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Restructuring and Other Expense (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Restructuring Expenses and Other Operating Expenses [Abstract] |
Schedule of Restructuring Expense and Other Operating Expense | Restructuring and other expense consists of the following:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Restructuring costs included in cost of sales | $ | 2,329 |  |  | $ | 948 |
Restructuring costs | $ | 6,180 |  |  | $ | 713 |
Patent dispute and shareholder activism costs | — |  |  | 2,484 |
Restructuring and other expense included in selling and administrative expense | $ | 6,180 |  |  | $ | 3,197 |
Schedule of Restructuring Accrual | Below is a rollforward of the accrual:
Balance as of January 1, 2015 | $ | 8,254 |
Expenses incurred | 2,794 |
Payments made | (2,170 | )
Balance at March 31, 2015 | $ | 8,878 |

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- Definition 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. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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