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PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ:PRXL) Files An 8-K Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities

PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ:PRXL) Files An 8-K Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal ActivitiesItem 2.05. Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.

On January 6, 2017, the Chairman and CEO and the Corporate Vice President and Interim CFO of PAREXEL International Corporation (the “Company”) approved a plan to restructure its operations to improve the productivity and efficiency of the company, simplify the organization, and streamline decision-making, thereby enhancing client engagement. The restructuring initiative is company-wide. These actions are expected to result in pre-tax charges in the range of $25 million to $35 million, all of which are anticipated to be cash expenditures. The Company expects to record a pre-tax charge in the third quarter of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 (“Fiscal Year 2017”) in the range of $20 million to $27 million, with the remainder of the charges to be incurred by the end of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 (“Fiscal Year 2018”). The charges will include approximately $24 million to $32 million in employee separation costs and approximately $1 million to $3 million in other costs. The Company anticipates completing restructuring activities by the end of Fiscal Year 2018, and expects the charges to result in annual pre-tax savings of approximately $7 million to $10 million over the course of Fiscal Year 2017 and approximately $30 million to $40 million on an annualized basis when fully completed.
About PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ:PRXL)
PAREXEL International Corporation (PAREXEL) is a biopharmaceutical outsourcing services company. The Company provides a range of expertise in clinical research, clinical logistics, medical communications, consulting, commercialization, and technology products and services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Its segments include Clinical Research Services (CRS), PAREXEL Consulting Services (PC) and PAREXEL Informatics (PI). The CRS segment includes various phases of clinical research from first-in-man trials, where a medicinal entity is tested on human subjects for the first time, through post-marketing studies, following approval by the presiding regulatory body. The PC segment provides technical expertise and advice in areas, such as strategy, drug development, regulatory affairs, strategic compliance and targeted communications services in support of product launch. The Company’s PI segment provides information technology solutions. PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ:PRXL) Recent Trading Information
PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ:PRXL) closed its last trading session down -0.43 at 68.29 with 620,324 shares trading hands.
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