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SPECIAL PURPOSE ENTITIES
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2018
SPECIAL PURPOSE ENTITIES  
SPECIAL PURPOSE ENTITIES

 

NOTE 3 — SPECIAL PURPOSE ENTITIES

 

Construction Joint Ventures

 

GPS assigned its engineering, procurement and construction service (“EPC”) contracts for two natural gas-fired power plants, that were substantially completed during the year ended January 31, 2017, to two separate joint ventures that were formed in order to perform the work for the applicable project and to spread the bonding risk of each project. The corresponding joint venture agreements, as amended, provide that GPS has the majority interest in any profits, losses, assets and liabilities resulting from the performance of the EPC contracts. GPS has no significant remaining commitments under these arrangements beyond the provision of services under the related warranty obligations, which will expire by the end of the current fiscal year. Due to the financial control of GPS, the accounts of the joint ventures have been included in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements since the commencement of activities under the two EPC contracts.

 

Variable Interest Entity

 

In January 2018, the Company was deemed to be the primary beneficiary of a VIE that is in the early stages of development efforts for the construction of a new natural gas-fired power plant. Consideration for the Company’s engineering and financial support includes the Company’s receipt of the right to negotiate the corresponding turnkey EPC contract for the project on an exclusive basis. The account balances of the VIE are included in the condensed consolidated financial statements including the development costs incurred during the three-month period ended April 30, 2018 in the amount of $0.3 million.