Investment in Unconsolidated Subsidiary

6 Months Ended

Jun. 27, 2020

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Investment in Unconsolidated Subsidiaries

On January 21, 2011, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Darling entered into a limited liability company agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation (“Valero”) to form Diamond Green Diesel Holdings LLC (the “DGD Joint Venture”). The DGD Joint Venture is owned 50% / 50% with Valero and was formed to design, engineer, construct and operate a renewable diesel plant (the “DGD Facility”), which as a result of the recent expanded capacity is now capable of processing approximately 20,000 barrels per day of input feedstock to produce renewable diesel fuel and certain other co-products, and is located adjacent to Valero's refinery in Norco, Louisiana. The DGD Joint Venture reached mechanical completion and began the production of renewable diesel in late June 2013. Effective May 1, 2019, the limited liability company agreement was amended and restated for the purpose of updating the agreement in certain respects, including to remove certain provisions that were no longer relevant and to add new provisions relating to the DGD Joint Venture’s recently approved expansion project to construct a new, parallel facility located next to the existing facility.

In 2019, the Company continued to evaluate operational developments and the impact of anticipated significant expansion of the DGD Joint Venture. This evaluation was impactful to the consideration of how the Company most appropriately reflects its share of equity income from the DGD Joint Venture. Based on the Company's analysis, it was determined that the DGD Joint Venture has evolved into an integral and integrated part of the Company's ongoing

operations. The Company determined this justifies a more meaningful and transparent presentation of equity in net income of the DGD Joint Venture as a component of the Company's operating income. As a result, the Company has reclassified its equity in net income of the DGD Joint Venture to operating income for all periods presented.

Selected financial information for the Company's DGD Joint Venture is as follows (in thousands):


(in thousands)	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Assets:
Total current assets	$	581,334	$	668,026
Property, plant and equipment, net	894,415		713,489
Other assets	27,959		30,710
Total assets	$	1,503,708	$	1,412,225
Liabilities and members' equity:
Total current portion of long term debt	$	495	$	341
Total other current liabilities	89,533		75,802
Total long term debt	8,969		8,742
Total other long term liabilities	4,023		4,422
Total members' equity	1,400,688		1,322,918
Total liabilities and members' equity	$	1,503,708	$	1,412,225


	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Revenues:
Operating revenues	$	295,826	$	294,811	$	654,441	$	597,529
Expenses:
Total costs and expenses less depreciation, amortization and accretion expense	157,611		207,024		308,958		450,087
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense	11,114		11,914		22,888		23,332
Total costs and expenses	168,725		218,938		331,846		473,419
Operating income	127,101		75,873		322,595		124,110
Other income	200		634		661		1,275
Interest and debt expense, net	(317)		(321)		(632)		(645)
Net income	$	126,984	$	76,186	$	322,624	$	124,740

As of June 27, 2020 under the equity method of accounting, the Company has an investment in the DGD Joint Venture of approximately $700.3 million on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company has recorded an equity in net income of approximately $63.5 million and $38.1 million for the three months ended June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019, respectively. The Company has recorded an equity in net income of approximately $161.3 million and $62.4 million for the six months ended June 27, 2020 and June 29, 2019, respectively. In December 2019, the blender tax credits for calendar year 2018 and 2019 were retroactively reinstated by the U.S. Congress. In addition, blenders tax credits were extended for calendar years 2020, 2021 and 2022. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the DGD Joint Venture results do not include any blenders tax credits, while in the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the DGD Joint Venture recorded approximately $72.2 million and $152.2 million of blenders tax credits, respectively. In April 2020, the Company received a $125.0 million dividend distribution from the DGD Joint Venture. In July 2020, the DGD Joint Venture made dividend distributions to each partner in the amount of approximately $80.2 million.

In addition to the DGD Joint Venture, the Company has investments in other unconsolidated subsidiaries that are insignificant to the Company.