The following table sets forth the charges included in asset impairment, exit, and restructuring costs.



(In millions)	Year Ended December 31
	2017		2016		2015

Restructuring and exit costs ⁽¹⁾	$	72	$	21	$	71
Impairment charge - equity securities⁽²⁾	—		6		—
Impairment charge - goodwill and intangible assets⁽³⁾	—		11		21
Impairment charge - fixed assets ⁽⁴⁾	101		17		108
Total asset impairment, exit, and restructuring costs	$	173	$	55	$	200

⁽¹⁾

Restructuring and exit costs recognized in the year ended December 31, 2017 consisted of $54 million of restructuring charges in Corporate primarily related to the reduction of certain positions within the Company's global workforce and several individually insignificant restructuring charges totaling $18 million. Restructuring and exit costs recognized in the year ended December 31, 2016 consisted of several individually insignificant charges. Restructuring and exit costs recognized in the year ended December 31, 2015 consisted primarily of restructuring charges of $29 million related principally to an international pension plan settlement, exit costs of $22 million related to Brazilian sugar ethanol facilities in the Corn Processing segment, and several individually insignificant restructuring and exit costs totaling $20 million.


⁽²⁾	Impairment charge - equity securities for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 consisted of other-than-temporary impairment charges on the Company’s investment in two available for sale equity securities in Corporate.

⁽³⁾

Impairment charge - goodwill and intangible assets in the year ended December 31, 2016 consisted of software impairment in Corporate. Impairment charge - goodwill and intangible assets in the year ended December 31, 2015 consisted of software impairment of $8 million in Corporate and goodwill impairment charges of $13 million related to a Corn Processing facility and certain of its international Oilseeds Processing facilities.

⁽⁴⁾

Impairment charge - fixed assets for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 consisted of $63 million of asset impairments in the Corn Processing segment primarily related to the configuration of the Company's Peoria, Illinois ethanol complex, $20 million of asset impairments in the Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients segment related to the closure of a facility and several individually insignificant asset charges in the Agricultural Services of $11 million and $7 million in the Oilseeds Processing segment. Impairment charge - fixed assets for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 consisted of several individually insignificant fixed asset impairments. Impairment charge - fixed assets for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 consisted of asset impairments of $66 million related principally to the Brazilian sugar ethanol business in the Corn Processing segment based on the uncertain outlook of this business at year-end, $40 million of several individually insignificant charges in the Oilseeds Processing segment, $1 million in the Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients segment, and $1 million in Corporate.