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border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:461px;">(Dollars in millions)</td><td colspan="2" style="width: 118px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:118px;">At April 30, 2010</td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td colspan="3" style="width: 461px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:461px;">Cash consideration (fair value of total consideration)</td><td style="width: 19px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:19px;">$</td><td style="width: 99px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:99px;"> 307</td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td colspan="3" style="width: 461px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:461px;">Recognized amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:</td><td style="width: 19px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:19px;"> </td><td style="width: 99px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:99px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 446px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:446px;">Cash</td><td style="width: 19px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:19px;"> </td><td style="width: 99px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:99px;"> 15</td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 446px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:446px;">Accounts receivable</td><td style="width: 19px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:19px;"> </td><td style="width: 99px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:99px;"> 4</td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 446px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:446px;">Investment in equity method investee</td><td style="width: 19px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:19px;"> </td><td style="width: 99px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:99px;"> 256</td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 446px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:446px;">Property, plant & equipment</td><td style="width: 19px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:19px;"> </td><td style="width: 99px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:99px;"> 25</td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 446px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:446px;">Other liabilities</td><td style="width: 19px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:19px;"> </td><td style="width: 99px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:99px;"> (11)</td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td colspan="3" style="width: 461px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:461px;">Total identifiable net assets</td><td style="width: 19px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:19px;"> </td><td style="width: 99px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:99px;"> 289</td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td colspan="3" style="width: 461px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:461px;">Goodwill(1)</td><td style="width: 19px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:19px;">$</td><td style="width: 99px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:99px;"> 18</td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 19px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:19px;"> </td><td style="width: 427px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:427px;"> </td><td style="width: 19px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:19px;"> </td><td style="width: 99px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:99px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td colspan="3" style="width: 461px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:461px;">Acquisition-related costs (included in Other Operation and Maintenance expense</td><td style="width: 19px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:19px;"> </td><td style="width: 99px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:99px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 446px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:446px;">in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended</td><td style="width: 19px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:19px;"> </td><td style="width: 99px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:99px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 16px"><td style="width: 15px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 446px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:446px;">December 31, 2010)</td><td style="width: 19px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:19px;">$</td><td style="width: 99px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:99px;"> 1</td></tr><tr style="height: 47px"><td colspan="2" style="width: 34px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:34px;">(1)</td><td colspan="3" style="width: 545px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:545px;">The goodwill, which represents the residual of the consideration paid over the identifiable net assets, is assigned to the Sempra Pipelines & Storage segment and is attributed to the strategic value of the transaction. 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