Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Disposals of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Disposals of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

NOTE 5 – ASSETS AND LIABILITIES HELD FOR SALE AND DISPOSALS OF PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

As of October 31, 2015, there were four asset groups in the Rigid Industrial Packaging Products & Services segment and one asset group in the Flexible Products & Services segment classified as assets and liabilities held for sale, and it is the Company’s intention to complete the sales of these assets within the twelve months following the end of the year. During 2015, two asset groups classified as held for sale at October 31, 2014 were sold, two other asset groups previously classified as held for sale were reclassed to held and used. Two asset groups, one within the Flexible Products & Services segment and one within the Paper Packaging Segment, were added and sold subsequently during the year. The assets and liabilities held for sale are being marketed for sale and it is the Company’s intention to complete the sales of these assets within the upcoming year. For additional information regarding the sale of businesses refer to Note 2 to these consolidated financial statements.

For the year ended October 31, 2015, the Company recorded a gain on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net of $7.0 million. There were sales of HBU and surplus properties which resulted in gains of $2.7 million in the Land Management segment, a disposal of an asset group previously classified as held for sale in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment that resulted in a gain of $4.4 million, insurance recoveries which resulted in gains of $3.0 million in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment, a $3.0 million loss in the Flexible Products & Services segment resulting from the fair market value adjustment of an asset previously classified as held for sale and other miscellaneous losses of $0.1 million.

For the year ended October 31, 2014, the Company recorded a gain on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net of $8.3 million. There were sales of HBU and surplus properties which resulted in gains of $5.4 million in the Land Management segment, a sale of equipment in the Flexible Products & Services segment that resulted in a gain of $1.1 million, a disposal of an asset in the Paper Packaging segment that resulted in a gain of $0.7 million and sales of other miscellaneous equipment which resulted in aggregate gains of $1.1 million.

For the year ended October 31, 2013, the Company recorded a gain on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net of $5.6 million. There were sales of HBU and surplus properties which resulted in gains of $1.2 million in the Land Management segment, a sale of equipment in the Paper Packaging segment that resulted in a gain of $0.6 million, a disposal of equipment in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment that resulted in a gain of $2.5 million, a sale of property that was previously classified as held for sale in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment that resulted in a gain of $0.6 million, a sale of land adjacent to our corporate offices that resulted in a gain of $0.8 million, a sale of equipment that resulted in a loss of $0.9 million and sales of other miscellaneous equipment which resulted in aggregate gains of $0.8 million.

For the years ended October 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, the Company recorded a gain of $24.3 million, $17.1 million and $17.3 million, respectively, relating to the sale of timberland.