Sale of European Distribution Business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Sale of European Dusribution Business [Abstract]

5.	Sale of European Distribution Business

In November 2009, we sold our European distribution business to the managers of the business for £1.8 million ($3.0 million) in cash and a promissory note and approximately £1.4 million ($2.3 million) in assumed debt. In connection with the sale, we retained our manufacturing operation in Poland, certain land available for sale in the United Kingdom, and a small investment in a joint venture. The third-party owned European operations will continue to buy manufactured product from our facility in Poland and from our domestic operations through two separate supply agreements. As such, we are expected to receive significant continuing cash flows as a result of a continuation of activities between us and the disposed business (the European operations), and therefore the European operations results of operations have not been presented as a discontinued operation. Additionally, in consideration for continued management oversight of the manufacturing operations in Poland, we granted to the buyers of the business an option exercisable any time on or before December 31, 2013 to purchase 20% of the outstanding voting shares of SMP Poland with the exercise price determined based upon the net values of Poland as of December 31, 2009. At any time after the date of exercise and payment of the exercise price of the option, the managers of the business shall be entitled to require us to purchase all of the common shares underlying the option. The pre-tax loss from the sale of $6.6 million, which includes realization of cumulative foreign currency translation losses of $3.7 million, is included in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations. Proceeds from the sale were used to pay down debt.