Summary of Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Summary of Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) [Abstract]

Summary of Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

Note 19 – Summary of Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

	2011											2010
	First			Second			Third			Fourth		First		Second		Third		Fourth
Statement of Operations data:
Net revenues	$	695,151		$	709,838		$	637,649		$	551,391	$	640,460	$	701,655	$	694,365	$	688,612
Gross profit		214,663			212,190			167,477			125,656		167,013		210,593		218,378		211,501
Operating income (loss)		122,198			115,505			75,333			33,565		65,125		101,327		130,903		120,583
Net earnings (loss)		75,607			82,496			50,692			31,202		45,639		76,965		90,152		147,537
Net earnings (loss) attributable to
noncontrolling interests		320			401			205			250		219		306		353		309
Net earnings (loss) attributable to
Vishay stockholders		75,287			82,095			50,487			30,952		45,420		76,659		89,799		147,228
Per Share data:
Basic earnings (loss) per share
attributable to Vishay stockholders (a)	$	0.46		$	0.51		$	0.32		$	0.20	$	0.24	$	0.41	$	0.48	$	0.84
Diluted earnings (loss) per share
attributable to Vishay stockholders (a)	$	0.43		$	0.48		$	0.31		$	0.19	$	0.24	$	0.40	$	0.47	$	0.81
Certain Items Recorded during the Quarters:
Operating income (loss):
Executive compensation charge	$	-		$	(3,889	)	$	(1,873	)	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
One time tax benefit (expense)	$	(10,024	)	$	-		$	-		$	6,538	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	59,484
Quarter end date (b)	April 2			July 2			Oct. 1			Dec. 31		April 3		July 3		Oct. 2		Dec. 31

(a) May not add due to differences in weighted average share counts.

(b) The Company reports interim financial information for 13-week periods beginning on a Sunday and ending on a Saturday, except for the first fiscal quarter, which always begins on January 1, and the fourth fiscal quarter, which always ends on December 31.