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	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014 Consolidated Entities	Sep. 30, 2014 Fifth Vesting	Sep. 30, 2014 Each Anniversary Consolidated Entities	Sep. 30, 2014 Stock Options	Dec. 31, 2013 Stock Options	Sep. 30, 2014 Stock Options First Anniversary	Sep. 30, 2014 Stock Options Over Three Years	Sep. 30, 2014 Stock Options Minimum	Sep. 30, 2014 Stock Options Maximum	Sep. 30, 2014 SARs	Sep. 30, 2014 SARs	Dec. 31, 2013 SARs	Sep. 30, 2014 SARs First Anniversary	Sep. 30, 2014 SARs Over Three Years	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member	Sep. 30, 2013 Restricted Stock Member	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member	Sep. 30, 2013 Restricted Stock Member	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member Non-Management Directors (Director Plan)	Sep. 30, 2013 Restricted Stock Member Non-Management Directors (Director Plan)	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member ICG 2013 Performance Plan	Dec. 31, 2013 Restricted Stock Member ICG 2013 Performance Plan	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member ICG's Chief Executive Officer and ICG's President	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member First Vesting ICG's Employees	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member First Vesting ICG's Chief Executive Officer and ICG's President	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member Second Vesting ICG's Employees	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member Second Vesting ICG's Chief Executive Officer and ICG's President	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member Third Vesting ICG's Employees	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member Third Vesting ICG's Chief Executive Officer and ICG's President	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member Fourth Vesting ICG's Employees	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member Vesting In First Quarter Twenty Fifteen	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member Vesting In First Quarter Twenty Sixteen	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member Minimum Condition One	Dec. 31, 2013 Restricted Stock Member Minimum Condition One	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Member Maximum Condition Two ICG 2013 Performance Plan	Dec. 31, 2013 Restricted Stock Member Maximum Condition Two ICG 2013 Performance Plan	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Award	Dec. 31, 2013 Restricted Stock Award	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Award ICG's Chief Executive Officer and ICG's President	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Award First Vesting	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Award Second Vesting	Sep. 30, 2014 Deferred Stock Units	Sep. 30, 2013 Deferred Stock Units	Dec. 31, 2013 Deferred Stock Units	Apr. 30, 2014 Deferred Stock Units Before Amended Director Plan	Apr. 30, 2014 Deferred Stock Units Amended Director Plan	Apr. 30, 2014 Deferred Stock Units First Vesting Before Amended Director Plan	Apr. 30, 2014 Deferred Stock Units Second Vesting Amended Director Plan
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock awards vesting period		4 years			4 years			36 months	1 year	4 years		4 years			36 months
Expiry period of incentive or non-qualified stock options granted from date of grant									8 years	10 years
SARs vesting on the first anniversary				25.00%			25.00%	75.00%						25.00%	75.00%
SARs outstanding											906,865	906,865	1,232,808
Aggregate intrinsic value of SARs outstanding											$ 6,300,000	$ 6,300,000	$ 12,000,000
Stock options outstanding					250	250
Aggregate intrinsic value of the stock options, outstanding					100,000	100,000
Stock Awards Vesting Shares			137,500																						1,505,260	137,500	32,060	366,666	403,448	366,666	1,694,966							3,810,734	1,185,071		1,453,700	1,328,300	22,500		29,250
Stock vesting description			137,500 shares of restricted stock vest in equal installments every six months each May and November through 2015																			(1) is greater than or equal to 100%, all of that employee’s 2014 Performance Shares will vest or (2) is greater than 0% but less than 100%, a portion of that employee’s 2014 Performance Shares will vest, as determined by the Compensation Committee of Actua’s Board of Directors.	(1) was greater than or equal to 50%, all of that employee’s 2013 Performance Shares vested or (2) was greater than 0% but less than 50%, a portion of that employee’s 2013 Performance Shares equal to two times the achievement percentage vested.	as of September 30, 2014, 37,500 shares of restricted stock granted to Actua’s non-management directors vest on the one-year anniversary of the grant date	1,505,260 shares of restricted stock vest 25% each year over a four-year period	137,500 shares of restricted stock vest in equal installments each November and May through November 9, 2015	32,060 shares of restricted stock vest in equal installments every six months each March and September through 2016	366,666 shares of restricted stock vest based on stipulated market thresholds related to Actua’s Common Stock price through December 31, 2015	403,448 shares of restricted stock vest upon the achievement of certain performance goals												1,453,700 shares of restricted stock vest in equal installments on February 28th of 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018	1,328,300 shares of restricted stock vest based on stipulated market thresholds related to Actua’s Common stock price through February 28, 2018
Number of Shares, Granted	244,506															9,000		3,239,948	168,190	37,500	30,750	158,942	130,440	37,500								100,247	144,259							2,782,000			22,500	29,250
Percentage of shares of restricted stock to vest upon achievement of performance condition																						100.00%	50.00%
Restricted stock awards, closing price																$ 9.25	$ 9.25	$ 12.02	$ 10.69			$ 20.33	$ 13.09																				$ 13.09	$ 8.40
Percentage of financial targets to be achieved for participants to receive award																																		100.00%	50.00%	100.00%	50.00%
Number of Shares, Granted	244,506															9,000		3,239,948	168,190	37,500	30,750	158,942	130,440	37,500								100,247	144,259							2,782,000			22,500	29,250
Volume weighted average price targets	28.07, $30.16, $32.38 and $34.71
VWAP price target declaration	(1) on or prior to February 28, 2015, 50% of the shares that would have vested upon achieving the VWAP target will instead vest on the one-year anniversary of the grant, and the remaining 50% of the shares that would have vested upon achieving the VWAP target will instead vest on February 28, 2016, or (2) between March 1, 2015 and February 28, 2016, 50% of the applicable shares will vest on the date of achievement of the VWAP target, and the remaining 50% of the shares that would have vested upon achieving the VWAP target will instead vest on February 28, 2016.
Unrecognized Equity-Based Compensation	43,775,000										666,000	666,000				42,015,000		42,015,000																				37,200,000
Equity based compensation expected to be recognized remainder of year																																						4,300,000
Equity based compensation expected to be recognized in 2015																																						16,200,000
Equity based compensation expected to be recognized in 2016																																						8,100,000
Equity based compensation expected to be recognized in 2017																																						7,400,000
Equity based compensation expected to be recognized in 2018																																						$ 1,200,000
Issued and unvested shares of restricted stock are expected to vest																																						3,810,734
Change of non-management director service grant shares											500	500																																		7,500	22,500
Director restricted stock to be vested																																																7,500	15,000
Equity-based compensation awards vesting on the first anniversary		25.00%
Remaining Equity-based compensation awards vesting equally each month		75.00%
Remaining awards vesting period		36 months