Restructuring Charges

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

10. Restructuring Charges

In January 2014, we announced a plan to centralize our make ready operations to improve the cost and efficiency of our shops and further enhance the competitiveness of our fleet of compressors. As part of this plan, we examined both recent and anticipated changes in the North America market, including the throughput demand of our shops and the addition of new equipment to our fleet. To better align our costs and capabilities with the current market, we have determined to close several of our make ready shops. The centralization of our make ready operations is expected to be completed by the middle of 2014.

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we incurred $4.8 million of restructuring charges primarily related to termination benefits and a non-cash write-down of inventory associated with the centralization of our make ready operations. These charges are reflected as restructuring charges in our condensed consolidated statements of operations and are related to our North America contract operations and aftermarket services segments. We currently estimate that we will incur additional charges with respect to the centralization of our make ready operations of approximately $0.8 million. The estimated additional charges will result in cash expenditures.

The following table summarizes the changes to our accrued liability balance related to restructuring charges for the three months ended March 31, 2014 (in thousands):

	Restructuring Charges Accrual
Beginning balance at January 1, 2014	$	—
Additions for costs expensed	4,822
Less non-cash expense	(4,103		)
Reductions for payments	(462		)
Ending balance at March 31, 2014	$	257

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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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