Restructuring Charges (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

	Year Ended December 31,

(In thousands)	2012		2011		2010
Terminix branch optimization(1)	$	3,652	$	3,560	$	2,352
TruGreen reorganization and restructuring(2)		3,241		1,115		6,922
American Home Shield reorganization(3)		647		—		—
ServiceMaster Clean reorganization(3)		1,370		—		—
Centers of excellence initiative(4)		9,267		3,416		—
Other(5)		—		71		2,174

Total restructuring charges	$	18,177	$	8,162	$	11,448

(1): For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, these charges included severance costs of $0.4 million and $0.1 million, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, these charges included lease termination costs of $3.3 million, $3.5 million and $2.4 million, respectively.
(2): For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, these charges included severance costs of $2.7 million, $0.8 million and $1.8 million, respectively, and lease termination costs of $0.5 million, $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2010, these charges also included consulting fees and other costs of $4.7 million and $0.2 million, respectively.
(3): For the year ended December 31, 2012, these charges included severance costs.
(4): Represents restructuring charges related to an initiative to enhance capabilities and reduce costs in the Company's headquarters functions that provide company-wide administrative services for our operations that we refer to as "centers of excellence." For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, these charges included severance and other costs of $4.6 million and $1.9 million, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, these charges included consulting fees of $4.7 million and $1.5 million, respectively.
(5): For the year ended December 31, 2011, these charges included reserve adjustments associated with previous restructuring initiatives. For the year ended December 31, 2010, these charges included reserve adjustments, severance and retention associated with previous restructuring initiatives of $1.0 million and severance, retention, legal fees and other costs associated with the Merger of $1.2 million.

Schedule of reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of accrued restructuring charges

(In thousands)	Accrued Restructuring Charges

Balance as of December 31, 2010	$	3,542
Costs incurred		8,162
Costs paid or otherwise settled		(7,814	)

Balance as of December 31, 2011		3,890
Costs incurred		18,177
Costs paid or otherwise settled		(17,525	)

Balance as of December 31, 2012	$	4,542

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of restructuring and related costs by type of restructuring including the description of the restructuring costs, such as the expected cost; the costs incurred during the period; the cumulative costs incurred as of the balance sheet date; the income statement caption within which the restructuring charges recognized for the period are included; and changes to an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period.

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