Business Segment Information

Reportable business segment information for the three and six months ended June 30 was as follows:



	Metal Containers		Closures ⁽¹⁾		Plastic Containers		Corporate			Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2017
Net sales	$	529,715	$	349,087	$	143,012	$	—		$	1,021,814
Depreciation and amortization⁽²⁾	19,124		17,000		8,572		23			44,719
Rationalization charges	2,239		349		450		—			3,038
Segment income from operations⁽³⁾	49,432		33,827		6,666		(14,692		)	75,233

Three Months Ended June 30, 2016
Net sales	$	529,604	$	206,492	$	138,546	$	—		$	874,642
Depreciation and amortization⁽²⁾	17,997		9,702		8,058		27			35,784
Rationalization charges	4,054		293		691		—			5,038
Segment income from operations	45,873		25,301		1,017		(4,540		)	67,651

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
Net sales	$	995,951	$	546,769	$	284,500	$	—		$	1,827,220
Depreciation and amortization⁽²⁾	37,923		26,181		17,008		46			81,158
Rationalization charges	2,962		401		560		—			3,923
Segment income from operations ⁽³⁾	93,303		57,625		13,500		(32,434		)	131,994

Six Months Ended June 30, 2016
Net sales	$	983,059	$	402,601	$	281,719	$	—		$	1,667,379
Depreciation and amortization⁽²⁾	35,947		19,116		15,840		55			70,958
Rationalization charges	4,054		417		1,637		—			6,108
Segment income from operations	83,489		49,820		1,068		(9,281		)	125,096

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⁽¹⁾	Our Closures segment includes SDS as of the acquisition date of April 6, 2017.


⁽²⁾	Depreciation and amortization excludes amortization of debt issuance costs of $1.0 million for each of the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 and $2.2 million and $2.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.


⁽³⁾	Income from operations for Metal Containers includes a $3.0 million charge for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 related to the resolution of a past non-commercial legal dispute. Income from operations for Corporate includes costs attributed to announced acquisitions of $9.8 million and $23.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively.

Total segment income from operations is reconciled to income before income taxes as follows:



	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30,		June 30,		June 30,		June 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
	(Dollars in thousands)
Total segment income from operations	$	75,233	$	67,651	$	131,994	$	125,096
Interest and other debt expense	33,582		16,883		56,677		33,339
Income before income taxes	$	41,651	$	50,768	$	75,317	$	91,757

Sales and income from operations of our metal container business and part of our closures business are dependent, in part, upon fruit and vegetable harvests. The size and quality of these harvests varies from year to year, depending in large part upon the weather conditions in applicable regions. Because of the seasonality of the harvests, we have historically experienced higher unit sales volume in the third quarter of our fiscal year and generated a disproportionate amount of our annual income from operations during that quarter.