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Sep. 30, 2012
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| ACQUISITIONS [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acquisitions [Text Block] | 2. ACQUISITIONS During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company acquired certain entities, and the results of each of the entities have been included in the condensed consolidated financial statements beginning on the respective date of acquisition. The primary purpose of these acquisitions was to enhance the Company's technology and marketing services and to expand and advance product offerings. The aggregate acquisition-date fair value of the consideration transferred for these acquisitions totaled $52.8 million, which consisted of the following (in thousands):
Liabilities for contingent consideration (i.e., earn-outs) are measured at fair value each reporting period, with the acquisition-date fair value included as part of the consideration transferred and subsequent changes in fair value recorded in earnings as acquisition-related expense (benefit), net. The Company determines the fair values of contingent consideration liabilities based on the likelihood of contingent earn-out payments and stock issuances. See Note 10 “Fair Value Measurements" for information about subsequent fair value measurements of contingent consideration liabilities. The following table summarizes the preliminary allocation of the fair value of consideration transferred as of the acquisition date (in thousands):
The fair value of consideration transferred is being allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values on their corresponding acquisition date, with the remaining unallocated amount recorded as goodwill. The purchase price allocations are preliminary as the Company is in the process of finalizing the intangibles valuations. The goodwill of $32.6 million represents the premium the Company paid over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired. The Company paid this premium for a number of reasons, including acquiring an experienced workforce. The goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes. Pro forma results of operations have not been presented because the effects of these business combinations, individually and in the aggregate, were not material to the Company's condensed consolidated results of operations. Purchases of Additional Interests in Consolidated Subsidiaries During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company acquired additional shares in various majority-owned subsidiaries, including both shares owned by investors not employed by the Company, as well as subsidiary stock-based compensation awards that were granted in conjunction with the original acquisitions. The acquired subsidiary stock-based compensation awards were classified as liabilities mainly due to the existence of rights that allow the holders to sell their shares back to the Company. In February 2012, the Company acquired an additional interest in one majority-owned subsidiary for $2.5 million. Additionally, in connection with this transaction, certain liability-classified subsidiary stock-based compensation awards were settled in exchange for $2.5 million. Also in February 2012, the Company settled certain liability-classified subsidiary stock-based compensation awards in exchange for $2.4 million of cash, $0.5 million of Class A common stock and $1.7 million of deferred compensation that will be recognized as compensation expense over a service period of two years and is payable in $1.3 million of cash and $0.4 million of Class A common stock. In May 2012, the Company acquired additional interests of two majority-owned subsidiaries for an aggregate purchase price of $6.6 million, including $6.0 million of cash and $0.6 million of Class A common stock. |
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