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Other Non-current Assets
9 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2021
Other Non-current Assets  
Other Non-current Assets

Note 13 – Other Non-current Assets

Investments in Joint Ventures

Our investments in joint ventures include $9.9 million for our 40% ownership interest in a joint venture in India to develop and operate an airframe maintenance facility.  The facility is expected to receive regulatory certification in the first half of fiscal 2022 and would commence airframe maintenance operations shortly thereafter.  

The investment balance as of February 28, 2021 includes $8.4 million related to the guarantee liability recognized in conjunction with our guarantee of 40% of the Indian joint venture’s debt.  The Indian joint venture is accounted for using the equity method.  In addition, each of the partners in the Indian joint venture has a loan to the joint venture proportionate to its equity ownership.  Our loan to the Indian joint venture under this arrangement was $3.1 million as of February 28, 2021.

License Fees

In June 2011, we entered into a ten-year agreement with Unison Industries (“Unison”) to be the exclusive worldwide aftermarket distributor for Unison’s electrical components, sensors, switches and other systems for aircraft and industrial uses.  In June 2020, we entered into an extension and expansion of our agreement with Unison including a new termination date of December 31, 2031, an initial $25.0 million license fee paid in June 2020 to Unison, and annual license fees at a fixed percentage of our net sales of Unison products.  The June 2020 payment of $25.0 million was capitalized and is being amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the new agreement.

Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements

We previously entered into split-dollar life insurance agreements to benefit certain former executives and officers.  Under the terms of the arrangements, we made premium payments on the individuals’ behalf and we retained a collateral interest in the policies generally to the extent of the premiums we previously paid.  As of May 31, 2020, our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet included $15.6 million in Other non-current assets for cumulative premiums paid and expected to be reimbursed upon termination of the policies.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2021, certain split-dollar life insurance agreements were terminated and we received $12.0 million for reimbursement of both the life insurance premiums we previously paid and a portion of our prior tax payments made on the individuals’ behalf related to their imputed income on the policies.  The reimbursement of the premiums paid of $10.0 million has been classified as cash flow from investing activities with the remainder included in cash flow from operating activities as it represents the reimbursement of a portion of the taxes previously paid and expensed.  In the second quarter of fiscal 2021, we recognized a benefit of $1.3 million in Selling, general and administrative expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the net recovery of the taxes previously paid on behalf of the individuals.