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RESTRUCTURING CHARGES (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES [Abstract] |
Schedule of Restructuring and Related Costs | The types of restructuring expense for the three months ended June 30, 2013 were (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | June 30, 2013 |  | June 30, 2012
Severance and benefits |  | $ | 2,483 |  | $ | -
Facilities |  |  | 76 |  |  | -
|  | $ | 2,559 |  | $ | -
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost | The following tables show the activity and the estimated timing of future payouts for accrued restructuring (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, 2013
|  | Severance and Benefits |  | Facilities |  | Total
Balance as of March 31, 2013 |  | $ | 2,711 |  |  | $ | 2,045 |  |  | $ | 4,756 |
Restructuring costs |  |  | 3,036 |  |  |  | 76 |  |  |  | 3,112 |
Restructuring charge reversal |  |  | (553 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (553 | )
Cash payments |  |  | (1,429 | ) |  |  | (110 | ) |  |  | (1,539 | )
Balance as of June 30, 2013 |  | $ | 3,765 |  |  | $ | 2,011 |  |  | $ | 5,776 |
Schedule of Estimated Future Payouts for Accrued Restructuring |
|  | Severance and Benefits |  | Facilities |  | Total
Estimated timing of future payouts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Next twelve months |  | $ | 3,765 |  | $ | 352 |  | $ | 4,117
July 2014 through February 2021 |  |  | - |  |  | 1,659 |  |  | 1,659
|  | $ | 3,765 |  | $ | 2,011 |  | $ | 5,776

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of costs incurred for restructuring including, but not limited to, exit and disposal activities, remediation, implementation, integration, asset impairment, and charges against earnings from the write-down of assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140864-122747 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) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 + Details
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