Restructuring Charges

6 Months Ended

May 31, 2011

Note 13: Restructuring Charges

During fiscal 2010, our management approved, committed to and initiated plans to restructure and improve efficiencies in our operations as a result of certain management and organizational changes. Restructurings were undertaken in the first and third quarter of fiscal 2010 to better position the company for long-term growth, improved profitability, greater competitiveness and improved efficiency across our global business. Actions taken during these restructurings included the refinement of our product portfolio towards core and high-growth opportunities and the global consolidation and redeployment of a portion of our product development and administrative personnel, assets and processes to other global locations that offer greater efficiencies to the business and the continued consolidation of offices around the world. To accomplish these goals, and with a view toward better optimizing operations and improving productivity and efficiency, we reduced our global workforce primarily within the development, sales and administrative organizations. This workforce reduction was conducted across all geographies and also resulted in a consolidation of offices in certain locations. Certain activities related to the third quarter fiscal 2010 restructuring continued into the first six months of fiscal 2011 and are expected to continue through fiscal 2011. The total costs of the fiscal 2010 restructurings primarily relate to employee severance and facilities related expenses, and are recorded to the restructuring expense line item within our condensed consolidated statements of operations. The excess facilities and other costs represent facilities costs for unused space and termination costs of automobile leases for employees included in the workforce reduction.

We also increased our investment and expansion of development and administration operations in India, where we have run a successful development organization for several years. We are increasing the size of our product development organization in Hyderabad, India, from about a third of our development resources to about half, in order to manage our development costs as we increase overall product development headcount and capacity in our key product areas. Over the next six months we expect to continue to move and add additional product group functions as well as certain administrative functions to India. This expansion in India will result in the reduction of our development and administration operations headcount in all other geographies in which we operate.

Through these initiatives, we expect to incur aggregate future pre-tax restructuring charges and pre-tax non-recurring transition expenses of approximately $3 million to $4 million over the remaining six months of fiscal 2011, primarily comprising costs for severance, transition costs and consolidation of facilities. The transition expenses are necessary to ramp up the new, more efficient capabilities ahead of switching over from the existing cost structure.

A summary of activity for all restructuring actions is as follows:

(In thousands)


	Excess Facilities			Employee Severance
	and Other Costs			and Related Benefits			Total

Balance, December 1, 2010	$	8,627		$	4,016		$	12,643
Additional reserves related to Q3 2010 restructuring and adjustments to initial reserves		1,376			1,882			3,258
Cash disbursements		(3,073	)		(5,376	)		(8,449	)
Translation adjustments and other		502			57			559

Balance, May 31, 2011	$	7,432		$	579		$	8,011

The amounts included under cash disbursements for excess facilities costs are net of proceeds received from sublease agreements. The balance of the employee severance and related benefits is expected to be paid over a period of time ending in fiscal 2011. The balance of the excess facilities and related costs is expected to be paid over a period of time ending in fiscal 2013.

For all restructuring reserves described above the short-term portion of $4.9 million is included in other accrued liabilities and the long-term portion of $3.1 million is included in other non-current liabilities on the balance sheet at May 31, 2011.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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