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Segment Information

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Segment Information
 6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information Segment Information
The Company manages its businesses under three segments: Memorialization, Industrial Technologies and SGK Brand Solutions. The Memorialization segment consists primarily of bronze and granite memorials and other memorialization products, caskets, cremation-related products, and cremation and incineration equipment primarily for the cemetery and funeral home industries. The Industrial Technologies segment includes the design, manufacturing, service and distribution of high-tech custom energy storage solutions, product identification and warehouse automation technologies and solutions, including order fulfillment systems for identifying, tracking, picking and conveying consumer and industrial products. The SGK Brand Solutions segment consists of brand management, pre-media services, printing plates and cylinders, imaging services, digital asset management, merchandising display systems, and marketing and design services primarily for the consumer goods and retail industries.

The Company's primary measure of segment profitability is adjusted earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization ("adjusted EBITDA"). Adjusted EBITDA is defined by the Company as earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization and certain non-cash and/or non-recurring items that do not contribute directly to management’s evaluation of its operating results. These items include stock-based compensation, the non-service portion of pension and postretirement expense, acquisition and divestiture costs, ERP integration costs, and strategic initiatives and other charges. This presentation is consistent with how the Company's chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”) evaluates the results of operations and makes strategic decisions about the business. For these reasons, the Company believes that adjusted EBITDA represents the most relevant measure of segment profit and loss.

In addition, the CODM manages and evaluates the operating performance of the segments, as described above, on a pre-corporate cost allocation basis. Accordingly, for segment reporting purposes, the Company does not allocate corporate costs to its reportable segments. Corporate costs include management and administrative support to the Company, which consists of certain aspects of the Company’s executive management, legal, compliance, human resources, information technology (including operational support) and finance departments. These costs are included within "Corporate and Non-Operating" in the following table to reconcile to consolidated adjusted EBITDA and are not considered a separate reportable segment. Management does not allocate non-operating items such as investment income, other income (deductions), net and noncontrolling interest to the segments.
Note 14.   Segment Information (continued)

The following table sets forth information about the Company's segments, including a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to net income.

Three Months Ended
March 31,		 Six Months Ended
March 31,
  2023 2022 2023 2022
Sales:  
Memorialization $ 222,889  $ 220,004  $ 429,391  $ 430,710 
Industrial Technologies 125,514  78,154  234,657  152,485 
SGK Brand Solutions 131,177  146,820  264,772  300,362 
Consolidated Sales $ 479,580  $ 444,978  $ 928,820  $ 883,557 
Adjusted EBITDA:        
Memorialization $ 48,030  $ 42,944  $ 87,167  $ 86,314 
Industrial Technologies 15,565  14,385  27,767  21,568 
SGK Brand Solutions 11,020  13,462  23,252  28,876 
Corporate and Non-Operating (16,168) (15,601) (30,448) (28,235)
Total Adjusted EBITDA $ 58,447  $ 55,190  $ 107,738  $ 108,523 
RPA and factoring financing fees (1)
(1,090) —  (1,546) — 
Acquisition and divestiture costs (2)**
(2,852) —  (4,137) — 
Strategic initiatives and other charges (3)**
(1,280) (6,750) (3,040) (10,573)
Non-recurring / incremental coronavirus disease 2019 ("COVID-19") costs (4)***
—  (1,213) —  (1,903)
Exchange losses related to highly inflationary accounting (5)
(160) —  (1,248) — 
Defined benefit plan termination related items (6)
—  79  (21) (347)
Asset write-downs (7)
—  (10,486) —  (10,486)
Stock-based compensation (4,278) (5,222) (8,612) (8,931)
Non-service pension and postretirement expense (8)
(83) (242) (1,471) (31,350)
Depreciation and amortization *
(24,148) (23,724) (47,877) (57,225)
Interest expense (12,047) (6,260) (22,262) (12,767)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests (2) (31) (58) (38)
Income (loss) before income taxes 12,507  1,341  17,466  (25,097)
Income tax (provision) benefit (3,382) (3,277) (4,694) 3,351 
Net income (loss) $ 9,125  $ (1,936) $ 12,772  $ (21,746)
Note 14.   Segment Information (continued)

