Contingent Consideration

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Contingent Consideration

Contingent Consideration

Note 3—Contingent Consideration

In connection with an acquisition made during 2010, the Company made a contingent consideration payment to the sellers in April 2011 of $40,000 based on certain 2010 profitability levels of the acquired company. The Company was also required to make a contingent consideration payment to the sellers in 2012, if certain 2011 profitability levels of the acquired company were achieved, up to a maximum aggregate undiscounted amount of $19,000.

The Company determined the fair value of the liability for this contingent consideration payment based on a probability-weighted approach, which through the first quarter of 2011 would have resulted in the maximum contingent consideration being paid. During the second quarter of 2011, the acquired company’s performance expectations were reduced as a result of a softening in demand in the defense market and the related deferral of certain defense related programs to periods beyond 2011 and therefore outside the contractual earn-out period.  Therefore, it was determined that the payment related to 2011 profitability levels was no longer probable and the Company adjusted the remaining contingent consideration liability of $17,813 as a gain in operating income. Based on the actual 2011 results of the acquired company, it has been confirmed that the 2012 contingent consideration payment is in fact not payable.  As a result, the Company recorded approximately $17,800 ($11,200 after taxes), for the reversal of the contingent consideration in 2011.