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Acquisitions and Divestitures
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, Transaction between Entities under Common Control, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]  
Acquisitions and Divestitures Acquisitions and Divestitures
Pending Tate & Lyle Acquisition
On June 8, 2026, we reached an agreement with the board of directors of Tate & Lyle PLC (“Tate & Lyle”), a global specialty food and beverage solutions business incorporated in England and Wales, on terms of an all-cash recommended offer for us to acquire all of the issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Tate & Lyle for approximately £2.7 billion, or approximately $3.5 billion based on the British pound sterling to U.S. dollar exchange rate as of June 30,
2026 (the “pending acquisition”). Completion of the pending acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and court approval in the United Kingdom, and is expected to be implemented through a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the UK Companies Act 2006. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the closing conditions, we expect the pending acquisition to be completed in the second half of 2027. Immediately following completion of the pending acquisition, Tate & Lyle will be a subsidiary of ours.
In connection with the pending acquisition, to finance the cash consideration and specified expenses of the transaction, we entered into a 364-day bridge facility and loan agreement and a delayed draw term facility and loan agreement, as described in Note 6, Financing Arrangements. We also entered into derivative instruments to mitigate exposure to British pound sterling for the cash consideration payable in the pending acquisition, as described in Note 4, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. We have incurred $53 million of acquisition-related costs, including $47 million of acquisition-related foreign exchange hedging losses, during the quarter and year-to-date ended June 30, 2026.
Pakistan Business Divestiture
On June 30, 2026, we completed the previously announced sale of 51 percent of Rafhan Maize Products Co. Ltd. (the “Pakistan business”) to Nishat Group, a diversified group of companies headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan. We received gross cash consideration of approximately $165 million, or $127 million of cash after deconsolidation, and recognized a $44 million net gain on sale of business on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. In 2025, the Pakistan business, which was not a reportable segment and thus included in All Other, generated approximately $250 million of net sales and $35 million of operating income. The major classes of assets and liabilities sold consisted of the following:
As of June 30, 2026
Cash and cash equivalents$38 
Accounts receivable, net21
Inventories123
Property, plant and equipment, net49
Other non-current assets3
Total assets$234 
Short-term borrowings$44 
Accounts payable15
Accrued liabilities55
Other non-current liabilities8
Total Liabilities$122 
Net assets sold$112 
As part of the sale, we retained a minority ownership interest of approximately 20 percent in the Pakistan business and will account for our retained interest under the equity method of accounting, as described in Note 3, Investments.
PureCircle Acquisition
In the first quarter of 2026, we purchased the remaining shares of PureCircle Limited (“PureCircle”) from minority shareholders for $7 million, which increased our ownership to 100 percent.
South Korea Business Divestiture
During the first quarter of 2025 and 2026, we received the first and second installment payments of 18 billion South Korean won, or $12 million, of consideration for the February 1, 2024 sale of our South Korea business. We expect to receive the final installment payment of 18 billion South Korean won, or $12 million, in February 2027, which we recorded in Accounts receivable, net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2026.