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Segment Information

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Segment Information
 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
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 sales 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; and coating and converting lines for the packaging, pharma, foil, décor and tissue industries. 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. See Note 17, "Subsequent Event" for a description of proposed transactions with respect to the SGK Brand Solutions business.

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, enterprise resource planning ("ERP") system 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 13.   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
December 31,
  2024 2023
Sales:  
Memorialization $ 190,486  $ 208,071 
Industrial Technologies 80,533  111,374 
SGK Brand Solutions 130,823  130,541 
Consolidated Sales $ 401,842  $ 449,986 
Adjusted EBITDA:    
Memorialization $ 36,612  $ 36,700 
Industrial Technologies 1,832  9,622 
SGK Brand Solutions 12,292  12,893 
Corporate and Non-Operating (10,713) (13,733)
Total Adjusted EBITDA $ 40,023  $ 45,482 
Acquisition and divestiture related items (1)**
(577) (1,237)
Strategic initiatives and other items (2)**†
(615) (5,920)
Highly inflationary accounting losses (primarily non-cash) (3)
(191) (320)
Stock-based compensation (4,979) (4,651)
Non-service pension and postretirement expense (4)
(133) (109)
Depreciation and amortization *
(22,504) (23,523)
Interest expense, including RPA and factoring financing fees (5)
(16,854) (12,751)
Loss before income taxes (5,830) (3,029)
Income tax benefit 2,358  726 
Net loss $ (3,472) $ (2,303)
(1) Includes certain non-recurring items associated with recent acquisition and divestiture activities.
(2) Includes certain non-recurring costs associated with commercial, operational and cost-reduction initiatives, and costs associated with global ERP system integration efforts. Also includes legal costs related to an ongoing dispute with Tesla, Inc. ("Tesla"), which totaled $6,867 and $2,370 for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively (see Note 16, "Legal Matter"). Fiscal 2025 includes $8,702 of net gains on the sales of certain significant property and other assets. Fiscal 2025 also includes loss recoveries totaling $1,170 which were related to a previously disclosed theft of funds by a former employee initially identified in fiscal 2015.
(3) Represents exchange losses associated with highly inflationary accounting related to the Company's Turkish subsidiaries (see Note 2, "Basis of Presentation").
(4) 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.
(5) Includes fees for receivables sold under the RPA and factoring arrangements totaling $1,172 and $1,175 for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
* Depreciation and amortization was $7,202 and $6,413 for the Memorialization segment, $5,674 and $6,377 for the Industrial Technologies segment, $8,860 and $9,572 for the SGK Brand Solutions segment, and $768 and $1,161 for Corporate and Non-Operating, for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
** Acquisition costs, ERP system integration costs, and strategic initiatives and other items were $1,303 and $60 for the Memorialization segment, $4,119 and $5,367 for the Industrial Technologies segment, $714 and $863 for the SGK Brand Solutions segment, and income of $4,944 and charges of $867 for Corporate and Non-Operating, for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
Note 13.   Segment Information (continued)

† Strategic initiatives and other items includes charges for exit and disposal activities (including severance and other employee terminations) totaling $313 and $1,961 for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Fiscal 2025 amounts totaling charges of $601 and income of $288 for the three months ended December 31, 2024 were presented in cost of sales and administrative expense, respectively. Fiscal 2024 amounts totaling charges of $1,902, income of $256 and charges of $315 for the three months ended December 31, 2023 were presented in cost of sales, selling expense, and administrative expense, respectively. Accrued severance and other termination benefits totaled $23,637 and $42,245 as of December 31, 2024 and September 30, 2024, respectively.