IMPAIRMENT, RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER

3 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2023

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Activity described herein is classified within the “Cost of sales—impairment, restructuring and other” and “Impairment, restructuring and other” lines in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The following table details impairment, restructuring and other charges (recoveries) for each of the periods presented:


	Three Months Ended
		December 30, 2023		December 31, 2022

Cost of sales—impairment, restructuring and other:

Restructuring and other charges (recoveries), net		$	(5.8)	$	7.1

Property, plant and equipment impairments		—		3.2
Operating expenses—impairment, restructuring and other:

Restructuring and other charges (recoveries), net		(7.1)		8.5




Total impairment, restructuring and other charges (recoveries), net		$	(12.9)	$	18.8

The following table summarizes the activity related to liabilities associated with restructuring activities during the three months ended December 30, 2023:


Amounts accrued at September 30, 2023	$	40.5
Restructuring charges	3.6

Payments	(10.1)
Amounts accrued at December 30, 2023	$	34.0

As of December 30, 2023, restructuring accruals include $13.8 that is classified as long-term.

During fiscal 2022, the Company began implementing a series of Company-wide organizational changes and initiatives intended to create operational and management-level efficiencies. These changes and initiatives include reducing the size of the supply chain network, reducing staffing levels and implementing other cost-reduction initiatives. The Company has also accelerated the reduction of certain Hawthorne inventory, primarily lighting, growing environments and hardware products, to reduce its on hand inventory to align with the reduced network capacity. During the three months ended December 30, 2023, the Company recorded recoveries of $3.7 associated with this restructuring initiative, primarily related to the sale of certain previously-reserved inventory at amounts in excess of estimated net realizable value, partially offset by employee termination benefits and facility closure costs. The Company incurred costs of $2.0 in its U.S. Consumer segment and recorded recoveries of $7.7 in its Hawthorne segment in the “Cost of sales—impairment, restructuring and other” line in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during the three months ended December 30, 2023. The Company recorded recoveries of $0.8 in its U.S. Consumer segment and incurred costs of $0.3 in its Hawthorne segment and $2.4 at Corporate in the

“Impairment, restructuring and other” line in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during the three months ended December 30, 2023. During the three months ended December 31, 2022, the Company incurred costs of $14.5 associated with this restructuring initiative primarily related to employee termination benefits, facility closure costs and impairment of property, plant and equipment. The Company incurred costs of $1.0 in its U.S. Consumer segment and $8.4 in its Hawthorne segment in the “Cost of sales—impairment, restructuring and other” line in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during the three months ended December 31, 2022. The Company incurred costs of $0.2 in its U.S. Consumer segment, $1.0 in its Hawthorne segment, $0.1 in its Other segment and $3.8 at Corporate in the “Impairment, restructuring and other” line in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during the three months ended December 31, 2022. Costs incurred since the inception of this restructuring initiative through December 30, 2023 were $217.1 for the Hawthorne segment, $46.7 for the U.S. Consumer segment, $1.6 for the Other segment and $25.1 for Corporate.

During the three months ended December 30, 2023, the Company recorded a gain of $12.1 in the “Impairment, restructuring and other” line in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations associated with a payment received in resolution of a dispute with the former ownership group of a business that was acquired in fiscal 2022. This payment was classified as an operating activity in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.