Special Charges, net

9 Months Ended

Aug. 29, 2015

Note 6: Special Charges, net

The integration of the Forbo industrial adhesives business we acquired in March 2012 involved a significant amount of restructuring and capital investment to optimize the new combined entity. In addition, we have taken a series of actions in our existing EIMEA operating segment to improve the profitability and future growth prospects of this operating segment. We combined these two initiatives into a single project which we refer to as the “Business Integration Project”. During the 13 weeks ended August 29, 2015 and August 30, 2014, we incurred special charges, net of $1,297 and $12,343, respectively, for costs related to the Business Integration Project. During the 39 weeks ended August 29, 2015 and August 30, 2014, we incurred special charges, net of $4,592 and $37,615, respectively, for costs related to the Business Integration Project.

The following table provides detail of special charges, net:

		13 Weeks Ended				39 Weeks Ended
		August 29, 2015		August 30, 2014		August 29, 2015		August 30, 2014
Acquisition and transformation related costs		$	48	$	1,864	$	595	$	6,150
Workforce reduction costs			216		(55)		2		2,903
Facility exit costs			1,043		8,802		3,683		21,254
Other related costs			(10)		1,732		312		7,308
	Special charges, net	$	1,297	$	12,343	$	4,592	$	37,615

Acquisition and transformation related costs of $48 for the 13 weeks ended August 29, 2015 and $1,864 for the 13 weeks ended August 30, 2014 include costs related to organization consulting, financial advisory and legal services necessary to integrate the Forbo industrial adhesives business into our existing operating segments. For the 39 weeks ended August 29, 2015 and August 30, 2014 we incurred acquisition and transformation related costs of $595 and $6,150, respectively. During the 13 weeks ended August 29, 2015, we incurred workforce reduction costs of $216, cash facility exit costs of $595 and non-cash facility exit costs of $448 and we recorded a net reversal of other incremental transformation related costs of $10 including the cost of personnel directly working on the integration. During the 13 weeks ended August 30, 2014, we recorded a net reversal of workforce reduction costs of $55 and we incurred cash facility exit costs of $7,340, non-cash facility exit costs of $1,462 and other incremental transformation related costs of $1,732 including the cost of personnel directly working on the integration. During the 39 weeks ended August 29, 2015, we incurred workforce reduction costs of $2, cash facility exit costs of $2,419, non-cash facility exit costs of $1,264 and other incremental transformation related costs of $312 including the cost of personnel directly working on the integration. During the 39 weeks ended August 30, 2014, we incurred workforce reduction costs of $2,903, cash facility exit costs of $16,623, non-cash facility exit costs of $4,631 and other incremental transformation related costs of $7,308 including the cost of personnel directly working on the integration.