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Minority Investments | 3 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Minority Investments | 14. Minority Investments Investment in Tres Amigas LLC The Company made an investment in Tres Amigas LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Tres Amigas”), focused on providing the first common interconnection of America’s three power grids to help the country achieve its renewable energy goals and facilitate the smooth, reliable and efficient transfer of green power from region to region. The Company’s original investment in Tres Amigas was $5.4 million. As of June 30, 2014, the Company holds a 26% ownership interest in Tres Amigas. The Company has determined that Tres Amigas is a variable interest entity (“VIE”) and that the Company is not the primary beneficiary of the VIE. Therefore, the Company has not consolidated Tres Amigas as of June 30, 2014. The investment is carried at acquisition cost, plus the Company’s equity in undistributed earnings or losses. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss is limited to the Company’s recorded investment in this VIE. The Company’s investment in Tres Amigas is included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheet and the equity in undistributed losses of Tres Amigas is included in other expense, net, on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. The net investment activity for the three months ended June 30, 2014 is as follows (in thousands):
Balance at April 1, 2014 | $ | 1,845 |
Minority interest in net losses |  | (202 | )
Balance at June 30, 2014 | $ | 1,643 |
Investment in Blade Dynamics Ltd. The Company has acquired (through its Austrian subsidiary), a minority ownership position in Blade Dynamics Ltd. (“Blade Dynamics”), a designer and manufacturer of advanced wind turbine blades based on proprietary materials and structural technologies. The Company’s original investment was for $8.0 million in cash. As of June 30, 2014, the Company holds a 19% ownership interest in Blade Dynamics. The investment is carried at the acquisition cost, plus the Company’s equity in undistributed earnings or losses, through December 1, 2012, the date which the company no longer reports undistributed earnings or losses. The Company’s investment in Blade Dynamics is included in other assets on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet and the equity in undistributed losses of Blade Dynamics is included in other expense, net, on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the year ended March 31, 2014, the Company determined that as a result of its efforts to sell its investment in Blade Dynamics, certain indicators of impairment existed which required the Company to perform further analysis. As a result of this analysis, the Company recorded an impairment charge for approximately $1.3 million. The net investment activity for the three months ended June 30, 2014 is as follows (in thousands):
Balance at April 1, 2014 | $ | 3,690 |
Net foreign exchange rate impact |  | (29 | )
Balance at June 30, 2014 | $ | 3,661 |

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