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BUSINESS REORGANIZATION EXPENSES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
BUSINESS REORGANIZATION EXPENSES
BUSINESS REORGANIZATION EXPENSES
In January 2012, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer approved a $1,000 plan of reorganization (“2012 Plan”) to streamline the Company’s support operations in each of the Hudson regional businesses to match the aggregated operating segments and to improve support services to the Company’s regional and global professional business practices. The 2012 Plan primarily includes costs for actions to reduce support functions to match them to the revised operating structure. In April 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved an addition to the 2012 Plan of up to $10,000 for additional actions to accelerate the Company’s plans for increased global alignment and redirection of resources from support to client facing activities. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had incurred a total of $7,782 under its reorganization plans. In February 2013, the Board approved a further increase of up to $4,000 for additional actions under the 2012 Plan. For the six months ended June 30, 2013, restructuring charges associated with these initiatives for the 2012 Plan primarily included employee separation costs for the elimination of 44 positions and a lease termination payment. The headcount reductions identified in this action were completed in the first half of fiscal 2013, and the related payments are expected to be completed in fiscal 2013. The payments include, but are not limited to, salaries, social pension fund payments, health care and unemployment insurance costs to be paid to or on behalf of the affected employees.
The Company’s Board approved other reorganization plans in 2009 (“2009 Plan”), 2008 (“2008 Plan”), and 2006 (“2006 Plan”) to streamline the Company’s support operations and included actions to reduce support functions to match them to the scale of the business, to exit underutilized properties and to eliminate contracts for certain discontinued services. These actions resulted in costs for lease termination payments, employee termination benefits and contract cancellations. Business reorganization expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 by plan were as follows:  
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
2006 Plan
 
$

 
$
1,809

 
$
36

   
$
1,809

2008 Plan
 

 

 

   

2009 Plan
 

 
77

 

   
28

2012 Plan
 
1,249

 
3,204

 
3,195

 
4,193

Total
 
$
1,249

 
$
5,090

 
$
3,231

 
$
6,030


 
The following table contains amounts for Changes in Estimate, Additional Charges, and Payments related to prior restructuring plans that were incurred or recovered during the six months ended June 30, 2013. The amounts for Changes in Estimate and Additional Charges are classified as business reorganization expenses in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). Amounts in the “Payments” column represent primarily the cash payments associated with the reorganization plans. Changes in the accrued business reorganization expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2013 were as follows:
 
For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2013
December 31,
2012
 
Changes in
Estimate
 
Additional
Charges
 
Payments
 
June 30,
2013
Lease termination payments
$
2,678

 
$
15

 
$
520

 
$
(1,017
)
 
$
2,196

Employee termination benefits
715

 

 
2,356

 
(1,275
)
 
1,796

Other associated costs
27

 

 
340

 
(364
)
 
3

Total
$
3,420

 
$
15

 
$
3,216

 
$
(2,656
)
 
$
3,995