Note

Special Charges

, net

The integration of the 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

2016,

2015

and

2014

we incurred special charges, net of

$(168),

$4,654

and

$51,501,

respectively, for costs related to the Business Integration Project.

The following table provides detail of special charges, net:

	Fiscal Years
	2016			2015			2014
Acquisition and transformation related costs	$	257		$	715		$	7,946
Workforce reduction costs		-			(37	)		3,233
Facility exit costs		(614	)		3,664			32,050
Other related costs		189			312			8,272
Special charges, net	$	(168	)	$	4,654		$	51,501

Professional services of

$257,

$715

and

$7,946

for

2016,

2015

and

2014,

respectively,

include costs related to organization consulting, investment advisory, financial advisory, legal and valuation services necessary to acquire and integrate the acquired industrial adhesives business into our existing operating segments.

During

2016,

we incurred cash facility exit costs of

$1,313,

non-cash facility exit costs of

$1,675

and other incremental transformation related costs of

$189,

including the cost of personnel directly working on the integration.

Also included in facility exit costs for

2016

is a

$3,602

gain on the sale of our production facility located in Wels, Austria.

During

2015,

we incurred workforce reduction costs of

$37,

cash facility exit costs of

$2,190,

non-cash facility exit costs of

$1,474

and other incremental transformation related costs of

$312,

including the cost of personnel directly working on the integration. During

2014,

we incurred workforce reduction costs of

$3,233,

cash facility exit costs of

$25,187,

non-cash facility exit costs of

$6,863

and other incremental transformation related costs of

$8,272,

including the cost of personnel directly working on the integration.