Restructuring and Impairments

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2019

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructurings and Impairments

Restructuring, Impairments and Divestitures

Restructuring charges are recorded based on restructuring plans that have been committed to by management and are, in part, based upon management's best estimates of future events. Changes to the estimates may require future adjustments to the restructuring liabilities.

Manufacturing Restructuring Activities

We continue to focus on our core Truck and Parts businesses and evaluate our portfolio of assets to validate their strategic and financial fit. This allows us to close or divest non-strategic businesses and identify opportunities to restructure our business and rationalize our Manufacturing operations in an effort to optimize our cost structure.

For those areas that fall outside our strategic businesses, we evaluate alternatives which could result in additional restructuring and other related charges in the future, including but not limited to: (i) impairments, (ii) costs for employee and contractor termination and other related benefits, and (iii) charges for pension and other postretirement contractual benefits and curtailments. These charges could be significant.

Global operations employee separation actions

In the fourth quarter of 2017, we initiated cost-reduction actions impacting our workforce in Brazil. As a result of these actions, we recognized restructuring charges of $6 million in personnel costs for employee separation and related benefits. In the first nine months of 2018, we recognized a benefit of $1 million upon the completion of these separation actions. This benefit was recorded in our Global operations segment within Restructuring charges in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Melrose Park Facility restructuring activities

In the third quarter of 2017, we committed to a plan to cease engine production at our plant in Melrose Park, Illinois (“Melrose Park Facility”) in the third quarter of fiscal year 2018. As a result, in the third quarter of 2017, we recognized charges of $41 million in our Truck segment. The charges include $23 million related to pension and other post-employment benefits ("OPEB") liabilities and $8 million for severance pay recorded in Restructuring charges in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. We also recorded $10 million of inventory reserves and other related charges in Costs of products sold in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. In the first nine months of 2018, we recognized a benefit of $2 million related to the finalized cessation of the production agreement. This benefit was recorded in our Truck segment within Restructuring charges in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Production at the Melrose Park Facility ceased on May 17, 2018.

Asset Impairments

In the three and nine months ended July 31, 2019 and 2018, we concluded that we had triggering events related to certain assets under operating lease. As a result, we recorded charges in our Truck segment of $3 million and $6 million, respectively, compared to $1 million and $2 million, in the respective prior year periods.

In the nine months ended July 31, 2018, we concluded that we had triggering events related to the sale of our railcar business in Cherokee, Alabama requiring the impairment of certain long-lived assets. As a result, we recorded a charge of $2 million in our Truck segment. In February 2018, we completed the sale of the business. We also concluded that we had triggering events related to other certain long-lived assets, and recorded additional charges of $6 million in our Truck segment and a charge of $1 million in our Financial Services segment.

These charges were recorded in Asset impairment charges in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

See Note 10, Fair Value Measurements, for information on the valuation of impaired operating leases and other assets.

Navistar Defense Divestiture

In December 2018, we completed the sale of a 70% equity interest in Navistar Defense, to an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. In connection with the closing of the transaction, we entered into an exclusive long-term agreement to supply military and commercial parts and chassis to Navistar Defense. We also entered into an intellectual property agreement and a transition services agreement concurrent with the sale.

The Navistar Defense purchase price, adjusted for certain calendar year 2018 chargeouts, was approximately $140 million, which is subject to additional adjustments for working capital, transfers of certain liabilities and commitments, and other items. The transaction also includes potential additional consideration of up to $17 million, not included in the gain on the sale, based on cash proceeds from certain contracts which exceed defined thresholds.

During the first quarter of 2019, we recognized a gain on the sale in our Truck segment of $54 million in Other expense, net in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the third quarter of 2019, we recognized a charge of $3 million in our Truck segment related to adjustments to the purchase price within Other expense, net in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.