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Equity Investment	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017
Tyra Tech Inc
Equity Investment	16. TyraTech Inc. (“TyraTech”) is a Delaware corporation that specializes in developing, marketing and selling pesticide products containing natural oils. As of June 30, 2017, the Company’s ownership position in TyraTech was approximately 15.11%. The Company utilizes the equity method of accounting with respect to this investment. As a result, our net income includes losses from equity method investments, which represents our proportionate share of TyraTech’s estimated net losses for the current accounting period. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company recognized a loss of $69 and $111 as a result of the Company’s ownership position in TyraTech.  The Company recognized a loss of $47 and $129 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016. The Company’s investment in TyraTech is included in other assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. At June 30, 2017, the carrying value of the Company’s investment in TyraTech was $2,073 and the quoted market value of its shareholding was $820 based on the London Stock Exchange, Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”). At June 30, 2017, the Company performed an impairment review of its investment in TyraTech and concluded that the implied decrease in value was not other than temporary and no impairment charge was required.

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The entire disclosure for equity method investments and joint ventures. Equity method investments are investments that give the investor the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Joint ventures are entities owned and operated by a small group of businesses as a separate and specific business or project for the mutual benefit of the members of the group.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2196965

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