Company: NGVT
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001653477-25-000015
Chunk: 795

Company: Ingevity Corp
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 3
Chunk 795
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 of any financing component, as it is not significant.Cost of sales: Costs primarily consist of the cost of inventory sold and other production related costs. These costs include raw materials, direct labor, manufacturing overhead, packaging costs, and maintenance costs. Shipping and handling costs are recorded within Cost of sales on the consolidated statements of operations. Royalty expense: We have licensing agreements with third parties requiring us to pay royalties for certain technologies we use in the manufacturing of our products. Royalty expense is recognized as incurred and recorded within Cost of sales on the consolidated statements of operations.Selling, general, and administrative expenses: Costs are expensed as incurred and primarily include employee compensation costs related to sales and office personnel, office expenses, and other expenses not directly related to our manufacturing operations. Costs also include advertising and promotional costs.Research and technical expenses: Costs are expensed as incurred and primarily include employee compensation, technical equipment costs, material testing, and innovation-related expenses. Restructuring and other (income) charges, net: We regularly perform strategic reviews and assess the return on our operations, which sometimes results in a plan to restructure the business. The cost and benefit of these strategic restructuring initiatives are recorded within Restructuring and other (income) charges, net on the consolidated statement of operations. These costs are excluded from our operating segment results.We record an accrual for severance and other costs under the provisions of the relevant accounting guidance. Additionally, in some restructuring plans, write-downs of long-lived assets may occur. Two types of assets are impacted: assets to be disposed of by sale and assets to be abandoned. Assets to be disposed of by sale are measured at the lower of carrying amount or estimated net proceeds from the sale. Assets to be abandoned with no remaining future service potential are written down to amounts expected to be recovered. The useful lives of assets to be abandoned that have a remaining future service potential are adjusted and depreciation is recorded over the adjusted useful life. Non-operating income and expense: Non-operating income and expenses are included within Other (income) expense, net on the consolidated statement of operations. Included within Other (income) expense, net, among other items, are gains and losses associated with crude tall oil ("CTO") resales and CTO supply contract termination charges. As further described in Note 15, due to the actions taken and the corresponding reduced CTO refining capacity, we were obligated, under an existing CTO supply contract, to purchase CTO volumes through 2025 at