Restructuring and other costs, net include restructuring expenses as well as other charges that are unusual in nature, are the result of unplanned events, and arise outside of the ordinary course of our business such as employee severance costs, costs for consolidating duplicate facilities, and separation costs directly attributable to the Cerence business becoming a standalone public company. The following table sets forth accrual activity relating to restructuring reserves for the six months ended March 31, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

	Personnel			Facilities			Separation			Total
Balance at October 1, 2019	$	489		$	26		$	3,876		$	4,391
Restructuring and other costs, net		681			—			9,743			10,424
Cash payments		(657	)		(10	)		(9,719	)		(10,386	)
Foreign exchange impact on ending balance		(7	)		—			—			(7	)
Balance at March 31, 2020	$	506		$	16		$	3,900		$	4,422

The following table sets forth restructuring expenses recognized for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,					Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019			2020		2019
Personnel	$	321	$	220		$	681	$	(443	)
Facilities		—		(381	)		—		1,674
Separation		2,549		4,490			9,743		6,225
Restructuring and other costs, net	$	2,870	$	4,329		$	10,424	$	7,456

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recorded restructuring charges of $2.9 million, which included a $0.3 million severance charge related to the elimination of personnel, and $2.5 million related to the costs incurred to establish the Cerence business as a standalone public company.

For the six months ended March 31, 2020, we recorded restructuring charges of $10.4 million, which included a $0.7 million severance charge related to the elimination of personnel, and $9.7 million related to costs incurred to establish the Cerence business as a standalone public company.

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, we recorded restructuring charges of $4.3 million, which included a $0.2 million severance charge related to the elimination of personnel across multiple functions, $0.4 million restructuring charge reversal related to facilities that will no longer be utilized, and $4.5 million related to professional services fees incurred to establish the Cerence business as a standalone public company.

For the six months ended March 31, 2019, we recorded restructuring charges of $7.5 million, which included a $0.4 million severance charge reversal related to the elimination of personnel across multiple functions, $1.7 million primarily resulting from the restructuring of facilities that will no longer be utilized, and $6.2 million related to professional services fees incurred to establish the Cerence business as a standalone public company.