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Restructuring
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Restructuring [Abstract] 
Restructuring
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      Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,      September 30,  
     2011      2010      2011      2010  

Employee severance benefits

   $ 663       $ 7,444       $ 9,195       $ 12,275   

Lease exit costs

     101         7,113         6,401         9,767   

Other

     —           987         11         1,556   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total restructuring charges

   $ 764       $ 15,544       $ 15,607       $ 23,598   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Of the total restructuring costs reflected in the above table, $0.1 million and $1.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, and $1.7 million and $3.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 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 $1.9 million and $34.0 million, respectively, at September 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.