2.2.0.25falsefalse11701 - Disclosure - Stockholders' Equitytruefalsefalse1falsefalseUSDfalsefalse1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010 USD ($) / shares USD ($) $Duration_1_1_2010_To_12_31_2010http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001141391duration2010-01-01T00:00:002010-12-31T00:00:00Unit13Standardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancepurexbrli0Unit16Dividehttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso4217http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0Unit12Standardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170Unit1Standardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0USDUSD$2true0us-gaap_StockholdersEquityNoteAbstractus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherxbrli:stringItemTypestringNo definition available.falsefalse3false0us-gaap_StockholdersEquityNoteDisclosureTextBlockus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboselabel1falsefalsefalse00<div> <div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"><b> </b></font> <div> <div> <p style="margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"><b>Note 17. </b><b><i>Stockholders' Equity</i></b><b> </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"><b>Initial Public Offering ("IPO") </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 6px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">On May&nbsp;31, 2006, MasterCard transitioned to a new ownership and governance structure upon the closing of its IPO and issuance of a new class of the Company's common stock. Prior to the IPO, the Company's capital stock was privately held by certain of its customers that were principal members of MasterCard International. All stockholders held shares of Class&nbsp;A redeemable common stock. </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 12px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">Immediately prior to the closing of the IPO, MasterCard Incorporated filed an amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the "certificate of incorporation"). The certificate of incorporation authorized&nbsp;<font class="_mt">4.5</font> billion shares, consisting of the following new classes of capital stock: </font></p></div> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="center"> <tr><td width="8%"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"> </td> <td width="14%"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"> </td> <td width="65%"> </td></tr> <tr><td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"> <p style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid; width: 18pt;" align="center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="1"><b>Class</b></font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" valign="bottom" align="center"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1px;" align="center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="1"><b>Par&nbsp;Value</b></font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="1"><b>Authorized<br />Shares</b></font><br /><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="1"><b>(in&nbsp; millions)</b></font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" valign="bottom" align="center"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1px;" align="center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="1"><b>Dividend and Voting Rights</b></font></p></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td valign="top" align="center"> <p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;" align="center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">A</font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="top" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">$.0001&nbsp;per&nbsp;share</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="top" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">3,000</font></td> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 2em;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One vote per share</font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -1.6em; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 2em;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dividend rights</font></p></td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" align="center"> <p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;" align="center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">B</font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="top" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">$.0001 per share</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="top" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">1,200</font></td> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 2em;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-voting</font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -1.6em; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 2em;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dividend rights</font></p></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td valign="top" align="center"> <p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;" align="center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">M</font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="top" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">$.0001 per share</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="top" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">1</font></td> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 2em;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Generally non-voting, but can elect up to three, but not more than one-quarter, of the members of the Company's Board of Directors and approve specified significant corporate actions (e.g., the sale of all of the assets of the Company)</font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; text-indent: -1.6em; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 2em;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No dividend rights</font></p></td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" align="center"> <p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;" align="center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">Preferred</font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="top" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">$.0001 per share</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="top"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="top" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">300</font></td> <td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"> <p style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 2em;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No shares issued or outstanding. Dividend and voting rights are to be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company upon issuance.