---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001530950-23-000399"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POST"
cik: "0001530950"
company_name: "Post Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T19:20:20.152367+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Post Holdings to close Lancaster cereal plant; sees $49-55M charges, $20M capex, $23-25M annual savings from FY2025

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001530950-23-000399
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POST
- cik: 0001530950
- company_name: Post Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095023000399/0001530950-23-000399-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095023000399/post-20231129.htm

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## Key facts
- Restructurings & Charges
  Post Holdings, Inc. announced a restructuring with charges of pre-tax charges of approximately $49 to $55 million in connection with the transfer of production capabilities to other Company locations and closure of the Fac affecting cereal manufacturing facility in Lancaster, Ohio (approximately 200 employees).
  - Type: restructuring
  - Charge: pre-tax charges of approximately $49 to $55 million in connection with the transfer of production capabilities to other Company locations and closure of the Fac
  - Affected area: cereal manufacturing facility in Lancaster, Ohio
  - Headcount: approximately 200 employees
  source text: locations and closure of the Facility is currently expected to be completed by the end of September 2024. The Company currently expects to incur pre-tax charges of approximately $49 to $55 million in connection with the transfer of production capabilities to other Company locations and closure of the Facility. Components of the pre-tax charges include cash
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530950/000153095023000399/0001530950-23-000399-index.htm

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