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Note 14 - Other Liabilities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements  
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Text Block]

14.  Other Liabilities:

 

Embedded Derivative Liability

 

The Company evaluates its financial instruments, including equity-linked financial instruments, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”). For derivative financial instruments that are classified as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recognized at fair value with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in each reporting period as a component of “Other income/(loss), net” on our accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income. The classification of freestanding derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be classified as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company entered into an agreement to purchase a portfolio of eight properties for a sales price of $376.5 million, which were encumbered by $88.8 million of mortgage debt. The Company paid cash of $152.1 million and issued 6,104,831 preferred units (“Preferred Outside Partner Units”) and 678,306 common units (“Common Outside Partner Units”) with a value of $135.7 million to the sellers (collectively, the “Outside Partner Units”).

 

The transaction includes a call option for the Company to purchase the Outside Partner’s Unit interests 10 years from the anniversary date of the agreement. The holders of the Outside Partner Units have a put option that would require the Company to purchase (i) 50% of the holder’s ownership interest after the first anniversary date, (ii) an additional 25% after the second anniversary date and (iii) the balance of the units after the third anniversary date. The put and call options cannot be separated from the noncontrolling interest. The noncontrolling interests associated with these units are classified in mezzanine equity as redeemable noncontrolling interests as a result of the put right available to the unit holders in the future, an event that is not solely in the Company’s control.

 

This arrangement included an embedded derivative which required separate accounting. The initial value of the embedded derivative was a liability of $56.0 million at the date of purchase. During 2023, certain unit holders exercised their put options to redeem a total of 2,183,075 Outside Partner Units (2,126,527 Preferred Outside Partner Units and 56,548 Common Outside Partner Units) which were redeemed for cash of $43.5 million. The Company estimated the fair value of the derivative liability using a “with-and-without” method. The “with-and-without” methodology involves valuing the whole instrument on an as-is basis and then valuing the instrument without the individual embedded derivative. The difference between the entire instrument with the embedded derivative compared to the instrument without the embedded derivative was the fair value of the derivative liability on issuance. The analysis reflects the contractual terms of the redeemable preferred and common units and the estimated probability and timing of underlying events, triggering the put and call options, are inputs used to determine the estimated fair value of the embedded derivative. The Company has determined the majority of the inputs used to value its embedded derivative fall within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, and, as a result, the fair value valuation of its embedded derivative held as of December 31, 2023 was classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy and are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis, see Footnote 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The embedded derivative liability was $30.9 million at December 31, 2023.