Plant shutdowns, asset impairments, restructurings and other items are shown in the net sales and operating profit by segment table in Note 10 and are also included in “Asset impairments and costs associated with exit and disposal activities, net of adjustments” in the consolidated statements of income, unless otherwise noted below.

Plant shutdowns, asset impairments, restructurings and other items in the third quarter of 2017 include:


•	Pretax charges of $0.7 million related to estimated excess costs associated with the ramp-up of new product offerings and additional expenses related to strategic capacity expansion projects by PE Films of $0.6 million and by Bonnell of $0.1 million (included in “Cost of goods sold” in the consolidated statements of income);


•	Pretax charges of $0.2 million associated with a business development project (included in “Selling, general and administrative expense” in the consolidated statements of income);


•	Pretax charges of $0.2 million associated with the consolidation of domestic PE Films’ manufacturing facilities (included in “Cost of goods sold” in the consolidated statements of income);


•	Pretax charges of $0.2 million associated with the settlement of customer claims and other costs related to the previously shutdown aluminum extrusions manufacturing facility in Kentland, Indiana; and


•	Pretax charges of $0.1 million for severance and other employee-related costs associated with restructurings in PE Films.

Plant shutdowns, asset impairments, restructurings and other items in the first nine months of 2017 include:

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Pretax income of $11.9 million related to the settlement of an escrow arrangement established upon the acquisition of Terphane Holdings, LLC in 2011 (included in “Other income (expense), net” in the consolidated statements of income). In settling the escrow arrangement, the Company assumed the risk of the claims (and associated legal fees) against which the escrow previously secured the Company. While the ultimate amount of such claims is unknown, the Company believes that it is reasonably possible that it could be liable for some portion of these claims, and currently estimates the amount of such future claims at approximately $3.5 million;

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Pretax charges of $3.3 million related to the acquisition of Futura, i) associated with accounting adjustments of $1.7 million made to the value of inventory sold by Aluminum Extrusions after its acquisition of Futura (included in “Cost of goods sold” in the consolidated statements of income), ii) acquisition costs of $1.5 million and, iii) integration costs of $0.1 million (included in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the consolidated statements of income), offset by pretax income of $0.7 million related to the fair valuation of an earnout provision (included in “Other income (expense), net” in the consolidated statements of income);


•	Pretax charges of $3.5 million related to estimated excess costs associated with the ramp-up of new product offerings and additional expenses related to strategic capacity expansion projects by PE Films of $3.0 million and by Aluminum Extrusions of $0.5 million (included in “Cost of goods sold” in the consolidated statements of income);

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Pretax income of $0.5 million related to the explosion that occurred in the second quarter of 2016 at the aluminum extrusions manufacturing facility in Newnan, Georgia, which includes the expected recovery of excess production costs of $0.6 million incurred in 2016 for which recovery from insurance carriers was not previously considered to be reasonably assured (included in “Cost of goods sold” in the consolidated statements of income), partially offset by legal and consulting fees of $0.1 million (included in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the consolidated statements of income).

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Pretax charges of $0.8 million associated with the consolidation of domestic PE Films’ manufacturing facilities, which consists of asset impairments of $0.1 million, accelerated depreciation of $0.2 million (included in “Cost of goods sold” in the consolidated statements of income) and other facility consolidation-related expenses of $0.5 million (included in “Cost of goods sold” in the consolidated statements of income), offset by pretax income of $0.1 million related to a reduction of severance and other employee-related accrued costs;


•	Pretax charges of $0.4 million related to expected future environmental costs at the aluminum extrusions manufacturing facility in Carthage, Tennessee (included in “Cost of goods sold” in the consolidated statements of income);


•	Pretax charges of $1.1 million associated with a business development project (included in “Selling, general and administrative expense” in the consolidated statements of income);


•	Pretax charges of $0.2 million associated with the settlement of customer claims and other costs related to the previously shutdown aluminum extrusions manufacturing facility in Kentland, Indiana; and


•	Pretax charges of $0.4 million for severance and other employee-related costs associated with restructurings in PE Films ($0.1 million) and Corporate ($0.3 million) (included in “Corporate expenses, net” in the net sales and operating profit by segment table).

