text: KEMET CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
text: Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
text: A summary of the expenses aggregated on the Consolidated Statements of Operations line item “Restructuring charges” in the fiscal years ended March 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, is as follows (amounts in thousands):
text: Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2019
text: The Company incurred $8.8 million in restructuring charges in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, including $2.8 million in personnel reduction costs and $6.0 million in relocation and exit costs. The personnel reduction costs of $2.8 million were primarily due to $0.9 million in costs related to headcount reductions in the TOKIN legacy group across various internal and operational functions, $0.3 million in severance charges related to personnel reductions in the Film and Electrolytic reportable segment resulting from a reorganization of the segment's management structure, and $1.6 million in costs related to reorganization in the Solid Capacitors reportable segment due to a permanent structural change driven by a decline of MnO2 products. The relocation and exit costs of $6.0 million were primarily due to $3.4 million in costs related to the Company's relocation of its tantalum powder equipment from Carson City, Nevada to its plant in Matamoros, Mexico and $2.3 million in costs related to the relocation of axial electrolytic production equipment from Granna, Sweden to its plant in Evora, Portugal.
text: Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2018
text: The Company incurred $14.8 million in restructuring charges in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018, including $12.6 million related to personnel reduction costs and $2.3 million of relocation and exit costs. The personnel reduction costs of $12.6 million were due to $5.2 million related to a voluntary reduction in force in the Film and Electrolytic reportable segment's Italian operations; $4.4 million related to a headcount reduction in the TOKIN legacy group across various internal and operational functions; $2.7 million in severance charges across various overhead functions in the Simpsonville, South Carolina office as these functions were relocated to the Company's new corporate headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and $0.2 million in headcount reductions related to a European sales reorganization. The relocation and exit costs of $2.3 million included $0.9 million in lease termination penalties related to the relocation of global marketing, finance and accounting, and information technology functions to the Company's Fort Lauderdale office, $0.8 million in expenses related to the relocation of the K-Salt operations to the existing Matamoros, Mexico plant, $0.4 million in exit costs related to the shut-down of operations for KFM, and $0.1 million related to the transfer of certain Tantalum production from Simpsonville, South Carolina to Victoria, Mexico.
text: Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2017
text: The Company incurred $5.4 million in restructuring charges in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, including $2.2 million related to personnel reduction costs and $3.2 million of relocation and exit costs. The personnel reduction costs of $2.2 million corresponded with the following: $0.3 million related to the consolidation of certain Solid Capacitor manufacturing in Matamoros, Mexico; $0.4 million for headcount reductions related to the shut-down of operations for KFM; $0.3 million related to headcount reductions in Europe (primarily Italy and Landsberg, Germany) corresponding with the relocation of certain production lines and laboratories to lower cost regions; $0.3 million for overhead reductions in Sweden; $0.3 million in U.S. headcount reductions related to the relocation of global marketing functions to the Company’s Fort Lauderdale, Florida office; $0.3 million in headcount reductions related to the transfer of certain Tantalum production from Simpsonville, South Carolina to Victoria, Mexico; $0.2 million in overhead reductions for the relocation of research and development operations from Weymouth, England to Evora, Portugal; and $0.1 million in manufacturing headcount reductions related to the relocation of the K-Salt operations to the existing Matamoros, Mexico plant. The relocation and exit costs of $3.2 million included $1.9 million in expenses related to contract termination costs related to the shut-down of operations for KFM; $0.6 million in expenses related to the relocation of the K-Salt operations to the existing Matamoros, Mexico plant; $0.6 million for transfers of Film and Electrolytic production lines and R&D functions to lower cost regions; and $0.1 million related to the transfer of certain Tantalum production from Simpsonville, South Carolina to Victoria, Mexico.

Table:
Fiscal Years Ended March 31,
2019
2018
2017
Personnel reduction costs
$2,823
$12,587
$2,214
Relocation and exit costs
5,956
2,256
3,190
Restructuring charges
$8,779
$14,843
$5,404

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