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MERGER, ACQUISITION TERMINATION, AND RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITY (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Summary of Major Components of Merger, Restructuring and Other Operating Expenses, Net | The table below and narrative that follow provide the major components of Merger, restructuring and other operating (income) expenses, net.
|  | Third Quarter |  |  | Year-to-Date |
(In millions) |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Merger related expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Transaction and integration |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 30 |
Facility closure, contract termination, and other expenses, net |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 21 |
Total Merger related expenses |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | 51 |
Staples Acquisition (income) expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Retention |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 15 |
Transaction |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 43 |
Termination Fee |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (250 | )
Total Staples Acquisition (income) expenses |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (192 | )
Comprehensive Business Review and other restructuring expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Severance |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | 13 |
Facility closure, contract termination, professional fees and other expenses, net |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | 6 |
Total Comprehensive Business Review and other restructuring expenses |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | 42 |  |  |  | 19 |
Acquisition related expenses – Refer to Note 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | — |
Total Merger, restructuring and other operating (income) expenses, net |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | 62 |  |  | $ | (122 | )
Facility Closure and Severance Costs | These charges are excluded from the table below because they are expensed as incurred, non-cash, or otherwise not associated with the merger and restructuring balance sheet accounts.
|  |  |  |  | Year-to-Date 2017 |  |  |  |
(In millions) |  | Balance as of December 31, 2016 |  |  | Charges Incurred |  |  | Cash Payments |  |  | Balance as of September 30, 2017 |
Termination benefits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Merger related accruals |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | 2 |
Comprehensive Business Review |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | (27 | ) |  |  | 7 |
Lease and contract obligations, accruals for facilities closures and other costs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Merger related accruals |  |  | 40 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | (24 | ) |  |  | 20 |
Comprehensive Business Review |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | (13 | ) |  |  | 9 |
Total |  | $ | 66 |  |  | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | (68 | ) |  | $ | 38 |
Assets Held for Sale Activity | The assets held for sale activity for year-to-date 2017 is presented in the table below.
(In millions) |  |  |
Balance as of December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 23 |
Disposition |  |  | (23 | )
Balance as of September 30, 2017 |  | $ | — |

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