RESTRUCTURING AND PLANT CLOSURE COSTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

RESTRUCTURING AND PLANT CLOSURE COSTS

NOTE 18—RESTRUCTURING AND PLANT CLOSURE COSTS

In December 2010, we reorganized the structure of our international management group in order to leverage strong local management, resulting in employee severance and other charges. During the third quarter of 2011 we expanded this program to include consolidation of administrative facilities in the United Kingdom and reorganization of our international legal structure. We had an accrual balance of $0.9 million at December 2011, which we expect to pay out primarily in the first quarter of 2012 with some immaterial additional expense.

The following tables below highlight the pre-tax charges and changes in the reserves for 2011 and 2010. These charges, except for fifty-four thousand reflected in “Costs of revenues”, are reflected on our Consolidated Statement of Income within “Selling, general and administrative expenses”.

In thousands
	Beginning Reserve at 01/01/11		Charges for the Year Ended 12/31/11		Cash Paid			Ending Reserve at 12/31/11
Employee severance	$	1,835	$	1,078	$	(2,583	)	$	330
Other costs		217		1,241		(895	)		563
Total	$	2,052	$	2,319	$	(3,478	)	$	893

In thousands
	Beginning Reserve at 01/01/10		Charges for the Year Ended 12/31/10		Cash Paid			Ending Reserve at 12/31/10
Employee severance	$	666	$	3,100	$	(1,931	)	$	1,835
Other costs		6		1,080		(869	)		217
Non-cash items
Employee severance		0		3,266		0			0
Other costs		0		925		0			0
Total	$	672	$	8,371	$	(2,800	)	$	2,052

In addition to the restructuring charges, we recognized $2.8 million and $0.9 million in non cash expenses during 2011 and 2010, respectively, related to the rationalization of domestic plant operations.