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Restructuring
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Restructuring [Abstract]  
Restructuring
10.
Restructuring
 
In the current quarter, the Company announced a restructuring plan related to eliminating underperforming operations, consolidating manufacturing facilities and improving efficiencies with the Company.

Based on this plan, the Company determined that certain long-lived assets, including land, buildings and certain pieces of equipment, associated with the identified underperforming operations, were impaired. As a result, the carrying amount of these assets was reduced to their respective fair values, which were based on independent market valuations for these assets. Certain intangible assets were also determined to be impaired and were written down in the current quarter. The Company also incurred $0.9 million during the current quarter related to the 2014 proxy contest. These costs are included in Other costs in the table below and mainly relate to proxy solicitation, public relations, technical consulting and legal services.

For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company recorded restructuring and other costs of $52.7 million ($37.4 million after-tax).  Detail of the restructuring and other costs recorded in selling and administrative expenses in the Corporate & Other segment during the three month period ended March 31, 2014 is as follows:

 
 
Three Months Ended,
 
(In thousands)
 
March 31, 2014
 
Employee separations
 
$
12,322
 
Long-lived asset impairment
  
38,660
 
Intangibles impairment
  
1,049
 
Gain on asset sales
  
(602
)
Other costs
  
1,293
 
 
    
Total
 
$
52,722
 
 
The Company expects to incur approximately $20 million to $25 million of additional restructuring costs by the end of December 2014 and $12 million to $17 million of additional restructuring costs in 2015.
 
For the quarter ended March 31, 2013, the Company recorded restructuring costs of $12.8 million ($9.4 million after-tax), related to the 2013 restructuring program to relocate the Flavors & Fragrances Group headquarters to Chicago, as well as a profit improvement plan across all segments of the Company. Detail of the restructuring expenses recorded in Corporate & Other segment during the three month period ended March 31, 2013 is as follows:

 
 
Selling &
  
Cost of
  
 
(In thousands)
 
Administrative
  
Products Sold
  
Total
 
Employee separation
 
$
8,912
  
$
-
  
$
8,912
 
Long-lived asset  impairment
  
2,526
   
-
   
2,526
 
Write-down of inventory
  
-
   
595
   
595
 
Other
  
740
   
-
   
740
 
 
            
Total
 
$
12,178
  
$
595
  
$
12,773
 
 
The Company evaluates performance based on operating income of each segment before restructuring costs. The restructuring and other costs are recorded in the Corporate & Other segment. The following table summarizes the restructuring and other costs by the segments that the costs relate to for the periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:

 
 
Three Months Ended,
 
(In thousands)
 
March 31, 2014
  
March 31, 2013
 
Flavors & Fragrances
 
$
44,983
  
$
8,539
 
Color
  
6,539
   
3,709
 
Corporate & Other
  
1,200
   
525
 
 
        
Total
 
$
52,722
  
$
12,773
 

The following table summarizes the accrual for the restructuring and other charges for the three month period ended March 31, 2014:

 
 
Employee
  
Asset Related
  
 
(In thousands)
 
Separations
  
and Other
  
Total
 
Balance as of December 31, 2013
 
$
4,562
  
$
1,588
  
$
6,150
 
Restructuring and other costs
  
12,322
   
40,400
   
52,722
 
Gain on sale of assets
  
-
   
602
   
602
 
Cash spent
  
(2,287
)
  
(1,147
)
  
(3,434
)
Reduction of assets
  
-
   
(39,709
)
  
(39,709
)
Translation adjustment
  
(35
)
  
-
   
(35
)
Balance as of March, 31, 2014
 
$
14,562
  
$
1,734
  
$
16,296