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Restructuring

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

3.	Restructuring

The Company has taken a series of actions in recent years both in response to the challenging operating environment and in connection with the Centex merger that were designed to reduce ongoing operating costs and improve operating efficiencies. As a result of the combination of these actions, the Company incurred total restructuring charges as summarized below ($000's omitted):


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Employee severance benefits	$	5,549	$	1,438	$	8,537	$	4,831
Lease exit costs		6,308		1,868		6,301		2,654
Other		15		—		11		569

Total restructuring charges	$	11,872	$	3,306	$	14,849	$	8,054

Of the total restructuring costs reflected in the above table, $0.5 million and $1.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively, and $1.2 million and $1.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively, are included within Financial Services expenses. All other employee severance benefits are included within selling, general and administrative expenses while all other lease exit and other costs are included in other expense (income), net. The remaining liabilities for employee severance benefits and exited leases totaled $4.6 million and $38.9 million, respectively, at June 30, 2011 and $8.0 million and $41.7 million, respectively, at December 31, 2010. Substantially all of the employee severance benefits will be paid in 2011 while cash expenditures related to lease exit costs will be incurred over the remaining terms of the applicable leases, which generally extend several years. The restructuring costs relate to each of the Company's reportable segments and were not material to any one segment.

- 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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