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Restructuring Charges (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Restructuring Charges | The following table summarizes Mattel's severance and other restructuring charges activity related to the Structural Simplification cost savings program for the nine months ended September 30, 2019:
| Liability at December 31, 2018 |  | Charges |  | Payments/Utilization |  | Liability at September 30, 2019
| (In thousands)
Severance | $ | 27,670 |  |  | $ | 10,179 |  |  | $ | (27,174 | ) |  | $ | 10,675 |
Other restructuring charges (a) | 13,722 |  |  | 8,383 |  |  | (18,320 | ) |  | 3,785 |
| $ | 41,392 |  |  | $ | 18,562 |  |  | $ | (45,494 | ) |  | $ | 14,460 |
______________________________________________________________________ (a) Consists primarily of consulting fees. The following table summarizes Mattel's severance and other restructuring charges activity related to the Capital Light initiative for the nine months ended September 30, 2019:
| Liability at December 31, 2018 |  | Charges |  | Payments/Utilization |  | Liability at September 30, 2019
| (In thousands)
Severance | $ | — |  |  | $ | 15,879 |  |  | $ | (1,114 | ) |  | $ | 14,765 |
Other restructuring charges (a) | — |  |  | 11,913 |  |  | (6,374 | ) |  | 5,539 |
| $ | — |  |  | $ | 27,792 |  |  | $ | (7,488 | ) |  | $ | 20,304 |
______________________________________________________________________ (a) Consists primarily of plant restructuring non-cash charges and exit obligation.

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