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Acquisitions and Dispositions (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Acquisitions and Dispositions |
Consideration transferred and preliminary value of intangible assets |
|  | Nine months ended September 30, |
(millions) |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Consideration |  | $ | 100 |  | $ | 87 |
Intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | $ | 58 |  | $ | 29 |
Other intangible assets |  | 29 |  | 52 |
|  | $ | 87 |  | $ | 81 |
Summary of the allocation of the purchase price to the estimated fair values |
|  | Amounts |
|  | recorded as of |
|  | the acquisition |
|  | date |
Working capital (1) |  | $ | 348 |
Property, equipment, and capitalized software |  | 297 |
Identifiable intangible assets: |  |  |
Customer relationships |  | 1,800 |
Trademarks |  | 890 |
Technology |  | 215 |
Other non-current assets (2) |  | 350 |
Long-term debt |  | 346 |
Other non-current liabilities (3) |  | 367 |
Net deferred tax liability (4) |  | 1,034 |
Net assets acquired |  | 2,153 |
Goodwill |  | 2,779 |
Total consideration transferred |  | $ | 4,932 |
(1) Includes cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, client receivables, other current assets, accounts payable and other current liabilities. (2) Includes primarily deferred contract costs and long-term investments. (3) Includes primarily unfavorable lease obligations and deferred contract revenues. (4) As of the acquisition date, included in Other current assets ($31 million), Other non-current assets ($30 million), Other current liabilities ($7 million) and Other non-current liabilities ($1.1 billion) in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.

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