Other Expense

Other expense for the year ended December 31, consists of the following:



	2010		2011		2012
Administrative consolidation costs	$	2,176	$	792	$	6,497
Costs associated with purchase of a distributor	—		300		704
Costs associated with legal arbitration	—		—		1,555
Costs associated with purchase of a business	—		—		1,194
Other expense	$	2,176	$	1,092	$	9,950

During 2010, we recorded a lease impairment charge of $0.7 million related to our Chelmsford, Massachusetts facility.

During 2010 and 2012, we consolidated certain administrative functions in our CONMED Linvatec operating segment and incurred $1.5 million and $6.5 million, respectively, in related costs consisting principally of severance charges.

During 2011, we consolidated certain administrative functions in our Utica, New York facility and incurred $0.8 million in related costs consisting principally of severance charges.

During 2011, we purchased the Company's former distributor for the Nordic region of Europe. We incurred $0.3 million and $0.7 million in 2011 and 2012, respectively, in charges associated with this purchase.

During 2012, we incurred legal costs related to a contractual dispute with a former distributor. The dispute was resolved in the second quarter of 2012. We incurred costs totaling $1.6 million.

During 2012, we acquired Viking Systems Inc. as further described in Note 16. We incurred a total of $1.2 million in costs associated with the purchase.