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ACQUISITIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
ACQUISITIONS
ACQUISITIONS

Acquisition activities in 2018

In April 2018, the Company paid $139 million, net of cash acquired, and issued shares of the Company's common stock in the amount of $110 million in connection with the acquisition of FareHarbor, a leading provider of business-to-business activities distribution services. In respect to the shares issued, as shown in the supplemental disclosure in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, $59 million relates to purchase price consideration and $51 million relates to shares restricted for trading purposes until the required post-acquisition services are completed by certain employees. At December 31, 2018, the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet includes $17 million in "Prepaid expenses and other current assets" and $23 million in "Other assets" related to this deferred compensation charge associated with these restricted shares. The purchase price allocation was completed at September 30, 2018.

In November 2018, the Company paid $134 million, net of cash acquired, to complete the acquisition of HotelsCombined, a hotel meta-search company. The purchase price allocation has not been completed at December 31, 2018.

The Company's Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of these businesses starting at their respective acquisition dates. Revenues and earnings of these businesses since their respective acquisition dates and pro forma results of operations have not been presented separately as such financial information is not material to the Company's results of operations.

Acquisition activity in 2017

In July 2017, the Company completed the acquisition of the Momondo Group, which operates the travel meta-search websites Momondo and Cheapflights, for $556 million, and which is managed as part of the Company's KAYAK business.

The purchase price allocations were completed at December 31, 2017. The aggregate purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows (in millions):
Current assets (1)
 
$
50

Identifiable intangible assets (2)
 
333

Goodwill (3)
 
288

Property and equipment
 
1

Total liabilities (4)
 
(116
)
Total consideration
 
$
556


(1) Includes cash acquired of $15 million.
(2) Acquired definite-lived intangible assets, consisted of distribution agreements of $214 million with a weighted-average useful life of 15 years, trade names of $104 million with a weighted-average useful life of 13 years and technology of $15 million with a weighted-average life of 4 years.
(3) Goodwill is not tax deductible.
(4) Includes deferred tax liabilities of $70 million and third-party senior debt of $15 million.

The Company's Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Momondo Group beginning July 24, 2017. Revenues and earnings of this business since the acquisition date and pro forma results of operations have not been presented separately as such financial information is not material to the Company's results of operations. The Company incurred $5 million of professional fees for the year ended December 31, 2017 related to this acquisition. The acquisition-related expenses were included in general and administrative expenses in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Contingent Consideration for Business Acquisition

At December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets included a liability of $28 million and $9 million, respectively, for estimated contingent payments for a business acquired in 2015. At December 31, 2018, based on current forecasts, the estimated fair value of the liability increased by $19 million and the associated expense was included in "General and administrative" expense in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2018. The fair value of the liability, which is considered a "Level 3" fair value measurement (see Note 5), was based upon probability-weighted average payments for specific performance factors from the acquisition date through the performance period which ends on March 31, 2019. The range of undiscounted outcomes for the estimated contingent payments is $0 million to $90 million.