Settlement of Note Receivable and Lease Guarantee	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Settlement Of Note Receivable And Lease Guarantee [Abstract]
Settlement of Note Receivable and Lease Guarantee	5. Settlement of Note Receivable and Lease Guarantee In 2015, the Company sold its Lawn and Garden business to an entity controlled by Wingate Partners V, L.P. (“L&G Buyer”), which later became HC Companies, Inc. (“HC”). The terms of the sale included promissory notes from HC. Due to uncertainty of collection, a provision for expected loss of $23.0 million was recorded within continuing operations during the third quarter of 2018 to fully impair the notes and corresponding interest receivable. The Company also ceased recognizing interest income following recognition of the provision. Also, in connection with the sale of the Lawn and Garden business, the Company became a guarantor for any remaining rent payments under one of HC’s facility leases expiring in September 2025. Annual rent for the facility is approximately $2 million. Due to the financial risk associated with HC, the Company assessed its range of potential obligations under the lease guarantee, and recorded a liability and related pre-tax charge of $10.3 million during the third quarter of 2018. The carrying value of the lease contingency as of December 31, 2019 was $10.7 million, which represented the initial liability recorded plus accretion and was included in Other Liabilities. In January 2020, the Company sold to HC the fully-reserved promissory notes and related accrued interest receivable in exchange for $1.2 million and the release from the lease guarantee resulting in an $11.9 million pre-tax gain.

Settlement of Note Receivable and Lease Guarantee

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Settlement Of Note Receivable And Lease Guarantee [Abstract]

Settlement of Note Receivable and Lease Guarantee

5. Settlement of Note Receivable and Lease Guarantee

In 2015, the Company sold its Lawn and Garden business to an entity controlled by Wingate Partners V, L.P. (“L&G Buyer”), which later became HC Companies, Inc. (“HC”). The terms of the sale included promissory notes from HC. Due to uncertainty of collection, a provision for expected loss of $23.0 million was recorded within continuing operations during the third quarter of 2018 to fully impair the notes and corresponding interest receivable. The Company also ceased recognizing interest income following recognition of the provision.

Also, in connection with the sale of the Lawn and Garden business, the Company became a guarantor for any remaining rent payments under one of HC’s facility leases expiring in September 2025. Annual rent for the facility is approximately $2 million. Due to the financial risk associated with HC, the Company assessed its range of potential obligations under the lease guarantee, and recorded a liability and related pre-tax charge of $10.3 million during the third quarter of 2018. The carrying value of the lease contingency as of December 31, 2019 was $10.7 million, which represented the initial liability recorded plus accretion and was included in Other Liabilities.

In January 2020, the Company sold to HC the fully-reserved promissory notes and related accrued interest receivable in exchange for $1.2 million and the release from the lease guarantee resulting in an $11.9 million pre-tax gain.