Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Abstract]

Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes And Minority Interests

Geographic sources of income (loss) before income taxes and non-controlling interest are as follows (in millions):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
United States	$	(72.0	)	$	(143.9	)	$	(57.5	)
Foreign	(0.9		)	181.7			363.2
	$	(72.9	)	$	37.8		$	305.7

Provision (Benefit) For Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes is as follows (in millions):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Current:
Federal	$	0.2		$	0.5		$	(0.3	)
State and local	(0.1		)	0.3			0.4
Foreign	16.4			25.0			8.4
	16.5			25.8			8.5
Deferred:
Federal	—			—			(1.2		)
Foreign	(3.1		)	(2.9		)	5.5
	(3.1		)	(2.9		)	4.3
	$	13.4		$	22.9		$	12.8

Reconciliation Of The U.S. Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate

A reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to the Company's effective income tax rate is as follows:

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
U.S. federal statutory rate	35.0		%	35.0		%	35.0		%
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
State and local taxes, net of federal tax benefit	0.1			0.7			0.1
Foreign withholding taxes	(0.3	)		0.1			—
Foreign rate differential	10.4			(588.0	)		(36.5	)
Dividend income from foreign subsidiaries	(62.7	)		146.1			15.3
Goodwill impairment	(6.8	)		—			—
Gain on SANYO Semiconductor Transaction	—			(22.5	)		—
Research and development credit monetization	—			—			(0.1	)
Change in valuation allowance (1)	(1.6	)		491.5			(8.0	)
Tax reserves	(2.3	)		0.8			(0.3	)
Return to accrual	12.3			—			—
Other	(2.5	)		(3.1	)		(1.3	)
	(18.4	)	%	60.6		%	4.2		%

Tax Effects Of Temporary Differences

The tax effects of temporary differences in the recognition of income and expense for tax and financial reporting purposes that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets, net of deferred tax liabilities as of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, are as follows (in millions):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011
Net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards	$	952.0		$	1,056.5
Tax-deductible goodwill	18.2			40.6
Reserves and accruals	98.8			31.7
Property, plant and equipment	147.2			360.5
Inventories	83.8			101.3
Other	116.0			28.6
Deferred tax assets and liabilities before valuation allowance	1,416.0			1,619.2
Valuation allowance	(1,420.1		)	(1,626.1		)
Net deferred tax asset (liability)	$	(4.1	)	$	(6.9	)

Activity For Unrecognized Gross Tax Benefits

The activity for unrecognized gross tax benefits for 2012, 2011, and 2010 (in millions) is as follows:

	2012			2011			2010
Balance at beginning of year	$	18.6		$	13.4		$	17.0
Reserves acquired	—			1.3			—
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year	18.4			5.5			1.2
Additions for tax positions of prior years	(0.8		)	0.8			0.5
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	—			(1.4		)	(0.3		)
Lapse of statute	(1.2		)	(1.0		)	(5.0		)
Settlements	(0.2		)	—			—
Balance at end of year	$	34.8		$	18.6		$	13.4