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OTHER INVESTMENTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
OTHER INVESTMENTS |
7. | OTHER INVESTMENTS
The Company had the following other investments at December 31:
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |
Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (“DCIP”), equity method investment |  | $ | 38,033 |  |  | $ | 51,277 |
RealD, Inc. (“RealD”), investment in marketable security |  |  | 10,443 |  |  |  | 14,429 |
AC JV, LLC, equity method investment |  |  | 6,426 |  |  |  | 7,899 |
Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (“DCDC”), equity method investment |  |  | 2,589 |  |  |  | 2,438 |
Other |  |  | 2,166 |  |  |  | 1,615 |
Total |  | $ | 59,657 |  |  | $ | 77,658 |
Below is a summary of activity for each of the investments for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014:
|  | DCIP |  |  | RealD |  |  | AC JV, LLC |  |  | DCDC |  |  | Other |  |  | Total |
Balance at January 1, 2012 |  | $ | 12,798 |  |  | $ | 9,709 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 46 |  |  | $ | 1,497 |  |  | $ | 24,050 |
Cash contributions |  |  | 1,325 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 155 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,480 |
Equity in income (loss) |  |  | 8,889 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (196 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 8,693 |
Unrealized holding gain |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,998 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,998 |
Other |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  | (20 | )
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 23,012 |  |  | $ | 13,707 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 1,477 |  |  | $ | 38,201 |
Cash contributions |  |  | 3,232 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 268 |  |  |  | 2,721 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 6,221 |
Issuance of promissory note to NCM |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 8,333 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 8,333 |
Equity in income (loss) |  |  | 11,241 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (137 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 11,104 |
Equity in other comprehensive income |  |  | 548 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 548 |
Adjustment for gain recognized by NCM |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,175 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,175 | )
Unrealized holding loss |  |  | — |  |  |  | (3,264 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (3,264 | )
Other |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 689 |  |  |  | 689 |
Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 38,033 |  |  | $ | 10,443 |  |  | $ | 6,426 |  |  | $ | 2,589 |  |  | $ | 2,166 |  |  | $ | 59,657 |
Cash contributions |  |  | 2,188 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,188 |
Equity in income (loss) |  |  | 15,279 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,473 |  |  |  | (151 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 16,601 |
Equity in other comprehensive loss |  |  | (219 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (219 | )
Unrealized holding gain |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,986 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,986 |
Cash distributions received |  |  | (4,004 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (4,004 | )
Other |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (551 | ) |  |  | (551 | )
Balance at December 31, 2014 |  | $ | 51,277 |  |  | $ | 14,429 |  |  | $ | 7,899 |  |  | $ | 2,438 |  |  | $ | 1,615 |  |  | $ | 77,658 |
Digital Cinema Implementation Partners LLC On February 12, 2007, the Company, AMC and Regal entered into a joint venture known as Digital Cinema Implementation Partners LLC to facilitate the implementation of digital cinema in the Company’s theatres and to establish agreements with major motion picture studios for the financing of digital cinema. On March 10, 2010, the Company signed a master equipment lease agreement and other related agreements (collectively the “Agreements”) with Kasima LLC (“Kasima”), which is an indirect subsidiary of DCIP and a related party to the Company. Upon signing the Agreements, the Company contributed the majority of its U.S. digital projection systems to DCIP, which DCIP then contributed to Kasima. The Company has a variable interest in Kasima through the terms of its master equipment lease agreement; however, the Company has determined that it is not the primary beneficiary of Kasima, as the Company does not have the ability to direct the activities of Kasima that most significantly impact Kasima’s economic performance. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had a 33% voting interest in DCIP and a 24.3% economic interest in DCIP. The Company accounts for its investment in DCIP and its subsidiaries under the equity method of accounting. Below is summary financial information for DCIP as of and for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |
Net operating revenue |  | $ | 166,017 |  |  | $ | 182,659 |  |  | $ | 170,724 |
Operating income |  | $ | 102,663 |  |  | $ | 116,235 |  |  | $ | 101,956 |
Net income |  | $ | 36,752 |  |  | $ | 48,959 |  |  | $ | 61,293 |
|  | As of |
