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Acquisitions and divestments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Ridgeline |
Acquisition and divestments |
Schedule of allocation of the purchase price | Our acquisition of Ridgeline is accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting as of the transaction closing date. The preliminary purchase price allocation for the business combination is estimated as follows (in thousands):
Fair value of consideration transferred: |  |  |  |
Cash |  | $ | 81,258 |
Other items to be allocated to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed: |  |  |  |
Fair value of our investment in Rockland at the acquisition date |  |  | 12,109 |
Loss recognized on the step acquisition |  |  | (7,343 | )
Total purchase price |  | $ | 86,024 |
Preliminary purchase price allocation |  |  |  |
Cash |  | $ | 1,026 |
Working capital |  |  | (8,126 | )
Property, plant, and equipment |  |  | 397,769 |
Other long-term assets |  |  | 36,000 |
Long-term debt |  |  | (295,512 | )
Interest rate swaps |  |  | (21,606 | )
Other long-term liabilities |  |  | (1,310 | )
Deferred tax liability |  |  | (14,272 | )
Noncontrolling interest |  |  | (7,945 | )
Total identifiable net assets |  | $ | 86,024 |
Partnership |
Acquisition and divestments |
Schedule of allocation of the purchase price |
Fair value of consideration transferred: |  |  |  |
Cash |  | $ | 601,766 |
Equity |  |  | 407,424 |
Total purchase price |  | $ | 1,009,190 |
Final purchase price allocation |  |  |  |
Working capital |  | $ | 37,951 |
Property, plant, and equipment |  |  | 1,024,015 |
Intagibles |  |  | 528,531 |
Other long-term assets |  |  | 224,295 |
Long-term debt |  |  | (621,551 | )
Other long-term liabilities |  |  | (129,341 | )
Deferred tax liability |  |  | (164,539 | )
Total identifiable net assets |  |  | 899,361 |
Preferred shares |  |  | (221,304 | )
Goodwill |  |  | 331,133 |
Total purchase price |  |  | 1,009,190 |
Less cash acquired |  |  | (22,683 | )
Cash paid, net of cash acquired |  | $ | 986,507 |
Schedule of pro forma results of operations |
|  | Unaudited |
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|  | Years ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Total project revenue |  | $ | 694,162 |  | $ | 669,985 |
Net loss attributable to Atlantic Power Corporation |  |  | (95,772 | ) |  | (2,462 | )
Netloss per share attributable to Atlantic Power Corporation shareholders: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | (0.85 | ) | $ | (0.02 | )
Diluted |  | $ | (0.85 | ) | $ | (0.02 | )
Cadillac |
Acquisition and divestments |
Schedule of allocation of the purchase price |
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed: |  |  |  |
Working capital |  | $ | 5,643 |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 42,101 |
Power purchase agreements |  |  | 36,420 |
Interest rate swap derivative |  |  | (4,038 | )
Project-level debt |  |  | (43,131 | )
Total purchase price |  |  | 36,995 |
Less cash acquired |  |  | (1,870 | )
Cash paid, net of cash acquired |  | $ | 35,125 |
Rollcast Energy, Inc. |
Acquisition and divestments |
Schedule of allocation of the purchase price | The following table summarizes the consideration transferred to acquire Rollcast and the amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the March 1, 2010 acquisition date, as well as the fair value of the noncontrolling interest in Rollcast at the acquisition date:
Fair value of consideration transferred: |  |  |  |
Cash |  | $ | 1,200 |
Other items to be allocated to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed: |  |  |  |
Fair value of our investment in Rollcast at the acquisition date |  |  | 2,758 |
Fair value of noncontrolling interest in Rollcast |  |  | 3,410 |
Gain recognized on the step acquisition |  |  | 211 |
Total |  | $ | 7,579 |
Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed: |  |  |  |
Cash |  |  | 1,524 |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 130 |
Prepaid expenses and other assets |  |  | 133 |
Capitalized development costs |  |  | 2,705 |
Trade and other payables |  |  | (448 | )
Total identifiable net assets |  |  | 4,044 |
Goodwill |  |  | 3,535 |
|  | $ | 7,579 |

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