Restructuring Charges and Asset Impairments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring Charges and Asset Impairments

Restructuring Charges and Asset Impairments

Restructuring Charges

Activity in our restructuring reserves for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was as follows:

	Severance and benefits costs			Other exit costs			Total
Balance at January 1, 2019	$	13,641		$	1,808		$	15,449
Expenses, net	12,498			845			13,343
Cash payments	(16,362		)	(2,483		)	(18,845		)
Balance at September 30, 2019	$	9,777		$	170		$	9,947
Balance at January 1, 2018	$	42,151		$	1,569		$	43,720
Expenses, net	13,637			5,134			18,771
Cash payments	(37,492		)	(1,750		)	(39,242		)
Balance at September 30, 2018	$	18,296		$	4,953		$	23,249

The majority of the remaining restructuring reserves are expected to be paid over the next 12 to 24 months.

Asset Impairments

Asset impairment charges were $42 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and primarily include the impairment of capitalized software costs related to the development of a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in our international markets.