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Activity for the Service Alignment Initiative liability for fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2018 was as follows: 

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## NOTE 6. OTHER (INCOME)/EXPENSE, NET 

Other (income)/expense, net consists of the following: 

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The charges within non-service components of pension expense, net include $48.2 million of non-cash settlement charges and of special termination benefits related to the Voluntary Early Retirement Program (“VERP”), for the twelve months ended June 30, 2019, offset by $54.9 million related to other components of net periodic pension cost for the twelve months ended June 30, 2019. Refer to Note 1 and Note 12 for further information. 

In fiscal 2019, the Company wrote down $12.1 million of internally developed software which was determined to have no future use due to redundant software identified as part of a recent acquisition. 

Additionally in fiscal 2019, the Company recognized a gain of $4.1 million for the sale of assets in relation to the Service Alignment Initiative, and a gain $15.7 million in relation to the sale of investment held at cost acquired in prior years and subsequently sold, in Other (income)/expense, net, on the Statement of Consolidated Earnings. 