Plant shutdowns, asset impairments, restructurings and other charges in the third quarter of 2016 include:

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Pretax charges of $1.1 million associated with the consolidation of domestic PE Films’ manufacturing facilities, which includes severance and other employee-related costs of $0.3 million, asset impairments of $0.1 million, accelerated depreciation of $0.1 million (included in “Cost of goods sold” in the consolidated statements of income) and other facility consolidation-related expenses of $0.6 million ($0.4 million is included in “Cost of goods sold” in the consolidated statements of income);

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Pretax income of $1.7 million related to an explosion that occurred in the second quarter of 2016 at the aluminum extrusions manufacturing facility in Newnan, Georgia, which includes the recognition of a gain of $1.9 million for a portion of the insurance recoveries approved by the insurer to begin the replacement of capital equipment, offset by the impairment of equipment damaged by the explosion of $0.3 million (net amount included in “Other income (expense), net” in the consolidated statements of income), and the reversal of an accrual for costs related to the explosion of $50,000 (included in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the consolidated statements of income);


•	Pretax charges of $0.3 million for severance and other employee-related costs associated with restructurings in PE Films ($0.1 million) and Corporate ($0.2 million) (included in “Corporate expenses, net” in the statement of net sales and operating profit by segment); and


•	Pretax charges of $0.3 million associated with the shutdown of the aluminum extrusions manufacturing facility in Kentland, Indiana.

Plant shutdowns, asset impairments, restructurings and other charges in the first nine months of 2016 include:

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Pretax charges of $3.6 million associated with the consolidation of domestic PE Films’ manufacturing facilities, which includes severance and other employee-related costs of $0.9 million, asset impairments of $0.4 million, accelerated depreciation of $0.4 million (included in “Cost of goods sold” in the consolidated statements of income) and other facility consolidation-related expenses of $1.9 million ($1.4 million is included in “Cost of goods sold” in the consolidated statements of income);

•

Pretax income of $1.1 million related to an explosion that occurred in the second quarter of 2016 at the aluminum extrusions manufacturing facility in Newnan, Georgia, which includes the recognition of a gain of $1.9 million for a portion of the insurance recoveries approved by the insurer to begin the replacement of capital equipment, offset by the impairment of equipment damaged by the explosion of $0.3 million (net amount included in “Other income (expense), net” in the consolidated statements of income) and other costs related to the explosion not recoverable from insurance of $0.5 million (included in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the consolidated statements of income);


•	Pretax charges of $0.4 million associated with a business development project (included in “Selling, general and administrative expense” in the consolidated statements of income);


•	Pretax charges of $0.3 million for severance and other employee-related costs associated with restructurings in PE Films ($0.1 million) and Corporate ($0.2 million) (included in “Corporate expenses, net” in the statements of net sales and operating profit by segment); and


•	Pretax charges of $0.3 million associated with the shutdown of the aluminum extrusions manufacturing facility in Kentland, Indiana.

Results in the first nine months of 2017 include an unrealized gain of $24.8 million ($18.2 million after taxes) compared to unrealized losses of $1.3 million ($1.0 million after taxes) and $0.2 million ($0.2 million after taxes), in the third quarter and first nine months of 2016, respectively, on the Company’s investment in kaleo, Inc. (“kaléo”), which is accounted for under the fair value method (included in “Other income (expense), net” in the consolidated statements of income). There was no change in the estimated fair value from June 30, 2017 to September 30, 2017, as appreciation in value from the discount rate for one quarter was offset by a change in the present value of projected cash flows versus prior projections. The change in the first nine months of 2017 in the estimated fair value of the Company’s holding in kaléo was based primarily on changes in projected future cash flows that are discounted at 45% for their high degree of risk. See Note 7 for additional information on investments.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of accrued expenses associated with exit and disposal activities and charges associated with asset impairments and reported as “Asset impairments and costs associated with exit and disposal activities, net of adjustments” in the consolidated statements of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 is as follows:



(In Thousands)	Severance (a)			Asset Impairments			Other (b)			Total
Balance at January 1, 2017	$	1,854		$	—		$	554		$	2,408
Changes in 2017:
Charges	300			50			303			653
Cash spent	(1,068		)	—			(307		)	(1,375		)
Charges against assets	—			(50		)	—			(50		)
Balance at September 30, 2017	$	1,086		$	—		$	550		$	1,636
(a) Severance primarily includes severance payments associated with the consolidation of North American PE Films manufacturing facilities. (b) Other primarily includes other shutdown-related costs associated with the shutdown and sale of the Company’s aluminum extrusions manufacturing facility in Kentland, Indiana.

In July 2015, the Company began a consolidation of its domestic production for PE Films by restructuring the operations in its manufacturing facility in Lake Zurich, Illinois. This restructuring was completed in the third quarter of 2017. Total expenses associated with the restructuring were $0.8 million in the first nine months of 2017 (included in “Cost of goods sold” in the consolidated statements of income) and the total expenses for the project since inception were $7.3 million. Cash expenditures for the restructuring were $1.4 million in the first nine months of 2017, which includes capital expenditures of $0.1 million. Total cash expenditures for the project since inception were $15.5 million, which includes $11.2 million for capital expenditures. Additional cash payments for remaining accrued costs of approximately $1 million are expected to be paid within the next 12 months.