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Sale of Ober-schmitten, Germany Facility
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Sale of Ober-schmitten, Germany Facility DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
In 2018, we completed the sale of the Specialty Papers business on a cash free and debt free basis to Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC, an affiliate of Lindsay Goldberg (the “Purchaser”) for $360 million. The sale of the business was in connection with the strategic focus on our more growth oriented Composite Fibers and Airlaid Materials.
We incurred general and administrative expenses of $1.0 million, $0.1 million and a credit of $0.2 million for the years ended 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The amounts incurred in the past three years primarily represent legal costs incurred to pursue certain legal claims, costs related to an insurance claim and reversals of sales and use tax reserves due to the expiration of statutes of limitation.
For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, we have incurred net operating cash outflows of approximately $1.2 million, $0.3 million and $1.0 million, respectively.
SALE OF OBER-SCHMITTEN, GERMANY FACILITY
In the third quarter of 2023, we sold our Composite Fibers’ Ober-Schmitten, Germany operations as part of the Company’s turnaround strategy that is aimed at improving financial performance of the Company’s overall business. The Company sold the facility for one euro and recognized a loss on the sale of $17.8 million during year ended December 31, 2023. The loss on sale is recapped as follows:
In thousands
Cash$5,793 
Accounts receivable2,950 
Inventory5,039 
Prepaids and other current assets8,847 
Property, plant and equipment2,513 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities(7,337)
Loss on sale$17,805 
In connection with the sale, we entered into a transition services and distribution agreements with the purchaser pursuant to which we agreed to provide various back-office, information technology, commercial and operations support until the business is fully separated from us (estimated to be May 2024).