Note 5

Special Charges

, net

The integration of the industrial adhesives business we acquired in March 2012 involved a significant amount of restructuring and capital investment to optimize the new combined entity. In addition, we have taken a series of actions in our existing EIMEA operating segment to improve the profitability and future growth prospects of this operating segment. We combined these two initiatives into a single project which we refer to as the Business Integration Project. During 2015, 2014 and 2013 we incurred special charges, net of $4,654, $51,501 and $45,087, respectively, for costs related to the Business Integration Project.

The following table provides detail of special charges, net:

	Fiscal Years
	2015			2014		2013
Acquisition and transformation related costs	$	715		$	7,946	$	8,698
Workforce reduction costs		(37	)		3,233		9,784
Facility exit costs		3,664			32,050		17,869
Other related costs		312			8,272		8,736
Special charges, net	$	4,654		$	51,501	$	45,087

Professional services of $715, $7,946

and $8,698 for 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively,

include costs related to organization consulting, investment advisory, financial advisory, legal and valuation services necessary to acquire and integrate the acquired industrial adhesives business into our existing operating segments.

During 2015, we recorded net reversal of workforce reduction costs of $37 and we incurred cash facility exit costs of $2,190, non-cash facility exit costs of $1,474 and other incremental transformation related costs of $312, including the cost of personnel directly working on the integration. During 2014, we incurred workforce reduction costs of $3,233, cash facility exit costs of $25,187, non-cash facility exit costs of $6,863 and other incremental transformation related costs of $8,272, including the cost of personnel directly working on the integration. During 2013, we incurred workforce reduction costs of $9,784, cash facility exit costs of $11,804, non-cash facility exit costs of $6,065 and other incremental transformation related costs of $8,736, including the cost of personnel directly working on the integration.