Given our expectations for market demand, we have amplified our ongoing discipline and expense management.

Aug 1, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Howard Coker, CEO | earnings call 2023-08-01 | transcript 24077edd-00e8-428e-8cad-b88ec7938c6f | chars 14024-14130 | segment 14

Lower expenses tied to COVID, such as travel and group medical, were offset by health and safety costs incurred for the pandemic, strategic spend on technology applications, as well as the addition of acquisitions.

Oct 22, 2020 / receipt, needs a key / Julie Albrecht, CFO | earnings call 2020-10-22 | transcript f54947fd-ef08-4bc2-a201-c0d99aab840f | chars 4712-4926 | segment 4

Also, we'll continue our focus on controllable cost reductions in areas such as travel.

Oct 22, 2020 / receipt, needs a key / Julie, CFO | earnings call 2020-10-22 | transcript f54947fd-ef08-4bc2-a201-c0d99aab840f | chars 14848-14935 | segment 15

SG&A expenses of $121 million were favorable year-over-year by $10 million, driven by a significant focus on reducing controllable costs, as well as the impact of the pandemic to reduce expenses like travel and employee medical.

Jul 16, 2020 / receipt, needs a key / Julie Albrecht, CFO | earnings call 2020-07-16 | transcript b129f3d3-a59f-41d1-a8b2-9f713fecc3fc | chars 3661-3889 | segment 3

Also, we will continue our focus on controllable cost reductions in areas such as travel, and we expect certain other costs, like employee medical expense, to continue at lower levels due to COVID-19.

Jul 16, 2020 / receipt, needs a key / Julie, CFO | earnings call 2020-07-16 | transcript b129f3d3-a59f-41d1-a8b2-9f713fecc3fc | chars 13275-13475 | segment 13

If you look at where the productivity was driven from this particular quarter, a lot of it was on the SG&A side in terms of savings as it related to less travel, etc.

Jul 16, 2020 / receipt, needs a key / Julie, CFO | earnings call 2020-07-16 | transcript b129f3d3-a59f-41d1-a8b2-9f713fecc3fc | chars 25994-26160 | segment 26

Lower travel, lower employee medical expenses.

Jul 16, 2020 / receipt, needs a key / Julie, CFO | earnings call 2020-07-16 | transcript b129f3d3-a59f-41d1-a8b2-9f713fecc3fc | chars 30425-30471 | segment 31

But, you know, clearly in March and really the second half of March when we really moved into, A lot from an overhead perspective, by that I mean office workers working remotely, obviously a dramatic decrease in travel.

Apr 16, 2020 / receipt, needs a key / Julie, other | earnings call 2020-04-16 | transcript 8a2a0ee1-2797-42ac-87e3-95aff8a9d1a3 | chars 28216-28435 | segment 28

You've got - and then you've got things that we, I guess, started doing at the end of the second quarter, less travel, obviously people working remotely, so you think about less, you know, costs around meetings that are even in-house and that type of thing.

Apr 16, 2020 / receipt, needs a key / Julie, other | earnings call 2020-04-16 | transcript 8a2a0ee1-2797-42ac-87e3-95aff8a9d1a3 | chars 28716-28973 | segment 29

Disciplined margin management via commercial initiatives & productivity execution

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Productivity & commercial initiatives driving higher profit levels

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

Disciplined margin management via commercial initiatives & productivity execution

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

Productivity & commercial initiatives driving higher profit levels

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

Favorable productivity by $7.3 million

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

Execution on productivity and fixed cost reductions

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

Atizapan closure - Balances NA mill network

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

EMEA footprint actions

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Further debt paydown to ~3.4X end of 2025

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Further restructuring actions in 2026

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Lower Cost Structure to Serve Fewer, Bigger Businesses

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Optimize Operations Network

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