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Discontinued Operations | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Discontinued Operations [Abstract] |
Discontinued Operations |
| 4. | Discontinued Operations
As part of the Company’s strategy of evaluating the viability of its non-core businesses and its aggressive pursuit of capital funding, the Company determined that its German subsidiary, LBM, was not directly aligned with its objective to become a leading provider of turnkey, comprehensive energy-efficient lighting systems. Therefore, in the third quarter of 2009, the Company committed to a plan to divest itself of LBM. In December 2009, the Company completed the sale of its ownership rights in LBM for $0.2 million comprised of cash and a promissory note. Furthermore, the Company will receive an earn-out equal to ten percent (10 %) of post-acquisition, pre-amortization, pre-tax profit for a period of 24 months commencing January, 2010. In March 2011, the Company received an earn-out payment in the amount of $27 thousand. Excluding this earn-out, the Company recorded a loss on disposal of subsidiary of $0.7 million. As part of this transaction, the purchaser assumed all rights to both tangible and intangible assets as well as all of the liabilities of LBM. The following table summarizes the components included in loss from discontinued operations within the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations (amounts in thousands):
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Net sales |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,462 |
Total expenses |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,663 |
Loss before income taxes of discontinued operations |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,201 | )
Provision for income tax |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Loss from discontinued operations |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,201 | )

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