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Government Grants
9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2011
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8. Government Grants

 

We received grants in the form of government funding for a portion of the site construction and other specific capital asset cost at our Kinston, North Carolina and Subang, Malaysia sites. Deferred grant income is being amortized as a reduction to production cost. This amortization is based on specific terms associated with the different grants. In North Carolina, the deferred grant income related to the capital investment criteria, which represents half of the grant, is being amortized over the lives of the assets purchased to satisfy the capital investment performance criteria. The other half of the deferred grant income is being amortized over a ten-year period in a manner consistent with the job performance criteria. In Malaysia, the deferred grant income is being amortized based on the lives of the eligible assets constructed with the grant funds as there are no performance criteria. As of September 29, 2011, the value recorded within property, plant and equipment related to the use of grant funds in North Carolina and Malaysia was $142.3, prior to amortization, including foreign exchange rate changes. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, $8.9 recorded in property, plant and equipment represented transactions where funds have been paid directly to contractors by an agency of the Malaysian Government in the case of Malaysia, and by the escrow agent in North Carolina, so they are not reflected on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. There were no such payments for the nine months ended September 29, 2011.

 

Deferred grant income liability, net consists of the following:

   September 29, 2011
Balance, December 31, 2010 $ 133.5
Grant income recognized   (4.0)
Exchange rate   0.2
 Balance, September 29, 2011 $ 129.7

The asset related to the deferred grant income, net consists of the following:

   September 29, 2011
Balance, December 31, 2010................................................................................ $ 133.4
Depreciation offset to amortization of grant  (3.8)
Exchange rate   0.2
 Balance, September 29, 2011 $ 129.8