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Equity Interest Investments
9 Months Ended
Oct. 05, 2019
Equity Interest Investments  
Equity Interest Investments

Note D – Equity Interest Investments

The Company had a 50% interest in a joint venture, Stiga Sports AB (Stiga). The joint venture was accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Stiga, located in Sweden, is a global sporting goods company producing table tennis equipment, snow sleds, and game products. The Company entered into a share purchase agreement for the private sale of the Company’s 50% interest in the Stiga joint venture. On May 17, 2018, the Company completed the sale of its 50% interest for $33.7 million, resulting in a gain on sale of $13.0 million. In conjunction with the sale, the Company entered into a new license agreement with Stiga for the licensing rights to manufacture, market, promote, sell and distribute Stiga-branded table tennis hobby products in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The Company has had the licensing rights for such products since 1995 pursuant to an existing license agreement that expired December 31, 2018. The new license agreement went into effect on January 1, 2019.

Financial information for Stiga reflected in the table below has been translated from local currency to U.S. dollars using exchange rates in effect at the respective period-end for balance sheet amounts and using average exchange rates for income statement amounts. The Company’s 50% portion of net income for Stiga, included in equity in earnings of affiliates on the Company’s statements of operations, is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Period from December 31,

In thousands

    

October 6, 2018

    

2017 through May 17, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity in earnings of affiliates

 

$

 —

 

$

121

 

Summarized financial information for Stiga Sports AB statements of operations for the three month period ended October 6, 2018 and the period from December 31, 2017 through May 17, 2018 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months

 

Period from

 

 

Ended

 

December 31,

 

    

October 6,

    

2017 through

In thousands

 

2018

 

May 17, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

 

$

 —

 

$

12,978

Gross profit

 

 

 —

 

 

6,019

Net income

 

 

 —

 

 

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