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Restructuring Activities
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Restructuring Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring Activities
Note 6: Restructuring Activities

During the first quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company recorded $1.7 million of severance expenses related to plant consolidation activities in China within the CIS segment.  The Company is currently transferring production from the manufacturing facility in Zhongshan, China to another CIS segment manufacturing facility in China, which it expects to complete in the second or third quarter of fiscal 2021.  The Company also implemented targeted headcount reductions during the first quarter of fiscal 2021, the most significant of which were in North America in the HDE and CIS segments.  The headcount reductions were in response to lower market demand and support the Company’s objective of reducing operational and selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) cost structures.  In addition, the Company is in the process of transferring product lines to its CIS manufacturing facility in Mexico.

The Company’s restructuring actions during the first quarter of fiscal 2020 consisted primarily of targeted headcount reductions and plant consolidation activities.  The fiscal 2020 headcount reductions were primarily in Europe within the Automotive segment and in the Americas within the HDE segment.

Restructuring and repositioning expenses were as follows:

 
 
Three months ended June 30,
 
 
 
2020
   
2019
 
Employee severance and related benefits
 
$
4.4
   
$
1.5
 
Other restructuring and repositioning expenses
   
0.2
     
0.3
 
Total
 
$
4.6
   
$
1.8
 

Other restructuring and repositioning expenses primarily consist of equipment transfers and plant consolidation costs.

The Company accrues severance in accordance with its written plans, procedures, and relevant statutory requirements. Changes in accrued severance were as follows:

 
 
Three months ended June 30,
 
 
 
2020
   
2019
 
Beginning balance
 
$
5.0
   
$
10.0
 
Additions
   
4.4
     
1.5
 
Payments
   
(2.6
)
   
(3.7
)
Effect of exchange rate changes
   
0.1
     
-
 
Ending balance
 
$
6.9
   
$
7.8