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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

NOTE 10 — DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

In January 2010, a former shareholder of Geothermal Development Limited (“GDL”) exercised a call option to purchase from the Company its shares in GDL for approximately $2.8 million. In addition, the Company received $17.7 million to repay the loan a subsidiary of the Company provided to GDL to build the plant. The Company did not exercise its right of first refusal and, therefore, the Company transferred its shares in GDL to the former shareholder after the former shareholder paid all of GDL’s obligations to the Company. As a result, the Company recorded a pre-tax gain of approximately $6.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2010 ($4.3 million after-tax).

 

The operations and gain on sale of GDL have been included in discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for all periods prior to the sale of GDL in January 2010. Electricity revenues related to GDL were $0 and $64,000 during the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010, respectively. Basic and diluted earnings per share related to a $4.3 million after-tax gain on sale of GDL was $0.02 and $0.10 during the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010, respectively.