NONCONTROLLING INTEREST

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

10. NONCONTROLLING INTEREST

On January 17, 2013, 4LC Technology and certain other investors entered into an operating agreement of Pinwrest, with 4LC Technology owning 70% of Pinwrest’s membership interests and the minority members owning 30% of Pinwrest’s membership interests. Pinwrest is treated as a consolidated subsidiary of the Company as a result of its majority ownership.

Noncontrolling interest of membership units in Pinwrest represents the minority members’ proportionate share of the equity in the entity. Income is allocated to the membership units’ minority interest based on the ownership percentage throughout the year. The following table summarizes the noncontrolling interest’s loss attributable to the noncontrolling equity interest in Pinwrest:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Pinwrest net loss before common units’ noncontrolling interest	$	(430	)		$	(549	)
Noncontrolling interest percentage		30	%			30	%
Loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	$	(129	)		$	(165	)

As of March 31, 2015, the loss in excess of noncontrolling interest for Pinwrest absorbed by 4LC Technology, in the aggregate, since the formation of such entity is $2,758.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries, which could include the name of the subsidiary, the ownership percentage held by the parent, the ownership percentage held by the noncontrolling owners, the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the location of this amount on the balance sheet (when not reported separately), an explanation of the increase or decrease in the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the noncontrolling interest share of the net Income or Loss of the subsidiary, the location of this amount on the income statement (when not reported separately), the nature of the noncontrolling interest such as background information and terms, the amount of the noncontrolling interest represented by preferred stock, a description of the preferred stock, and the dividend requirements of the preferred stock.

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