Temporary Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Temporary Equity Disclosure [Abstract]

Temporary Equity [Text Block]

Temporary Equity

The $5.0 million of temporary equity reported on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013 is in connection with the June 2012 acquisition of PlanetSoft. As part of the consideration paid for PlanetSoft in accordance with terms of the merger agreement the former PlanetSoft shareholders received 296,560 shares of Ebix common stock valued at $16.86 per share or $5.0 million in the aggregate. In regard to these shares of Ebix common stock, and as discussed in Note 7 "Derivative Instruments," the Company issued a put option to PlanetSoft's three shareholders. The put option, which expired on July 9, 2014, was exercisable during the thirty-day period immediately following the two-year anniversary date of the business acquisition, and which if exercised would enable the PlanetSoft shareholders to sell the underlying 296,560 shares of Ebix common stock they received as part of the purchase consideration, back to the Company at a price of $16.86per share, which represents the per-share value established on the effective date of the closing of Ebix's acquisition of PlanetSoft. Accordingly and in compliance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 480 "Accounting for Redeemable Equity Instruments," given that the common stock is redeemable for cash at the option of the holders and not within control of the Company, it was presented outside of the stockholders equity section of the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, and is shown as a separate line referred to as "temporary equity" appearing after liabilities, and before the stockholder's equity section. In July and August 2014 the former shareholders of PlanetSoft elected to exercise their put option rights with respect to the remaining 209,656 shares of Ebix common stock they still held. Accordingly the shareholders have since put those shares back to the Company at $16.86 per share plus interest at the rate of 20% for the period after the exercise until the cash consideration was paid by the Company, as per the PlanetSoft acquisition agreement. The total consideration, which included interest, paid by the Company in connection with the exercise of these put options was $3.6 million.