</font></p></td></tr></table> <p style="margin-top: 12px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">The certificate of incorporation also provided for the immediate reclassification of all of the Company's&nbsp;<font class="_mt">100</font>&nbsp;million outstanding shares of existing Class&nbsp;A redeemable common stock, causing each of its existing stockholders to receive&nbsp;<font class="_mt">1.35</font> shares of the Company's newly issued Class B common stock for each share of common stock that they held prior to the reclassification as well as a single share of Class M common stock. The Company paid stockholders an aggregate of $<font class="_mt">27</font> thousand in lieu of issuing fractional shares that resulted from the reclassification. This resulted in the issuance of&nbsp;<font class="_mt">135</font>&nbsp;million shares of Class B common stock and&nbsp;<font class="_mt">2&l t;/font>&nbsp;thousand shares of Class M common stock. </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 12px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">The Company issued&nbsp;<font class="_mt">66.1</font>&nbsp;million newly authorized shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock in the IPO, including&nbsp;<font class="_mt">4.6</font>&nbsp;million shares sold to the underwriters pursuant to an option to purchase additional shares, at a price of $<font class="_mt">39</font> per share. The Company received net proceeds from the IPO of $<font class="_mt">2.4</font> billion. The Company issued and retired one share of Class M common stock at the inception or termination, respectively, of each principal membership of MasterCard International. All outstanding Class M common stock were to be transferred to the Company and retired and unavailable for issue or reissue on the day on which the outstanding shares of Class B common stock represented less than <font cla ss="_mt">15</font>% of the total outstanding shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock and Class B common stock. As further described below, all Class M common stock was retired during 2010. </font></p></div></div> <p style="margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"><b>The MasterCard Foundation </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 6px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">In connection and simultaneously with the IPO, the Company issued and donated&nbsp;<font class="_mt">13.5</font>&nbsp;million newly authorized shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock to The MasterCard Foundation (the "Foundation"). The Foundation is a private charitable foundation incorporated in Canada that is controlled by directors who are independent of the Company and its principal members. Under the terms of the donation, the Foundation became able to resell the donated shares in May 2010 beginning on the fourth anniversary of the IPO and to the extent necessary to meet charitable disbursement requirements dictated by Canadian tax law. Under Canadian tax law, the Foundation is generally required to disburse at least <font class="_mt">3.5</font>% of its assets not used in administration each year for qualified charitable disbursemen ts. However, the Foundation obtained permission from the Canadian tax authorities to defer the giving requirements for up to ten years. The Foundation, at its discretion, may decide to meet its disbursement obligations on an annual basis or to settle previously accumulated obligations during any given year. The Foundation will be permitted to sell all of its remaining shares beginning twenty years and eleven months after the consummation of the IPO. </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 1px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"><b>Ownership and Governance Structure </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 6px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">Equity ownership and voting power of the Company's shares were allocated as follows as of December&nbsp;31: </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px;">&nbsp;</p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="92%" align="center"> <tr><td width="59%"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="9%"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="8%"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="8%"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="8%"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr><td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td style="border-bottom: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid;" valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="1"><b>2010</b></font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td style="border-bottom: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid;" valign="bottom" colspan="6" align="center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="1"><b>2009</b></font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td style="border-bottom: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="1"><b>Equity<br />Ownership</b></font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td style="border-bottom: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="1"><b>General<br />Voting<br />Power</b></font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td style="border-bottom: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="1"><b>Equity<br />Ownership</b></font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td style="border-bottom: rgb(0,0,0) 1px solid;" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="1"><b>General<br />Voting<br />Power</b></font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td valign="top"> <p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">Public Investors (Class A stockholders)</font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">83.5</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">%&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">89.1</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">%&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">74.2</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">%&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">87.7</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">%&nbsp;</font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"> <p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">Principal or Affiliate Members (Class B stockholders)</font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">6.3</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">%&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">0.0</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">%&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">15.4</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">%&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">0.0</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">%&nbsp;</font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#cceeff"><td valign="top"> <p style="text-indent: -1em; margin-left: 1em;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">Foundation (Class A stockholders)</font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">10.2</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">%&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">10.9</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">%&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">10.4</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">%&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font class="_mt" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">12.3</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">%&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table> <p style="margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"><b>Class B Common Stock Conversions </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 6px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">At the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company on June&nbsp;7, 2007, the Company's stockholders approved amendments to the Company's certificate of incorporation designed to facilitate an accelerated, orderly conversion of Class B common stock into Class&nbsp;A common stock for subsequent sale prior to May 2010. Through "conversion transactions," in amounts and at times designated by the Company, current holders of shares of Class B common stock who elected to participate were eligible to convert their shares, on a one-for-one basis, into shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock for subsequent sale or transfer to public investors, within a 30 day "transitory" ownership period. Holders of Class B common stock were not allowed to participate in any vote of holders of Class&nbsp;A common stock during this "transitory" ownership period. The number of share s of Class B common stock eligible for conversion transactions was limited to an annual aggregate number of up to <font class="_mt">10</font>% of the total combined outstanding shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock and Class B common stock, based upon the total number of shares