BUSINESS COMBINATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Business Combinations [Abstract]

BUSINESS COMBINATION

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

Acquisition of Twoo

On January 4, 2013, Meetic S.A., a Match subsidiary, purchased all the outstanding shares of Massive Media NV, which operates Twoo, a social discovery website that allows its users to meet new people. The purchase price was $25.0 million in cash, plus potential additional consideration of up to €83.2 million (or $112.2 million using the September 30, 2013 exchange rate) that is contingent upon a combination of earnings performance and user growth through December 31, 2015. The fair value of the contingent consideration arrangement at the acquisition date was $40.8 million. See Note 5 for additional information related to the fair value measurement of the contingent consideration arrangement.

Acquisition of About, Inc.

On September 24, 2012, IAC completed its purchase of all the outstanding shares of About, Inc. (“The About Group”), an online content and reference library offering expert, quality content across 90,000 topics. The purchase price was $300 million in cash, plus an amount equal to the net working capital of $17.1 million at closing. The financial results of The About Group are included in IAC's consolidated financial statements, within the Search & Applications segment, beginning October 1, 2012.

The unaudited pro forma financial information in the table below summarizes the combined results of IAC and The About Group as if the acquisition of The About Group had occurred on January 1, 2012. The pro forma financial information includes adjustments required under the acquisition method of accounting and is presented for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of what the results would have been had the acquisition occurred on January 1, 2012. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, pro forma adjustments reflected below include an increase of $4.6 million and $14.1 million, respectively, in amortization of intangible assets.

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2012		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Revenue	$	740,086	$	2,110,653
Net earnings attributable to IAC shareholders	$	43,909	$	125,722
Basic earnings per share attributable to IAC shareholders	$	0.50	$	1.47
Diluted earnings per share attributable to IAC shareholders	$	0.46	$	1.35