Discontinued Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Discontinued Operations

Discontinued Operations

3. Discontinued Operations

CIGS Solar Systems Business

On July 28, 2011, we announced a plan to discontinue our CIGS solar systems business. The action, which was completed on September 27, 2011 and impacted approximately 80 employees, was in response to the dramatically reduced cost of mainstream solar technologies driven by significant reductions in prices, large industry investment, a lower than expected end market acceptance for CIGS technology and technical barriers in scaling CIGS. This business was previously included as part of our LED & Solar segment.

The results of operations for the CIGS solar systems business have been recorded as discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated statements of income for all periods presented. During the year ended December 31, 2011, total discontinued operations include pre-tax charges totaling $69.8 million. These charges include an asset impairment charge totaling $6.2 million, a goodwill write-off of $10.8 million, an inventory write-off totaling $27.0 million, charges to settle contracts totaling $22.1 million, lease related charges totaling $1.4 million and personnel severance charges totaling $2.3 million.

Metrology

On August 15, 2010, we signed a definitive agreement to sell our Metrology business to Bruker comprising our entire Metrology reporting segment for $229.4 million. Accordingly, Metrology's operating results are accounted for as discontinued operations in determining the consolidated results of operations. The sale transaction closed on October 7, 2010, except for assets located in China due to local restrictions. Total proceeds, which included a working capital adjustment of $1 million, totaled $230.4 million of which $7.2 million relates to the assets in China. As part of our agreement with Bruker, $22.9 million of proceeds was held in escrow and was restricted from use for one year following the closing date of the transaction to secure certain specified losses in the event of breaches of representations, warranties and covenants we made in the stock purchase agreement and related documents. The restriction relating to the escrowed proceeds was released on October 6, 2011. As part of the sale we incurred transaction costs, which consisted of investment banking fees and legal fees, totaling $5.2 million. During the fourth quarter of 2010, we recognized a pre-tax gain on disposal of $156.3 million and a pre-tax deferred gain of $5.4 million related to the assets in China. We recognized into income the pre-tax deferred gain of $5.4 million during the third quarter of 2012 related to the completion of the sale of the assets in China to Bruker.

Discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2012 include the realization of the $5.4 million 2010 deferred gain ($4.1 million net of taxes) relating to the net assets in China, which was finalized during the third quarter of 2012, and a $1.4 million gain ($1.1 million net of taxes) on the sale of assets of this discontinued segment that were previously held for sale and sold during the second quarter of 2012.

The following is a summary of the net assets sold as of the closing date on October 7, 2010 (in thousands):

	October 7, 2010
Assets
Accounts receivable, net	$	21,866
Inventories		26,431
Property, plant and equipment at cost, net		13,408
Goodwill		7,419
Other assets		5,485
Assets of discontinued segment held for sale	$	74,609
Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	7,616
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		5,284
Liabilities of discontinued segment held for sale	$	12,900

Summary information related to discontinued operations is as follows (in thousands):

	The year ended December 31,
	2012							2011									2010
	Solar Systems			Metrology		Total		Solar Systems			Metrology			Total			Solar Systems			Metrology		Total
Net sales	$	—		$	—	$	—	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	2,339		$	92,011	$	94,350
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations	$	(62	)	$	4,461	$	4,399	$	(61,453	)	$	(1,062	)	$	(62,515	)	$	(16,645	)	$	101,229	$	84,584

Liabilities of discontinued segment held for sale, totaling $5.4 million, as of December 31, 2011 consisted of the deferred gain related to the assets in China recognized in 2012.