(1) Represents fees for receivables sold under the RPA and factoring arrangements (see Note 7, "Debt and Financing Arrangements").
(2) Includes certain non-recurring costs associated with recent acquisition and divestiture activities.
(3) Includes certain non-recurring costs associated with productivity and cost-reduction initiatives intended to result in improved operating performance, profitability and working capital levels and costs associated with global ERP system integration efforts, net of loss recoveries related to a previously disclosed theft of funds by a former employee initially identified in fiscal 2015.
(4) Includes certain non-recurring direct incremental costs (such as costs for purchases of computer peripherals and devices to facilitate working-from-home, additional personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies and services, etc.) incurred in response to COVID-19. This amount does not include the impact of any lost sales or underutilization due to COVID-19.
(5) Represents exchange losses associated with highly inflationary accounting related to the Company's Turkish subsidiaries (see Note 2, "Basis of Presentation").
(6) Represents items associated with the termination of the Company's DB Plan, supplemental retirement plan and the defined benefit portion of the officers retirement restoration plan.
(7) Represents asset write-downs within the SGK Brand Solutions segment (see Note 17, "Asset Write-Downs").
(8) Non-service pension and postretirement expense includes interest cost, expected return on plan assets, amortization of actuarial gains and losses, curtailment gains and losses, and settlement gains and losses. These benefit cost components are excluded from adjusted EBITDA since they are primarily influenced by external market conditions that impact investment returns and interest (discount) rates. Curtailment gains and losses and settlement gains and losses are excluded from adjusted EBITDA since they generally result from certain non-recurring events, such as plan amendments to modify future benefits or settlements of plan obligations. The service cost and prior service cost components of pension and postretirement expense are included in the calculation of adjusted EBITDA, since they are considered to be a better reflection of the ongoing service-related costs of providing these benefits. Please note that GAAP pension and postretirement expense or the adjustment above are not necessarily indicative of the current or future cash flow requirements related to these employee benefit plans.
* Depreciation and amortization was $5,711 and $5,803 for the Memorialization segment, $5,916 and $2,531 for the Industrial Technologies segment, $11,319 and $14,060 for the SGK Brand Solutions segment, and $1,202 and $1,330 for Corporate and Non-Operating, for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Depreciation and amortization was $11,285 and $11,613 for the Memorialization segment, $11,769 and $5,184 for the Industrial Technologies segment, $22,379 and $37,785 for the SGK Brand Solutions segment, and $2,444 and $2,643 for Corporate and Non-Operating, for the six months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
** Acquisition and divestiture costs, ERP integration costs, and strategic initiatives and other charges were $333 and $516 for the Memorialization segment, $2,437 and $161 for the Industrial Technologies segment, $2,610 and $4,475 for the SGK Brand Solutions segment, and income of $1,248 and charges of $1,598 for Corporate and Non-Operating, for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Acquisition and divestiture costs, ERP integration costs, and strategic initiatives and other charges were $711 and $1,188 for the Memorialization segment, $3,374 and $193 for the Industrial Technologies segment, $3,131 and $5,703 for the SGK Brand Solutions segment, and income of $39 and charges of $3,489 for Corporate and Non-Operating, for the six months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
*** Non-recurring/incremental COVID-19 costs were $579 for the Memorialization segment, $1 for the Industrial Technologies segment, $170 for the SGK Brand Solutions segment, and $463 for Corporate and Non-Operating, for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Non-recurring/incremental COVID-19 costs were $1,043 for the Memorialization segment, $5 for the Industrial Technologies segment, $390 for the SGK Brand Solutions segment, and $465 for Corporate and Non-Operating, for the six months ended March 31, 2022.