8. RESTRUCTURING

The Company reviews its business, manages costs and aligns resources with market demand and in conjunction with various acquisitions. As a result, the Company has taken several actions to reduce fixed costs, eliminate redundancies, strengthen operational focus and better position itself to respond to market pressures or unfavorable economic conditions. In addition to existing restructuring initiatives, Comverse's management had approved one restructuring initiative during the six months ended July 31, 2010.

First Quarter 2010 Restructuring Initiatives

During the three months ended April 30, 2010, Comverse's management approved a restructuring plan to eliminate staff positions and close certain facilities in order to more appropriately streamline Comverse's activities. The aggregate cost of the plan was $7.0 million, of which severance-related and facilities-related costs of $5.8 million and $1.0 million, respectively, were recorded during the six months ended July 31, 2010 with the remaining $0.2 million of charges recorded during the remainder of the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011. Severance-related and facilities-related costs of $5.4 million and $0.5 million, respectively, were paid during the six months ended July 31, 2010. Severance-related and facilities-related costs of $0.6 million and $0.4 million, respectively, were paid during the remainder of the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011, with the remaining costs of $0.1 million expected to be substantially paid by January 31, 2012.

The rollforward of the workforce reduction and restructuring activities under various plans is presented below:


	Comverse First Quarter 2010 Initiative						Comverse 2009 Initiative						Pre 2009 Initiatives						Verint Initiatives
	Severance Related			Facilities Related			Severance Related			Facilities Related			Severance Related			Facilities Related			Severance Related			Facilities Related		Total
	(In thousands)
For the Six Months Ended July 31, 2010
January 31, 2010	$	—		$	—		$	342		$	423		$	357		$	4,064		$	116		$	—	$	5,302

Charges		5,779			1,006			38			12			(31	)		172			—			—		6,976
Paid or utilized		(5,366	)		(530	)		(368	)		(360	)		12			(2,357	)		(116	)		—		(9,085	)


July 31, 2010	$	413		$	476		$	12		$	75		$	338		$	1,879		$	—		$	—	$	3,193


	Comverse 2009 Initiative						Pre 2009 Initiatives						Verint Initiatives
	Severance Related			Facilities Related			Severance Related			Facilities Related			Severance Related			Facilities Related		Other ⁽¹⁾ initiatives			Total
	(In thousands)
For the Six Months Ended July 31, 2009
January 31, 2009	$	—		$	—		$	1,746		$	8,670		$	537		$	—	$	4		$	10,957

Charges		11,558			986			93			933			24			—		128			13,722
Change in assumptions		—			—			(47	)		(243	)		—			—		—			(290	)
Paid or utilized		(9,341	)		(254	)		(1,379	)		(2,648	)		(543	)		—		(132	)		(14,297	)


July 31, 2009	$	2,217		$	732		$	413		$	6,712		$	18		$	—	$	—		$	10,092

(1)	Includes costs and payments associated with initiatives implemented at Starhome.