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Ownership Interests in and Advances to Partner Companies and Funds
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Ownership Interests in and Advances to Partner Companies and Funds

2. Ownership Interests in and Advances to Partner Companies and Funds

The following summarizes the carrying value of the Company’s ownership interests in and advances to partner companies and private equity funds.

 

 

June 30, 2013

 

  

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

  

Fair value             

$

  19,363

  

  

$

  20,972

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity Method:

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Partner companies             

 

  98,997

  

  

 

  102,931

  

Private equity funds             

 

  3,714

  

  

 

  3,810

  

 

 

  102,711

  

  

 

  106,741

  

Cost Method:

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Partner companies             

 

  13,030

  

  

 

  10,000

  

Private equity funds             

 

  2,484

  

  

 

  2,634

  

 

 

  15,514

  

  

 

  12,634

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances to partner companies             

 

  5,512

  

  

 

  8,292

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

  143,100

  

  

$

  148,639

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan participations receivable             

$

  8,310

  

  

$

  7,085

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities             

$

  18

  

  

$

  58

  

The Company recognized impairment charges of $9.9 million and $3.7 million related to PixelOptics Inc. (“PixelOptics”) in the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, which are reflected in Equity loss in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The impairment in 2013 was based on the decision of PixelOptics to seek additional capital from independent sources as well as the Company’s decision to deploy no substantial additional capital in PixelOptics.  The impairment in 2012 was based upon launch delays and related supply chain issues, as well as the pricing of a transaction between other institutional shareholders in PixelOptics.

The Company recorded impairment charges of $0.3 million and $0.7 million related to its Penn Mezzanine debt and equity participations in the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, which are reflected in Other income (loss), net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. In the three months ended June 30, 2013, the charge included $0.2 million related to loan participations and $0.1 million representing an adjustment to the fair value of the Company’s participation in warrants.  In the three months ended June 30, 2012, the charge included $0.2 million related to loan participations, $0.4 million related to equity participations and $0.1 million representing an adjustment to the fair value of the Company’s participation in warrants.

The Company recognized impairment charges of $0.2 million and $0.4 million related to its interest in a legacy private equity fund in the first quarter of 2013 and 2012, respectively, which are reflected in Other income (loss), net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, the Company recognized an unrealized loss of $2.4 million and $1.6 million, respectively, on the mark-to-market of its holdings in NuPathe, Inc. (“NuPathe”), which is included in Other income (loss), net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The following unaudited summarized results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 for PixelOptics have been compiled from the unaudited financial statements of PixelOptics.

The results of PixelOptics are reported on a one quarter lag.

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

2013

 

  

2012

 

 

 

(In thousands)

  

 

 

(Unaudited)

  

Results of Operations:

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Revenue             

$

  539

 

  

$

  307

 

Operating loss             

$

(5,855

)

  

$

(8,721

)

Net loss             

$

(7,061

)

  

$

(9,012

)