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RESTRUCTURING CHARGES AND IMPAIRMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

RESTRUCTURING CHARGES AND IMPAIRMENT

RESTRUCTURING CHARGES AND IMPAIRMENT

NOTE N – RESTRUCTURING CHARGES AND IMPAIRMENT

On November 3, 2016, the Company announced its plan to implement an enhanced market approach to better serve its customers. The enhanced market approach unified the Company’s sales, pricing, customer service, marketing, and capacity sourcing functions effective January 1, 2017, and allows the Company to operate as one logistics provider under the ArcBest brand. As a result of the restructuring, the Company recorded charges during 2018, 2017, and the fourth quarter of 2016, the majority of which are non-cash, for impairment of software, contract and lease terminations, severance, and relocation expenses.

The following table presents restructuring charges recorded in operating expenses for the years ended December 31:

		2018			2017			2016
		(in thousands)
Software impairment(1)		$	—		$	—		$	6,244
Contract terminations(2)			427			—			2,875
Severance and other(3)			1,228			2,963			1,194
Total charges		$	1,655		$	2,963		$	10,313

⁽¹⁾ Non-cash charges related to software and other long-lived assets that were discontinued.

⁽²⁾ Charges associated with the termination of noncancelable lease and consulting agreements.

⁽³⁾ Primarily severance payments resulting from a reduction in headcount of approximately 130 positions and other employee-related costs.

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The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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