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<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 18px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"><b>Note 15.</b>
<b><i>Consolidation of Variable Interest Entity</i></b></font></p>
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<font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">As discussed in
Note 8 (Property, Plant and Equipment), the Company executed a new
lease agreement for Winghaven, effective March 1, 2009. In
conjunction with entering into the new lease agreement, the Company
terminated the original synthetic lease agreement for Winghaven,
which included a ten-year term with MCI O’Fallon 1999 Trust
(the “Trust”) as the lessor. The Trust, which was a
variable interest entity, was established for a single discrete
purpose, was not an operating entity, had a limited life and had no
employees. The Trust had financed Winghaven through a combination
of a third party equity investment in the amount of $4,620 and the
issuance of 7.36 percent Series A Senior Secured Notes (the
“Secured Notes”) with an aggregate principal amount of
$149,380 and a maturity date of September 1, 2009. MasterCard
International executed a guarantee of 85.15 percent of the
aggregate principal amount of the Secured Notes outstanding, for a
total of $127,197. Additionally, upon the occurrence of specific
events of default, MasterCard International guaranteed the
repayment of the total outstanding principal and interest on the
Secured Notes and agreed to take ownership of the facility. During
2004, MasterCard Incorporated became party to the guarantee and
assumed certain covenant compliance obligations, including
financial reporting and maintenance of a certain level of
consolidated net worth. As the primary beneficiary of the Trust,
the Company had consolidated the assets and liabilities of the
Trust in its consolidated financial statements.</font></p>
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<font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Effective
March 1, 2009, the aggregate outstanding principal and accrued
interest on the Secured Notes was repaid, the investor equity was
redeemed, and the guarantee obligations of MasterCard International
and MasterCard Incorporated were terminated. The aggregate
principal amount and interest plus a “make-whole”
amount repaid to the holders of Secured Notes and the equity
investor was $164,572. The “make-whole” amount of
$4,874 included in the repayment represented the discounted value
of the remaining principal and interest on the Secured Notes, less
the outstanding principal balance and an equity investor premium.
Also as a result of the transaction, $154,000 of short-term
municipal bonds classified as held-to-maturity investments were
cancelled.</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%">
<font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">The Trust is no
longer considered a variable interest entity and is no longer
consolidated by the Company. During the period when the Trust was a
consolidated entity within the years ended December 31, 2009,
2008 and 2007, its operations had no impact on net income. However,
interest income and interest expense were increased by $6,773,
$11,390 and $11,390 in 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The
Company did not provide any financial or other support that it was
not contractually required to provide during each of the years
ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007.</font></p>
</div>Note 15.
Consolidation of Variable Interest Entity
As discussed in
Note 8 (Property, Plant and Equipment), the Company executed a new
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