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General Information (Policies)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation
Basis of Presentation—The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the year ending December 31, 2017. The accompanying interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 17, 2017.
We consolidate all majority-owned subsidiaries and companies over which we exercise control through majority voting rights. No entities are consolidated due to control through operating agreements, financing agreements, or as the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity.
The consolidated financial statements include our accounts after elimination of all significant intercompany balances and transactions. All dollar amounts in the financial statements and the tables in the notes, except per share amounts, are stated in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. All amounts in the notes reference results from continuing operations unless otherwise indicated.
Use of Estimates
Use of Estimates—The preparation of these interim financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires that certain amounts be recorded based on estimates and assumptions made by management. Actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions. Our accounting policies, which consist of significant estimates and assumptions, include, among other things, the estimation of the collectability of accounts receivable, estimation of future cancellations of bookings processed through the Sabre global distribution system (“GDS”), revenue recognition for software arrangements, determination of the fair value of assets and liabilities acquired in a business combination, determination of the fair value of derivatives, the evaluation of the recoverability of the carrying value of intangible assets and goodwill, assumptions utilized in the determination of pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities, the evaluation of the recoverability of customer implementation costs, assumptions utilized to evaluate the recoverability of deferred customer advance and discounts, and estimation of uncertainties surrounding the calculation of our tax assets and liabilities. Our use of estimates and the related accounting policies are discussed in the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 17, 2017.
Stockholders' Equity
Stockholders’ Equity—During the six months ended June 30, 2017, we issued 3,157,605 shares of our common stock as a result of the exercise and settlement of employee equity-based awards. In addition, we received $20 million in proceeds from the exercise of employee stock-option awards and paid $10 million of income tax withholdings associated with the settlement of employee restricted-stock awards. We paid quarterly cash dividends on our common stock of $0.14 per share, totaling $78 million, and $0.13 per share, totaling $72 million, during the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. In July 2017, our board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.14 per share, payable on September 29, 2017, to stockholders of record on September 21, 2017.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued updated guidance to state that registrants should consider additional qualitative disclosures if the impact of an issued but not yet adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") is unknown or cannot be reasonably estimated and to include a description of the effect of the accounting policies that the registrant expects to apply, if determined. Transition guidance included in certain issued but not yet adopted ASUs was also updated to reflect this amendment. The updated guidance was effective upon issuance and we have adopted this standard and have made the required disclosures.
In January 2017, the FASB issued an updated guidance simplifying the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating “Step 2” from the goodwill impairment test. The updated guidance is effective for public companies’ annual or interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for annual or interim goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. We expect to adopt this standard in 2017 and do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In January 2017, the FASB issued updated guidance clarifying the definition of a business to help companies evaluate whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or disposals of assets or businesses. The amendments in this update are effective for public companies for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those periods. Early adoption is permitted in any interim or annual period provided that the entire ASU is adopted. We early adopted this standard effective first quarter of 2017, which did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In March 2017, the FASB issued updated guidance improving the presentation requirements related to reporting the service cost component of net benefit costs to require that the service cost component be reported in the same line item or items as other compensation costs arising from services rendered by the pertinent employees during the period, disaggregating the component from other net benefit costs. Net benefit cost is composed of several items, which reflect different aspects of an employer's financial arrangements as well as the cost of benefits earned by employees. The updated guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those annual periods for public business entities. We do not expect that the adoption of this updated standard will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In May 2017, the FASB issued updated guidance regarding changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award which requires an entity to apply modification accounting under the current standard on stock compensation. Under this updated standard, a new fair value measurement is assessed on the modified award, with any incremental fair value of the new award recognized as additional compensation cost. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. We plan to early adopt this standard in the third quarter of 2017, which is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In October 2016, the FASB issued updated guidance which requires the recognition of the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset, other than inventory, when the transfer occurs. The updated guidance will be effective in the first quarter of 2018 and early adoption is permitted. We early adopted this standard effective first quarter of 2017, which did not impact our consolidated financial statements.
In February 2016, FASB issued updated guidance requiring organizations that lease assets—referred to as "lessees"—to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases, when the lease has a term of more than 12 months. The updated standard is effective for public companies for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. We are currently evaluating the impact of this standard on our consolidated financial statements.
In January 2016, the FASB issued updated guidance on accounting for equity investments, financial liabilities under the fair value option, and the presentation and disclosure for financial instruments. Under this updated standard, entities must measure equity investments at fair value and recognize changes in fair value in net income. For equity investments without readily determinable fair values, entities have the option to either measure these investments at fair value or at cost adjusted for changes in observable prices less impairment. The updated guidance does not apply to equity method investments or investments in consolidated subsidiaries. This new standard is effective for public companies for annual periods, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. We do not expect that the adoption of this updated standard will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In May 2014, the FASB issued a comprehensive update to revenue recognition guidance that will replace current standards. Under the updated standard, revenue is recognized when a company transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that is expected to be received for those goods and services. The updated standard also requires additional disclosures on the nature, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and related cash flows. On July 9, 2015, the FASB approved to defer the effective date of the new standard which is now effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning
after December 15, 2017. Based on our initial assessment, we expect to adopt this new standard using the modified retrospective transition method that will result in a cumulative adjustment as of the date of the adoption. Upon initial evaluation, the following are some of the anticipated impacts of adoption:
allocation of contract revenues among various products and solutions, and the timing of when those revenues are recognized, will be impacted primarily due to accounting for variable consideration within the standard, for a subset of our Airline Solutions business,
a term license will be considered a distinct performance obligation with revenue recognition occurring once control is transferred to the customer, resulting in acceleration of revenue recognition, while maintenance services will continue to be recognized over the term of the contract, particularly for our Airline Solutions business, and
deferral of incremental costs to obtain a contract, and recognition of them over the contract period or expected customer life will result in the recognition of a deferred charge on our balance sheet and will impact our Airline and Hospitality Solutions segment.
We are continuing to evaluate all of the provisions of each of these standards and their impacts to our current accounting policies, processes, controls and systems.