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Other Non-current Assets
6 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2022
Other Non-current Assets  
Other Non-current Assets

Note 11 – Other Non-current Assets

Investment in Indian Joint Venture

As of November 30, 2022, our investments in joint ventures include $10.8 million for our 40% ownership interest in a joint venture in India to develop and operate an airframe maintenance facility. The facility received certain regulatory approvals and commenced airframe maintenance operations in the second quarter of fiscal 2022.

The investment balance in this joint venture as of November 30, 2022 includes $8.8 million related to a guarantee liability recognized in conjunction with our guarantee of 40% of the Indian joint venture’s debt. 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 $3.3 million as of November 30, 2022.

We account for our share of the earnings or losses of the Indian joint venture using the equity method with a reporting lag of two months, as the financial statements of the Indian joint venture are not completed on a basis that is sufficient for us to apply the equity method on a current basis. Our share of the Indian joint venture’s losses for the three-month periods ended November 30, 2022 and 2021 were $0.6 million and $0.1 million, respectively. Our share of the losses for the six-month periods ended November 30, 2022 and 2021 were $0.8 and $0.1 million, respectively.

We are currently evaluating a potential exit from our investment in the Indian joint venture in conjunction with other ownership changes being contemplated by our partners in the joint venture.

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 amended contract term.

In September 2022, we entered into another amendment of our agreement with Unison including a one-year extension of the termination date to December 31, 2032, an $18.0 million license fee paid in September 2022, and an increase to the fixed percentage of annual license fees for our net sales of Unison products. The September 2022 payment of $18.0 million relates to specific product lines and is being amortized on a straight-line basis over the non-cancellable license period applicable to these product lines.