NOTE 17. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

In December 2015, USGIF elected a new slate of trustees to the Board of Trustees of the Funds. The Company proposed the election of new trustees and the transition of certain functions to third-party service providers with the intention of streamlining the Company’s responsibilities so it can better focus on strategic activities. The new Board of Trustees of USGIF adopted several new service agreements. As anticipated, effective December 10, 2015, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, U.S. Global Brokerage, Inc., ceased to be the distributor for USGIF and no longer receives distribution fees and shareholder services fees from USGIF. The Company’s portion of one-time transition expenses, recorded in the quarter ended December 31, 2015, was approximately $290,000. Due to this transition, the Company is no longer responsible for paying certain distribution and shareholder servicing related expenses and is reimbursed for certain distribution expenses from the new distributor for USGIF. As a result of this change, the Company filed Form BDW, the Uniform Request Withdrawal From Broker-Dealer Registration, with FINRA, which was approved in February 2016. This constituted a strategic shift that has started to have, and will continue to have, a major effect on the Company’s operating revenues and expenses.

The distribution and shareholder services revenues and the expenses associated with certain distribution operations for USGIF are reflected as discontinued operations in the statement of operations and are, therefore, excluded from continuing operations results. These revenues and expenses were previously included in the investment management services segment.

The discontinued operations did not have depreciation, amortization, capital expenditures or significant non-cash operating and investing items.

There were no assets and liabilities related to distribution discontinued operations at June 30, 2017, or June 30, 2016:

The components of loss from discontinued operations of the distributor were as follows:

	Year Ended June 30,
(dollars in thousands)	2017		2016			2015
Revenues
Distribution fees	$	-	$	425		$	1,408
Shareholder services fees		-		183			630
		-		608			2,038
Expenses
Employee compensation and benefits		-		188			491
General and administrative		-		77			152
Platform fees		-		347			1,201
Advertising		-		14			275
		-		626			2,119
Loss from discontinued operations of distributor before income taxes		-		(18	)		(81	)
Tax benefit		-		-			-
Loss from discontinued operations of distributor	$	-	$	(18	)	$	(81	)

Through December 9, 2015, USGIF paid the Company a distribution fee at an annual rate of 0.25 percent of the average daily net assets of the investor class of each of the equity funds. Effective December 10, 2015, the Company, through U.S. Global Brokerage, Inc., ceased to be the distributor for USGIF and no longer receives distribution fees directly from the Funds.

In addition, through December 9, 2015, the Company received shareholder servicing fees from USGIF based on the value of Fund assets held through broker-dealer platforms. Effective December 10, 2015, the Company ceased to be the distributor for USGIF and no longer receives shareholder services fees from the Funds.

Due to this transition, the Company is no longer responsible for paying the platform fees for the USGIF equity funds and is reimbursed for certain distribution expenses from the new distributor for USGIF.