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REPOSITIONING AND OTHER CHARGES | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Repositioning and Other Charges | Note 3. Repositioning and Other Charges A summary of repositioning and other charges follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019
Severance | $ | 66 |  |  | $ | 31 |
Asset impairments | 2 |  |  | 11 |
Exit costs | 15 |  |  | 18 |
Reserve adjustments | (13 | ) |  | (2 | )
Total net repositioning charge | 70 |  |  | 58 |
Asbestos related litigation charges, net of insurance and reimbursements | 11 |  |  | 11 |
Probable and reasonably estimable environmental liabilities, net of reimbursements | 8 |  |  | 14 |
Other | (27 | ) |  | 1 |
Total net repositioning and other charges | $ | 62 |  |  | $ | 84 |
The following table summarizes the pretax distribution of total net repositioning and other charges by classification:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019
Cost of products and services sold | $ | 20 |  |  | $ | 55 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 42 |  |  | 29 |
Other (income) expense | — |  |  | — |
| $ | 62 |  |  | $ | 84 |
The following table summarizes the pretax impact of total net repositioning and other charges by segment:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019
Aerospace | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 16 |
Honeywell Building Technologies | 25 |  |  | 8 |
Performance Materials and Technologies | 21 |  |  | (1 | )
Safety and Productivity Solutions | 6 |  |  | 5 |
Corporate | (1 | ) |  | 56 |
| $ | 62 |  |  | $ | 84 |
In the quarter ended March 31, 2020, we recognized gross repositioning charges totaling $83 million including severance costs of $66 million related to workforce reductions of 2,124 manufacturing and administrative positions across our segments. The workforce reductions were primarily related to our productivity and ongoing functional transformation initiatives. In the quarter ended March 31, 2019, we recognized gross repositioning charges totaling $60 million including severance costs of $31 million related to workforce reductions of 1,047 manufacturing and administrative positions mainly in Corporate, Aerospace and Honeywell Building Technologies. The workforce reductions were primarily related to our productivity and ongoing functional transformation initiatives and to site transitions in Aerospace to more cost-effective locations. The following table summarizes the status of our total repositioning reserves:
| Severance Costs |  | Asset Impairments |  | Exit Costs |  | Total
December 31, 2019 | $ | 555 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 96 |  |  | $ | 651 |
Charges | 66 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 83 |
Usage - cash | (70 | ) |  | — |  |  | (18 | ) |  | (88 | )
Usage - noncash | — |  |  | (2 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2 | )
Foreign currency translation | (6 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (6 | )
Adjustments | (12 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | (13 | )
March 31, 2020 | $ | 533 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 92 |  |  | $ | 625 |
Certain repositioning projects will recognize exit costs in future periods when the actual liability is incurred. Such exit costs incurred in the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 were $11 million and $3 million, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2175745 + Details
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