Restructuring and Integration Expenses

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Restructuring and Integration Expenses [Abstract]

Restructuring and Integration Expenses

Note 4.   Restructuring and Integration Expenses

Voluntary Retirement Incentive Program

During the quarter we offered a voluntary retirement incentive package of severance and other benefit enhancements to eligible employees in the United States and Canada as part of our commitment to optimizing our cost structure and providing professional development opportunities to our employees. The offer period ended on June 14, 2024.  Costs primarily comprise of compensation expense and enhanced medical benefits and are charged to restructuring and integration expenses in our statement of operations as a one-time termination benefit either when the employee accepted the offer or over their remaining period of service based on the agreed retirement date.  We anticipate that the Voluntary Retirement Incentive Program will be substantially complete by the end of 2027. Additional pre-tax restructuring costs related to the program are expected to be $3.1 million in the remainder of 2024, $0.4 million in 2025, and $0.1 million in 2026 for an aggregate cost of approximately $6.2 million.

Activity for the six months ended June 30, 2024 related to the voluntary retirement incentive program workforce reduction consisted of the following (in thousands):

Exit activity liability at December 31, 2023	$	—
Restructuring and integration costs:
Amounts provided for during 2024 (a)		2,589
Stock-based compensation		166
Cash payments		(128	)
Exit activity liability at June 30, 2024	$	2,627

(a) Restructuring and integration expenses incurred during the six months ended June 30, 2024 consist of $1.1 million in our Vehicle Control segment, $0.2 million in our Temperature Control segment, $0.4 million in our Engineered Solutions segment and $0.9 million in our Other segment.

Cost Reduction Initiative

During the fourth quarter of 2022, to further our ongoing efforts to improve operating efficiencies and reduce costs, we announced plans for a reduction in our sales force, and initiated plans to relocate certain product lines from our Independence, Kansas manufacturing facility and from our St. Thomas, Canada manufacturing facility to our manufacturing facilities in Reynosa, Mexico. We anticipate that the Cost Reduction Initiative will be substantially completed by the end of 2024. Additional restructuring costs related to the initiative are expected to be immaterial.

Activity for the six months ended June 30, 2024 related to the cost reduction initiative consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Workforce Reduction			Other Exit Costs			Total
Exit activity liability at December 31, 2023	$	1,729		$	—		$	1,729
Restructuring and integration costs:
Amounts provided for during 2024 (a)		(46	)		208			162
Cash payments		(949	)		(208	)		(1,157	)
Foreign currency exchange rate changes		(24	)		—			(24	)
Exit activity liability at June 30, 2024	$	710		$	—		$	710

(a) Restructuring and integration expenses incurred during the six months ended June 30, 2024 consist of $52,000 in our Vehicle Control segment, $75,000 in our Temperature Control segment and $35,000 in our Engineered Solutions segment.

Restructuring and integration activities are included within “sundry payables and accrued expenses” and “other accrued liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheet.