Restructuring and Impairment Charges

During fiscal 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded $1.7 million and $11.3 million of restructuring and impairment charges. The charges were incurred in the AMER segment and largely related to the consolidation of the Company's manufacturing facilities in Wisconsin and the relocation of manufacturing operations from Juarez to Guadalajara, Mexico. These charges are recorded within restructuring and impairment charges on the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Restructuring liabilities are recorded within "other accrued liabilities" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

For the year ended October 3, 2015, the Company incurred restructuring costs of $1.7 million, which consisted of the following:


•	$1.6 million of moving and transition costs resulting from the relocation of manufacturing operations from Juarez to Guadalajara; and


•	$0.1 million of employee termination and severance costs from the closure of the Company's facility in Juarez.

For the year ended September 27, 2014, the Company incurred restructuring and impairment charges of $11.3 million, which consisted of the following:


•	$3.2 million of fixed asset impairment related to the Company's facility in Juarez;


•	$3.2 million of severance from the reduction of the Company's workforce in Juarez; and


•	$4.9 million of rent, moving and associated costs resulting from the early exit of operating leases for two existing facilities and the consolidation of three existing facilities in Wisconsin into the new manufacturing facility in Neenah, as well as moving and transition costs resulting from the relocation of manufacturing operations from Juarez to Guadalajara.

As part of the relocation of manufacturing operations from Juarez to Guadalajara, the Company evaluated the ongoing fair value of the long-lived assets associated with the Juarez facility. Based on this evaluation, the Company determined that long-lived assets were impaired and therefore recorded $3.2 million of fixed asset impairment for the year ended September 27, 2014. Fair value was evaluated using Level 3 inputs, as defined in Note 1, "Description of Business and Significant Accounting Policies."

No income tax benefit for these restructuring and impairment charges was recognized due to tax losses in these jurisdictions.

The Company's restructuring accrual activity for the years ended October 3, 2015 and September 27, 2014 is included in the table below (in thousands):



	Fixed Asset Impairment			Employee Termination and Severance Costs			Lease Obligations and Other Exit Costs			Total
Accrual balance, September 28, 2013	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Restructuring and impairment charges	3,160			3,180			4,940			11,280
Amounts utilized	(3,160		)	(3,038		)	(4,940		)	(11,138		)
Accrual balance, September 27, 2014	$	—		$	142		$	—		$	142
Restructuring and impairment charges	—			144			1,547			1,691
Amounts utilized	—			(286		)	(1,547		)	(1,833		)
Accrual balance, October 3, 2015	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—