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| Restructuring and Other Related Costs |
18. Restructuring and Other Related Costs:
The following table presents the components of restructuring and other related costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 included in other operating expense, net in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations:
Legacy Eco Restructuring Plan
On July 30, 2014, Eco Services Operations LLC (“Eco Services”), a newly formed Delaware limited liability company and indirect subsidiary of certain investment funds affiliated with CCMP Capital Advisors, LP, entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Solvay USA, Inc. (“Solvay”), a Delaware corporation, which provided for the sale, transfer and assignment by Solvay and the acquisition, acceptance and assumption by Eco Services, of substantially all of the assets of Solvay’s Eco Services business unit of Solvay’s regeneration and virgin sulfuric acid production business operations in the United States (the “2014 Acquisition”). Prior to the Asset Purchase Agreement with Solvay, Eco Services operated as a business unit within Solvay, which is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Solvay SA.
Subsequent to the 2014 Acquisition, the Company initiated a restructuring plan designed to improve organizational efficiency and streamline the operations of Eco Services as a stand-alone company. The primary impact of the plan to the Company’s consolidated results of operations was the recognition of severance costs related to a reduction-in-force. These costs included benefits payable under ongoing Company severance plan arrangements, whereby payments are attributable to employee services rendered with benefits that accumulate over time. The liabilities and associated charges related to these severance costs are recognized by the Company when payment of the benefits becomes probable and estimable. Charges related to severance costs for the restructuring plan were $0 and $830 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. No severance costs were incurred related to this plan for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017.
Performance Materials Plant Closure
In September 2017, the Company approved and announced a plan to consolidate its manufacturing operations in Europe for the performance materials product group and close its facility in Kirchheimbolanden, Germany, and subsequently reduced production. The plan was part of the Company’s overall strategy with respect to the Acquisition (see Note 6 to these condensed consolidated financial statements) and the realization of cost and other synergies in connection with the transaction.
As a result of a change in the market and increased customer demand for the products produced at this facility, the Company intends to keep the facility open and expanded production at this facility during the third quarter of 2018 from the previously reduced levels. However, the Company continues to pay its obligations to the individuals originally separated from service as part of the reorganization, with additional payments anticipated through 2019, primarily for individuals who extended their separation dates as a result of the decision to continue operations at the facility. The Company considers the restructuring plan related to the original decision to close the facility substantially complete, with no additional restructuring charges anticipated.
Rollforward of Restructuring Liabilities
The activity in the accrued liability balance associated with the Company’s restructuring plans, all of which related to severance and other employee costs, was as follows for the nine months ended September 30, 2018:
Other Related Costs
The Company incurred severance and other costs of $54 and $238 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $77 and $880 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. These costs were not associated with formal restructuring plans and primarily related to severance charges for certain employees, professional fees and other expenses related to the Company’s organizational changes.
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