Income taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2011

Income taxes [Abstract]

Schedule of loss before income tax, domestic and foreign

For the years ended, December 30, 2011, December 31, 2010, and December 25, 2009, our loss from continuing operations before income taxes was as follows (in thousands):

	2011			2010			2009
Domestic	$	(14,242	)	$	1,293		$	(13,638	)
Non-U.S.		(10,413	)		(26,339	)		(57,342	)
Total	$	(24,655	)	$	(25,046	)	$	(70,980	)

Components of income tax expense

For the years ended, December 30, 2011, December 31, 2010, and December 25, 2009, our income tax expense (benefit) was as follows (in thousands):

Current:	2011			2010			2009
Federal	$	655		$	--		$	267
State and local		36			88			(432	)
Non-U.S.		(1,971	)		3,765			8,927
		(1,280	)		3,853			8,762
Deferred:
Federal		16,460			(245	)		(4,169	)
State and local		5,777			(37	)		(464	)
Non-U.S.		7,834			(880	)		(2,250	)
		30,071			(1,162	)		(6,883	)
Net tax expense	$	28,791		$	2,691		$	1,879

Effective tax rate reconciliation

 A reconciliation of the U.S statutory federal income tax rate with our effective income tax rate was as follows:

	2011			2010			2009
U.S. statutory federal income tax rate		35	%		35	%		35	%
Decrease (increase) resulting from:
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax effect		4			--			1
Non-deductible expenses and other		(9	)		(3	)		(2	)
Non-U.S. income subject to U.S. income tax		5			(8	)		(1	)
Tax effect of intangible impairment		--			(35	)		(29	)
Tax effect of valuation allowance		(152	)		--			--
Lower foreign tax rates		--			--			(7	)
Effective tax rate		(117	%)		(11	%)		(3	%)

Unrecognized tax benefits reconciliation

A reconciliation of the total gross unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 30, 201, December 31, 2010, and December 25, 2009 were as follows (in thousands):

	2011			2010			2009
Unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning of the year	$	17,686		$	23,237		$	24,124
Additions to tax positions related to current year		6,558			1,555			3,172
Reductions to tax positions related to prior years		(1,846	)		(5,005	)		(1,434	)
Lapses in statutes of limitation		(5,098	)		(2,101	)		(2,625	)
Unrecognized tax benefits at the end of the year	$	17,300		$	17,686		$	23,237

Components of deferred tax assets and liabilities

Deferred tax assets and liabilities from continuing operations included the following (in thousands):

Assets:	2011			2010
Inventories	$	794		$	878
Plant and equipment		6,189			6,397
Vacation pay and other compensation		498			640
Pension expense		613			1,017
Stock awards		77			--
Accrued liabilities		1,788			2,159
Net operating losses – federal, state and foreign		40,130			19,777
Tax credits		20,770			17,958
Acquired Intangibles		8,800			--
Other		124			2,914
Total deferred tax assets		79,783			51,740
Valuation allowance		(73,104	)		(15,086	)
Net deferred tax assets	$	6,679		$	36,654
Liabilities:
Foreign earnings not permanently invested	$	11,494		$	11,460
Unrecognized foreign exchange gains		--			198
Stock awards		--			217
Restructuring		1,551			--
Acquired intangibles		461			(274	)
Other		1,309			(1,509	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		14,815			10,092
Net deferred tax (liabilities)/assets	$	(8,136	)	$	26,562
Short-term deferred tax assets	$	1,110		$	2,985
Short-term deferred tax liabilities		(3,816	)		(1,202	)
Long-term deferred tax assets		3,223			33,669
Long-term deferred tax liabilities		(8,653	)		(8,890	)
Net deferred tax (liabilities)/assets	$	(8,136	)	$	26,562