v3.7.0.1

Supplemental Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Supplemental Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow Information

Accrued liabilities

		March 31,			December 31,
		2017			2016
		(In thousands)
Accrued compensation		$	100,783		$	116,775
Deferred revenue			259,671			255,626
Other taxes payable			16,264			16,419
Workers’ compensation liabilities			18,255			18,255
Interest payable			25,804			57,233
Litigation reserves			24,026			24,896
Current liability to discontinued operations			5,566			5,462
Dividends declared and payable			17,154			17,039
Other accrued liabilities			29,841			31,543
		$	497,364		$	543,248

Other expense (income)

			Three Months Ended
			March 31,
			2017			2016
	(In thousands)
Losses (gains) on sales, disposals and involuntary conversions of long-lived assets			$	2,875		$	5,298
Charges related to our CJES holdings (1)				—			177,242
Litigation expenses				821			637
Foreign currency transaction losses (gains)				876			4,214
(Gain) loss on debt buyback				8,596			(6,027)
Other losses (gains)				342			1,040
			$	13,510		$	182,404

Schedule of changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

					Unrealized
		Gains			gains (losses)			Defined
		(losses) on			on available-			benefit			Foreign
		cash flow			for-sale			pension plan			currency
		hedges			securities			items			items			Total
		(In thousands (1) )
As of January 1, 2016		$	(1,670)		$	(314)		$	(6,568)		$	(39,041)		$	(47,593)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications			—			769			—			33,362			34,131
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)			93			—			105			—			198
Net other comprehensive income (loss)			93			769			105			33,362			34,329
As of March 31, 2016		$	(1,577)		$	455		$	(6,463)		$	(5,679)		$	(13,264)

(1) All amounts are net of tax.

					Unrealized
		Gains			gains (losses)			Defined
		(losses) on			on available-			benefit			Foreign
		cash flow			for-sale			pension plan			currency
		hedges			securities			items			items			Total
		(In thousands (1) )
As of January 1, 2017		$	(1,296)		$	14,235		$	(3,760)		$	(21,298)		$	(12,119)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications			—			(3,201)			—			3,860			659
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)			93			—			31			—			124
Net other comprehensive income (loss)			93			(3,201)			31			3,860			783
As of March 31, 2017		$	(1,203)		$	11,034		$	(3,729)		$	(17,438)		$	(11,336)

(1) All amounts are net of tax.

Schedule of line items that were reclassified from net income

			Three Months Ended
			March 31,
			2017			2016
	(In thousands)
Interest expense			$	153		$	153
General and administrative expenses				50			174
Other expense (income), net				—			—
Total income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax				(203)			(327)
Tax expense (benefit)				(79)			(129)
Reclassification adjustment for (gains)/ losses included in net income (loss)			$	(124)		$	(198)

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 14A
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66004124&loc=SL7669686-108580

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