2. Charges and Credits

2018

There were no charges or credits recorded during the first and third quarters of 2018.

During the second quarter of 2018, Schlumberger recorded a $184 million pretax charge ($164 million after-tax) associated with headcount reductions, primarily to further streamline its support cost structure. This charge is classified in Impairments & other in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

2017

Schlumberger recorded the following charges and credits during the first nine months of 2017:

Third quarter of 2017:

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In connection with Schlumberger’s 2016 acquisition of Cameron International Corporation (“Cameron”), Schlumberger recorded $49 million of charges consisting of employee benefits, facility consolidation and other merger and integration-related costs. These charges are classified in Merger & integration in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

Second quarter of 2017:

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During the second quarter of 2017, Schlumberger entered into a financing agreement with its primary customer in Venezuela. This agreement resulted in the exchange of $700 million of outstanding accounts receivable for a promissory note with a three-year term that bears interest at the rate of 6.50% per annum. Schlumberger recorded this note at its estimated fair value on the date of the exchange, which resulted in a charge of $460 million. Schlumberger is accounting for the promissory note as an available-for-sale security reported at fair value in Other Assets, with unrealized gains and losses included as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss. The fair value of the promissory notes was based on management’s estimate of pricing assumptions that market participants would use.

During the second quarter of 2017, Schlumberger also entered into discussions with another customer relating to certain of its outstanding accounts receivable. As a result of those discussions, Schlumberger recorded a charge of $50 million to adjust these receivables to their estimated net realizable value.

These charges are classified in Impairments & other in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

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In connection with Schlumberger’s 2016 acquisition of Cameron, Schlumberger recorded $81 million of charges consisting of employee benefits, facility consolidation and other merger and integration-related costs. These charges are classified in Merger & integration in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

First quarter of 2017:

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In connection with Schlumberger’s acquisition of Cameron, Schlumberger recorded $82 million of charges during the first quarter of 2017 relating to employee benefits, facility closures and other merger and integration-related costs. These charges are classified in Merger & integration in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

The following is a summary of the charges and credits recorded during the first nine months of 2017:

	(Stated in millions)

					Noncontrolling
	Pretax		Tax		Interests		Net
Promissory note fair value adjustment and other	$	510	$	-	$	12	$	498
Merger & integration		213		44		-		169
	$	723	$	44	$	12	$	667

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On December 22, 2017, the US enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”). The Act, which is also commonly referred to as “US tax reform,” significantly changed US corporate income tax laws by, among other things, reducing the US corporate income tax rate to 21% starting in 2018 and creating a territorial tax system with a one-time mandatory tax on previously deferred foreign earnings of US subsidiaries. As a result, Schlumberger recorded a net charge of $76 million during the fourth quarter of 2017. This amount consisted of two components: (i) a $410 million charge relating to the one-time mandatory tax on previously deferred earnings of certain non-US subsidiaries that are owned either wholly or partially by a US subsidiary of Schlumberger, and (ii) a $334 million credit resulting from the remeasurement of Schlumberger’s net deferred tax liabilities in the US based on the new lower corporate income tax rate.

Although the $76 million net charge represents a reasonable estimate of the impact of the income tax effects of the Act on Schlumberger’s Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2017, it should be considered provisional. Once Schlumberger finalizes certain tax positions, it will be able to conclude whether any further adjustments are required. Any adjustments to these provisional amounts will be reported as a component of Taxes on income in the reporting period in which any such adjustments are determined, which will be no later than the fourth quarter of 2018.