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Restructuring Charges Restructuring Charges(Notes)
 12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2023
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure [Text Block]
Note 4. 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 Company's operating structure by the Company's new President & Chief Executive Officer (hired effective October 2021), the Company recorded a benefit of less than $0.1 million and $5.2 million of charges for the year ended August 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively, in order to further simplify and streamline the organizational structure. Restructuring charges associated with the fiscal 2019 plan were $2.1 million for the year ended August 31, 2021. The total cumulative charges for the 2019 plan, which ended in the third quarter of fiscal 2022, were $18.0 million.
On June 27, 2022, the Company approved a new restructuring plan in connection with the initiatives identified as part of the ASCEND transformation program (see Note 3, “ASCEND Transformation Program”) to drive greater efficiency and productivity in global selling, general and administrative resources. The total costs of this plan were then estimated at $6 to $10.0 million, constituting predominately severance and other employee-related costs to be incurred as cash expenditures impacting both IT&S and Corporate. On September 23, 2022, the Company approved an updated restructuring plan. The costs of this updated plan (which includes the amounts for the plan approved in June) are estimated at $10 to $15 million. These costs are expected to be incurred over the expected duration of the transformation program, ending in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024. For the year ended August 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded $7.7 million and $3.1 million of restructuring charges associated with the ASCEND transformation program.
The following summarizes restructuring reserve activity for the IT&S segment and Corporate (which for the year ended August 31, 2023 excludes $0.6 million of charges associated with ASCEND transformation plan for Corporate, and for the year ended August 31, 2022 excludes $0.8 million and $0.5 million of charges associated with the 2019 Plan for IT&S and Corporate, respectively, associated with the accelerated vesting of equity awards which has no impact on the restructuring reserve) (in thousands):
Year Ended August 31, 2023
2019 Plan ASCEND Plan
IT&S Corporate IT&S Corporate
Balance as of August 31, 2022 $ 212  $ 6  $ 2,008  $ 797 
Restructuring charges (32) (6) 6,035  1,054 
Cash payments (99) —  (5,453) (1,779)
Other non-cash uses of reserve (84) —  (498) — 
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates 3  —  146  2 
Balance as of August 31, 2023 $ —  $ —  $ 2,238  $ 74 
Year Ended August 31, 2022
2019 Plan ASCEND Plan
IT&S Corporate IT&S Corporate
Balance as of August 31, 2021 $ 1,737  $ 26  $ —  $ — 
Restructuring charges 2,812  1,052  2,228  824 
Cash payments (4,212) (1,072) (220) (27)
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates (125) —  —  — 
Balance as of August 31, 2022 $ 212  $ 6  $ 2,008  $ 797 
Total restructuring charges (inclusive of the Other operating segment) for the year ended August 31, 2023 were $7.7 million which included approximately $0.6 million of charges being reported in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in "Cost of products sold," with the balance of the charges reported on "Restructuring charges." Total restructuring charges (inclusive of the Other operating segment) being reported in "Restructuring charges" were $8.1 million and $2.4 million for the year ended August 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Restructuring and Related Costs
Year Ended August 31, 2023
2019 Plan ASCEND Plan
IT&S Corporate IT&S Corporate
Balance as of August 31, 2022 $ 212  $ 6  $ 2,008  $ 797 
Restructuring charges (32) (6) 6,035  1,054 
Cash payments (99) —  (5,453) (1,779)
Other non-cash uses of reserve (84) —  (498) — 
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates 3  —  146  2 
Balance as of August 31, 2023 $ —  $ —  $ 2,238  $ 74 
Year Ended August 31, 2022
2019 Plan ASCEND Plan
IT&S Corporate IT&S Corporate
Balance as of August 31, 2021 $ 1,737  $ 26  $ —  $ — 
Restructuring charges 2,812  1,052  2,228  824 
Cash payments (4,212) (1,072) (220) (27)
Impact of changes in foreign currency rates (125) —  —  — 
Balance as of August 31, 2022 $ 212  $ 6  $ 2,008  $ 797