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Investments And Joint Ventures
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Investments And Joint Ventures
INVESTMENTS AND JOINT VENTURES

Equity method investments

At March 31, 2016, the Company owned 50.0% of a joint venture, Hutchison Hain Organic Holdings Limited (“HHO”), with Hutchison China Meditech Ltd. (“Chi-Med”), a majority owned subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. HHO markets and distributes certain of the Company’s brands in Hong Kong, China and other markets. Voting control of the joint venture is shared 50/50 between the Company and Chi-Med, although, in the event of a deadlock, Chi-Med has the ability to cast the deciding vote. The carrying value of the investment and advances to HHO of $1,279 are included on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in “Investments and joint ventures.” The investment is being accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

On October 27, 2015, the Company acquired a 15.2% interest in Chop’t Creative Salad Company LLC (“Chop’t”). Chop’t develops and operates fast-casual, fresh salad restaurants in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States. Chop’t markets and sells certain of the Company’s branded products and provides consumer insight and feedback. The investment is being accounted for as a equity method investment and its carrying value of $17,741 is included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in “Investments and joint ventures.” The Company’s current ownership percentage may be diluted in the future to 12.1% pending the distribution of additional ownership interests.

Available-For-Sale Securities

The Company has a less than 1% equity ownership interest in Yeo Hiap Seng Limited (“YHS”), a Singapore based natural food and beverage company listed on the Singapore Exchange, which is accounted for as an available-for-sale security. The Company sold 943,300 of its YHS shares during the nine months ended March 31, 2015 which resulted in a pre-tax gain of $312 on the sales. No shares were sold during the nine months ended March 31, 2016. The remaining shares held at March 31, 2016 totaled 1,035,338. The fair value of these shares held was $1,014 (cost basis of $1,291) at March 31, 2016 and $1,196 (cost basis of $1,291) at June 30, 2015 and is included in “Investments and joint ventures,” with the related unrealized gain or loss, net of tax, included in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.