Restructuring Actions

6 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2014

The restructuring actions announced in 2012 were concluded as planned during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company announced and began implementing restructuring actions to narrow its assortment of lower-priced Snapper consumer lawn and garden equipment and consolidate its Products Segment manufacturing facilities in order to reduce costs. The Company expects to close its McDonough, Georgia plant in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 and consolidate production into existing facilities in Wisconsin and New York.

The Company reports restructuring charges associated with manufacturing and related initiatives as costs of goods sold within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Restructuring charges reflected as costs of goods sold include, but are not limited to, termination and related costs associated with manufacturing employees, asset impairments and accelerated depreciation relating to manufacturing initiatives, and other costs directly related to the restructuring initiatives implemented. The Company reports all other non-manufacturing related restructuring charges as engineering, selling, general and administrative expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The restructuring actions discussed above resulted in pre-tax charges of $7.4 million ($4.8 million after tax or $0.11 per diluted share) and $15.2 million ($9.9 million after tax or $0.22 per diluted share) recorded within the Products Segment for the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2015, respectively.

The following is a rollforward of the restructuring reserve (included in Accrued Liabilities within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets) attributable to Products Segment restructuring activities for the six month period ended December 28, 2014 (in thousands):



	Termination Benefits			Other Costs			Total
Reserve Balance at June 29, 2014	$	—		$	105		$	105
Provisions	3,999			11,231			15,230
Cash Expenditures	(332		)	(2,146		)	(2,478		)
Other Adjustments⁽¹⁾	—			(9,190		)	(9,190		)
Reserve Balance at December 28, 2014	$	3,667		$	—		$	3,667

(1) Other adjustments includes $1.2 million of asset impairments and $7.9 million of accelerated depreciation.

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The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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