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Note 6 - Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures with Noncontrolling Owners' Interests
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Noncontrolling Interest Disclosure [Text Block]
6. Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures with Noncontrolling Owners’ Interests
 
The amended agreements, as described in Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2015 Form 10-K, resulted in an obligation to purchase Mr. Buenting’s and Myers’ 50% members’ interest that the Company is certain to incur, either because of Mr. Buenting’s or Mr. Myers’ death; therefore, the Company has classified the noncontrolling interest as mandatorily redeemable and has recorded a liability in “Members’ interest subject to mandatory redemption and undistributed earnings” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. In addition, all undistributed earnings at the time of the noncontrolling owners’ death or permanent disability are also mandatorily payable. The liability consists of the following (amounts in thousands):
 
   
September 30,
2016
 
December 31,
2015
Members’ interest subject to mandatory redemption   $ 40,000     $ 40,000  
Net accumulated earnings     6,466       10,438  
Total liability   $ 46,466     $ 50,438  
 
Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 were $3.4 million and $7.3 million, respectively and $1.5 million and $0.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. These amounts were included in “Other operating income, net” on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.
 
Changes in Noncontrolling Interests
 
The following table summarizes the changes in the noncontrolling owners’ interests in subsidiaries and joint ventures (amounts in thousands):
 
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    2016   2015
         
Balance, beginning of period   $ (91 )   $ 7,462  
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest included in equity     1,252       2,948  
Distributions to noncontrolling interest owners     -       (3,402 )
Balance, end of period   $ 1,161     $ 7,008  
 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, is primarily from the Company’s majority-owned construction joint venture. Due to the events described in Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2015 Form 10-K, the Company’s subsidiaries with noncontrolling interest earnings are less than the earnings in the prior year period.