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RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES
9 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2016
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES
RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES
Supply Chain and Administrative Efficiency Plan
We previously announced a plan for the integration and restructuring of the operations of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. ("Ralcorp"), optimization of the entire Company's supply chain network, manufacturing assets, and dry distribution and mixing centers, and improvement of selling, general and administrative effectiveness and efficiencies, which we refer to as the Supply Chain and Administrative Efficiency Plan (the "SCAE Plan"). Although the divestiture of the Private Brands business was completed in the third quarter of fiscal 2016, we will continue to implement portions of the SCAE Plan, including work related to optimizing our supply chain network and pursue cost reductions through our selling, general and administrative functions and productivity improvements. The SCAE Plan also includes plans announced in the second quarter of fiscal 2016 to realize efficiency benefits through a combination of reductions in selling, general and administrative expenses and enhancements to trade spend processes and tools.
Although we remain unable to make good faith estimates relating to the entire SCAE Plan, we are reporting on actions initiated through the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2016, including the estimated amounts or range of amounts for each major type of costs expected to be incurred, and the charges that have resulted or will result in cash outflows. As of February 28, 2016, our Board of Directors has approved the incurrence of up to $739.0 million of expenses in connection with the SCAE Plan, including expenses allocated for the Private Brands operations. We have incurred or expect to incur approximately $525.3 million of charges ($395.5 million of cash charges and $129.8 million of non-cash charges) for actions identified to date under the SCAE Plan related to our continuing operations. In the third quarter and first three quarters of fiscal 2016, we recognized charges of $109.1 million and $259.5 million, respectively, in relation to the SCAE Plan related to our continuing operations. In the third quarter and first three quarters of fiscal 2015, we recognized charges of $9.9 million and $35.9 million, respectively, in relation to the SCAE Plan related to our continuing operations. We expect to incur costs related to the SCAE Plan over a multi-year period.
We anticipate that we will recognize the following pre-tax expenses in association with the SCAE Plan related to our continuing operations (amounts include charges recognized from plan inception through the first three quarters of fiscal 2016):
 
Consumer Foods
 
Commercial Foods
 
Corporate
 
Total
Multi-employer pension costs
$
31.3

 
$

 
$

 
$
31.3

Accelerated depreciation
55.7

 

 
1.2

 
56.9

Other cost of goods sold
8.9

 

 

 
8.9

    Total cost of goods sold
95.9

 

 
1.2

 
97.1

Severance and related costs, net
34.5

 
8.1

 
177.2

 
219.8

Fixed asset impairment/Net gain on disposal
7.1

 

 

 
7.1

Accelerated depreciation

 

 
1.5

 
1.5

Contract/Lease cancellation expenses
1.2

 

 
60.2

 
61.4

Consulting/Professional fees
1.1

 

 
64.2

 
65.3

Other selling, general and administrative expenses
14.6

 

 
58.5

 
73.1

    Total selling, general and administrative expenses
58.5

 
8.1

 
361.6

 
428.2

        Consolidated total
$
154.4

 
$
8.1

 
$
362.8

 
$
525.3

During the third quarter of fiscal 2016, we recognized the following pre-tax expenses for the SCAE Plan related to our continuing operations:
 
Consumer Foods
 
Commercial Foods
 
Corporate
 
Total
Multi-employer pension costs
$
29.8

 
$

 
$

 
$
29.8

Accelerated depreciation
4.9

 

 

 
4.9

Other cost of goods sold
1.2

 

 

 
1.2

Total cost of goods sold
35.9

 

 

 
35.9

Severance and related costs, net
5.6

 

 
33.6

 
39.2

Fixed asset impairment
6.1

 

 

 
6.1

Accelerated depreciation

 

 
0.2

 
0.2

Contract/Lease cancellation expenses

 

 
7.2

 
7.2

Consulting/Professional fees
0.1

 

 
17.7

 
17.8

Other selling, general and administrative expenses
0.5

 

 
2.2

 
2.7

Total selling, general and administrative expenses
12.3

 

