Discontinued Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

In 2009, the Company sold its U.S. election systems business, primarily consisting of its subsidiary Premier Election Solutions, Inc., for $12,147, including $5,000 of cash and contingent consideration with a fair value of $7,147, which represents 70 percent of any cash collected on the accounts receivable balance. In 2008, the Company discontinued its EMEA-based security business.

The following table summarizes the financial information for these discontinued operations for the years ended December 31:

	2011		2010			2009
Total revenue	$	—	$	516		$	23,209
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	407		(2,561		)	(17,258		)
Loss on sale of discontinued operations	—		—			(50,750		)
Income tax benefit	116		2,836			20,932
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	523	$	275		$	(47,076	)

During the third quarter of 2010, the Company finalized and filed its 2009 consolidated U.S. federal tax return and recorded an additional tax benefit of $2,147 included within discontinued operations.