitive merger agreement with Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., and formed Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (NYSE: “KDP”), a publicly traded company. Following the close of the transaction, the company’s 24.2% investment in Keurig together with its shareholder loan receivable became a 13.8% investment in KDP. During 2018, the company recorded a netpre-tax gain of $778 million (or $586 millionafter-tax gain).