Severance and Other Charges

Severance, exit and other charges consist of the following (in thousands):



	Years Ended December 31,
	2017			2016
Employee severance expense	$	139		$	1,227
Lease exit costs	(619		)	1,328
Total severance and other charges	$	(480	)	$	2,555

During 2016, the Company accrued approximately $1.3 million of lease exit costs associated with its manufacturing facility in Canada. In addition, the Company incurred additional severance costs of approximately $1.2 million associated with its Canadian manufacturing facility as well as other North American locations.

In the third quarter of 2017, the Company incurred severance charges related to the sale of its Durafit business as well as the contraction in its operations team in response to the permanent decrease in sales to Honda. In the second quarter of 2017, the Company reached an agreement with the property owner of its former Canadian facility to exit the lease prior to its December 2018 termination. Severance and other charges reflect the reduction of the liability for the remaining estimated costs relative to the closed facility.

The following summarizes the activity in the Company's accrual for severance and other exit costs (in thousands):



	Severance			Lease Exit Costs			Total
December 31, 2015	$	1,092		$	—		$	1,092
Provision	1,227			1,328			2,555
Payments	(1,601		)	(308		)	(1,909		)
December 31, 2016	$	718		$	1,020		$	1,738
Provision	139			(619		)	(480		)
Payments	(829		)	(401		)	(1,230		)
December 31, 2017(1)	$	28		$	—		$	28

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(1)	The Company paid this in January 2018.