Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

The components of accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following:



	As of		As of
(in thousands)	September 30, 2013		September 30, 2012
Compensation	$	4,361	$	3,798
Warranty	4,030		3,692
Termination fee	2,775		2,775
Professional fees	676		938
Royalty	1,061		1,445
Customer deposits	730		2,408
Deferred revenue	2,565		6,670
Self insurance	1,352		1,155
Capital lease obligations	—		4,411
Income and other taxes	1,345		1,573
Loss on sale contracts	415		765
Severance and restructuring accruals	601		1,521
Loss on inventory purchase commitments	—		723
Other	1,686		761
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	21,597	$	32,635

Customer deposits: We signed agreements with certain customers related to our Fiber Optics segment pursuant to which they received an allocation of our finished goods inventory that was not damaged by the Thailand flood and started to receive a percentage of output from our new production lines that were placed into service. As consideration, we received $6.8 million as partial prepayments for future product shipments, of which $0 and approximately $1.3 million is outstanding as September 30, 2013 and 2012 , respectively. In December 2011, we also received a $3.3 million deposit from our Suncore joint venture related to an order for terrestrial CPV solar cells, of which $0.6 million was outstanding as of September 30, 2012. The remaining customer deposits are in the normal course of business.

Capital lease obligations: As of September 30, 2012, we capitalized the cost of our new manufacturing lines of approximately $5.2 million and recorded an equipment capital lease obligation of $4.4 million, net of equipment deposits. In addition, during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013, we capitalized an additional $1.2 million of manufacturing lines and recorded a corresponding amount of capital lease obligations. During the year ended September 30, 2013, the capital lease obligations were settled in connection with our insurance proceeds. See Note 11 - Impact from Thailand Flood for additional disclosures related to the impact of the Thailand flood on our operations.

Severance and restructuring accruals: In August 2012, Mr. Reuben Richards, Jr. proposed to the Board to step-down from his position as the Company's Executive Chairman and all other positions he held as an officer or employee of the Company and its affiliates, effective as of September 30, 2012. Mr. Richards remained as Chairman of the Board and a member of the Board.

The Company and Mr. Richards entered into a separation agreement and general release, dated August 6, 2012 (Separation Agreement), which includes mutual releases by Mr. Richards and the Company of all claims related to Mr. Richards' employment and service relationship with, and termination of employment and service from, the Company. Under the terms of the Separation Agreement, Mr. Richards acknowledged and agreed that the restrictive covenants contained in his employment agreement would remain in full force and effect. The separation agreement provides for among other things, the continuation of his base salary for 88 weeks, benefits for 18 months, and immediate vesting of all his outstanding non-vested equity awards. These payments are not contingent upon any future service by Mr. Richards. In fiscal year 2012, we recorded a charge of $1.1 million related to Mr. Richards' separation agreement.

On November 15, 2013, Mr. Chris Larocca proposed to resign as the Company's Chief Operating Officer, effective as of November 30, 2013. The Company and Mr. Larocca entered into a separation agreement and general release, dated November 16, 2013 (Separation Agreement), which includes mutual releases by Mr. Larocca and the Company of all claims related to Mr. Larocca's employment and service relationship with, and termination of employment and service from, the Company. The separation agreement provides for among other things, the continuation of his base salary for 88 weeks, benefits for 18 months, and immediate vesting of all his outstanding non-vested equity awards. These payments are not contingent upon any future service by Mr. Larocca. The Company expects to record a charge of approximately $0.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014 related to Mr. Larocca's separation agreement.

Our severance and restructuring-related accrual specifically relates to the Separation Agreement and non-cancelable obligations associated with an abandoned leased facility. Expense related to severance and restructuring accruals is included in sales, general, and administrative expense on our statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). The following table summarizes the changes in the severance and restructuring-related accrual accounts:



(in thousands)	Severance-related accruals			Restructuring-related accruals			Total
Balance as of September 30, 2011	$	5		$	400		$	405
Expense - charged to accrual	1,128			230			1,358
Payments and accrual adjustments	(28		)	(214		)	(242		)
Balance as of September 30, 2012	$	1,105		$	416		1,521
Expense - charged to accrual	723			—			723
Payments and accrual adjustments	(1,305		)	(338		)	(1,643		)
Balance as of September 30, 2013	$	523		$	78		$	601

The following table summarizes the changes in our product warranty accrual accounts:



Product Warranty Accruals	For the Fiscal Years Ended September 30,
(in thousands)	2013			2012			2011
Balance at beginning of period	$	4,100		$	4,158		$	4,851
Provision for product warranty - expense	2,914			(49		)	970
Adjustments and utilization of warranty accrual	(2,453		)	(9		)	(1,663		)
Balance at end of period	$	4,561		$	4,100		$	4,158
Current portion	$	4,030		$	3,692		$	4,158
Non-current portion	531			408			—
Product warranty liability at end of period	$	4,561		$	4,100		$	4,158

The increase in our provision for product warranty expense for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013 compared to the same periods in 2012 and 2011 was due to specific customer warranty claims.