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European Non-Controlling Redeemable Equity
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]  
European Non-Controlling Redeemable Equity

NOTE 11 – EUROPEAN NON-CONTROLLING REDEEMABLE EQUITY

On May 30, 2017, the Company acquired 92.3 percent of the outstanding shares of Uniwheels, Inc. Subsequently, the Company commenced a delisting and associated tender offer for the remaining shares. On January 17, 2018, the Company entered into a Domination and Profit and Loss Transfer agreement (“DPLTA”) retroactively effective as of January 1, 2018 pursuant to which we offered to purchase the remaining outstanding shares at €62.18. This price may be subject to change based on appraisal proceedings initiated by the minority shareholders which have not yet been concluded. The Company must also pay an annual dividend of €3.23 as long as the DPLTA is in effect. For any shares tendered prior to the annual dividend payment, we must pay interest at a statutory rate, currently 4.12 percent, in place of the dividend. As a result, non-controlling interests with a carrying value of $51.9 million were reclassified from stockholders’ equity to mezzanine equity as of January 1, 2018 because non-controlling interests with redemption rights (not within the Company’s control) are considered redeemable and must be classified outside shareholders’ equity. As a result of purchases pursuant to the tender offer and the DPLTA, the Company has increased its ownership to 99.9 percent as of September 30, 2020. In addition, the carrying value of the non-controlling interests must be adjusted to redemption value since they are currently redeemable. The following table summarizes the European non-controlling redeemable equity activity through the period ended September 30, 2020 (in thousands):

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

 

$

13,849

 

Dividends accrued

 

 

566

 

Dividends paid

 

 

(848

)

Translation adjustment

 

 

(361

)

Purchase of shares

 

 

(6,681

)

Balance at December 31, 2019

 

 

6,525

 

Dividends accrued

 

 

152

 

Dividends paid

 

 

(45

)

Translation adjustment

 

 

(71

)

Purchase of shares

 

 

(4,981

)

Balance at September 30, 2020

 

$

1,580