Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

Restructuring and Other Charges

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Restructuring and Other Charges
9 Months Ended
Sep. 26, 2026
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring and Other Charges
Note 6 : Restructuring and Other Charges
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
(In Millions) Sep 26, 2026 Sep 27, 2025 Sep 26, 2026 Sep 27, 2025
Employee severance and benefit arrangements $ 55  $ 146  $ 290  $ 1,754 
Litigation charges and other 22  33  60  52 
Asset impairment charges (23) (4) 3,944  415 
Total restructuring and other charges $ 54  $ 175  $ 4,294  $ 2,221 
In the second quarter of 2025, we announced and commenced the 2025 Restructuring Plan, which was subsequently approved and committed to by our management. This initiative is intended to lower expenses, streamline our organizational structure and reduce management layers across functions while reallocating resources toward our core client and server businesses by reducing lower-priority programs and initiatives. Restructuring charges are primarily comprised of employee severance and benefit arrangements, non-cash asset impairment and accelerated depreciation charges resulting from exit activities, as well as impairment charges relating to real estate exits and consolidations. These charges were excluded from our operating segments' results and included as "corporate unallocated expenses" within the restructuring and other charges category presented in "Note 2: Operating Segments" within Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements. The total expected and cumulative cost of the 2025 Restructuring Plan as of September 26, 2026 was $2.2 billion. Any changes to our estimates or timing will be reflected in our results of operations in future periods. The substantial majority of actions pursuant to the 2025 Restructuring Plan were completed in 2025, with the remainder expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2026.
In the third quarter of 2024, the 2024 Restructuring Plan was announced and a series of cost and capital reduction initiatives were implemented. We have incurred total charges of approximately $3.2 billion under the 2024 Restructuring Plan, with the remainder expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Employee severance and benefit arrangements included charges of $55 million and $290 million during the three and nine months ended September 26, 2026, respectively, primarily resulting from charges related to the 2025 Restructuring Plan. Other charges incurred during the three and nine months ended September 26, 2026 related to the 2024 Restructuring Plan. During the three and nine months ended September 27, 2025, charges of $106 million and $1.5 billion, respectively, related to the 2025 Restructuring Plan, while the remaining charges primarily related to the 2024 Restructuring Plan.
Restructuring activities related to employee severance and benefit arrangements under the 2025 Restructuring Plan were as follows:
(In Millions) 2025 Restructuring Plan
Accrued balance as of December 27, 2025
$ 417 
Accruals and adjustments 228 
Cash payments (463)
Accrued restructuring balance as of September 26, 2026
$ 182 
The accrued restructuring balance as of September 26, 2026 and December 27, 2025 was recorded as a current liability within accrued compensation and benefits on the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets.
Asset impairment charges incurred in the first nine months of 2026 were related to non-cash goodwill impairment charges of $3.9 billion. See "Note 10: Goodwill" within Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements. In the first nine months of 2025, we incurred non-cash asset impairment charges associated with the 2025 Restructuring Plan resulting from the exit of certain non-core lines of business and the consolidation and exit of certain real estate properties.