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Acquisitions
12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2024
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]  
Acquisitions CEO Transition Costs
For the three fiscal years ended July 31, 2024, cumulative CEO transition costs aggregated $25,560,000.

Fiscal 2024 - On March 12, 2024, Ken Peterman, our former Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, was terminated for cause and the Board of Directors appointed John Ratigan as interim Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and Mark Quinlan as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to the changes, Mr. Ratigan served as our Chief Corporate Development Officer and Mr. Quinlan served as a member of our Board of Directors. Upon termination of his employment, Mr. Peterman was deemed to have resigned from his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors and as a director pursuant to his employment contract. CEO transition costs of $2,916,000 incurred during fiscal 2024 primarily consisted of legal expenses and were expensed in our Unallocated segment.

Fiscal 2023 - On August 9, 2022, our Board of Directors appointed Ken Peterman as our Chairman of the Board, President and CEO. Transition costs related to his predecessor, our former President and CEO, Michael D. Porcelain, pursuant to his separation agreement with the Company, were $7,424,000, of which $3,764,000 related to the acceleration of unamortized stock based compensation, with the remaining $3,660,000 related to his severance payments and benefits upon termination of employment. The cash portion of the transition costs of $3,660,000 was paid to Mr. Porcelain in October 2022. Also, in connection with Mr. Peterman entering into an employment agreement with the Company, effective as of August 9, 2022, we incurred a $1,000,000 expense related to a cash sign-on bonus, which was paid to Mr. Peterman in January 2023. CEO transition costs related to Mr. Porcelain and Mr. Peterman were expensed in our Unallocated segment during the first quarter of fiscal 2023.

Fiscal 2022 - During fiscal 2022, we expensed $13,554,000 of transition costs related to former CEO, Fred Kornberg.