Restructuring Expense (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

The activity related to restructuring and other liability for 2003 was as follows:



	Charge in 2003		Cash payments in 2003			Non-cash write-off in 2003			Liability as of December 31, 2003
	(in thousands)
Lease restructuring and other operating lease expense	$	84,726	$	(15,200	)	$	—		$	69,526
Employee severance, benefits and related costs	2,616		(2,616		)	—			—
Leasehold improvements and asset impairments	4,482		—			(4,482		)	—
Total	$	91,824	$	(17,816	)	$	(4,482	)	$	69,526

The activity related to restructuring for 2004 through 2012 was as follows:



	2012			2011			2010			2004-2012
	(in thousands)
Liability, beginning of the period	$	26,313		$	29,595		$	34,017		$	69,526
Cash payments	(14,853		)	(14,904		)	(14,759		)	(163,697		)
Cash received from subleases	10,024			9,548			8,836			65,038
Credit for portion of facility Vertex decided to occupy in 2005	—			—			—			(10,018		)
Restructuring expense	1,844			2,074			1,501			62,479
Liability, end of the period	$	23,328		$	26,313		$	29,595		$	23,328

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period.

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