ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

We prepare our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). We consistently applied the accounting policies described in our 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K ("2015 Form 10-K") in preparing these unaudited financial statements. In our opinion, the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature that are necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented. Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year. You should read these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements contained in our 2015 Form 10-K. When used in this report, the terms "Avon," "Company," "we" or "us" mean Avon Products, Inc.

For interim consolidated financial statement purposes we provide for accruals under our various employee benefit plans for each quarter based on one quarter of the estimated annual expense. In addition, our tax provision is determined using an estimate of our consolidated annual effective tax rate, adjusted in the current period for discrete tax items including:


•	the effects of significant, unusual or extraordinary pretax and tax items, if any;


•	withholding taxes associated with current period cash repatriations; and


•	the impact of loss-making subsidiaries for which we cannot recognize a tax benefit and subsidiaries that reduce the reliability of the estimated annual consolidated effective tax rate.

Venezuela

Venezuela's restrictive foreign exchange control regulations and our Venezuelan operations' increasingly limited access to U.S. dollars have resulted in an other-than-temporary lack of exchangeability between the Venezuelan bolivar and the U.S. dollar, and have restricted our Venezuelan operations' ability to pay dividends and settle intercompany obligations. The severe currency controls imposed by the Venezuelan government have significantly limited our ability to realize the benefits from earnings of our Venezuelan operations and access the resulting liquidity provided by those earnings. We expect that this other-than-temporary lack of exchangeability will continue for the foreseeable future, and as a result, we concluded that, effective March 31, 2016, we did not meet the accounting criteria of control in order to continue consolidating our Venezuelan operations and, as a result, will account for our Venezuelan operations using the cost method of accounting. As a result, our Consolidated Balance Sheet no longer includes the assets and liabilities of our Venezuelan operations and, in the first quarter of 2016, we recorded a loss of approximately $120 in other expense, net. The loss was comprised of $39 in net assets of the Venezuelan business and $81 in accumulated foreign currency translation adjustments within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (shareholders' deficit) ("AOCI") associated with foreign currency changes before Venezuela was accounted for as a highly inflationary economy. The nets assets of the Venezuelan business were comprised of inventories of $24, property, plant & equipment of $15, non-current assets of $11, cash of $5, accounts receivable of $4, and accounts payable and accruals of $20.

In February 2015, the Venezuelan government announced the creation of a new foreign exchange system referred to as the SIMADI exchange ("SIMADI"). SIMADI began operating on February 12, 2015. There were multiple legal mechanisms in Venezuela to exchange currency. As SIMADI represented the rate which better reflected the economics of Avon Venezuela's business activity, in comparison to the other available exchange rates, we concluded that we should utilize the SIMADI exchange rate to remeasure our Venezuelan operations effective February 12, 2015. As a result of the change to the SIMADI rate, which caused the recognition of a devaluation of approximately 70% as compared to the exchange rate we had used previously, we recorded an after-tax benefit of approximately $3 (a benefit of approximately $4 in other expense, net, and a loss of approximately $1 in income taxes) in the first quarter of 2015, primarily reflecting the write-down of net monetary assets. In addition, as a result of using the historical U.S. dollar cost basis of non-monetary assets, such as inventories, these assets continued to be remeasured, following the change to the SIMADI rate, at the applicable rate at the time of their acquisition. The remeasurement of non-monetary assets at the historical U.S. dollar cost basis caused a disproportionate expense as these assets were consumed in operations, negatively impacting operating profit and net income by approximately $5 during the three months ended March 31, 2015. Also as a result of the change to the SIMADI rate, we determined that an adjustment of approximately $11 to cost of sales was needed to reflect certain non-monetary assets, primarily inventories, at their net realizable value, which was recorded in the first quarter of 2015.

In addition, at February 12, 2015, we reviewed Avon Venezuela's long-lived assets to determine whether the carrying amount of the assets was recoverable. Based on our expected cash flows associated with the asset group, we determined that the carrying amount of the assets, carried at their historical U.S. dollar cost basis, was not recoverable. As such, an impairment charge of approximately $90 to selling, general and administrative expenses was needed to reflect the write-down of the long-lived assets to their estimated fair value of $15.7, which was recorded in the first quarter of 2015. The fair value of Avon Venezuela's long-lived assets was determined using both market and cost valuation approaches. The valuation analysis performed required several estimates, including market conditions and inflation rates.

Accounting Standards Implemented

In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2015-03, Interest-Imputation of Interest: Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs, which requires that debt issuance costs to be presented in the balance sheet as a direct reduction from the associated debt liability rather than as an asset. We adopted this standard for the first fiscal quarter of 2016 and applied it retrospectively to all periods presented. Accordingly, $9.1 million of debt issuance costs are reflected within long-term debt as of December 31, 2015. These costs were previously recorded within other assets.

Accounting Standards to be Implemented

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, which requires all assets and liabilities arising from leases to be recognized in the statement of financial position. This standard is effective as of January 1, 2019. We are currently evaluating the effect that adopting this new accounting guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, issued as a new Topic, Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606. The core principle of the guidance is that a Company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Deferral of the Effective Date, which resulted in the standard being effective beginning in 2018, with early adoption permitted in the beginning of 2017. This standard can be adopted either retrospectively or as a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. We are currently evaluating the effect that adopting this new accounting guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.