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Stockholders' Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Stockholders' Equity [Abstract] |
Accounting treatment and transfer of post-Spin-Off net assets |
Invested equity prior to Spin-Off |  | $ | 693,447 |
Distribution to Expedia (1) |  |  | (405,516 | )
Adjustment to distribution from Expedia (2) |  |  | 7,028 |
Receivable from Expedia extinguished, net (3) |  |  | (1,525 | )
Common shares issued (4) |  |  | (121 | )
Class B shares issued (4) |  |  | (13 | )
Beginning Additional-Paid-In-Capital |  | $ | 293,300 |
(1) | The transfer of $405.5 million in cash to Expedia in form of dividend, prior to our separation from Expedia.
(2) | Per the Separation Agreement, we were to retain $165 million in cash on hand immediately following the Spin-Off. The agreement also provided for a subsequent reconciliation process to ensure the appropriate amount was retained and all amounts in excess of $165 million were remitted to Expedia. The completion of this reconciliation resulted in TripAdvisor recording an additional receivable from Expedia of $7 million at December 31, 2011 which was subsequently received by us during 2012.
(3) | The extinguishment of domestic intercompany receivables from Expedia, including transfers of assets and liabilities at Spin-Off.
(4) | The reclassification of 120,661,020 shares of Expedia common stock and 12,799,999 shares of Expedia Class B common stock into, in part, shares of Expedia mandatory exchangeable preferred stock that automatically, immediately following the reclassification, exchanged into 120,661,020 shares of TripAdvisor Common Stock and 12,799,999 shares of TripAdvisor Class B common stock to effect the transfer of ownership of TripAdvisor from Expedia to Expedia’s shareholders based upon a ratio of one share of the respective class of TripAdvisor common stock for each share of the respective class of Expedia common stock and the number of Expedia common and Class B common shares outstanding as of December 20, 2011 after giving effect to the one-for-two reverse stock split of Expedia shares in connection with, and immediately prior to, the Spin-Off.
Accumulated other comprehensive loss primarily comprised of accumulated foreign currency translation |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Net unrealized gain (loss) on securities, net of tax (1) |  | $ | (104 | ) |  | $ | — |
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments (2) |  |  | (765 | ) |  |  | (2,710 | )
Total accumulated other comprehensive income (losses) |  | $ | (869 | ) |  | $ | (2,710 | )
(1) | Net of unrealized tax benefits of $72 for the year ended December 31, 2012.
(2) | Our foreign subsidiary earnings are considered indefinitely reinvested; therefore; deferred taxes are not provided on foreign currency translation adjustments.

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