Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the fair value measurements for the Company's financial instruments (in thousands):



	Fair Value Measurements as of March 31, 2013
	Total			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
Cash surrender value of life insurance contracts ^(A)	$	2,346		$	—	$	2,346		$	—
Deferred compensation liability	(1,111		)	—		(1,111		)	—
Foreign currency forward contracts	(65		)	—		(65		)	—
Contingent consideration liability	(1,801		)	—		—			(1,801		)
Total	$	(631	)	$	—	$	1,170		$	(1,801	)



(A)	Net of $1.1 million loan against the cash-surrender value of certain life insurance contracts which afford the Company the right of offset.



	Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2012
	Total			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
Cash surrender value of life insurance contracts	$	3,398		$	—	$	3,398		$	—
Deferred compensation liability	(1,395		)	—		(1,395		)	—
Foreign currency forward contracts	(297		)	—		(297		)	—
Contingent consideration liability	(2,541		)	—		—			(2,541		)
Total	$	(835	)	$	—	$	1,706		$	(2,541	)

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes our Level 3 activity for the Company's contingent consideration liability (in thousands):



	Level 3
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	2,541
Change in estimate	(803		)
Accretion	63
Balance at March 31, 2013	$	1,801

- Definition

Tabular disclosure related to assets and liabilities by class, including financial instruments measured at fair value that are classified in shareholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring and/or nonrecurring basis in periods after initial recognition. Disclosures include, but are not limited to: (a) the fair value measurements recorded and the reasons for the measurements and (b) the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements are categorized in their entirety (levels 1, 2, 3) as well as transfers between levels 1 and 2.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the fair value measurement of liabilities using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes attributable to the following: (1) total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets), and gains or losses recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) and a description of where those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (2) purchases, sales, issues, and settlements (each type disclosed separately); and (3) transfers in and transfers out of Level 3 (for example, transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs) by class of liability.

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