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Restructuring and Other Costs
3 Months Ended
Jan. 25, 2014
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring and Other Costs
Restructuring and Other Costs
The following table provides details of the Company’s restructuring and other charges (in thousands):
 
Fiscal 2013 Fourth Quarter Restructuring Plan
 
Prior Restructuring Plans
 
 
 
Severance and Benefits
 
Contract Terminations and Other
 
Lease Loss Reserve and Related Costs
 
Lease Loss
Reserve and Related Costs
 
Total
Restructuring liabilities at October 26, 2013
$
15,216

 
$
416

 
$

 
$
1,794

 
$
17,426

Restructuring and other charges
(1,744
)
 

 
7,961

 

 
6,217

Cash payments
(12,627
)
 
(207
)
 
(12
)
 
(251
)
 
(13,097
)
Translation adjustment

 

 
(59
)
 

 
(59
)
Restructuring liabilities at January 25, 2014
$
845

 
$
209

 
$
7,890

 
$
1,543

 
$
10,487


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current restructuring liabilities at January 25, 2014
$
845

 
$
209

 
$
4,053

 
$
661

 
$
5,768

Non-current restructuring liabilities at January 25, 2014
$

 
$

 
$
3,837

 
$
882

 
$
4,719


Fiscal 2013 Fourth Quarter Restructuring Plan
During the fiscal year ended October 26, 2013, the Company reevaluated its business model to restructure certain business operations, reorganize certain business units within the Company, and reduce the Company’s operating expense structure. The restructuring plan was approved by the Company’s management and communicated to the Company’s employees in September 2013. The restructuring plan included a workforce reduction of approximately 250 employees, primarily in the engineering, sales, and marketing organizations, as well as the cancellation of certain non-recurring engineering agreements and exit from certain leased facilities.
In connection with the restructuring plan, the Company incurred aggregate charges of $31.7 million through January 25, 2014, primarily related to severance and benefits charges and lease loss reserve and related costs, and substantially completed the restructuring plan by the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2014.
Severance and benefits charges incurred under this restructuring plan consisted of severance and related employee termination costs, including salary and other compensation payments to the employees during their post-notification retention period, as well as associated outplacement services. The post-notification retention period for the employees terminated under the plan did not exceed the legal notification period, or in the absence of a legal notification requirement, 60 days. Contract terminations and other charges were primarily related to the cancellation of certain contracts in connection with the restructuring of certain business functions. Lease loss reserve and related costs were primarily related to the costs that will continue to be incurred under exited facilities’ lease contracts for the remaining term of the leases without economic benefit to the Company, reduced by estimated sublease rentals that could be reasonably obtained for these facilities.
The Company reevaluates its estimates and assumptions on a quarterly basis and makes adjustments to the restructuring liabilities balance if necessary. During the three months ended January 25, 2014, the Company reversed approximately $1.8 million of severance and benefits charges due to actual cash payments to certain terminated employees being lower than original estimates as a result of the completion of the severance arrangements with these employees during the first quarter of fiscal year 2014.
The above restructuring and other related charges are included in “Restructuring and other costs” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Prior Restructuring Plans
During the fiscal years prior to fiscal year 2013, the Company recorded charges related to estimated facilities lease losses, net of expected sublease income, due to consolidation of real estate space as a result of acquisitions.
Cash payments for facilities that are part of the Company’s lease loss reserve are expected to be paid over the respective lease terms through fiscal year 2021.