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Joint Venture
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Joint Venture  
Joint Venture

 

2. Joint Venture

 

In February 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with SunBridge Corporation and Dentsu eMarketing One K.K. (collectively, the Investors) to engage in the investment, organization, management and operation of a Japanese subsidiary (Marketo KK) of the Company that is focused on the sale of the Company’s products and services in Japan. The Investors initially contributed approximately $2.0 million (200,000,000 Japanese Yen) in cash in exchange for 35.4% of the outstanding common stock of Marketo KK. Furthermore, under the agreement, the Company and the Investors agreed to subscribe to additional shares by contributing additional funding of approximately $2.0 million (237,480,955 Japanese Yen) and approximately $1.7 million (200,000,000 Japanese Yen), respectively, which occurred in March 2015. As of March 31, 2015, the Company and the Investors owned approximately 60.1% and 39.9% of the outstanding common stock in Marketo KK, respectively. See Note 6 for the activity in the redeemable non-controlling interests balance.

 

Twenty percent of the common stock held by the Investors may be callable by the Company or puttable by the Investors beginning on the seventh anniversary of the initial capital contribution by the Investors. This percentage increases to forty percent and one hundred percent on the eighth and tenth anniversary, respectively.  Should the call or put option be exercised, the redemption value would be determined based on a prescribed formula derived from the relative revenues of Marketo KK and the Company and may be settled, at the Company’s discretion, with Company stock (with no limit on the shares that may be issued) or cash.  Additionally, the common stock held by the Investors may be callable or puttable following a change of control of the Company.  The redeemable non-controlling interests in Marketo KK are classified outside of permanent equity in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2015, primarily due to the put right available to the redeemable non-controlling interest holders in the future which may be settled in cash or common stock of the Company. The balance of the redeemable non-controlling interests is reported at the greater of the initial carrying amount adjusted for the redeemable non-controlling interest’s share of earnings, or its estimated redemption value. The resulting changes in the estimated redemption amount (increases or decreases) are recorded with corresponding adjustments against retained earnings or, in the absence of retained earnings, additional paid-in-capital. The estimated redemption value of the call/put option embedded in the redeemable non-controlling interests was approximately $1.1 million at March 31, 2015.