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Restructuring and Other Items (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Recognized Restructuring and Other Items, Net

Restructuring and other items recognized during the year ended December 31, 2013 comprise:

		Year Ended
		December 31,				December 31,				December 31,
		2013				2012				2011
		(in thousands)
Restructuring charges		$	9,033			$	4,525				9,817
Other items			-				1,111				-
Net charge		$	9,033			$	5,636			$	9,817

Details of Movement in Restructuring Provisions Recognized

Details of the movement in this restructuring plan recognized are as follows:

		Workforce				Office
		Reductions				Consolidations				Total
		(in thousands)
Q1 Plan - Initial provision recognized		$	3,903			$	509			$	4,412
Q2 Plan - Initial provision recognized			4,228				393				4,621
Total provision recognised			8,131				902				9,033
Cash payments			(6,544	)			(199	)			(6,743	)
Amounts released			(93	)			-				(93	)
Foreign exchange movement			(3	)			-				(3	)
Provision at December 31, 2013		$	1,491			$	703			$	2,194

Prior Period Restructuring Charges

Details of the movement in the 2012 restructuring plan are as follows:

		Workforce				Office
		Reductions				Consolidations				Total
		(in thousands)
Initial provision recognized		$	3,394			$	1,250			$	4,644
Residual balance from prior period			-				130				130
Cash payments			(3,030	)			(824	)			(3,854	)
Foreign exchange movement			(4	)			-				(4	)
Provision at December 31, 2012		$	360			$	556			$	916
Cash payments			(197	)			(426	)			(623	)
Amounts released			(57	)			-				(57	)
Provision at December 31, 2013		$	106			$	130			$	236

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Tabular disclosure of costs incurred for restructuring including, but not limited to, exit and disposal activities, remediation, implementation, integration, asset impairment, and charges against earnings from the write-down of assets.

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period.

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