Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

The minority partner in one of the Company’s existing merchant alliance joint ventures maintains a redeemable noncontrolling interest which is presented outside of equity and carried at its estimated redemption value. The minority partner owns 1% of the equity in the joint venture; in addition, the minority partner is entitled to a contractually determined share of the entity’s income. The agreement contains redemption features whereby the interest held by the minority partner is redeemable either (i) at the option of the holder or (ii) upon the occurrence of an event that is not solely within the Company’s control. The joint venture may be terminated by either party for convenience any time after December 31, 2024. In the event of termination for cause, as a result of a change in control, or for convenience after the predetermined date, the Company may be required to purchase the minority partner membership interest at a price equal to the fair market value of the minority interest through a distribution in the form of cash, certain merchant contracts of the joint venture, or a combination thereof to the minority partner. In conjunction with the termination of the joint venture, the minority partner may also exercise an option to purchase certain additional merchant contracts at fair market value.

Effective March 2, 2022, the Company and a joint venture minority partner mutually terminated one of the Company’s merchant alliance joint ventures in which the minority partner held a redeemable noncontrolling interest. In conjunction with this termination, the joint venture minority partner elected to exercise its option to purchase certain additional merchant contracts of the joint venture. The Company received proceeds of $175 million from the sale of such merchant contracts of the joint venture, resulting in the recognition of a pre-tax gain of $147 million within gain on sale of assets, with related tax expense of $9 million recorded through the income tax provision, in the consolidated statement of income during the six months ended June 30, 2022.

The following table presents a summary of the redeemable noncontrolling interests activity during the six months ended June 30:



(In millions)	2022		2021
Balance at beginning of period	$	278	$	259
Distributions paid to redeemable noncontrolling interests	(21)		(20)
Share of income	15		22


Derecognition of redeemable noncontrolling interest	(111)		—
Balance at end of period	$	161	$	261