Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents were held in the following geographic regions:



(In thousands)	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
United States	$	10,229	$	8,458
People's Republic of China ("PRC")	29,596		28,681
Asia (excluding the PRC)	5,313		5,346
Europe	8,251		8,093
South America	2,688		2,388
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	56,077	$	52,966

Restricted Cash

In connection with the court order issued on September 4, 2015, we placed $4.6 million of cash into a collateralized surety bond. This bond has certain restrictions for liquidation and has therefore been classified as restricted cash. Refer to Note 10 for further information about this ongoing litigation.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for cash and cash equivalent footnotes, which may include the types of deposits and money market instruments, applicable carrying amounts, restricted amounts and compensating balance arrangements. Cash and equivalents include: (1) currency on hand (2) demand deposits with banks or financial institutions (3) other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits (4) short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments maturing within three months from the date of acquisition qualify.

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