Restructuring and Other Charges

The Company incurred no restructuring and other charges during the three months ended April 1, 2017. For the three months ended April 2, 2016, the Company incurred restructuring and other charges of $1.9 million, which consisted of $1.7 million of employee termination and severance costs and $0.3 million of other exit costs.

The restructuring and other charges for the three months ended April 2, 2016, were incurred primarily in the AMER segment and related largely to the Company's closure of its manufacturing facility in Fremont, California as a result of the Company’s optimization of its capacity to better reflect customer demand. The Company also recorded restructuring and other charges in the EMEA segment related to the partial closure of its Livingston, Scotland facility to align with reduced end-market demand, particularly in the oil and gas industry. These charges are recorded within "Restructuring and other charges" on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Restructuring liabilities are recorded within "Other accrued liabilities" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company incurred no restructuring and other charges during the six months ended April 1, 2017, For the six months ended April 2, 2016, the Company incurred restructuring costs of $3.4 million, which consisted of $3.1 million of employee termination and severance costs, primarily related to the Company's workforce in Fremont and Livingston, and $0.4 million of other exit costs.

In the three and six months ended April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, the Company did not recognize an income tax benefit for these restructuring and other charges due to tax losses in the jurisdictions where the restructuring and other charges occurred.

The Company's restructuring accrual activity for fiscal 2016 and the three and six months ended April 1, 2017 follows (in thousands):



	Employee Termination and Severance Costs			Other Exit Costs			Total
Accrued balance, October 3, 2015	$	—		$	—		$	—
Restructuring and other charges	5,255			1,779			7,034
Amounts utilized	(4,571		)	(1,621		)	(6,192		)
Accrued balance, October 1, 2016	$	684		$	158		$	842
Restructuring and other charges	—			—			—
Amounts utilized	(525		)	(106		)	(631		)
Accrued balance, December 31, 2016	$	159		$	52		$	211
Restructuring and other charges	—			—			—
Amounts utilized	(97		)	(7		)	(104		)
Accrued balance, April 1, 2017	$	62		$	45		$	107

The restructuring accrual balance is expected to be utilized by the end of the third fiscal quarter of 2017.