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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Unconsolidated Affiliate
Unconsolidated Affiliate    Grace accounts for its 50% ownership interest in ART, its joint venture with Chevron, using the equity method of accounting. Grace’s investment in ART amounted to $165.7 million and $156.1 million as of June 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively. The amount of ART’s earnings included in “equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliate” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations totaled $6.0 million and $10.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, compared with $8.2 million and $13.6 million for the corresponding prior-year periods. ART is a private, limited liability company, taxed as a partnership, and accordingly does not have a quoted market price available.
The table below presents summary financial data related to ART’s balance sheet and results of operations.
(In millions)
June 30,
2019
 
December 31,
2018
Summary Balance Sheet information:
 
 
 
Current assets
$
281.3

 
$
307.4

Noncurrent assets
204.3

 
160.2

Total assets
$
485.6

 
$
467.6

 
 
 
 
Current liabilities
$
156.9

 
$
158.3

Noncurrent liabilities
0.3

 
0.3

Total liabilities
$
157.2

 
$
158.6

 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In millions)
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Summary Statement of Operations information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net sales
$
120.0

 
$
103.0

 
$
231.5

 
$
188.2

Costs and expenses applicable to net sales
102.2

 
84.0

 
199.5

 
154.7

Income before income taxes
12.8

 
16.9

 
22.5

 
28.2

Net income
12.0

 
16.2

 
21.2

 
27.7


Grace and ART transact business on a regular basis and maintain several agreements in order to operate the joint venture. These agreements are treated as related party activities with an unconsolidated affiliate. Product manufactured by Grace for ART is accounted for on a net basis, with a mark-up, in “cost of goods sold” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Grace also receives reimbursement from ART for fixed costs, research and development, selling, general and administrative services, and depreciation. Grace records reimbursements against the respective line items on Grace’s Consolidated Statement of Operations. The table below presents summary financial data related to transactions between Grace and ART.
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
(In millions)
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Product manufactured for ART
$
59.3

 
$
58.5

 
$
126.1

 
$
110.4

Mark-up on product manufactured for ART included as a reduction of Grace’s cost of goods sold
1.2

 
1.2

 
2.5

 
2.2

Charges for fixed costs; research and development; selling, general and administrative services; and depreciation to ART
12.8

 
10.4

 
25.6

 
21.1


The table below presents balances in Grace’s Consolidated Financial Statements related to ART.
(in millions)
June 30,
2019
 
December 31,
2018
Accounts receivable
$
13.5

 
$
16.2

Current asset
143.8

 

Noncurrent asset

 
98.8

Accounts payable
28.6

 
32.0

Debt payable within one year
9.5

 
9.8

Debt payable after one year
37.9

 
38.3

Current liability
143.8

 

Noncurrent liability

 
98.8

The current asset and current liability (which were classified as noncurrent as of December 31, 2018) in the table above represent spending to date related to a residue hydroprocessing catalyst production plant that is under construction in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Grace manages the design and construction of the plant, and the asset will continue to be included in “other current assets” in Grace’s Consolidated Balance Sheets until construction is completed. Grace has likewise recorded a liability for the transfer of the asset to ART upon completion, included in “other current liabilities” in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Grace and ART maintain an agreement whereby ART loans Grace funds for maintenance capital expenditures at manufacturing facilities used to produce catalysts for ART. Grace makes principal and interest payments on the loans on a monthly basis. These unsecured loans have repayment terms of up to eight years, unless earlier repayment is demanded by ART. The loans bear interest at the three-month LIBOR plus 1.25%.
Grace and Chevron provide lines of credit in the amount of $15.0 million each at a commitment fee of 0.1% of the credit amount. These agreements have been approved by the ART Executive Committee for renewal until February 2020. No amounts were outstanding at June 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018.
Joint Venture Arrangement    In 2018, Grace formed a joint venture in a developing country in Asia. The purpose of the joint venture is to establish a logistics facility and catalyst testing laboratory and to be the exclusive FCC catalysts and additives supplier to certain customers in the country. Grace’s joint venture partner is the parent company of the customers. Grace has an 87.5% ownership interest in the joint venture and consolidates the activities of the entity. Grace’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, include trade accounts receivable of $0.7 million and $3.7 million, respectively, from these customers. Grace’s
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, includes $0.7 million and $3.9 million of revenues from these customers, compared with $3.8 million for each of the corresponding prior-year periods.