Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale (Notes)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale

Divestiture

On July 31, 2012, we entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with M&F Management and Financing GmbH (“M&F”) for the sale of ownership of our subsidiary, Tennant CEE GmbH, and our minority interest in a joint venture, OOO Tennant. In exchange for the ownership of these entities, we received €815, or $1,014, in cash, as of the date of sale and financed the remaining €5,351, for a total purchase price of €6,166. A total of €2,126, or $2,826, was received in equal quarterly payments during 2013 and the first anniversary payment of €1,075, or $1,435, was received on July 31, 2013. The second anniversary payment of €1,075, or $1,418, was received on July 31, 2014. The third and final anniversary payment of €1,075, or $1,188, was received on July 31, 2015. As a result of this divestiture, we recorded a pre-tax gain of $784 in our Profit from Operations in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the year ended December 31, 2012.

M&F is now a master distributor of Tennant products in the Central Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa markets. In addition, as further discussed in Note 18, M&F was a related party to Tennant at the time of the transaction. We have identified M&F as a variable interest entity (“VIE”) and have performed a qualitative assessment that considered M&F's purpose and design, our involvement and the risks and benefits and determined that we are not the primary beneficiary of this VIE. The only financing we have provided to M&F was related to the SPA, as noted above, and there are no arrangements that would require us to provide significant financial support in the future.

Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale

On August 19, 2015, we adopted a plan to sell assets and liabilities of our Green Machines^TM outdoor city cleaning line as a result of determining that the product line, which constitutes approximately two percent of our total sales, does not sufficiently complement our core business. We are in the process of identifying potential buyers and we anticipate the sale to be completed within the next year. The long-lived assets involved were tested for recoverability as of the balance sheet date; accordingly, a pre-tax impairment lossof $11,199 was recognized, which represents the amount by which the carrying values of the assets exceeded their fair value, less costs to sell. The $11,199 consisted of $10,577 of intangible assets and $622 of fixed assets. The impairment loss is recorded as a separate line item ("Impairment of Long-Lived Assets") in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The carrying value of the assets and liabilities that are held for sale are separately presented in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets in the captions "Assets Held for Sale" and "Liabilities Held for Sale", respectively. The long-lived assets classified as Held for Sale are no longer being depreciated.

The assets and liabilities of Green Machines held for sale are comprised of the following at September 30, 2015 (in thousands):

	September 30, 2015
Assets:
Accounts Receivable	$	3,210
Inventories	4,278
Prepaid Expenses	81
Property, Plant and Equipment, net	178
Total Assets Held for Sale	$	7,747
Liabilities:
Accounts Payable	950
Other Current Liabilities	302
Total Liabilities Held for Sale	$	1,252