Restructuring and Impairment Activities

The Company incurred restructuring and impairment expenses of $5.2 million and $3.2 million in the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $9.2 million and $3.3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Reconstituted Tobacco segment restructuring and impairment expenses were $5.3 million and $3.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $9.1 million and $3.3 million, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014. During the six months ended June 30, 2015, restructuring and impairment expenses were composed of $5.6 million in severance accruals for employees at our Quimperlé and Spay, France facilities as well as $3.5 million in loss recognized to adjust the recorded value of equipment at our Philippines RTL location to its estimated fair value as discussed in more detail below. The 2014 restructuring expenses primarily related to a voluntary early retirement program at our Spay, France facility related to previously announced actions.

Additionally, the Company incurred $0.1 million and $0.3 million in restructuring expenses during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively related to accruals for severance expenses within supporting overhead departments which were not allocated to a specific segment. In the three months ended June 30, 2015, the Company also reversed $0.2 million in previously accrued severance costs in our Filtration segment resulting from one of our business acquisitions in December 2014.

Restructuring liabilities were classified within Accrued Expenses in each of the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014. Changes in the restructuring liabilities, substantially all of which are employee-related, during the periods ended June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are summarized as follows ($ in millions):



	Six Months Ended			Year Ended
	June 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
Balance at beginning of year	$	8.7		$	4.7
Accruals for announced programs	5.9			11.2
Cash payments	(4.3		)	(6.3		)
Exchange rate impacts	(0.7		)	(0.9		)
Balance at end of period	$	9.6		$	8.7

Long-lived assets to be sold are classified as held for sale in the period in which all of the following criteria are met: management, having the authority to approve the action, commits to a plan to sell the assets; the asset are available for immediate sale in present condition subject only to terms that are usual and customary for sales of such assets; an active program to locate a buyer and other actions required to complete the plan to sell the assets have been initiated; the sale of the assets is probable, and transfer of the assets is expected to qualify for recognition as a completed sale within one year, except if events or circumstances beyond our control extend the period of time required to sell the assets beyond one year; the assets are being actively marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to current fair value; and actions required to complete the plan indicate that it is unlikely that significant changes to the plan will be made or that the plan will be withdrawn.

A long-lived asset that is classified as held for sale is initially measured at the lower of its carrying value or fair value less any costs to sell. Any loss resulting from this measurement is recognized in the period in which the held for sale criteria are met. Conversely, gains are not recognized on the sale of a long-lived asset until the date of sale. The fair value of a long-lived asset less any costs to sell is assessed each reporting period it remains classified as held for sale and report any reduction in fair value as an adjustment to the carrying value of the asset. Upon being classified as held for sale depreciation is ceased. Long-lived assets to be disposed of other than by sale are continued to be depreciated. Upon determining that a long-lived asset meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale, the assets and liabilities of the disposal group, if material, are reported in the line item "Assets held for sale" in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

As a result of the decision to dispose of the Company’s mothballed RTL facility in the Philippines in early 2015, the physical assets of this entity that are expected to be sold within one year of the balance sheet date were reclassified from Property, Plant and Equipment, net, and are now reflected as assets held for sale on the accompanying condensed consolidating balance sheets. These assets are included in the Reconstituted Tobacco segment. As discussed above, during the three and six months ending June 30, 2015, the Company incurred $2.8 million and $3.5 million in impairment expense to write-down the carrying value of this equipment to its estimated fair value.