NOTE 5. SERVICE ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE

On July 28, 2016, the Company announced a Service Alignment Initiative that simplified the Company's service organization by aligning the Company's service operations to its strategic platforms and locations. In fiscal 2016, the Company entered into leases in Norfolk, Virginia and Maitland, Florida, and in fiscal 2017, the Company entered into a lease in Tempe, Arizona as part of this effort. The Company began incurring charges during the first quarter of fiscal 2017. The charges primarily relate to employee separation benefits recognized under ASC 712, and also include charges for the relocation of certain current Company employees, lease termination costs, and accelerated depreciation of fixed assets. The Company does not expect to recognize any additional material pre-tax restructuring charges related to the Service Alignment Initiative.

The table below summarizes the composition of the Company's Service Alignment Initiative (reversals)/charges:



	Year Ended							Cumulative amount from inception through
	June 30,							June 30,
	2019			2018		2017		2019
Employee separation benefits (a)	$	(22.5	)	$	15.4	$	84.1	$	77.0
Other initiative costs (b)	2.7			5.1		5.9		13.7
Gain on sale of assets (c)	(4.1		)	—		—		(4.1		)
Total (d)	$	(23.9	)	$	20.5	$	90.0	$	86.6

(a) - Net (reversals)/ charges are recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses on the Statements of Consolidated Earnings.

(b) - Other initiative costs include costs to relocate certain current Company employees to new locations, lease termination charges (both included within selling, general and administrative expenses on the Statements of Consolidated Earnings), and accelerated depreciation on fixed assets (included within depreciation and amortization on the Statements of Consolidated Earnings).

(c) - In fiscal 2019, the Company sold assets related to the Service Alignment Initiative, and as a result recorded a gain of $4.1 million in Other (income)/expense, net, on the Statement of Consolidated Earnings. Refer to Note 6.

(d) - All charges are included within the Other segment.

Activity for the Service Alignment Initiative liability for fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2018 was as follows:



	Employee separation benefits			Other initiative costs			Total
Balance at June 30, 2017	$	73.9		$	0.5		$	74.4
Charged to expense	38.8			5.1			43.9
Reversals	(23.4		)	—			(23.4		)
Cash payments	(35.3		)	(4.4		)	(39.7		)
Non-cash utilization	—			(0.7		)	(0.7		)
Balance at June 30, 2018	$	54.0		$	0.5		$	54.5
Charged to expense	4.1			2.7			6.8
Reversals	(26.6		)	—			(26.6		)
Cash payments	(19.9		)	(2.8		)	(22.7		)
Balance at June 30, 2019	$	11.6		$	0.4		$	12.0