Restructuring Costs
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring Costs

(14) Restructuring Costs

The Company’s restructuring costs in the three month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, include the following actions to align its business operations, some of which were begun in previous periods: the termination of the consumer initiative program in the third quarter of 2012, the sale of the Company’s Belfast, North Ireland location in the second quarter of 2014, the realignment of the Company’s corporate organization, field management and sales force structures in North America throughout 2014, and additional field restructuring in 2015 to facilitate the integration of ETS. The accrued restructuring obligations as of March 31, 2015 were related to the Company’s operations in North America.

The following table details accrued restructuring obligations (included in accrued liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets) and related activity for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the three-month period ended March 31, 2015.

 

     Severance
and
Benefits		      Lease
Abandonment
Costs		      Other
Costs		      Total  
     (In thousands)  

Accrued obligations as of January 1, 2014

    $ 613       $ 1,063       $ —         $ 1,676   

Restructuring expense

      1,826         318         1,398         3,542   

Settlement of obligations

      (1,998 )       (705 )       (1,398 )       (4,101 ) 
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Accrued obligations as of December 31, 2014

   441      676      —        1,117   

Restructuring expense

   464      19      —        483   

Settlement of obligations

   (157 )    (61 )    —        (218 ) 
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Accrued obligations as of March 31, 2015

 $ 748    $ 634    $ —      $ 1,382   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

The majority of accrued obligations are expected to be paid out through the year 2015, with the exception of a lease that will continue into the first quarter of 2019.

The following amounts are included in restructuring expense for the periods indicated:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,		  
     2015      2014  
     (In thousands)  

Severance and benefits

    $ 464       $ 340   

Lease abandonment costs

      19         139   

Other costs (1)

      —           106   
  

 

 

     

 

 

  

Restructuring expenses

 $ 483    $ 585   
  

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

(1) Other costs for 2014 include the sale of the Company’s Belfast, Northern Ireland location.