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Discontinued Operations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Discontinued Operations

(16) Discontinued Operations

On March 15, 2013, the Company completed the sale of its equity interest in its Angel.com business for consideration to the Company of approximately $111.2 million, resulting in a net cash inflow of $100.7 million after $10.5 million in transaction costs. The sale resulted in a gain of $57.4 million, net of tax, in the year ended December 31, 2013. In the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations, the Company has classified operations of the Angel.com business as Loss from Discontinued Operations, net of tax, because the Company does not have any continuing involvement with or cash flows from this business following its divestiture.

The following table summarizes the revenues and pre-tax loss generated by the Angel.com business during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, in addition to the pre-tax gain on the sale of Angel.com recorded by the Company during the year ended December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2014      2013      2012  

Angel.com revenues

   $ 0       $ 6,320       $ 28,882   

Angel.com pre-tax loss

   $ 0       $ 986       $ 2,976   

MicroStrategy pre-tax gain on sale

   $ 0       $ 94,925       $ 0