AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORP | 2013 | FY | 3


Note 11.  Employee Severance, Litigation and Other

 

The following table illustrates the charges incurred by the Company relating to employee severance, litigation and other for the three fiscal years ended September 30, 2013 (in thousands):

  2013 2012 2011
 Employee severance$ 491 $ 33,040 $ 4,382
 Litigation costs  -   -   16,000
 Deal-related transaction costs  22,976   11,100   3,185
  Total employee severance, litigation and other $ 23,467 $ 44,140 $ 23,567

During fiscal 2011, the Company introduced its Energiz program, which encompassed a combination of initiatives, to maximize salesforce productivity, improve customer contractual compliance, and drive efficiency by linking the Company's information technology capabilities more effectively with its operations. In connection with the Energiz program, which the Company completed as of September 30, 2011, the Company terminated 103 employees and incurred $4.4 million of severance costs. Additionally, in fiscal 2011, the Company accrued $16.0 million related to a preliminary settlement agreement with respect to a qui tam litigation matter.

 

During fiscal 2012, the Company introduced a number of initiatives, some of which were made possible as a result of efficiencies gained through the implementation of the Company's enterprise resource planning system, to improve its operating efficiency across many of its businesses and certain administrative functions. In connection with these initiatives, the Company recorded $33.0 million of employee severance and other related costs in fiscal 2012. Other costs included an estimated $10.3 million liability to exit the Company's participation in a multi-employer pension plan resulting from a distribution facility closure in fiscal 2013. Through September 30, 2013, a total of 314 employees were severed relating to the fiscal 2012 initiatives.

 

During fiscal 2013, the Company incurred $23.0 million of deal-related transaction costs (primarily related to professional fees with respect to the Walgreens and Alliance Boots transaction) and $0.5 million of employee severance and other related costs. During fiscal 2012, the Company incurred $11.1 million of deal-related transaction costs in connection with business combinations.

 

Employees receive their severance benefits over a period of time, generally not in excess of 12 months, or in the form of a lump-sum payment.

 

The following table displays the activity recorded within accrued expenses and other from September 30, 2011 to September 30, 2013 related to the matters discussed above (in thousands):

  Employee Litigation and  
  Severance  Other Total
 Balance as of September 30, 2011$ 3,610  $ 20,290  $ 23,900
  Expense recorded during the period 33,040   11,100   44,140
  Payments made during the period (5,668)   (13,537)   (19,205)
 Balance as of September 30, 2012 30,982   17,853   48,835
  Expense recorded during the period 491   22,976   23,467
  Payments made during the period (15,671)   (39,597)   (55,268)
 Balance as of September 30, 2013$ 15,802  $ 1,232  $ 17,034

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