Reportable segment net sales and segment income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:



	Three Months Ended September 30						Nine Months Ended September 30
($ in millions)	2017			2016			2017			2016
Net sales:
Performance Coatings	$	2,290		$	2,223		$	6,608		$	6,600
Industrial Coatings	1,486			1,437			4,460			4,253
Total	$	3,776		$	3,660		$	11,068		$	10,853
Segment income:
Performance Coatings	$	365		$	368		$	1,063		$	1,075
Industrial Coatings	223			249			760			806
Total	$	588		$	617		1,823			1,881
Corporate	(45		)	(43		)	(135		)	(166		)
Interest expense, net of interest income	(22		)	(28		)	(65		)	(76		)
Legacy items ^(a)	—			(4		)	(3		)	(25		)
Asset write-down	—			—			—			(10		)
Gain from the sale of an equity affiliate	—			—			—			20
Pension settlement charge	—			(968		)	(22		)	(968		)
Gain from sale of a business	—			—			25			—
Income from a legal settlement	—			—			18			—
Transaction-related costs ^(b)	—			—			(9		)	(8		)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	$	521		$	(426	)	$	1,632		$	648

(a)

Legacy items include current costs related to former operations of the Company, including pension and other postretirement benefit costs, certain charges for legal matters and environmental remediation costs, and certain other charges which are not associated with PPG's current business portfolio. Until June 2016, legacy included the quarterly remeasurement of the asbestos settlement liability and equity forward.

(b)

Transaction-related costs include advisory, legal, accounting, valuation and other professional or consulting fees incurred to effect significant acquisitions, as well as similar fees and other costs to effect disposals not classified as discontinued operations. These costs may also include the flow-through cost of sales for the step up to fair value of inventories acquired in acquisitions. These costs also include certain severance costs and charges associated with the Company's recent business portfolio transformation.