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Equity- Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Equity-Based Compensation [Abstract]

Summary of company's equity award programs


		Partnership								Worldwide
		Restricted Equity Units (Class A-2)								Shares								Restricted Share Units
		Number of Shares				Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value				Number of Shares				Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value				Number of Shares				Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance as of January 1, 2012			93.0			$	2.27				1.9			$	1.85				0.8			$	1.85
Granted at fair market value ⁽¹⁾			11.2			$	0.11				—				—				—				—
Vesting of restricted share units ⁽²⁾			—				—				0.2			$	1.85				(0.2	)		$	1.85
Net share settlement ⁽³⁾			(1.9	)		$	0.11				(0.5	)		$	1.85				—				—
Forfeited			(0.1	)		$	0.11				—				—				—				—

Balance as of September 30, 2012			102.2			$	2.08				1.6			$	1.85				0.6			$	1.85

(1)

Consists of (i) 8.6 million restricted equity units under the 2009 Travelport Long-Term Incentive Plan, with immediate vesting, (ii) 2.5 million restricted equity units under the 2010 Travelport Long-Term Incentive Plan, that vested on August 1, 2012, and (iii) 0.1 million restricted equity units under the 2011 Travelport Long-Term Incentive Plan, that vested on August 1, 2012.

(2)	During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company accelerated the vesting for 0.2 million Worldwide restricted share units, which converted into Worldwide shares.

(3)

During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company completed net share settlements for 1.9 million Partnership restricted equity units and 0.5 million Worldwide shares, in connection with employee taxable income created upon issuance. The Company agreed to pay these taxes on behalf of the employees in return for the employees returning an equivalent value of restricted equity units or shares, as appropriate.

Tabular disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which equity-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares (or other type of equity) granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from equity-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from equity-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate.

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