outstanding as of December&nbsp;31 of the prior calendar year. In addition, prior to May&nbsp;31, 2010, a conversion transaction was not permitted that would have caused the number of shares of Class B common stock to represent less than 15% of the total number of outstanding shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock and Class B common stock outstanding. </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 12px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">During 2007, the Company implemented and completed two separate conversion programs in which&nbsp;<font class="_mt">11.4</font>&nbsp;million shares, of an eligible&nbsp;<font class="_mt">13.4</font>&nbsp;million shares, of Class B common stock were converted into an equal number of shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock and subsequently sold or transferred to public investors. </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 12px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">In February 2008, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the conversion and sale or transfer of up to&nbsp;<font class="_mt">13.1</font>&nbsp;million shares of Class B common stock into Class&nbsp;A common stock in one or more conversion programs during 2008. In May 2008, the Company implemented and completed a conversion program in which all of the&nbsp;<font class="_mt">13.1</font>&nbsp;million authorized shares of Class B common stock were converted into an equal number of shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock and subsequently sold or transferred by participating holders of Class B common stock to public investors. </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 12px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">In February 2009, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the conversion and sale or transfer of up to&nbsp;<font class="_mt">11</font>&nbsp;million shares of Class B common stock into Class&nbsp;A common stock. In May 2009, the Company implemented and completed a conversion program in which&nbsp;<font class="_mt">10.9</font>&nbsp;million shares of Class B common stock were converted into an equal number of shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock and subsequently sold or transferred to public investors. </font></p> <div> <p style="margin-top: 12px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">Commencing on May&nbsp;31, 2010, the fourth anniversary of the IPO, each share of Class B common stock became eligible for conversion, at the holder's option, into a share of Class&nbsp;A common stock on a one-for-one basis. In February 2010, the Company's Board of Directors authorized programs to facilitate conversions of shares of Class B common stock (without limits as to the number of shares) on a one-for-one basis into shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock for subsequent sale or transfer to public investors, beginning after May&nbsp;31, 2010. The conversion programs followed the expiration on May&nbsp;31, 2010 of a 4-year post-IPO restriction period with respect to the conversion of shares of Class B common stock. In June 2010, the Company implemented and completed the first 2010 conversion program which consisted of four one-week periods, durin g which approximately&nbsp;<font class="_mt">8</font> million shares of Class B common stock were converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock for subsequent sale or transfer to public investors in accordance with the terms of both the program and the Company's certificate of incorporation. In July 2010, the Company commenced a subsequent, continuous conversion program for the remaining shares of Class B common stock, featuring an "open window" for elections of any size.</font></p> <p style="margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"><b>Retirement of Class M Common Stock </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 6px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">Effective June&nbsp;1, 2010, shares of the Company's Class&nbsp;A common stock and Class B common stock represented approximately <font class="_mt">90.4</font>% and <font class="_mt">9.6</font>%, respectively, of the aggregate outstanding shares of the Class&nbsp;A common stock and Class B common stock. This level of Class B ownership represented the first time the outstanding shares of the Class B common stock represented less than 15% of the aggregate outstanding shares of the Class&nbsp;A common stock and Class B common stock. Accordingly, pursuant to the Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation in effect at that time, all outstanding shares of the Company's Class M common stock were automatically transferred to the Company and retired, and are no longer available for issue or reissue. Additionally, the Comp any no longer has authority to issue additional shares of Class M common stock. Although the Class M common stock was generally non-voting, the holders of Class M common stock had (prior to the retirement of such class) the right to elect up to three of the Company's directors (but not more than one-quarter of all directors) and approve specified significant corporate actions under the Company's certificate of incorporation. The retirement of the Class M common stock had no effect on the Company's financial position or basic or diluted EPS. As of December&nbsp;31, 2010, approximately&nbsp;<font class="_mt">8.2</font> million shares of Class B common stock had not been converted into shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock and remained outstanding (representing <font class="_mt">6.3</font>% of the aggregate shares outstanding). </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"><b>Stock Repurchase Programs </b></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 6px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">In April 2007, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a plan for the Company to repurchase up to $<font class="_mt">500</font> million of its Class&nbsp;A common stock in open market transactions during 2007. On October&nbsp;29, 2007, the Company's Board of Directors amended the share repurchase plan to authorize the Company to repurchase an incremental $<font class="_mt">750</font> million (aggregate for the entire repurchase program of $<font class="_mt">1.25</font> billion) of its Class&nbsp;A common stock in open market transactions through June&nbsp;30, 2008. As of December&nbsp;31, 2007, approximately&nbsp;<font class="_mt">3.9</font>&nbsp;million shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock had been repurchased at a cost of $<font class="_mt">601</font> million. During 2008, the Company repurchased approximately&nbsp;<font class="_mt">2.8</font>&nbsp;million shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock at a cost of $<font class="_mt">649</font> million, completing its aggregate authorized share repurchase program of $1.25 billion. </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 1px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 12px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">In September 2010, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a plan for the Company to repurchase up to $<font class="_mt">1</font> billion of its Class&nbsp;A common stock in open market transactions. The Company did not repurchase any shares under this plan during 2010. As of February 16, 2011, the Company had completed the repurchase of approximately&nbsp;<font class="_mt">0.3</font> million shares of its Class A common stock at a cost of approximately $<font class="_mt">75</font> million. </font></p></div> </div>Note 17. Stockholders' Equity Initial Public Offering ("IPO") On May&nbsp;31, 2006, MasterCard transitioned to a new ownership and governance structurefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringDisclosures related to accounts comprising shareholders' equity, including other comprehensive income. 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