DIVESTITURES:

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

DIVESTITURES:

DIVESTITURES:

4.             DIVESTITURES:

Prior to July 12, 2011, the Company owned a controlling interest in Acxiom MENA (“MENA”), a limited liability company registered under the laws and regulations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  MENA comprised the Company’s Middle East and North Africa operations.  The consolidated net earnings of the Company in the statement of operations included the noncontrolling interests of MENA.  On July 12, 2011, the Company entered into a transaction with MENA’s minority partners to fully dispose of its interest in its MENA subsidiary.  The terms of the disposal included a $1.0 million cash payment to MENA and the release of any claims that the acquirer may have against the Company and an agreement to hold the Company harmless from any future liabilities.  Following the transaction, the Company will have continued involvement primarily related to providing transaction support for a period not longer than two years.  The entity will no longer be a related party of the Company.

The Company recorded a loss on the MENA disposal of $3.4 million in the statement of operations.  Of the $3.4 million loss, $2.5 million is recorded in gains, losses and other items, net and $0.9 million is recorded in net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest.  The deconsolidation of MENA in July 2011 resulted in the elimination of the accumulated deficit attributed to MENA from the Company’s consolidated statement of equity and comprehensive income of $0.9 million.  All goodwill associated with the MENA operations was impaired in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, therefore there was no goodwill allocated to the disposed operations.  The revenue associated with the MENA operations for fiscal 2011 was approximately $5.7 million.

On February 1, 2011, the Company entered into an agreement to dispose of the Company’s operations in Portugal.  The Company made a cash payment of $0.9 million to the acquirer as part of the disposal and recorded a loss in the statement of operations of $0.8 million.  There was no goodwill allocated to the disposed operations. The revenue associated with the Portugal operations was approximately $0.7 million in fiscal 2011.

On March 31, 2011 the Company entered into an agreement to dispose of the Company’s operations in The Netherlands.  The Company transferred $0.2 million in cash as part of the sale and recorded a loss in the statement of operations of $2.5 million.  There was no goodwill allocated to the disposed operations.  Included in the loss calculation was a $1.1 million accrual for exit activities.  The revenue associated with The Netherlands operations was approximately $3.5 million in fiscal 2011.

Discontinued Operation

On February 1, 2012 the Company completed the sale of its background screening unit, Acxiom Information Security Services (AISS), to Sterling Infosystems, a New York-based technology firm for $74 million.  The results of operations, gain on disposal, and the balance sheet amounts pertaining to the AISS business have been classified as discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements.

The AISS business unit was included in the Information Products segment in the Company’s segment results presented in prior periods.  During the quarter ended December 31, 2011, the Company realigned its segments and the AISS business unit was included in the Other Services segment.  However, the AISS business unit is excluded from segment results and segregated as discontinued operations.

Summary results of operations of the AISS business unit for all periods presented are segregated and included in income from discontinued operations, net of tax in the consolidated statements of operations and are as follows (dollars in thousands):

	2012			2011			2010
Revenues	$	42,819		$	46,215		$	35,637
Earnings from discontinued operations before income taxes	$	4,907		$	5,749		$	1,271
Gain on sale of discontinued operations before income taxes	48,380			—			—
Income taxes	(19,388		)	(2,353		)	(539		)
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	33,899		$	3,396		$	732

Prior to February 1, 2012, the carrying amounts of the major classes of assets and liabilities of the AISS business unit were segregated and included in assets from discontinued operations and liabilities from discontinued operations in the consolidated balance sheets and are as follows (dollars in thousands):

	March 31,  2012		March 31,  2011
Cash and cash equivalents	$	—	$	50
Trade accounts receivable, net	—		5,402
Other current assets	—		23
Property and equipment, net	—		637
Software, net of accumulated amortization	—		382
Goodwill	—		19,665
Purchased software licenses, net of accumulated amortization	—		111
Other assets, net	—		231
Assets from discontinued operations	$	—	$	26,501
Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	—	$	2,441
Liabilities from discontinued operations	$	—	$	2,441

The net cash flows related to the AISS discontinued operation for each of the categories of operating, investing, and financing activities were not significant for the periods presented.