Restructuring and Other Charges

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

In the first quarter of 2020, the Company recorded Restructuring and other charges of $21 ($23 after-tax), which included $22 ($17 after-tax) for layoff costs, including the separation of approximately 460 employees (440 in the Engineered Products and Forgings segment and 20 in Corporate); $12 ($12 after-tax) for impairment of assets associated with an agreement to sell an aerospace components business in the U.K.; a $6 ($6 after-tax) post-closing adjustment related to the sale of the Company’s U.K. forgings business; a $6 ($6 after-tax) loss on sale of the Company’s Brazilian rolling mill operations; and a $6 ($6 after-tax) charge for other exit costs related to prior programs; offset by a gain of $27 ($20 after-tax) on the sale of an extrusions business in South Korea; a benefit of $2 ($2 after-tax) related to the reversal of a number of prior period programs; and a gain of $2 ($2 after-tax) on the sale of assets.

In the first quarter of 2019, the Company recorded Restructuring and other charges of $12 ($10 after-tax), which included $65 ($51 after-tax) for layoff costs, including the separation of approximately 800 employees (425 in Corporate, 211 in the Engineered Products and Forgings segment, and 164 in the Global Rolled Products segment); a $2 ($1 after-tax) net charge for executive severance net of the benefit of forfeited executive stock compensation; a pension settlement charge of $2 ($2 after-tax); and $1 ($1 after-tax) for other miscellaneous items; offset by a benefit of $58 ($45 after-tax) related to the elimination of life insurance benefits for U.S. salaried and non-bargained hourly retirees of the Company and its subsidiaries.

As of March 31, 2020, none of the 460 employees associated with the 2020 restructuring programs were separated. Most of the separations for the 2020 restructuring programs are expected to be completed in 2020. As of March 31, 2020, approximately

1,053 of the 1,310 employees associated with the 2019 restructuring programs were separated. The remaining separations for the 2019 restructuring programs are expected to be completed in 2020. In the first quarter ended March 31, 2020, the Company made cash payments of $7 against layoff reserves related to 2019 restructuring programs.

Activity and reserve balances for restructuring and other charges were as follows:


	Layoff costs		Other exit costs		Total
Reserve balances at December 31, 2018	$	10	$	15	$	25
Cash payments	(74)		(5)		(79)
Restructuring charges	56		574		630
Other⁽¹⁾	39		(581)		(542)
Reserve balances at December 31, 2019	31		3		34
Cash payments	(7)		—		(7)
Restructuring charges	20		1		21
Other⁽²⁾	—		(2)		(2)
Reserve balances at March 31, 2020	$	44	$	2	$	46

⁽¹⁾In 2019, Other for layoff costs included reclassifications of a $58 credit for elimination of life insurance benefits for U.S. salaried and non-bargaining hourly retirees, a charge of $9 for pension plan settlement accounting, as the impacts were reflected in the Company's separate liabilities for Accrued pension benefits and Accrued postretirement benefits and reversals of previously recorded restructuring charges of $10.

In 2019, Other for other exit costs included a charge of $428 for impairment of the Disks long-lived asset group; a charge of $112 for impairment of assets associated with agreement to sell the Company’s Brazilian rolling mill operations, the U.K. forgings business, and a small additive business; a charge of $25 for impairment of properties, plants, and equipment related to the Company’s primary research and development facility and a trade name intangible asset; a charge of $12 for lease terminations; a charge of $9 for accelerated depreciation as the impacts were primarily reflected in various noncurrent asset accounts; a charge of $5 related to the impairment of a cost method investment of the GRP segment, and a charge of $1 related to other miscellaneous items; partially offset by a gain of $20 related to contingent consideration from the Texarkana sale. Additionally, Other included the reclassification of $9 in lease exit costs to reduce right-of-use assets within Other noncurrent assets in accordance with the new lease accounting standard.

⁽²⁾In 2020, Other for other exit costs included a gain of $27 on sale of the Company’s extrusions business in South Korea; a gain of $2 on the sale of assets; a charge of $12 for impairment of assets associated with an agreement to sell an aerospace component business in the U.K., a $6 post-closing adjustment related to the sale of the Company’s U.K. forgings business; a $6 loss on the sale of the Company’s Brazilian rolling mill operations; and a $3 charge for other exit costs.