

4.	CONSOLIDATED 50% OWNED SUBSIDIARIES

The Company has a 50% interest in two subsidiaries (Myers and RHB); both subsidiaries have individual provisions which obligate the Company to purchase each partner’s 50% interests for $20,000 ($40,000 in the aggregate), due to circumstances outlined in the partner agreements that are certain to occur. Therefore, the Company has consolidated these two entities and classified these obligations 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. In the event of either Mr. Buenting’s or Mr. Myers’s death, the Company purchased two separate $20,000 death and permanent total disability insurance policies to mitigate the Company’s cash draw if such events were to occur.

The liability consists of the following:



	March 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Members’ interest subject to mandatory redemption	$	40,000	$	40,000
Net accumulated earnings	7,132		9,343
Total liability	$	47,132	$	49,343

Fifty percent of the earnings of these consolidated 50% owned subsidiaries for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018 were approximately $1,300, and $600, respectively. These amounts were included in “Other operating expense, net” on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company must determine whether any of its entities, including these two 50% owned subsidiaries, in which it participates, is a variable interest entity (“VIE”). The Company determined Myers is a VIE, as Sterling is the primary beneficiary, as pursuant to the terms of the Myers Operating Agreement, the Company is exposed to the majority of potential losses of the partnership.

The following tables present the condensed financial information of Myers, which is reflected in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Statements of Operations:



	March 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	3,603	$	8,745
Receivables, including retainage	24,900		24,109
Other current assets	13,679		14,533
Total current assets	42,182		47,387
Property and equipment, net	6,818		7,219
Operating lease right-of-use assets	3,297		—
Goodwill	1,501		1,501
Total assets	$	53,798	$	56,107
Liabilities
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	19,588	$	22,211
Other current liabilities	11,032		9,811
Total current liabilities	30,620		32,022
Other long-term liabilities	1,854		1,976
Total liabilities	$	32,474	$	33,998