 
60.9

 
73.2

Consolidated total
$
48.2

 
$

 
$
60.9

 
$
109.1


Included in the above table are $89.5 million of charges that have resulted or will result in cash outflows and $19.6 million in non-cash charges. Not included in the above amounts are $1.4 million of pre-tax expenses related to the Private Brands operations we divested in the third quarter of fiscal 2016.
During the second quarter of fiscal 2016, we entered into a series of related transactions in which we exchanged a warehouse we owned in Indiana for two buildings and parcels of land that we leased as part of our Omaha corporate offices. Concurrent with the asset exchange, leases on the two Omaha corporate buildings were cancelled. We have recognized aggregate charges of $55.6 million for the early termination of these leases. We also entered into a lease for the warehouse in Indiana and we recorded a financing lease obligation of $74.2 million.
During the first three quarters of fiscal 2016, we recognized the following pre-tax expenses for the SCAE Plan related to our continuing operations:
 
Consumer Foods
 
Commercial Foods
 
Corporate
 
Total
Multi-employer pension costs
$
29.8

 
$

 
$

 
$
29.8

Accelerated depreciation
13.8

 

 
0.2

 
14.0

Other cost of goods sold
1.6

 

 

 
1.6

Total cost of goods sold
45.2

45.2


 
0.2

 
45.4

Severance and related costs, net
10.7

 
0.1

 
89.0

 
99.8

Fixed asset impairment/Net gain on disposal
6.0

 

 

 
6.0

Accelerated depreciation

 

 
0.3

 
0.3

Contract/Lease cancellation expenses
(0.7
)
 

 
59.0

 
58.3

Consulting/Professional fees
0.1

 

 
42.9

 
43.0

Other selling, general and administrative expenses
3.0

 

 
3.7

 
6.7

Total selling, general and administrative expenses
19.1

 
0.1

 
194.9

 
214.1

Consolidated total
$
64.3

 
$
0.1

 
$
195.1

 
$
259.5


Included in the above table are $181.9 million of charges that have resulted or will result in cash outflows and $77.6 million in non-cash charges. Not included in the above table are $11.8 million of pre-tax expenses related to the Private Brands operations we sold in the third quarter of fiscal 2016.
We recognized the following cumulative (plan inception to February 28, 2016) pre-tax expenses related to the SCAE Plan related to our continuing operations in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:
 
Consumer Foods
 
Commercial Foods
 
Corporate
 
Total
Multi-employer pension costs
$
31.3

 
$

 
$

 
$
31.3

Accelerated depreciation
35.3

 

 
1.2

 
36.5

Other cost of goods sold
3.7

 

 

 
3.7

Total cost of goods sold
70.3

 

 
1.2

 
71.5

Severance and related costs (recoveries)
32.3

 
8.1

 
96.8

 
137.2

Contract/Lease cancellation expenses
0.7

 

 
59.3

 
60.0

Consulting/Professional fees
1.1

 

 
45.7

 
46.8

Fixed asset impairment / Net gain on disposal
7.1

 

 

 
7.1

Accelerated depreciation

 

 
1.1

 
1.1

Other selling, general and administrative expenses
6.2

 

 
8.6

 
14.8

Total selling, general and administrative expenses
47.4

 
8.1

 
211.5

 
267.0

Consolidated total
$
117.7

 
$
8.1

 
$
212.7

 
$
338.5


Included in the above table are $234.7 million of charges that have resulted or will result in cash outflows and $103.8 million in non-cash charges. Not included in the above table are $130.2 million of pre-tax expenses ($84.5 million of cash charges and $45.7 million of non-cash charges) related to the Private Brands operations which we sold in the third quarter of fiscal 2016.
Liabilities recorded for the SCAE Plan related to our continuing operations and changes therein for the first three quarters of fiscal 2016 were as follows:
 
Balance at May 31,
2015
 
Costs Incurred
and Charged
to Expense
 
Costs Paid
or  Otherwise Settled
 
Changes in Estimates
 
Balance at February 28,
2016
Multi-employer pension costs
$
11.4

 
$
30.0

 
$
(0.7
)
 
$

 
$
40.7

Severance
16.4

 
78.6

 
(28.8
)
 
(1.6
)
 
64.6

Consulting
0.2

 
43.1

 
(19.4
)
 

 
23.9

Contract cancellation
3.1

 
3.3

 
(1.7
)
 
(0.5
)
 
4.2

Other costs
1.2

 
6.0

 
(5.9
)
 

 
1.3

Total
$
32.3

 
$
161.0

 
$
(56.5
)
 
$
(2.1
)
 
$
134.7