Restructuring Costs

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

In December 2013, QEP announced its plan to pursue a separation of its midstream business, QEP Field Services. In connection with this announcement, the Board of Directors approved an employee retention plan to provide substantially all QEP Field Services' employees as of December 1, 2013, with a one-time lump-sum cash payment on the earlier of December 31, 2014, or whenever the separation of QEP Field Services occurs, conditioned on continued employment with QEP Field Services or a successor through the payment date unless the employee is terminated prior to such date. In December 2014, QEP paid the retention bonus to eligible employees in connection with the Midstream Sale. QEP recognized $10.4 million of costs under this retention plan, which is included in "Discontinued operations, net of income tax" on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

During 2012, QEP began incurring costs related to the closure of its Oklahoma City office and the subsequent consolidation of its Southern Region operations into a single regional office located in Tulsa. Additionally, during 2012, QEP began incurring additional restructuring and reorganization costs related to consolidating various corporate and accounting functions to the Denver corporate headquarters. The creation of one office for QEP’s Southern Region as well as the consolidation of corporate and accounting functions increased efficiency, team-based collaboration and organizational productivity. As part of the reorganization, QEP incurred costs associated with the severance, retention and relocation of employees, additional pension expenses, exit costs associated with the termination of operating leases arising from office space that will no longer be utilized by the Company and other expenses. All restructuring costs related to the 2012 office consolidations and continued operations were incurred and settled by December 31, 2013.

The following table summarizes, by line of business, each major type of restructuring cost expected to be incurred and the total amounts recorded in "General and administrative" expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the respective periods indicated:



	Total Restructuring Costs
	Total Expected to be Incurred		Recognized in Income
			Period from Inception to December 31, 2014		Year ended December 31,
			Period from Inception to December 31, 2014		2014		2013		2012
Continuing Operations:	(in millions)
QEP Energy
One-time termination benefits	$	3.3	$	3.3	$	—	$	0.4	$	2.9
Retention & relocation expense	3.7		3.7		—		0.4		3.3
Lease termination costs	0.6		0.6		—		—		0.6
Total restructuring costs	$	7.6	$	7.6	$	—	$	0.8	$	6.8

QEP Marketing and Other
One-time termination benefits	$	0.3	$	0.3	$	—	$	0.1	$	0.2
Total restructuring costs	$	0.3	$	0.3	$	—	$	0.1	$	0.2

Total QEP
One-time termination benefits	$	3.6	$	3.6	$	—	$	0.5	$	3.1
Retention & relocation expense	3.7		3.7		—		0.4		3.3
Lease termination costs	0.6		0.6		—		—		0.6
Total restructuring costs	$	7.9	$	7.9	$	—	$	0.9	$	7.0

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The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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