Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities [Abstract]

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company, when it considers it to be appropriate, enters into forward contracts to hedge the economic exposures arising from foreign currency denominated transactions. At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, these contracts included the future sale of Japanese Yen to purchase U.S. dollars. Derivative instruments are recognized as either “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” or “Other current liabilities” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and are measured at fair value. The foreign currency forward contracts were entered into by the Company’s Japanese subsidiary to economically hedge a portion of certain intercompany obligations. The forward contracts are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes and therefore, a decrease in the fair value of $68 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and an increase in the fair value of $82 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 are recorded within the caption “Other expense” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The dollar equivalent of the U.S. dollar forward contracts and related fair values as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as follows:

	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Notional amount	$	1,711	$	3,457
Fair value of asset	$	200	$	268