Restructuring, Integration, and Other Expenses
In fiscal 2024, the Company initiated a restructuring plan to improve operating income by reducing SG&A expenses including within the Farnell operating group. In the second quarter of fiscal 2025, these efforts continued, leading to $4.0 million in restructuring, integration, and other expenses primarily for Farnell.
As a result of these initiatives, the Company recorded total restructuring, integration, and other expense in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 of $3.8 million comprised of severance and other employee-related expenses of $4.3 million, $0.1 million of facility exit costs primarily related to an office closure in the Americas, $1.7 million of integration and other costs, and a benefit of $2.3 million for changes in estimates for costs associated with prior year restructuring actions. The after-tax impact of restructuring, integration, and other expenses were $2.7 million and $0.03 per share on a diluted basis.
During the first six months of fiscal 2025, the Company incurred restructuring, integration, and other expense costs of $30.1 million. Restructuring expenses consisted of severance and other employee-related expenses of $7.7 million for reduction of over 150 employees across the Company, $5.3 million of facility exit costs primarily related to an office closure in the Americas, $14.9 million of asset impairments, $4.7 million of integration and other costs, and a benefit of $2.5 million for changes in estimates for costs associated with prior year restructuring actions. The after-tax impact of restructuring, integration, and other expenses were $22.3 million and $0.25 per share on a diluted basis.
Comparatively, the Company recorded restructuring, integration, and other expenses of $5.2 million and $12.3 million during the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2024, respectively.
See Note 13 “Restructuring expenses” to the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Operating Income
Operating income for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 was $155.3 million, a decrease of $80.9 million or 34.3%, year over year. Operating income margin for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 was 2.7%, a decrease of 107 basis points compared to 3.8% in the second quarter of fiscal 2024. The decreases in operating income and operating income margin are primarily due to the decrease in gross profit primarily from lower sales without a proportionate decrease in SG&A expenses, and restructuring, integration and other expenses, as discussed above. Adjusted operating income for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 was $159.5 million, a decrease of $82.7 million, or 34.2%. Adjusted operating income margin for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 was 2.8% compared to 3.9% in the second quarter of fiscal 2024.
Comparing the second quarter of fiscal 2025 to the second quarter of fiscal 2024, EC operating income decreased 26.7% to $181.6 million, and EC operating income margin decreased 85 basis points to 3.4%, with a decrease in the EMEA region offset by improvements in the Americas and Asia regions. Farnell operating income decreased 77.9% to $3.5 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 and Farnell operating income margin decreased 299 basis points year over year to 1.0%. The decreases in operating income and operating income margin in both operating groups are due to the decrease in gross profit primarily from lower sales without a proportionate decrease in SG&A expenses.
Operating income for the first six months of fiscal 2025 was $297.6 million, a decrease of $192.5 million, from the first six months of fiscal 2024 operating income of $490.0 million. The year-over-year decrease in operating income was primarily due to the decrease in sales, and lower gross profit margin, partially offset by the favorable impact from foreign currency exchange rates. Adjusted operating income for the first six months of fiscal 2025 was $328.4 million, a decrease of $175.5 million or 34.8% from the first six months of fiscal 2024. Operating income margin was 2.6% in the first six months of fiscal 2025, a decrease of 127 basis points compared to 3.9% in the prior year first six months.
Interest and Other Financing Expenses, Net and Other Expense, Net
Interest and other financing expenses in the second quarter of fiscal 2025 were $62.4 million, a decrease of $11.9 million as compared to $74.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2024. Interest and other financing expenses in the first six months of fiscal 2025 were $126.8 million, a decrease of $18.3 million, as compared with interest and other