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Restructuring Charges (Notes)

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Restructuring Charges (Notes)
 6 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2022
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure [Text Block]
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 restructuring plan focused on (i) the integration of the Enerpac and Hydratight businesses (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 simplified and flattened 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. Upon assessment of the the Company's operating structure by the Company's new President & Chief Executive Officer (hired effective October 2021), the Company recorded $1.9 million and $4.6 million of charges in the three and six months ended February 28, 2022 in order to further simplify and streamline the organizational structure. Restructuring charges associated with expansion of the fiscal 2019 plan were $0.6 million and $0.7 million in the three and six months ended February 28, 2021.
The following summarizes restructuring reserve activity (which for the six months ended February 28, 2022 excludes $0.8 million and $0.5 million of charges for IT&S and Corporate, respectively, and for the six months ended February 28, 2021 excludes less than $0.1 million of charges for IT&S, associated with the accelerated vesting of equity awards which has no impact on the restructuring reserve) for the IT&S segment and Corporate (in thousands):
Six Months Ended February 28, 2022
IT&S Corporate
Balance as of August 31, 2021 $ 1,737  $ 26 
Restructuring charges 2,271  1,000 
Cash payments (2,555) (995)
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates (37) — 
Balance as of February 28, 2022 $ 1,416  $ 31 
Six Months Ended February 28, 2021
IT&S Corporate
Balance as of August 31, 2020 $ 1,443  $ 267 
Restructuring charges 674  9 
Cash payments (1,107) (250)
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates 15  — 
Balance as of February 28, 2021 $ 1,025  $ 26 
Total restructuring charges (inclusive of the Other segment) were $1.8 million and $4.6 million in the three and six months ended February 28, 2022, respectively, and $0.6 million and $0.9 million in the three and six months ended February 28, 2021, respectively, being reported in "Restructuring charges."
There were no restructuring charges related to Cortland U.S. (Other segment) in three and six months ended February 28, 2022. Restructuring expenses for Cortland U.S. were less than $0.1 million and $0.2 million in the three and six months ended February 28, 2021, respectively. Restructuring reserves for Cortland U.S. were $0.1 million as of February 28, 2022 and August 31, 2021, respectively.