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Note 3. Restructuring Charges
The Company has undertaken or committed to various restructuring initiatives, including workforce reductions, leadership changes, plant consolidations to reduce manufacturing overhead, satellite office closures, the continued movement of production and product sourcing to low-cost alternatives and the centralization and standardization of certain administrative functions. Liabilities for severance are generally to be paid within twelve months, while future lease payments related to facilities vacated as a result of restructuring are to be paid over the underlying remaining lease terms. During fiscal 2019, the Company announced a new restructuring plan focused on (i) the integration of the Enerpac and Hydratight businesses (Industrial Tools & Service ("IT&S") segment), (ii) the strategic exit of certain commodity-type services in our North America Services operations (IT&S segment) and (iii) driving efficiencies within the overall corporate structure. In the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company announced the expansion and revision of this plan, which further simplifies and flattens the corporate structure through elimination of redundancies between the segment and corporate functions, while enhancing our commercial and marketing processes to become even closer to our customers. Restructuring charges associated with this plan were $0.1 million and $1.5 million in the three months ended November 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
The following summarizes restructuring reserve activity for the IT&S reportable segment and corporate (in thousands):
(1) Majority of non-cash uses of reserve represents accelerated equity vesting with employee severance agreements.
Total restructuring charges (inclusive of the Other segment) were $0.2 million for the three months ended November 30, 2020, being reported in "Restructuring charges." Restructuring expenses related to Cortland U.S. (Other segment) were $0.1 million and $0.5 million in the three months ended November 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Restructuring reserves for Cortland U.S. were $0.2 million and $0.4 million as of November 30, 2020 and August 31, 2020, respectively.
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