Company: OC
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001370946-25-000077
Chunk: 380

Company: Owens Corning
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 8
Chunk 380
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, and were included in the Corporate, Other and Eliminations reporting category.These charges included the following within the Insulation segment: a pre-tax impairment charge of $63 million for a trade name used by our European building and technical insulation business due to the effect of a higher discount rate, associated with rising interest rates, and general economic and geopolitical uncertainty within the European markets resulting in a slightly lower profitability outlook; a pre-tax impairment charge of $12 million related to a trademark used on global cellular glass insulation products due to the effect of a higher discount rate, associated with rising interest rates, and general economic and geopolitical uncertainty within the European markets; a pre-tax impairment charge of $8 million for a trademark used on stone wool insulation products sold in the United States due to forecasted profitability of the product line. The remaining $13 million pre-tax impairment charge for trademarks used within the components business in our Roofing segment was due to the effect of a higher discount rate, associated with rising interest rates, and forecasted profitability of a specific product line.

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Table of ContentsOWENS CORNING AND SUBSIDIARIESNOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)5.    GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (continued)

Definite-Lived Intangible AssetsThe Company amortizes the cost of other intangible assets over their estimated useful lives which, individually, range up to 25 years. The Company's future cash flows are not materially impacted by its ability to extend or renew agreements related to its amortizable intangible assets.During the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company determined that certain asset groups should be tested for recoverability, primarily as a result of the progression of the strategic review of the glass reinforcements business. Recoverability of the long-lived assets was measured by comparing the carrying amount of the asset groups to the future net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset groups. Specifically for the glass reinforcements asset group, the Company used an undiscounted cash flow model giving consideration to probability weighted cash flows of differing outcomes of the strategic review. The comparison indicated that one of the asset groups, the glass reinforcements asset group, was not recoverable. Fair value of the glass reinforcements asset group was calculated using a discounted cash flow model and market information obtained through the strategic review to estimate the fair value of the asset group, with weighting applied. As a result of the analysis performed, the Company recorded pre-tax asset impairment charges for the amount by which