Note 9 Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates

On March 24, 2015, we completed the merger of our Completion & Production Services business with C&J Energy. We received total consideration comprised of approximately $693.5 million in cash ($650.0 million after settlement of working capital requirements) and approximately 62.5 million common shares in the combined company, CJES, representing approximately 53% of the outstanding and issued common shares of CJES as of the closing date.

On July 20, 2016, CJES and certain of its subsidiaries commenced voluntarily cases under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy code. Prior to the bankruptcy reorganization, we had significant influence over CJES, but not a controlling financial interest, and accounted for our investment in CJES under the equity method of accounting. As a result of the chapter 11 filing, beginning in the third quarter of 2016, we ceased accounting for our investment in CJES as an equity method investment and began to report this investment at our estimated fair value as we did not expect to have a meaningful continuing interest in CJES. We wrote off the remaining carrying value of our investment in CJES during the second quarter of 2016, and as such, there was no impact to our consolidated financial statements as a result of the change in accounting.

Historical Treatment of the Completion & Production Services business and our investment in CJES

Prior to the merger, we consolidated the results of our Completion & Production Services business into our operating results. As a result of the merger, CJES became an unconsolidated affiliate and we ceased consolidating the operating results of our Completion & Production Services business. Therefore, subsequent to the closing date of the merger, our share of the net income (loss), as adjusted for our basis difference, of our equity method investment in CJES was recorded as earnings (losses) from unconsolidated affiliates in our consolidated statements of income (loss) through June 30, 2016. Our policy was to record our share of the net income (loss) of CJES on a one-quarter lag as were not able to obtain the financial information of CJES on a timely basis. The equity in earnings from CJES, which is reflected in earnings (losses) from unconsolidated affiliates in our consolidated statement of income (loss) was as follows for the periods noted below:


	Years Ended December 31,
	2016		2015
	(In thousands)
Nabors' share of equity method earnings (losses)	$	(221,933)	$	(81,260)

During the first quarter of 2015, we recognized an estimated gross gain of $102.2 million in connection with the merger based on the difference between the consideration received and the carrying value of the assets and liabilities of our Completion & Production Services business. This gain was partially offset by $49.6 million in transaction costs related to the merger. During 2015, we recorded a post-closing adjustment of $5.5 million attributable to the settlement of certain working capital requirements at the completion of the transition period.

We recorded our investment in the equity of CJES in the investment in unconsolidated affiliates line in our consolidated balance sheet. Our policy is to review our equity method investments for impairment whenever certain impairment indicators exist including the absence of an ability to recover the carrying amount of the investment or inability of the investee to sustain an earnings capacity which would justify the carrying amount of the investment. A loss in value of an investment that is other than a temporary decline should be recognized. As a result of this review, during the first quarter of 2016, we determined the carrying value of our investment was other than temporarily impaired, which resulted in an impairment charge of $153.4 million to reduce our carrying value to its estimated fair value of $93.8 million, determined principally based on the average share price over a specified period. Additionally, we recognized a $23.8 million charge to reserve certain other amounts associated with our CJES holdings including affiliate receivables. Similarly, during 2015, we recorded an other than temporary impairment charge of $180.6 million. These other-than-temporary impairments are reflected in impairments and other charges in our consolidated statements of income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. See Note 3—Impairments and Other Charges.

As a result of CJES’s Chapter 11 filing on July 20, 2016, we determined our investment was other than temporarily impaired as of June 30, 2016 and recorded a charge of $39.0 million to write off substantially all of the remaining net book value of our investment. These charges are reflected in impairments and other charges in our consolidated statement of income (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2016. We also recognized an additional $9.1 million in professional fees incurred in connection with our efforts to preserve the value of our CJES holdings in anticipation of the bankruptcy filing. These charges are reflected in other, net in our consolidated statement of income (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2016. Pursuant to a mediated settlement agreement we entered into with various other parties in the CJES bankruptcy proceedings, we agreed to support the debtors' chapter 11 plan of reorganization in exchange for: (i) two allowed unsecured claims for which we will receive distributions of up to $4.85 million; (ii) an amendment to the tax matters agreement providing that CJES pay up to $11.5 million of obligations for which we would have otherwise been responsible; (iii) cancellation of various other obligations we had to the debtors; (iv) our pro rata share of warrants to acquire 2% of the common equity in the reorganized debtors at a strike price of $1.55 billion; and (v) a mutual release of claims. The bankruptcy court approved the terms of the Settlement Agreement and confirmed the debtors' plan and, on January 6, 2017, CJES announced it had emerged from bankruptcy.

The tables below present summarized financial information for our investments in unconsolidated affiliates. As we wrote off the remaining carrying value of our investment in CJES during the second quarter of 2016, we did not record our share of the earnings (losses) of CJES for the three months ended June 30, 2016 in our consolidated statement of income (loss) during the year ended December 31, 2016 as we are not contractually responsible for losses beyond our investment.


	September 30,
	2016
	(In thousands)
Current assets	$	383,750
Long-term assets	$	1,138,092
Current liabilities	$	147,699
Long-term liabilities	$	41,613


	Nine Months Ended		Year Ended
	September 30,		December 31,
	2016		2015

Gross revenues	$	727,320	$	1,748,889
Gross margin	$	18,943	$	225,773
Net income (loss)	$	(825,921)	$	(872,542)
Nabors' share of equity method earnings (losses)	$	(221,933)	$	(81,260)