Company: NEOG
Filing Date: 2025-01-15
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000950170-25-005818
Chunk: 58

Company: NEOGEN CORP
Filing Date: 2025-01-15
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 58
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 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) Pillar 2 global minimum tax rules, which generally provide for a minimum effective tax rate of 15%, are intended to apply for tax years beginning in 2024. The Company is closely monitoring developments and evaluating the impact these new rules will have on its tax rate, including eligibility to qualify for certain safe harbors. Where no safe harbor is met, the Company has included a forecasted amount of “top-up” tax for its foreign subsidiaries as required under the applicable rules of the countries that have adopted the Pillar Two directives, in its income tax benefit for the three and six months ended November 30, 2024.The total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate as of November 30, 2024 and May 31, 2024 were $3,691 and $2,739, respectively. Increases in unrecognized tax benefits are primarily associated with the acquired 3M FSD, including positions for transfer pricing and research and development credits.

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8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES The Company is involved in environmental remediation and monitoring activities at its Randolph, Wisconsin manufacturing facility and accrues for related costs, when such costs are determined to be probable and estimable. The Company currently utilizes a pump and treat remediation strategy, which includes semi-annual monitoring and reporting, consulting, and maintenance of monitoring wells. These annual remediation costs are expensed and have ranged from $38 to $131 per year over the past five years. The Company’s estimated remaining liability for these costs is $916 as of both November 30, 2024 and May 31, 2024, measured on an undiscounted basis over an estimated period of 15 years. In fiscal 2019, the Company performed an updated Corrective Measures Study on the site, per a request from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ("WDNR"), and is currently working with the WDNR regarding potential alternative remediation strategies going forward. The Company believes that the current pump and treat strategy is appropriate for the site. In fiscal 2022, in collaboration with the WDNR, the Company initiated an in-situ chemical remediation pilot study, which ran over a two-year period. The results of this study were submitted to the WDNR as part of our standard annual report. If the WDNR were to require a change from the current pump and treat remediation strategy, this change could result in an increase in future costs and, ultimately