Item 1A. Risk Factors
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors of our 2023 Annual Report sets forth information relating to important risks and uncertainties that could materially adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition and operating results. Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes in Ingevity's risk factors disclosed in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors of our 2023 Annual Report for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.
The repositioning of our Performance Chemicals business will negatively impact the company’s net sales and may otherwise adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations during this transition period.
On November 1, 2023 and July 31, 2024, we announced a number of strategic actions designed to further reposition our Performance Chemicals reportable segment to improve the profitability and reduce the cyclicality of the company as a whole. These initiatives—including the closure of our plants in DeRidder, Louisiana and Crossett, Arkansas—will focus on reducing exposure to lower margin end-use markets of our industrial specialties product line, such as adhesives, publication inks, and oilfield, approximately 45 percent of our industrial specialties product line historical annualized net sales.
We expect to incur aggregate charges of approximately $350 million associated with the Performance Chemicals' repositioning, consisting of approximately $250 million in asset-related charges, approximately $25 million in severance and other employee-related costs, and approximately $75 million in other restructuring costs, including decommissioning, dismantling and removal charges, and CTO supply contract termination costs. The company expects approximately $250 million of the total charges to be non-cash. The charges the company currently expects to incur in connection with these actions, and the timing thereof, are subject to a number of assumptions and risks, and the actual results may differ materially. The company may also incur other material charges not currently contemplated due to events that may occur as a result of, or in connection with, these actions.
These actions have, and may continue to, adversely affect the company’s financial condition and results of operations.
There may be negative impacts to our business arising out of the closure of our manufacturing facility in Crossett, Arkansas.
On July 31, 2024, we announced our plan to close our manufacturing facility in Crossett, Arkansas (the “Crossett Facility”). The anticipated timing, charges, and costs of the closure of the Crossett Facility could materially differ from our estimates if the plant closure results in adverse legal or regulatory actions, if personnel required to effect the shutdown become unavailable, or we are affected by other factors not currently contemplated.
Adverse weather conditions may impact the demand for some of our products in our road technologies product line and could negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations.
Our road technologies business is seasonal in nature, with roughly 70 to 75 percent of revenue generated between April and September each year. Adverse weather conditions, which directly affect the ability to engage in paving and/or road marking activity, have had, and going forward may have, an adverse effect on sales in the road technologies product line if such conditions result in lower customer demand due to a shortened season.
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