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Post Holdings, Inc. (POST): restructuring charge — Post Holdings to close Lancaster cereal plant; sees $49-55M charges, $20M capex, $23-25M annual savings from FY2025
Post Holdings, Inc.
- Lancaster, OH cereal plant to close by end of September 2024; ~200 employees impacted.
- Pre-tax charges of $49-55M including $15-19M cash severance/pension and $32M accelerated depreciation.
- Capital expenditures of ~$20M incremental to FY2024 capex guidance of $400-425M for production transfer.
- Annual cost savings of $23-25M expected starting in fiscal year 2025.
- Facility added in June 2021 via acquisition of TreeHouse Foods ready-to-eat cereal business.