Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

The amount of income tax (expense) benefit allocated to each component of Other comprehensive income for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 is provided in the following:


	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2012									2011
	(In thousands)
	Foreign Currency Translation^(a)			Pension and Post- retirement Benefits			Other			Foreign Currency Translation			Pension and Post- retirement Benefits			Other
Other comprehensive (loss) income, before tax	$	(57,622	)		19,248		$	51		$	23,562		$	544		$	93
Income tax (expense) benefit		1,740			(7,045	)		(20	)		(1,003	)		(166	)		(35	)

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax	$	(55,882	)		12,203		$	31		$	22,559		$	378		$	58


	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2012									2011
	(In thousands)
	Foreign Currency Translation^(a)			Pension and Post- retirement Benefits			Other			Foreign Currency Translation		Pension and Post- retirement Benefits			Other
Other comprehensive (loss) income, before tax	$	(28,702	)	$	28,743		$	106		$	94,908	$	7,242		$	148
Income tax (expense) benefit		1,832			(10,501	)		(40	)		1,628		(2,619	)		(56	)

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax	$	(26,870	)	$	18,242		$	66		$	96,536	$	4,623		$	92

(a)

The three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2012 include a non-cash write-off of foreign currency translation adjustments of $12.3 million from Accumulated other comprehensive loss in connection with our exit of the phosphorous flame retardants business (see Note 13) in accordance with current accounting guidance.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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