Restructuring

In response to the challenging operating environment in recent years, we have taken a series of actions designed to reduce ongoing operating costs and improve operating efficiencies. As a result of these actions, we incurred total restructuring charges as summarized below ($000’s omitted):



	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2012		2011
Employee severance benefits	$	195	$	3,031
Lease exit costs	4,749		(51		)
Other	—		(3		)
	$	4,944	$	2,977

Of the total restructuring costs reflected in the above table, $2.4 million and $0.5 million are classified within Financial Services expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. All other employee severance benefits are included within selling, general and administrative expense while lease exit and other costs are included in other expense (income), net. The remaining liability for employee severance benefits and exited leases totaled $0.7 million and $31.1 million, respectively, at March 31, 2012 and $2.6 million and $29.7 million, respectively, at December 31, 2011. Substantially all of the remaining liability for employee severance benefits will be paid within the next year, while cash expenditures related to the remaining liability for lease exit costs will be incurred over the remaining terms of the applicable office leases, which generally extend several years. The restructuring costs relate to various reportable segments and did not materially impact the comparability of any one segment.