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Note 13: Restructuring Charges
During fiscal 2010, our management approved, committed to and initiated plans to restructure and
improve efficiencies in our operations as a result of certain management and organizational
changes. Restructurings were undertaken in the first and third quarter of fiscal 2010 to better
position the company for long-term growth, improved profitability, greater competitiveness and
improved efficiency across our global business. Actions taken during these restructurings included
the refinement of our product portfolio towards core and high-growth opportunities and the global
consolidation and redeployment of a portion of our product development and administrative
personnel, assets and processes to other global locations that offer greater efficiencies to the
business and the continued consolidation of offices around the world. To accomplish these goals,
and with a view toward better optimizing operations and improving productivity and efficiency, we
reduced our global workforce primarily within the development, sales and administrative
organizations. This workforce reduction was conducted across all geographies and also resulted in a
consolidation of offices in certain locations. Certain activities related to the third quarter
fiscal 2010 restructuring continued into the first six months of fiscal 2011 and are expected to
continue through fiscal 2011. The total costs of the fiscal 2010 restructurings primarily relate
to employee severance and facilities related expenses, and are recorded to the restructuring
expense line item within our condensed consolidated statements of operations. The excess
facilities and other costs represent facilities costs for unused space and termination costs of
automobile leases for employees included in the workforce reduction.
We also increased our investment and expansion of development and administration operations in
India, where we have run a successful development organization for several years. We are
increasing the size of our product development organization in Hyderabad, India, from about a third
of our development resources to about half, in order to manage our development costs as we increase
overall product development headcount and capacity in our key product areas. Over the next six
months we expect to continue to move and add additional product group functions as well as certain
administrative functions to India. This expansion in India will result in the reduction of our
development and administration operations headcount in all other geographies in which we operate.
Through these initiatives, we expect to incur aggregate future pre-tax restructuring charges and
pre-tax non-recurring transition expenses of approximately $3 million to $4 million over the
remaining six months of fiscal 2011, primarily comprising costs for severance, transition costs and
consolidation of facilities. The transition expenses are necessary to ramp up the new, more
efficient capabilities ahead of switching over from the existing cost structure.
A summary of activity for all restructuring actions is as follows:
(In thousands)
The amounts included under cash disbursements for excess facilities costs are net of proceeds
received from sublease agreements. The balance of the employee severance and related benefits is
expected to be paid over a period of time ending in fiscal 2011. The balance of the excess
facilities and related costs is expected to be paid over a period of time ending in fiscal 2013.
For all restructuring reserves described above the short-term portion of $4.9 million is included
in other accrued liabilities and the long-term portion of $3.1 million is included in other
non-current liabilities on the balance sheet at May 31, 2011.
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