In each of the first and third quarters of fiscal 2024, management approved a restructuring plan to redirect resources to highest return activities and reduce costs. Each plan included a global workforce reduction of approximately 1% for which restructuring charges, comprised of employee severance related expenses, were recorded during the first nine months of fiscal 2024. The plan initiated during the first quarter also included optimization of our global office space for our hybrid work model. In connection with that plan, we terminated certain real estate leases in various countries during the first nine months of fiscal 2024, resulting in restructuring charges primarily comprised of lease termination charges. The activities under these plans were substantially complete by the end of fiscal 2024.

In fiscal 2023, we executed, or continued to execute, restructuring plans to redirect resources to highest return activities, reduce costs and establish our international headquarters in Cork, Ireland. These plans collectively reduced our global workforce by approximately 9%, and resulted in restructuring charges comprised primarily of employee severance-related costs and legal and tax-related professional fees. Activities under these plans were substantially complete by the end of fiscal 2023.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2022, we executed a restructuring plan to reduce the amount of office space we occupied as we allow more employees to work remotely. In connection with the plan, we also reduced our global workforce by approximately 1%. Charges related to the plan consisted primarily of office relocation costs, lease termination fees, and employee severance-related costs. Substantially all activities under the plan had been completed by the end of fiscal 2022.

Activities related to our restructuring plans are summarized as follows (in millions):


	Total
Balance as of April 30, 2021	$	1
Net charges		33
Cash payments		(31	)
Balance as of April 29, 2022		3
Net charges		120
Cash payments		(87	)
Balance as of April 28, 2023		36
Net charges		44
Cash payments		(70	)
Balance as of April 26, 2024	$	10

Liabilities for our restructuring activities are included in accrued expenses in our consolidated balance sheets.