|  | December 31, 2013 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
Total assets |  | $ | 1,264,870 |  |  | $ | 1,097,467 |
Total liabilities |  | $ | 1,063,110 |  |  | $ | 845,319 |
As a result of the Agreements, the Company installed digital projection systems to a majority of its first run U.S. theatres. The digital projection systems are being leased from Kasima under an operating lease with an initial term of twelve years that contains ten one-year fair value renewal options. The equipment lease agreement also contains a fair value purchase option. Under the equipment lease agreement, the Company pays annual rent of one thousand dollars per digital projection system. The Company may also be subject to various types of other rent if such digital projection systems do not meet minimum performance requirements as outlined in the agreements. Certain of the other rent payments are subject to either a monthly or an annual maximum. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had 3,692 digital projection systems being leased under the master equipment lease agreement with Kasima. The Company made equipment lease payments of approximately $3,756, $3,853 and $4,012 during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively, which is included in utilities and other costs on the consolidated statements of income. RealD, Inc. The Company licenses 3-D systems from RealD. Under its license agreement with RealD, the Company earned options to purchase shares of RealD common stock as it installed a certain number of 3-D systems as outlined in the license agreement. During 2010 and 2011, the Company vested in a total of 1,222,780 RealD options. Upon vesting in these options, the Company recorded an investment in RealD and a deferred lease incentive liability using the estimated fair value of the RealD options at the time of vesting. During March 2011, the Company exercised all of its options to purchase shares of common stock in RealD for $0.00667 per share. The Company owns 1,222,780 shares of RealD and accounts for its investment in RealD as a marketable security. The Company has determined that its RealD shares are available-for-sale securities in accordance with ASC Topic 320-10-35-1, therefore unrealized holding gains and losses are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss until realized. As of December 31, 2014, the estimated fair value of the Company’s investment in RealD was $14,429, which is based on the closing price of RealD’s common stock on December 31, 2014, and falls under Level 1 of the U.S. GAAP fair value hierarchy as defined by ASC Topic 820-10-35. AC JV, LLC During December 2013, the Company, Regal, AMC and NCM entered into a series of agreements that resulted in the formation of a new joint venture that now owns the “Fathom Events” division (consisting of Fathom Events and Fathom Consumer Events) formerly operated by NCM. The Fathom Events business focuses on the marketing and distribution of live and pre-recorded entertainment programming to various theatre operators to provide additional programs to augment their feature film schedule. The Fathom Consumer Events business includes live and pre-recorded concerts featuring contemporary music, opera and symphony, DVD product releases and marketing events, theatrical premieres, Broadway plays, live sporting events and other special events. The joint venture, AC JV, LLC (“AC”), was formed by the Founding Members and NCM. NCM, under a contribution agreement, contributed the assets associated with its Fathom Events division to AC in exchange for 97% ownership of the Class A Units of AC. Under a separate contribution agreement, the Founding Members each contributed cash of approximately $268 to AC in exchange for 1% of the Class A Units of AC. Subsequently, NCM and the Founding Members entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, under which NCM sold each of the Founding Members 31% of its Class A Units in AC, the aggregate value of which was determined to be $25,000, in exchange for a six-year Promissory Note. Each of the Founding Members’ Promissory Notes were originally for $8,333, bear interest at 5% per annum and require annual principal and interest payments, with the first of such payments made during December 2014. As a result of the sale of Class A Units to the Founding Members, NCM recorded a gain (the “Fathom Gain”) during its 2013 fiscal year. Since the Fathom Gain was due to a transaction in which the Company was a counter party, the Company has deferred its portion of the equity earnings in NCM related to the Fathom Gain for the year ended December 31, 2013 of $2,175, by recording this amount as a reduction in its investment basis in AC. Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition The Company is a party to a joint venture with certain exhibitors and distributors called Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (“DCDC”). DCDC operates a satellite distribution network that distributes all digital content to U.S. theatres via satellite. The Company has an approximate 14.6% ownership in DCDC. The Company paid approximately $27 and $741 to DCDC during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014 related to content delivery services provided by DCDC, which is included in utilities and other expenses on the consolidated statements of income.

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