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Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities [Abstract]  
Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities
7.  
 Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities

The following table details the major components of other accrued expenses:

   
 December 31, 2011
  
December 31, 2010
 
        
Warranty
 $38,378  $38,885 
Unearned/deferred revenue
  37,590   52,400 
Taxes other than income
  27,318   26,443 
Accrued interest
  30,747   27,679 
Accrued volume discounts
  17,243   13,774 
Accrued commissions (non-employee)
  11,069   9,629 
Restructuring and exit
  5,016   5,282 
Legal and environmental
  1,920   2,973 
Other (none of which are individually significant)
  65,101   50,939 
   $234,382  $228,004 

The following table details the major components of other liabilities (non-current):

   
December 31, 2011
  
December 31, 2010
 
     
Deferred compensation
 $358,647  $255,347 
Tax reserves
  182,891   196,446 
Unearned/deferred revenue
  44,259   47,768 
Legal and environmental
  18,910   19,234 
Warranty
  4,146   1,147 
Restructuring and exit
  576   2,337 
Other, including net investment hedge
  41,175   39,730 
   $650,604  $562,009 

Warranty

Estimated warranty program claims are provided for at the time of sale. Amounts provided for are based on historical costs and adjusted for new claims.  The changes in the carrying amount of product warranties through December 31, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

   
2011
  
2010
 
Beginning Balance, January 1
 $40,032  $41,232 
Provision for warranties
  35,313   37,354 
Settlements made
  (35,706)  (37,692)
Other adjustments, including acquisitions and currency translation
  2,885   (862)
Ending Balance, December 31
 $42,524  $40,032 
          

During the year ended December 31, 2011, one of the Company's businesses changed its classification of amounts relating to the remaining performance period under extended warranty programs from warranty accruals to deferred revenue.  For the year ended December 31, 2010, a total of $13,784 that had previously been reported within warranty liabilities was reclassified to current and noncurrent deferred revenue to conform to the current year presentation.
 
Restructuring

From time to time, the Company will initiate various restructuring programs and incur severance and other restructuring costs.  Prior to January 1, 2009, the Company established reserves related to severance and  facility closings in connection with certain acquisitions, which were established through the purchase accounting for these acquisitions, as allowed under accounting guidance in effect at the time.  These reserves were substantially settled in 2010.

In late 2008, the Company announced plans to substantially increase its restructuring efforts in response to the significant decline in global economic activity at the time.  As a result, in 2009 the Company recorded restructuring charges totaling $67,322 for workforce reductions and facility rationalizations.  The majority of these activities were carried out in 2009.  Restructuring initiatives in 2010 and 2011 were minor, and the Company does not anticipate significant restructuring charges in 2012.

The following table details the Company's severance and exit reserve activity for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009:

   
Severance
  
Exit
  
Total
 
At December 31, 2008 (A)
 $7,203  $21,485  $28,688 
Provision
  51,558   15,764   67,322 
Payments
  (50,617)  (12,543)  (63,160)
Purchase accounting
  -   (16,074)  (16,074)
Other
  8   (1,378)  (1,370)
At December 31, 2009 (B)
  8,152   7,254   15,406 
Provision
  2,948   3,212   6,160 
Payments
  (9,732)  (4,484)  (14,216)
Other
  (225)  494   269 
At December 31, 2010
  1,143   6,476   7,619 
Provision
  2,382   3,313   5,695 
Payments
  (992)  (5,991)  (6,983)
Other
  (70)  (669)  (739)
At December 31, 2011
 $2,463  $3,129  $5,592 
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(A) Includes $27,864 for acquisition-related restructuring accruals established in purchase accounting.
(B) Includes $895 for acquisition-related restructuring accruals established in purchase accounting.  This balance was settled in 2010.

A summary of restructuring charges by segment and income statement classification is as follows:
 
   
Years Ended December 31,
 
   
2011
  
2010
  
2009
 
Communication Technologies
 $1,684  $344  $9,431 
Energy
  2,668   1,048   7,313 
Engineered Systems
  1,193   4,085   21,068 
Printing & Identification
  150   683   29,510 
Total
 $5,695  $6,160  $67,322 
              
Classified in the Statements of Operations as follows:
         
              
Cost of goods and services
 $2,706  $2,078  $18,344 
Selling and administrative expenses
  2,989   4,082   48,978 
Total
 $5,695  $6,160  $67,322