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Investment in Trip Linhas Aereas ("TRIP") | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Investment in Trip Linhas Aereas ("TRIP") |
Investment in Trip Linhas Aereas ("TRIP") | Note K — Investment in Trip Linhas Aereas S.A. On July 12, 2012, the Company sold its 20% interest in Trip Linhas Aereas S.A., a Brazilian regional airline (“TRIP”), for a price of $42 million. The purchase price was scheduled to be paid in three installments payments with the final payment due in July 2014. As part of the transaction, the Company also received an option to acquire 15.38% of the ownership in Trip Investimentos Ltda. (“Trip Investimentos”), the purchaser of the Company’s TRIP shares. The Company recorded the fair value of the option as additional consideration received in the transaction. The option has an initial exercise price per share equal to the price paid by Trip Investimentos to acquire the TRIP shares from the Company. The exercise price escalates annually at a specified rate and the Company can exercise the option, at its discretion, between the second and fourth anniversaries of the Company’s receipt of the final required installment payment from Trip Investimentos. The option has been written down to a nominal amount based on the Company’s assessment of its current fair value. Under the terms of the agreement, Trip Investimentos could not transfer the TRIP shares until the final installment payment has been made, which prevented the Company from recognizing the gain on the transaction until the final payment was received and the Trip Investimentos’ restriction to transfer the shares was removed. During the three months ended September 30, 2014, the Company received the final installment payment attributable to the sale of its TRIP shares, which removed Trip Investimentos’ restriction to transfer the TRIP shares. Accordingly, during the three months ended September 30, 2014 the Company recorded a gain of $24.9 million in other income as a result of the completed transaction. Additionally, under the terms of the purchase agreement, the Company received $2.1 million of interest payments from Trip Investimentos, which the Company recorded as interest income during the three months ended September 30, 2014.

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