Acquisitions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Acquisitions

Acquisitions

Farelogix

On August 20, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") filed a complaint in federal court in the District of Delaware, seeking a permanent injunction to prevent Sabre from acquiring Farelogix, Inc. ("Farelogix"), alleging that the proposed acquisition is likely to substantially lessen competition in violation of federal antitrust law. On April 7, 2020, the trial court ruled in favor of Sabre, denying the DOJ's request for an injunction. On April 8, 2020 the DOJ filed a notice of appeal. On April 9, 2020, the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") blocked the acquisition following its Phase 2 investigation. We intend to appeal the CMA's decision to the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal. Under the acquisition agreement, as amended, we agreed to advance certain attorneys’ fees incurred by Farelogix in responding to certain governmental reviews of the acquisition and in defending against certain antitrust proceedings, which totaled $25 million as of March 31, 2020. Given the CMA's decision, we recorded a charge of $46 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 included in other, net in our consolidated statements of operations which is comprised of the $25 million in advances mentioned above and additional termination fees of $21 million. Sabre and Farelogix agreed to terminate the acquisition agreement on May 1, 2020 and we have paid Farelogix aggregate termination fees of $21 million in the second quarter of 2020 pursuant to the acquisition agreement.

Radixx

In October 2019, we completed the acquisition of Radixx, a provider of retailing and customer service solutions to airlines in the low-cost carrier ("LCC") market, for $107 million, net of cash acquired and funded by cash on hand. Radixx is managed as a part of our Airline Solutions segment. The accounting related to intangible assets and the associated deferred taxes remains subject to finalization due to ongoing analysis as of March 31, 2020.