Restructuring Costs Restructuring Costs (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost

The following table summarizes our restructuring activity during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and related liabilities as of September 30, 2013 (in thousands):



	Lease Exit Costs
	Facility Exit Costs			Impairment of Tenant Improvements			Impairment of Other Assets			Employee Termination Costs			Total
Restructuring costs	$	2,414		$	1,733		$	650		$	1,221		$	6,018
Cash payments	(112		)	—			—			(629		)	(741		)
Noncash asset impairments	—			(1,733		)	(650		)	—			(2,383		)
Accretion	9			—			—			—			9
Balance as of September 30, 2013	$	2,311		$	—		$	—		$	592		$	2,903

Schedule of Restructuring and Related Costs

Restructuring costs incurred by segment during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 are as follows (in thousands):



	Lease Exit Costs
	Facility Exit Costs		Impairment of Tenant Improvements		Impairment of Other Assets		Employee Termination Costs		Total
Sequenom Laboratories	$	—	$	—	$	650	$	601	$	1,251
Sequenom Bioscience	—		—		—		303		303
Unallocated	2,414		1,733		—		317		4,464
	$	2,414	$	1,733	$	650	$	1,221	$	6,018

- 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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