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Restructuring Costs
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring Costs Restructuring Costs
Restructuring costs are reported by the same name in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.
IT Restructuring Plan
Management is focused on a margin recovery plan that includes identification and implementation of various profit improvement initiatives. To that end, we began a plan to restructure our information technology department (the “IT Restructuring Plan”) in 2018, which is reported in the Other segment. In early 2019, we entered into services agreements with an outsourcing vendor who manages certain of our information technology services.
We expect the IT Restructuring Plan to be substantially completed by the end of 2019. We estimate that we will incur approximately $15 million of cumulative total costs, which is lower than the $20 million reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, because more of our IT employees transitioned to our outsourcing vendor than originally contemplated. Once employed by our outsourcing vendor, such employees are no longer included in the IT Restructuring Plan, resulting in lower one-time termination costs.
As of December 31, 2018, there was $6 million accrued under the IT Restructuring Plan, primarily for one-time termination benefits that require cash settlement. In the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we incurred $2 million of other restructuring costs, paid $5 million to settle one-time termination benefits, and paid $3 million to settle other restructuring costs. As of September 30, 2019, no amounts were accrued under the IT Restructuring Plan.
As of September 30, 2019, we had incurred cumulative restructuring costs under the IT Restructuring Plan of $11 million, including $7 million of one-time termination benefits and $4 million of other restructuring costs (primarily consulting fees).
2017 Restructuring Plan
As of December 31, 2018, accrued liabilities of $18 million remained for the restructuring and profitability improvement plan approved by the board of directors in June 2017 (the “2017 Restructuring Plan”). In the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we incurred $3 million of restructuring costs for adjustments to previously recorded lease contract termination costs, and paid $7 million to settle one-time termination and lease contract termination costs. As of September 30, 2019, accrued liabilities of $14 million remained for lease contract termination costs under the 2017 Restructuring Plan. We expect to continue to settle these liabilities through 2025, unless the leases are terminated sooner.