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Acquisitions, Disposals and Related Items
6 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Acquisitions, disposals and related items
Acquisitions, Disposals and Subsequent Events
The following significant transactions impact, or are expected to impact, the operations of the Company's Walmart International segment. Other immaterial transactions have also occurred or been announced.
Walmart Brazil
In June 2018, the Company agreed to sell an 80 percent stake of Walmart Brazil to Advent International ("Advent"). Under the terms, the Company may receive up to $250 million in contingent consideration, Advent will contribute additional capital to the business over a three-year period, and Walmart agreed to indemnify Advent for a fixed amount of certain pre-closing tax and legal contingencies and other matters ("the Indemnity").  As a result, the disposal group was classified as held for sale in the second quarter of fiscal 2019 and consisted of the following:
Assets of $3.3 billion, which were fully impaired as discussed in Note 5 upon meeting the held for sale criteria;
Liabilities of $1.3 billion, consisting of $0.7 billion in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, $0.1 billion of capital lease and financing obligations, and $0.5 billion of deferred taxes and other long-term liabilities, which were reclassified to accrued liabilities upon meeting the held for sale criteria; and
Cumulative foreign currency translation loss of $2 billion, which will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income in the third quarter of fiscal 2019 upon closure of the sale.
The carrying value of the disposal group exceeded the fair value less costs to sell, and as a result, the Company recorded a pre-tax net loss of approximately $4.8 billion in other gains and losses in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income in the second quarter of fiscal 2019. In calculating the loss, the fair value of the disposal group was reduced by approximately $800 million related to the estimated value of the Indemnity.
The sale was completed in August 2018. As a result, beginning in the third quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company will deconsolidate the financial statements of Walmart Brazil and account for its remaining 20 percent ownership interest, determined to have no initial value, using the equity method of accounting.
Flipkart
In August 2018, the Company acquired approximately 77 percent of the outstanding shares of Flipkart Group ("Flipkart"), an Indian-based eCommerce marketplace, for approximately $16 billion of cash, which includes $2 billion of new equity funding. The acquisition increases the Company's investment in India, a large, growing economy. To finance the acquisition, the Company used a combination of cash provided by long-term debt as discussed in Note 4 and cash on hand.  Beginning in the third quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company will consolidate the financial statements of Flipkart, using a one-month lag, with the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Given the recent closure of the transaction, the Company is in the initial stages of the process to allocate the purchase price of Flipkart and does not yet have an initial allocation available. The Company currently expects the majority of the purchase price to be allocated to trade names and goodwill.
Asda
In April 2018, the Company entered into a definitive agreement and announced the proposed combination of J Sainsbury plc and Asda Group Limited ("Asda Group"), the Company's wholly owned UK retail subsidiary. Under the terms of the combination, the Company would receive approximately 42 percent of the share capital of the combined company. In addition, the Company would receive approximately £3 billion in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments, and retain obligations under the Asda Group defined benefit pension plan. Due to a complex regulatory review process, the outcome of which is uncertain and may take some time to complete, the held for sale classification criteria for the disposal group has not been met as of July 31, 2018. Upon the transaction closing, the Company would deconsolidate the financial statements of Asda Group and account for the ongoing investment in the combined company using the equity method of accounting.
Suburbia
In April 2017, the Company sold Suburbia, the apparel retail division in Mexico, for $1.0 billion.  As part of the sales agreement, the Company is also leasing certain real estate to the purchaser. The sale resulted in a pre-tax gain of $0.7 billion, of which $0.4 billion was recognized in the second quarter of fiscal 2018 in membership and other income, and the remainder was deferred and is being recognized over the lease terms of approximately 20 years.