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CHANGES IN BUSINESS
12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2022
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
CHANGES IN BUSINESS
NOTE 3. CHANGES IN BUSINESS

Facility Closures and Dispositions

In October 2019, the Company closed the melting operations at its Rancho Cucamonga facility, which was part of the North America segment, and in August 2020, the Company announced plans to sell the facility. Additionally, in September 2021, the Company ceased operations at a rebar fabrication facility adjacent to the Rancho Cucamonga facility. Due to these closures, the Company recorded $13.8 million and $9.8 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively, related to asset impairments, severance, pension curtailment, environmental obligations and vendor agreement terminations. The closures did not meet the criteria for discontinued operations.

As of August 31, 2021, the associated assets of the Rancho Cucamonga facility and the adjacent rebar fabrication facility ("the Rancho Cucamonga facilities"), comprised of property, plant and equipment, net, met the criteria for classification as held for sale. As such, the Company classified $24.9 million within assets held for sale in the Company's consolidated balance sheet as of August 31, 2021.

On September 29, 2021, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell the assets associated with the Rancho Cucamonga facilities. On December 28, 2021, the sale of the Rancho Cucamonga facilities was completed for gross proceeds of $313.0 million, of which $22.0 million was used to purchase like-kind assets in 2022 per the terms of the sale agreement.
In 2020, the Company idled six facilities in its North America segment and recorded $6.2 million of expense related to severance and ROU and other long-lived asset impairments.