Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities [Abstract]

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

Major components of other liabilities

	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

Severance and exit reserve activity

	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

Summary of restructuring charges by segment

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

Summary of restructuring charges by income statement classification

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

Carrying amount of product warranties

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