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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]  
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
NOTE 10: EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

Employee Retirement Plan

Effective May 9, 1997, the Company adopted a Defined Contribution 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan (the “401(k) Plan”) for its United States employees. The 401(k) Plan covers all full-time employees who have completed three months of service and attained the age of twenty-one. United States employees can contribute up to 100 percent of their annual compensation but are limited to the maximum annual dollar amount allowable under the Internal Revenue Code. The 401(k) plan permits matching and discretionary employer contributions, although in response to adverse market conditions the Company suspended the matching contributions under the 401(k) Plan in the first quarter of 2009 through June 30, 2010. The Company’s matching contributions for its United States employees vest ratably over a five-year period. During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company contributed approximately $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively, to the 401(k) Plan for matching contributions.

The Company also sponsors a non-U.S. defined benefit plan covering its employees in its Japan subsidiary (the “Benefit Plan”). Pension benefits under the Benefit Plan are based on years of service and annual salary. The Company utilizes actuarial methods. Inherent in the application of these actuarial methods are key assumptions, including, but not limited to, discount rates and expected long-term rates of return on plan assets. Changes in the related Benefit Plan costs may occur in the future due to changes in the underlying assumptions, changes in the number and composition of plan participants, and changes in the level of benefits provided. The Company uses a measurement date of December 31 to evaluate and record any post-retirement benefits related to the Benefit Plan.

Projected Benefit Obligation and Fair Value of Plan Assets

The Benefit Plan’s projected benefit obligation and valuation of plan assets are as follows for the years ended December 31 (in thousands):

Projected benefit obligation:
 
2011
 
2010
Balance, beginning of year
 
$
1,008
   
$
846
 
Service cost
   
186
     
217
 
Interest cost
   
17
     
20
 
Liability (gains) and losses
   
11
     
(162
)
Benefits paid to participants
   
(39
)
   
(28
)
Special termination benefit
   
21
     
—
 
Pension adjustment
   
6
     
—
 
Foreign currency
   
60
     
115
 
Balance, end of year
 
$
1,270
   
$
1,008
 
                 
Plan assets:
               
Fair value, beginning of year
 
$
—
   
$
—
 
Company contributions
   
28
     
28
 
Benefits paid to participants
   
(28
)
   
(28
)
Fair value, end of year
 
$
—
   
$
—
 


Funded status of the Benefit Plan as of December 31 (in thousands):
2011
 
2010
    Benefit obligation
$
(1,270
)
 
$
(1,008
)
Fair value of plan assets
 
—
     
—
 
Excess of benefit obligation over fair value of plan assets
$
(1,270
)
 
$
(1,008
)


Amounts recognized in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets consist of, as of December 31 (in thousands):
2011
 
2010
Accrued benefit liability
$
(1,270
)
 
$
(1,008
)
Transition obligation and unrealized gain
 
(190
)
   
(201
)
Net amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets
$
(1,460
)
 
$
(1,209
)


   
Years Ended December 31,
Other changes recognized in comprehensive income/loss (in thousands):
 
2011
 
2010
 
2009
Net periodic cost
 
$
221
   
$
242
   
$
219
 
Current year actuarial (gain) loss
   
11
     
(162
)
   
(23
)
Amortization of transition obligation
   
(5
)
   
(5
)
   
(5
)
Amortization of actuarial gain
   
15
     
—
   
—
 
Total recognized in other comprehensive income
   
21
     
(167
)
   
(28
)
Total recognized in comprehensive income/loss
 
$
242
   
$
75
   
$
191
 


   
As of December 31,
Amounts not yet reflected in net periodic benefit cost and included in accumulated other comprehensive gain/loss (in thousands):
 
2011
 
2010
Net actuarial gain
 
$
202
   
$
175
 
Transition obligation
   
(12
)
   
27
 
Total recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss
 
$
190
   
$
201
 


2012 estimated amounts of amortized transition obligation (in thousands):
 
2012
 
Transition obligation
 
$
(5
)


   
As of December 31,
   
2011
 
2010
Aggregate Benefit Plan information and accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets (in thousands):
         
Projected benefit obligation
 
$
1,270
 
$
1,008
 
Accumulated benefit obligation
   
887
   
705
 
Fair value of plan assets
   
—
   
—
 



The weighted-average assumptions to determine the benefit obligation and net cost are as follows:

   
2011
 
2010
Discount rate
 
1.75
%
 
1.75
%
Rate of increase in compensation levels
 
3.0
%
 
3.0
%

Components of Expense

Pension expense for the Benefit Plan is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and is comprised of the following for the years ended December 31 (in thousands):

   
2011
 
2010
 
2009
Service cost
 
$
186
 
$
217
 
$
196
Interest cost
   
18
   
20
   
18
Amortization of transition obligation
   
5
   
5
   
5
Gain (Loss)
   
(15
)
 
—
   
—
Special Termination
   
21
   
—
   
—
Benefit Adjustment
   
6
   
—
   
—
Total pension expense
 
$
221
 
$
242
 
$
219

Estimated Benefits and Contributions

The Company expects to contribute approximately $64,000 to the plan in 2012. As of December 31, 2011, benefits expected to be paid by the Benefit Plan for the next ten years is approximately as follows (in thousands):

2012
$
64
2013
 
61
2014
 
104
2015
 
207
2016
 
50
Next five years
 
184
Total expected benefits to be paid
$
670