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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]  
Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities
The following table summarizes the financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 and the level they fall within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands):

Amounts Recorded at Fair Value
Financial Statement Classification
Fair Value Hierarchy
 
Fair Value September 30, 2012
  
Fair Value December 31, 2011
 
Mutual funds held in DSC Plan
Other assets
Level 1
 $97  $300 
Interest rate swaps
Accrued expenses
Level 2
 $1,460  $1,122 
Earn-out obligation - current
Current portion of earn-out obligations
Level 3
 $1,127  $4,153 
Earn-out obligation - long-term
Earn-out obligations
Level 3
 $7,779  $16,415 
Fair Value Reconciliation, Unobservable Inputs
The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balance of the earn-out obligations measured at fair value on a recurring basis that used significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

Earn-out obligations
 
Current portion
  
Long-term portion
  
Total
 
Balance as of December 31, 2011
 $4,153  $16,415  $20,568 
Earn-out payments
  (7,133)  -   (7,133)
Fair value adjustment included in earnings
  -   (4,529)  (4,529)
Reclassification from long-term to short-term
  4,107   (4,107)  - 
Balance as of September 30, 2012
 $1,127  $7,779  $8,906