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RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES  
RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES

3. RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES

        In December 2011, we initiated a restructuring plan (the "2011 Building Products Restructuring Plan") that consisted of: (i) the shutdown of a plant in Milford, Indiana; (ii) discontinuing the fence product line; and (iii) the consolidation of three plants, two in the window and door profiles business and one in the pipe business. In connection with the 2011 Building Products Restructuring Plan, we incurred costs related to termination benefits, including severance, operating lease termination costs, asset impairment charges, relocation, and other exit costs. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, severance and other exit costs were approximately $0.1 million and are included in gain on sale of assets, restructuring expense and other, net, in the consolidated statements of income.

        In the fourth quarter of 2008, we initiated a restructuring plan (the "Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan") that included the permanent shut down of our 450 million pound polyvinyl chloride ("PVC") manufacturing facility in Sarnia, Ontario, the exit of a recycled PVC compound manufacturing facility in Woodbridge, Ontario, the consolidation of various manufacturing facilities, and elimination of certain duplicative activities in our operations. In connection with the Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan, we incurred costs related to termination benefits, including severance, pension and postretirement benefits, operating lease termination costs, asset impairment charges, relocation and other exit costs. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, there were no restructuring costs and we do not expect there to be any further costs associated with this plan. For the three months ended March 31, 2011, we incurred and paid $0.6 million related to the settlement of pension and postretirement benefits from our permanently shut down PVC manufacturing facility in Sarnia.

        The expenses associated with the 2011 Building Products Restructuring Plan and Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan, for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 for severance and other exit costs were approximately $0.1 million and $0.6 million, respectively, and are included in gain on sale of assets, restructuring expense and other, net, in the consolidated statements of income. A summary of our restructuring activities recognized as a result of the 2011 Building Products Restructuring Plan and Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan by reportable segment for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:

(In thousands)
  Balance at
December 31,
2011
  Additions   Cash
Payments
  Foreign
Exchange
and Other
Adjustments
  Balance at
March 31,
2012
 

Chlorovinyls

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               

Involuntary termination benefits

  $ 69   $   $   $ 1   $ 70  

Building Products

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               

Involuntary termination benefits

    898             18     916  

Fourth Quarter 2011 Restructuring Plan:

                               

Involuntary termination benefits

    2,061     113     (332 )   33     1,875  

Other

                               

Involuntary termination benefits

    221     (5 )   (54 )   1     163  

Corporate

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               

Involuntary termination benefits

    154             3     157  
                       

Total

  $ 3,403   $ 108   $ (386 ) $ 56   $ 3,181  
                       

 

(In thousands)
  Balance at
December 31,
2010
  Additions   Cash
Payments
  Foreign
Exchange
and Other
Adjustments
  Balance at
March 31,
2011
 

Chlorovinyls

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               

Involuntary termination benefits

  $ 108   $ 634   $ (789 ) $ 136   $ 89  

Exit costs

    130             4     134  

Building Products

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               

Involuntary termination benefits

    1,168     (52 )   (179 )   21     958  

Other

                               

Involuntary termination benefits

    86         (24 )   1     63  

Corporate

                               

Fourth Quarter 2008 Restructuring Plan:

                               

Involuntary termination benefits

    156             5     161  
                       

Total

  $ 1,648   $ 582   $ (992 ) $ 167   $ 1,405  
                       

        For the three months ended March 31, 2012, there was a $0.3 million net reversal of impairment of tangible long-lived assets incurred in December 2011. The reversal was due to the value at which equipment from our Milford, Indiana facility was sold that exceeded our initial fair value assessment in connection with our restructuring activities as a result of the 2011 Building Products Restructuring Plan. This reversal of impairment charges is included in gain on sale of assets, restructuring expense and other, net, in the condensed consolidated statement of income for the three months ended March 31, 2012. In addition, we have incurred $4.9 million in professional fees associated with an unsolicited offer to acquire the company that is included in gain on sale of assets, restructuring expense and other, net, in the condensed consolidated statement of income for the three months ended March 31, 2012. There were no impairment charges for tangible long-lived assets for the three months ended March 31, 2011.