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SPL Administration
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
SPL Administration

13.  SPL Administration

 

On February 23, 2010, the Company placed its wholly owned subsidiary, SPL into administration (a structured bankruptcy) in the United Kingdom. The Company had previously ceased operations at the facility as of December 2008 as part of the restructuring initiatives announced on October 29, 2007, as described in Note 11. The remaining assets and customer contracts of SPL were transferred to other subsidiaries of the Company subsequent to SPL filing for administration. As a result of placing SPL into administration, the Company recognized a net gain of approximately $3,423 during the year ended December 31, 2010. This gain was primarily related to the reversal of the cumulative translation adjustment account (“CTA”) and deferred tax liabilities, which had previously been included as a component of other comprehensive income (loss) income within shareholders’ equity. The net gain of approximately $2,253, primarily due to reversing the CTA balance is included as a component of other expense (income), net on the consolidated statement of operations. The benefit from reversing the deferred tax liabilities, primarily employee benefit related of approximately $1,170, is included as a component of benefit from income taxes on the consolidated statement of operations, as described in Note 5.