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Other Current Assets
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Deferred Costs Capitalized Prepaid And Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Other Current Assets

4. Other Current Assets

Other current assets consisted of:

 

(in $ millions)    September 30,
2013
     December 31,
2012
 

Restricted cash of subsidiaries

     71         56   

Sales and use tax receivables

     46         48   

Prepaid expenses

     21         15   

Prepaid incentives

     21         18   

Assets held for sale

     16         16   

Derivative assets

     6         10   

Other

     19         7   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 200                         170   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Restricted cash of subsidiaries represents cash held on behalf of clients for a short period of time before being transferred to travel industry partners. A compensating balance is held in accrued expenses and other current liabilities as customer prepayments.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company reclassified $50 million of “Development advances” (now presented as “Prepaid incentives”), previously included as part of other current assets, to “Customer loyalty payments” which form part of Intangible Assets (see Note 6).

Assets held for sale consisted of land and buildings expected to be sold within the next twelve months.