Other Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

8. Other Assets

TransUnion Holding

Other assets of TransUnion Holding consisted of the following:


(in millions)	TransUnion Holding December 31, 2012
Investments in affiliated companies	$	88.6
Deferred financing fees		34.0
Deposits		6.3
Other		0.9

Total other assets	$	129.8

Investments in affiliated companies consist of our investments in non-consolidated domestic and foreign entities. These entities are in businesses similar to ours, such as credit reporting, credit scoring and credit monitoring services. Deferred financing fees consisted of financing fees paid in connection with the issuance of our 9.625% and 8.125% notes. See Note 13, “Debt,” for additional information on those notes.

TransUnion Corp.

Other assets of TransUnion Corp. consisted of the following:


(in millions)	TransUnion Corp. Successor December 31, 2012		TransUnion Corp. Predecessor December 31, 2011
Investments in affiliated companies	$	88.6	$	42.7
Deferred financing fees		—		23.7
Deposits		6.3		10.7
Other		0.8		0.7

Total other assets	$	95.7	$	77.8

Investments in affiliated companies increased $45.9 million from December 31, 2011, primarily due to the purchase accounting fair value adjustment to the carrying values of certain investments, primarily our investments in the credit bureaus in Mexico and India. Deferred financing fees decreased $23.7 million from December 31, 2011, primarily due the purchase accounting fair value adjustment.