Restructuring and Acquisition-Related Costs (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Business Acquisition, Integration, Restructuring and Other Related Costs [Text Block]

2. RESTRUCTURING AND ACQUISITION-RELATED COSTS

In the first quarter of 2019, we initiated a global restructuring program (the 2019 Program). The primary objectives of the 2019 Program were to further the integration of Metaldyne Performance Group, Inc. (MPG), align AAM's product and process technologies, and to achieve efficiencies within our corporate and business unit support teams to reduce cost in our business.

In the first quarter of 2020, we initiated a new global restructuring program (the 2020 Program) that supersedes the 2019 Program. The primary objectives of the 2020 Program are to achieve efficiencies within our corporate and business unit support teams to reduce cost in our business, and to structurally adjust our operations to a new level of market demand based on the impact of COVID-19. We expect to incur costs under the 2020 Program through 2021.

A summary of our restructuring activity for the first three months of 2020 and 2019 is shown below:


	Severance Charges		Implementation Costs		Total
	(in millions)
Accrual at December 31, 2018	$	2.4	$	1.6	$	4.0
Charges	4.1		4.3		8.4
Cash utilization	(3.7)		(3.7)		(7.4)


Accrual at March 31, 2019	$	2.8	$	2.2	$	5.0

Accrual at December 31, 2019	$	4.8	$	7.4	$	12.2
Charges	2.2		12.5		14.7
Cash utilization	(6.6)		(5.5)		(12.1)


Accrual at March 31, 2020	$	0.4	$	14.4	$	14.8

As part of our restructuring actions, we incurred total severance charges of approximately $2.2 million and $4.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. We also incurred total implementation costs of approximately $12.5 million and $4.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Implementation costs in both periods consist of plant exit costs, and implementation costs in 2020 also include $6.5 million of contractual wage and benefit continuation costs associated with temporarily suspending production at certain manufacturing facilities in the first quarter of 2020.

Approximately $8.7 million of the restructuring costs incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2020 were under the 2020 Program. Approximately $6.8 million and $5.2 million of our total restructuring costs for the three months ended March 31, 2020 related to our Driveline and Metal Forming segments, respectively, while the remainder were corporate costs. Additionally, approximately $0.4 million and $4.8 million of our total restructuring costs for the three months ended March 31, 2019 related to our Driveline and Metal Forming segments, respectively, while the remainder were corporate costs. We expect to incur approximately $45 million to $55 million of total restructuring charges in 2020, including costs incurred under the 2020 Program.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we incurred the following integration charges primarily related to the integration of MPG:


	Integration Expenses
	(in millions)
Charges for the three months ended March 31, 2020	$	2.9
Charges for the three months ended March 31, 2019	3.7

These integration expenses primarily reflect costs incurred for information technology infrastructure and enterprise resource planning systems, and consulting fees incurred in conjunction with acquisitions. Total restructuring charges and acquisition-related charges of $17.6 million and $12.1 million are presented on a separate line item titled Restructuring and acquisition-related costs in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.