NOTE 13 – RESTRUCTURING CHARGES

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded $2,285,000 in restructuring expense.  This consisted of severance and related benefits costs due to the restructuring within the Suttle business segment, including costs related to the closure of the Costa Rica facility. We transferred substantially all of the production from Costa Rica to Minnesota by the end of the second quarter of 2017 and completed the closure in the third quarter of 2017. In the third quarter of 2017, we identified $505,000 of equipment, net of accumulated depreciation, that we determined we would no longer use as a result of consolidating our operations in the Minnesota location.  We were not able to make this determination until we observed and assessed the condition of the equipment once it arrived in Minnesota. The loss on the disposal of this equipment is included in restructuring expense on the consolidated statement of loss and comprehensive loss. The Company paid $1,780,000 in restructuring charges during 2017 and had $0 in restructuring accruals recorded at December 31, 2017. We do not expect any material restructuring costs in 2018.