Investments in and advances to Equity Accounted Investments



	Year Ended December 31,
	2016 $	2015 $
High-Q Joint Venture	22,025	21,166
Tanker Investments Ltd.	47,710	44,195
Teekay Tanker Operations Ltd.	11,538	21,447
Total	81,273	86,808

The Company has a joint venture arrangement with Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited (or Wah Kwong), whereby the Company has a 50% economic interest in the High-Q joint venture, which is jointly controlled by the Company and Wah Kwong. The High-Q joint venture owns one VLCC, which is trading on a fixed time charter-out contract expiring in 2018. Under the contract, the vessel earns a fixed daily rate and an additional amount if the daily rate of any sub-charter earned exceeds a certain threshold.

As at December 31, 2016, the High-Q joint venture has a loan outstanding with a financial institution with a balance of $48.5 million (December 31, 2015 - $54.2 million). The loan is secured by a first-priority mortgage on the VLCC owned by the High-Q joint venture and 50% of the outstanding loan balance is guaranteed by the Company. The High-Q joint venture has an interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $48.5 million that expires in June 2018, 50% of which is guaranteed by the Company. The interest rate swap exchanges a receipt of floating interest based on 3-months LIBOR for a payment of a fixed rate of 1.47% every three months.

In January 2014, the Company and Teekay formed TIL, which seeks to opportunistically acquire, operate and sell modern second-hand tankers. The Company purchased 2.5 million shares of common stock for $25.0 million and received a stock purchase warrant entitling it to purchase up to 750,000 additional shares of common stock of TIL (see note 11). The stock purchase warrant is a derivative asset which had an estimated fair value of $0.3 million as at December 31, 2016 (December 31, 2015 - $5.2 million). The Company also received one preferred share, which entitles the Company to elect one Board member of TIL. The preferred share does not give the Company a right to any dividends or distributions of TIL. In October 2014, the Company purchased an additional 0.9 million common shares of TIL on the open market. The common shares were acquired at a price of NOK 69 per share, or a purchase price of $10.0 million.

In May 2014, the Company sold two wholly-owned subsidiaries, each of which owns one VLCC, to TIL (see note 21).

In 2015, TIL had repurchased 3.3 million of its own shares on the open market. The common shares were repurchased at a weighted average price of NOK 105.2 per share, or a gross purchase price of $40.6 million. In 2016, TIL repurchased 3.3 million of its own shares in the open market. The common shares were repurchased at a weighted average price of NOK 80.2 per share, or a gross purchase of $31.8 million. As of December 31, 2016, the Company’s ownership interest in TIL was 11.3% (December 31, 2015 - 10.2%). As of December 31, 2016, the value of the Company's 3.4 million shares of common stock of TIL was $14.3 million (December 31, 2015 - $42.1 million).


c.	In August 2014, the Company purchased from Teekay a 50% interest in TTOL, which owns conventional tanker commercial management and technical management operations, including the direct ownership in five commercially managed tanker pools, for an aggregate price of approximately $23.7 million, including net working capital. Teekay retained the remaining 50% interest in TTOL.

As consideration for this acquisition, the Company issued to Teekay 4.2 million Class B common shares. The 4.2 million Class B common shares had an approximate value of $15.6 million, or $3.70 per share, when the purchase price was agreed to between the parties and a value of $17.0 million, or $4.03 per share, on the acquisition closing date. The purchase price, for accounting purposes, is based upon the value of the Class B common shares on the acquisition closing date. In addition, the Company reimbursed Teekay for $6.7 million of working capital it assumed from Teekay in connection with the purchase. The book value of the assets acquired, including working capital, was $16.9 million on the date of acquisition. The excess of the purchase price over the Company’s proportionate interest in the book value of the net assets acquired, which amounted to $6.9 million, is accounted for as an equity distribution to Teekay. The portion of the purchase price paid with the 4.2 million of Class B common shares is reflected in the statement of cash flows as a non-cash transaction. The Company accounts for its ownership interest in TTOL using the equity method.

In January 2016, the Company received $15.0 million as a return of capital from TTOL.

A condensed summary of the Company’s financial information for equity accounted investments (11.3% to 50.0% owned) shown on a 100% basis are as follows:



	As at December 31,
	2016 $	2015 $
Cash and cash equivalents	62,817	97,933
Other current assets	33,321	206,460
Vessels and equipment	816,943	855,232
Other non-current assets	20,558	25,304

Current portion of long-term debt	43,677	149,301
Other current liabilities	32,840	41,321
Long-term debt	367,201	485,627
Other non-current liabilities	26,341	31,269



	Year Ended December 31,
	2016 $		2015 $		2014 $
Revenues	169,601		225,596		94,244
Income from operations	73,782		109,253		16,460
Realized and unrealized loss on derivative instruments	(244	)	(689	)	(831	)
Net income	50,313		90,059		3,598

For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded equity income of $13.1 million (2015 - $14.4 million and 2014 – $5.2 million). Equity income is comprised of the Company’s share of net income from the High-Q joint venture, TIL, and TTOL.