In the Company announced it plans to close its Dongguan manufacturing facility in China, concurrent with the expiration of the facility lease in which was extended to The closure was formally approved by the Board of Directors in The closure of the Dongguan facility resulted in a reduced labor force by approximately employees. The employee group was notified of the closure in the last week of The closure of the Dongguan facility and majority of the cash outflows associated with the included within the restructuring liability was for severance and other exit costs which was substantially completed by the end of the quarter of Remaining activities include a small number of support staff performing administrative duties, professional services to be rendered with respect to the closure activities, taxes and duties to be settled in addition to severance payments. Substantially all of the costs are anticipated to be spent by the quarter of Manufacturing by the Company of certain products previously manufactured at the Dongguan facility has been transferred to the Company’s other manufacturing facilities. A restructuring charge of was recorded in the months ended relating to the announced planned closure.

 

During the months ended restructuring recoveries were recorded of primarily related to shipments and cash payments received on previously provisioned Dongguan inventory.

 

 

		Termination benefits and other exit costs
Balance as at December 29, 2019		$	1,597
Involuntary employee termination benefits			100
Other exit cost provisions reversed unutilized			(166	)
Payments—Dongguan severance			(476	)
Payments- (U.S., Canada and Mexico)			(168	)
At March 29, 2020		$	887