Special Charges

3 Months Ended

Apr. 03, 2021

First Quarter 2021 Charges

In the first quarter of 2021, we recorded special charges of $6 million related to a restructuring plan. This plan was initiated in the second quarter of 2020 to reduce operating expenses through headcount reductions, facility consolidations and other actions in response to the economic challenges and uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, and was expanded in the third quarter of 2020 to include additional headcount reductions and facility consolidations. Since inception of the plan, we have incurred total charges of $114 million, which included severance costs of $73 million for the termination of approximately 2,700 employees, asset impairment charges of $24 million and contract terminations and other costs of $17 million. Of these amounts, $40 million was incurred at Industrial, $37 million at Textron Systems, $33 million at Textron Aviation, and $4 million at Corporate. We expect to incur additional contract termination costs and other charges in the range of $14 million to $24 million, primarily in the Industrial segment, and expect the plan to be substantially completed in the third quarter of 2021.

First Quarter 2020 Charges

In the first quarter of 2020, we recognized $39 million of intangible asset impairment charges at the Textron Aviation and Industrial segments. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we experienced decreased demand for our products and services as our customers delayed or ceased orders due to the environment of economic uncertainty. In light of these conditions, Textron Aviation had temporarily shut down most aircraft production, including the King Air turboprop and Beechcraft piston product lines, and had instituted employee furloughs. Based on these events, we performed an interim impairment test of the indefinite-lived Beechcraft and King Air trade name intangible assets and recorded an impairment charge of $32 million.

Restructuring Reserve

Our restructuring reserve activity is summarized below:


			Contract
	Severance		Terminations
(In millions)	Costs		and Other		Total
Balance at January 2, 2021	$	43	$	9	$	52
Provision for 2020 COVID-19 restructuring plan	—		4		4
Cash paid	(13)		(4)		(17)
Foreign currency translation	(1)		—		(1)
Balance at April 3, 2021	$	29	$	9	$	38

The majority of the remaining cash outlays of $38 million is expected to be paid in 2021. Severance costs generally are paid on a lump-sum basis and include outplacement costs, which are paid in accordance with normal payment terms.