Property And Equipment (Parent Company [Member])

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Parent Company [Member]

NOTE 6. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property and equipment, net, consisted of the following (in thousands):


	December 31,		December 31,
		2013		2012

Land and improvements	$	7,471	$	7,471
Buildings and improvements		158,382		123,677
Leasehold improvements		39,266		32,144
Machinery and equipment		162,144		142,127
Office furniture and equipment		35,271		29,317
Computer hardware and software		136,008		113,512
Construction in progress		11,473		30,061
		550,015		478,309
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		268,801		233,132
Total property and equipment, net	$	281,214	$	245,177

Depreciation and amortization expense of property and equipment was $42.8 million, $39.8 million and $37.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

In 2011, we began the construction of a new administrative building adjacent to our primary facility on our worldwide headquarters in Westbrook, Maine, which was complete as of December 31, 2013. We capitalized $19.9 million, $13.9 million and $3.4 million related to this project during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

During the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, we capitalized $10.9 million, $12.4 million and $5.7 million, respectively, related to computer software developed for internal use.

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The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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