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Acquisitions and Dispositions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]  
Acquisitions and Dispositions Acquisitions and Dispositions
Conferma
In August 2022, we completed the acquisition of Conferma Limited ("Conferma"), a virtual payments technology company, to expand our investment in technology for the payments ecosystem in the travel industry. We acquired all of the outstanding stock and ownership interest of Conferma through the exercise of a call option, for net cash of $62 million and the conversion of a pre-existing loan receivable into share capital of $11 million. We recognized a gain of approximately $4 million upon conversion of the loan for the difference between the carrying value and fair value of the loan, which was recorded to Other, net within our results of operations. Conferma is part of our Travel Solutions segment. The accounting related to tax liabilities was finalized as of June 30, 2023 and did not result in any additional adjustments. In February 2023, we sold 19% of the share capital of the direct parent company of Conferma to a third party for proceeds of $16 million resulting in a non-controlling interest from that date. See Note 4. Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest for further details.
AirCentre Disposition
On October 28, 2021, we announced that we entered into an agreement with a third party to sell our suite of flight and crew management and optimization solutions, which represents our AirCentre airline operations portfolio. The assets and liabilities associated with the AirCentre portfolio are presented as held for sale on our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2021. On February 28, 2022, we completed the sale of AirCentre to a third party for net cash proceeds of $392 million. The operating results of AirCentre are included within Travel Solutions for all periods presented through the date of sale. The net assets of AirCentre disposed of primarily included goodwill of $146 million, working capital of $34 million, and other assets, net of $25 million. We recorded a pre-tax gain on sale of approximately $180 million (after-tax $112 million) in Other, net in our consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2022, which includes a decrease recorded in the second quarter of 2022 of $12 million due to contingencies identified in connection with the sale.