Transactions with Related Parties

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

14.	Transactions with Related Parties

Transactions with the Company’s equity affiliates are described in Note 2.

As discussed in Note 2, on April 28, 2014, affiliates of DDR sold to Mr. Alexander Otto (the “Investor”) and certain of his affiliates (collectively with the Investor, the “Purchasers”) the Company’s 50% ownership interest in SSB for approximately $343.6 million, which represented the Company’s entire investment in Brazil. The Investor was deemed to be a related party in 2014 as a result of his common stock ownership in DDR. Furthermore, Dr. Finne, a director of DDR, is a Managing Director of certain entities affiliated with the Investor that purchased a portion of the Company’s ownership interest in SSB. The Company believed that the sales price and other terms of the transaction were negotiated on terms equivalent to those prevailing in an arms’ length transaction. The transaction was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, with the two board members recommended for nomination by the Investor recusing themselves.