Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, the Company incurred costs associated with the closure of a processing facility in the Leaf - Other Regions segment in order to process tobacco in the affected area under a third-party processing arrangement going forward, the consolidation of the Company's U.S. green tobacco processing operations into its Wilson, North Carolina facility, and the re-purposing of its Farmville, North Carolina facility for storage and special projects.

The following summarizes the Company's restructuring and asset impairment charges:


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Six Months Ended September 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Employee separation charges	$	8	$	179	$	101	$	1,377
Asset impairment and other non-cash charges	—		3		119		346
Restructuring and asset impairment charges	$	8	$	182	$	220	$	1,723

The following summarizes the employee separation and other cash charges recorded in the Company's Leaf - North America and Leaf - Other Regions segments:


	Three Months Ended September 30,														Six Months Ended September 30,
	2019						2018						2019				2018
	Leaf - North America		Leaf - Other Regions		Leaf - North America		Leaf - Other Regions		Leaf - North America		Leaf - Other Regions		Leaf - North America		Leaf - Other Regions
Beginning balance	$	817	$	214	$	247	$	1,058	$	1,621	$	222	$	—	$	107
Period charges	—		8		—		179		8		93		247		1,130
Payments	(551)		(8)		(140)		(348)		(1,363)		(101)		(140)		(348)
Ending balance	$	266	$	214	$	107	$	889	$	266	$	214	$	107	$	889

The following summarizes the asset impairment and other non-cash charges for the Company's Leaf - North America and Leaf - Other Regions segments:


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Six Months Ended September 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Leaf - North America	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Leaf - Other Regions	—		3		119		346

Total	$	—	$	3	$	119	$	346