Other current liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Payables And Accruals [Abstract]

Other current liabilities

3. Other current liabilities

In December 2016, the Company approved and initiated a planned restructuring, which primarily affects the Extremity Fixation SBU (the “Extremity Fixation restructuring plan”), to streamline costs, improve operational performance, and wind down a non-core business. The Extremity Fixation restructuring plan consists primarily of severance charges and the write-down of certain assets. The Company expects to incur total pre-tax expense of approximately $3.1 million in connection with this restructuring activity and has incurred cumulative costs to date of $2.4 million. The Company had an accrual of $1.5 million as of December 31, 2016 in other current liabilities related to the planned restructuring. In the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company incurred costs of approximately $0.5 million and made additional payments of $1.6 million, resulting in an ending accrual of $0.4 million as of September 30, 2017.

In September 2017, the Company approved and executed an additional restructuring plan, which primarily affects the entity’s corporate shared services in the U.S. (the “U.S. restructuring plan”), to streamline costs and to improve operational performance. The U.S. restructuring plan consists primarily of severance charges. The Company estimates total pre-tax expense of approximately $1.8 million in connection with this restructuring activity, all of which was incurred during the third quarter of 2017, and recorded within operating expenses. No payments were made as of September 30, 2017; therefore, $1.8 million is accrued within other current liabilities at September 30, 2017.