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Restructuring, Impairment and Other Charges
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Restructuring And Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring, Impairment and Other Charges

Note 5. Restructuring, Impairment and Other Charges

For the year ended December 31, 2020, we recorded the following net restructuring, impairment and other charges:

 

 

Employee

Terminations

 

 

Other Restructuring Charges

 

 

Impairment and Other

 

 

Multi-Employer Pension Plan Charges

 

 

Total

 

Business Services

$

18.0

 

 

$

8.7

 

 

$

(7.8

)

 

$

2.5

 

 

$

21.4

 

Marketing Solutions

 

4.6

 

 

 

3.7

 

 

 

1.2

 

 

 

0.4

 

 

 

9.9

 

Corporate

 

10.2

 

 

 

21.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

37.1

 

 

 

68.7

 

Total

$

32.8

 

 

$

33.8

 

 

$

(6.6

)

 

$

40.0

 

 

$

100.0

 

For the year ended December 31, 2020, we recorded restructuring charges of $32.8 million for employee termination costs. These charges primarily relate to the closure of the Chilean operations and other announced facility closures in the Business Services segment and the reorganization of selling, general and administrative functions across each segment. We also incurred other restructuring charges of $33.8 million, primarily comprised of consulting charges, lease terminations and other, and $40 million of multi-employer pension plan (“MEPP”) withdrawal obligation charges during the twelve months ended December 31, 2020. The MEPP charges during the twelve months ended December 31, 2020 included $37.1 million representing our estimate of payments we believe we will be required to make with respect to LSC’s MEPP liabilities. Refer to Note 9, Commitment and Contingencies for further discussion.

Additionally, we recorded net gains of $11.8 million on the sale of restructured facilities and equipment for the year ended December 31, 2020.      

For the year ended December 31, 2019, we recorded the following net restructuring, impairment and other charges:

 

 

Employee

Terminations

 

 

Other Restructuring Charges

 

 

Impairment and Other

 

 

Multi-Employer Pension Plan Charges

 

 

Total

 

Business Services

$

20.1

 

 

$

7.4

 

 

$

(5.0

)

 

$

2.5

 

 

$

25.0

 

Marketing Solutions

 

0.5

 

 

 

0.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.4

 

 

 

1.0

 

Corporate

 

1.6

 

 

 

9.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.7

 

Total

$

22.2

 

 

$

16.6

 

 

$

(5.0

)

 

$

2.9

 

 

$

36.7

 

For the year ended December 31, 2019, we recorded net restructuring charges of $22.2 million for employee termination costs. These charges primarily relate to the relocation of a printing facility in Shenzhen, China, other announced facility closures in the Business Services segment, and the reorganization of selling, general and administrative functions across each segment. Other restructuring charges of $16.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 are primarily comprised of environmental matters, lease terminations and other.        

Additionally, we recorded a net gain of $5.7 million on the sale of restructured facilities and equipment.   

For the year ended December 31, 2018, we recorded the following net restructuring, impairment and other charges:

 

 

Employee

Terminations

 

 

Other Restructuring Charges

 

 

Impairment and Other

 

 

Multi-Employer Pension Plan Charges

 

 

Total

 

Business Services

$

9.9

 

 

$

8.3

 

 

$

4.8

 

 

$

2.6

 

 

$

25.6

 

Marketing Solutions

 

2.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.5

 

 

 

0.4

 

 

 

3.9

 

Corporate

 

0.8

 

 

 

7.6

 

 

 

0.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.1

 

Total

$

12.7

 

 

$

15.9

 

 

$

7.0

 

 

$

3.0

 

 

$

38.6

 

For the year ended December 31, 2018, we recorded net restructuring charges of $12.7 million for employee termination costs. These charges primarily related to the reorganization of selling, general and administrative functions across each segment, and facility closures in the Business Services segment. We also incurred lease termination and other restructuring charges of $15.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2018. For the year ended December 31, 2018, we recorded impairment charges of $13.7 million related to long-lived assets which were written down to their implied fair value of zero, primarily due to facility closures. 

Additionally, we recorded a net gain of $6.7 million on the sale of previously impaired assets in the Business Services segment for the year ended December 31, 2018. The majority of these assets were previously impaired in 2015. For the year ended December 31, 2018, we also recorded charges of $3.0 million for MEPP withdrawal obligations.

Restructuring Reserve

The restructuring reserve as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and changes during the year ended December 31, 2020, were as follows:

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

Restructuring and Other

Charges

 

 

Foreign

Exchange and

Other

 

 

Cash

Paid

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Employee terminations

$

3.5

 

 

$

32.8

 

 

$

 

 

$

(30.1

)

 

$

6.2

 

MEPP withdrawal obligations

 

40.5

 

 

 

40.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10.3

)

 

 

70.2

 

Other

 

8.5

 

 

 

33.8

 

 

 

1.4

 

 

 

(31.5

)

 

 

12.2

 

Total

$

52.5

 

 

$

106.6

 

 

$

1.4

 

 

$

(71.9

)

 

$

88.6

 

 

The current portion of restructuring reserves of $33.3 million at December 31, 2020 was included in Accrued liabilities and other, while the long-term portion of $55.3 million, primarily related to MEPP withdrawal obligations, employee terminations in litigation, environmental reserves and lease termination costs, was included in Other noncurrent liabilities at December 31, 2020. The liabilities for the withdrawal obligations associated with our decision to withdraw from all MEPPs included in Accrued liabilities and other and Other noncurrent liabilities are $17.8 million and $52.4 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2020. See Note 10, Retirement Plans, and Note 9 – Commitment and Contingencies, for further discussion of MEPPs.

We anticipate that payments associated with the employee terminations reflected in the above table will be substantially completed by December 2021, excluding employee terminations in litigation within the Business Services segment.

Payments on all of our MEPP withdrawal obligations are scheduled to be substantially completed by 2034. Changes based on uncertainties in these estimated withdrawal obligations could affect the ultimate charges related to MEPP withdrawals. See Note 10, Retirement Plans, for further discussion on MEPPs.

The restructuring liabilities classified as “other” consisted of reserves for employee terminations in litigation, environmental matters and lease liabilities related to restructured facilities. Any potential recoveries or additional charges could affect amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements.

The restructuring reserve as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and changes during the year ended December 31, 2019, were as follows:

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

 

Restructuring and Other

Charges

 

 

Foreign

Exchange and

Other

 

 

Cash

Paid

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

Employee terminations

$

4.8

 

 

$

22.2

 

 

$

(1.7

)

 

$

(21.8

)

 

$

3.5

 

MEPP withdrawal obligations

 

44.2

 

 

 

2.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6.6

)

 

 

40.5

 

Other

 

6.1

 

 

 

16.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

(14.2

)

 

 

8.5

 

Total

$

55.1

 

 

$

41.7

 

 

$

(1.7

)

 

$

(42.6

)

 

$

52.5

 

 

The current portion of restructuring reserves of $14.8 million at December 31, 2019 was included in Accrued liabilities and other, while the long-term portion of $37.7 million, primarily related to MEPP withdrawal obligations, employee terminations in litigation and lease termination costs, was included in Other noncurrent liabilities at December 31, 2019. The liabilities for the withdrawal obligations associated with our decision to withdraw from all MEPPs included in Accrued liabilities and other and Other noncurrent liabilities are $6.5 million and $34.0 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2019. Note 10, Retirement Plans, for further discussion of MEPPs.

Payments associated with the employee terminations reflected in the above table were substantially completed by December 2020, excluding employee terminations in litigation within the Business Services segment.