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MASTERCARD INCORPORATED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
(In thousands, except percent and per share data)
The majority of securities due after ten years are ARS. Taxable short-term bond funds and foreign equity
securities have been included in the table above in the no contractual maturity category, as these investments do
not have a stated maturity date.
The table below summarizes the maturity ranges of the ARS portfolio, based on relative par value, as of
December 31, 2008:
Par
Amount
%of
Total
Due within 10 years ........................................................... $ 4,000 2%
Due year 11 through year 20 ..................................................... 42,100 17%
Due year 21 through year 30 ..................................................... 141,450 59%
Due after year 30 .............................................................. 52,150 22%
Total ....................................................................... $239,700 100%
Investment Income
Components of net investment income are as follows for each of the years ended December 31:
2008 2007 2006
Interest income .................................................. $108,757 $140,851 $100,106
Dividend income ................................................ 1,222 15,386 22,867
Investment securities available-for-sale:
Gross realized gains .......................................... 87,579 391,444 187
Gross realized losses ......................................... (3,519) (8,298) (1,233)
Other than temporary impairment on short-term bond fund ........... (11,115) (8,719)
Trading securities:
Unrealized gains (losses), net ................................... (2,116) 477
Realized gains (losses), net .................................... (17) 1,852 2,590
Total investment income, net ....................................... $182,907 $530,400 $124,994
Interest income is generated from cash, cash equivalents, available-for-sale investment securities and
municipal bonds held-to-maturity. Dividend income primarily consists of a dividend of the Company’s cost
method investments.
At December 31, 2008, the Company held investments in short-term bond funds, with underlying holdings
in structured products such as mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities. During 2008, certain of
these investments were deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired and an impairment loss of $11,115 was
recorded. During 2007, one of the Company’s short-term bond funds, with underlying holdings in mortgage-
backed securities, was deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired and an impairment loss of $8,719 was
recorded. Due to the high credit quality of the Company’s other investment securities, no other investment
securities were considered to be other-than-temporarily impaired in 2008 or 2007.
During 2008, MasterCard sold all of its remaining 6,141 shares of Redecard S.A. and realized a pre-tax
gain, net of commissions, of approximately $86,000. In 2007, MasterCard had sold 21,274 shares, or 78% of its
investment in Redecard S.A. and realized pre-tax gains, net of commissions, of approximately $391,000. These
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