RESTRUCTURING CHARGES

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

In November 2019, Griffon announced the development of a next-generation business platform for CPP to enhance the growth, efficiency, and competitiveness of its U.S. operations, and on November 12, 2020, Griffon announced that CPP is broadening this strategic initiative to include additional North American facilities, the AMES UK and Australia businesses, and a manufacturing facility in China.

This initiative includes three key development areas. First, certain AMES U.S. and global operations will be consolidated to optimize facilities footprint and talent. Second, strategic investments in automation and facilities expansion will be made to increase the efficiency of our manufacturing and fulfillment operations, and support e-commerce growth. Third, multiple independent information systems will be unified into a single data and analytics platform, which will serve the whole AMES global enterprise.

We continue to expect the roll-out of the new business platform for our AMES U.S. and global operations to be completed by the end of calendar year 2023. When fully implemented, we expect these actions will result in AMES' EBITDA margins improving to 12% plus, excluding the impact of Hunter, with annual cash savings of $30,000 to $35,000 and a reduction in inventory of $30,000 to $35,000, based on fiscal 2020 operating levels.

The cost to implement this new business platform, over the duration of the project, will include one-time charges of approximately $65,000 and capital investments of approximately $65,000. The one-time charges are comprised of $46,000 of cash charges, which includes $26,000 of personnel-related costs such as training, severance, and duplicate personnel costs as well as $20,000 of facility and lease exit costs. The remaining $19,000 of charges are non-cash and are primarily related to asset write-downs.

During the quarters ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, CPP incurred pre-tax restructuring and related exit costs approximating $1,716 and $3,079, respectively. During the quarter ended December 31, 2021, cash charges totaled $1,427 and non-cash, asset-related charges totaled $289; the cash charges included $260 for one-time termination benefits and other personnel-related costs and $1,167 for facility exit costs. During the quarter ended December 31, 2020, cash charges totaled $2,886 and non-cash and asset-related charges totaled $193; the cash charges included $362 for one-time termination benefits and other personnel-related costs and $2,524 for facility exit costs. During the quarter ended December 31, 2021, there was no headcount reduction.

A summary of the restructuring and other related charges included in Cost of goods and services and SG&A expenses in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations were as follows:


	For the Three Months Ended December 31,
		2021		2020
Cost of goods and services		$	322	$	541
Selling, general and administrative expenses		1,394		2,538
Total restructuring charges		$	1,716	$	3,079


	For the Three Months Ended December 31,
		2021		2020
Personnel related costs		$	260	$	362
Facilities, exit costs and other		1,167		2,524

Non-cash facility and other		289		193
Total		$	1,716	$	3,079

The following table summarizes the accrued liabilities of the Company's restructuring actions:


	Cash Charges				Non-Cash
	Personnel related costs		Facilities & Exit Costs		Facility and Other Costs		Total
Accrued liability at September 30, 2021	$	418	$	264	$	—	$	682
Q1 Restructuring charges	260		1,167		289		1,716
Q1 Cash payments	(275)		(1,167)		—		(1,442)
Q1 Non-cash charges	—		—		(289)		(289)
Accrued liability at December 31, 2021	$	403	$	264	$	—	$	667