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Restructuring Charges
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Restructuring Charges  
Restructuring Charges

Note 3. Restructuring Charges

 

A summary of the expenses aggregated on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations line item “Restructuring charges” in the quarters ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, is as follows (amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

Quarters Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

Manufacturing relocation costs

 

$

747

 

$

1,438

 

Personnel reduction costs

 

278

 

354

 

Restructuring charges

 

$

1,025

 

$

1,792

 

 

Quarter Ended June 30, 2011

 

In the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, the Company initiated the first phase of a plan to restructure the Film and Electrolytic Business Group (“Film and Electrolytic”) and to reduce overhead within the Company as a whole.  The restructuring plan includes implementing programs to make the Company more competitive, removing excess capacity, moving production to lower cost locations and eliminating unnecessary costs throughout the Company.  Restructuring charges in the quarter ended June 30, 2011 relate to this plan and are primarily comprised of manufacturing relocation costs of $0.7 million for relocation of equipment from Italy to Mexico and China.  In addition, the Company incurred $0.3 million in personnel reduction costs due primarily to headcount reductions related to the Company’s initiative to reduce overhead within the Company as a whole.

 

Quarter Ended June 30, 2010

 

Restructuring expenses in the quarter ended June 30, 2010 are primarily comprised of manufacturing relocation costs of $1.4 million for relocation of equipment from various plants to Mexico.  In addition, the Company incurred $0.4 million in personnel reduction costs due primarily to headcount reductions within Film and Electrolytic.

 

Reconciliation of restructuring liability

 

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending liability balances for restructuring charges included in the line items “Accrued expenses” and “Other non-current obligations” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are as follows (amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

Quarter Ended June 30, 2011

 

Quarter Ended June 30, 2010

 

 

 

Personnel

 

Manufacturing

 

Personnel

 

Manufacturing

 

 

 

Reductions

 

Relocations

 

Reductions

 

Relocations

 

Beginning of period

 

$

1,827

 

$

 

$

8,398

 

$

 

Costs charged to expense

 

278

 

747

 

354

 

1,438

 

Costs paid or settled

 

(377

)

(747

)

(1,490

)

(1,438

)

Change in foreign exchange

 

23

 

 

(566

)

 

End of period

 

$

1,751

 

$

 

$

6,696

 

$