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Dispositions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dispositions [Abstract]  
Dispositions

3.  Dispositions

 

LFM

 

On December 7, 2014, we entered into a stock purchase agreement with Entercom Communications Corp. (“Entercom Parent”) and Entercom Radio, LLC (“Entercom”), pursuant to which we agreed to sell LFM to Entercom for $105 million consisting of cash and perpetual cumulative convertible preferred stock of Entercom Parent.  The transaction is subject to FCC, Hart-Scott-Rodino (“H-S-R”) and other customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions.    As a result of a request for additional information under the H-S-R Act, closing may be delayed beyond the second quarter of 2015.

 

As of December 31, 2014, we adjusted the carrying amount of the assets and liabilities of LFM that will be sold to fair value less cost to sell and have reclassified such amounts as held-for-sale within other assets and other liabilities on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Accordingly, we recognized a loss of $28 million, after-tax, during the fourth quarter of 2014 reflected within income (loss) from continuing operations on our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss).

 

Discontinued Investment Management Operations

 

On January 4, 2010, we closed on the stock sale of our subsidiary Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. (“Delaware”), which provided investment products and services to individuals and institutions, to Macquarie Bank Limited.

 

We reclassified the results of operations of Delaware into income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of federal income taxes, for all periods presented on our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss), and selected amounts (in millions) were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Years Ended December 31,

 

 

2014

 

2013

 

2012

 

Disposal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain (loss) on disposal, before federal income taxes

$

1

 

$

 -

 

$

(1

)

Federal income tax expense (benefit)

 

 -

 

 

 -

 

 

(28

)

Gain (loss) on disposal

 

1

 

 

 -

 

 

27

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

$

1

 

$

 -

 

$

27

 

 

The income from discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2012, related to the release of reserves associated with prior tax years that were closed out during the year and a purchase price adjustment associated with the termination of a portion of the investment advisory agreement with Delaware.