Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following fair value hierarchy table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011.



	Identical Assets (Level 1)				Observable Inputs (Level 2)				Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)				Total
(In millions of dollars)	03/31/12		12/31/11		03/31/12		12/31/11		03/31/12		12/31/11		03/31/12		12/31/11
Assets:
Financial instruments owned:
Exchange traded equity securities	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Mutual funds^(a)	135		134		—		—		—		—		135		134
Money market funds^(b)	173		226		—		—		—		—		173		226
Interest rate swap derivatives^(c)	—		—		6		7		—		—		6		7
Total assets measured at fair value	$	308	$	360	$	6	$	7	$	—	$	—	$	314	$	367
Fiduciary Assets:
State and local obligations (including non-U.S. locales)	$	—	$	—	$	8	$	13	$	—	$	—	$	8	$	13
Other sovereign government obligations and supranational agencies	—		—		34		47		—		—		34		47
Corporate and other debt	—		—		—		2		—		—		—		2
Money market funds	170		186		—		—		—		—		170		186
Total fiduciary assets measured at fair value	$	170	$	186	$	42	$	62	$	—	$	—	$	212	$	248
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration liability^(d)	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	108	$	110	$	108	$	110
Senior Notes due 2014^(e)	—		—		256		257		—		—		256		257
Total liabilities measured at fair value	$	—	$	—	$	256	$	257	$	108	$	110	$	364	$	367


^(a)	Included in other assets in the consolidated balance sheets.

^(b)Included in cash and cash equivalents in the consolidated balance sheets.

^(c)Included in other receivables in the consolidated balance sheets.

^(d)Included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities and other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.

^(e)Included in long term debt in the consolidated balance sheets.

Changes in Fair Value of Level 3 Liabilities Representing Acquisition Related Contingent Consideration

The table below sets forth a summary of the changes in fair value of the Company’s Level 3 liabilities for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 that represent contingent consideration related to acquisitions:



(In millions of dollars)	Fair Value, December 31, 2011		Additions	Payments		Revaluation Impact	Fair Value, March 31, 2012
Contingent consideration	$	110	10	(13	)	1	$	108

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Tabular disclosure of the fair value measurement of liabilities using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes during the period attributable to the following: (1) total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets), and gains or losses recognized in other comprehensive income and a description of where those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (2) purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (each type disclosed separately); and (3) transfers in and transfers out of Level 3 (for example, transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs) by class of liability.

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Tabular disclosure of the fair value measurement of assets and liabilities which includes [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity. Such assets and liabilities may be measured on a recurring or nonrecurring basis. The disclosures which may be required or desired include: (1) for assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis, disclosure may include: (a) the fair value measurements at the reporting date; (b) the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3); (c) for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes during the period attributable to the following: (i) total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets), and a description of where those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (ii) purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (net); (iii) transfers in and transfers out of Level 3 (for example, transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs); (d) the amount of the total gains or losses for the period in subparagraph (c) (i) above included in earnings (or changes in net assets) that are attributable to the change in unrealized gains or losses relating to those assets and liabilities still held at the reporting date and a description of where those unrealized gains or losses are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (e) the valuation technique(s) used to measure fair value and a discussion of changes in valuation techniques, if any, during the period and (2) for assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis (for example, impaired assets) disclosure may include, in addition to (a) above: (a) the reasons for the fair value measurements recorded; (b) the same as (b) above; (c) for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a description of the inputs and the information used to develop the inputs; and (d) the valuation technique(s) used to measure fair value and a discussion of changes, if any, in the valuation technique(s) used to measure similar assets and/or liabilities in prior periods. Where the quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available, the Level 1 input is the quoted price of an identical liability when traded as an asset.

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