Investment in Joint Ventures | (4) Investment in Joint Ventures On March 4, 2014, a joint venture owned 10% by us, 60% by ICON Leasing Fund Twelve Liquidating Trust (formerly, ICON Leasing Fund Twelve, LLC), 15% by ICON Equipment and Corporate Infrastructure Fund Fourteen, L.P. (“Fund Fourteen”) and 15% by ICON ECI Fund Fifteen, L.P. (“Fund Fifteen”), each an entity also managed by our Investment Manager, purchased mining equipment from an affiliate of Blackhawk Mining, LLC (“Blackhawk”). Simultaneously, the mining equipment was leased to Blackhawk and its affiliates for four years. The aggregate purchase price for the mining equipment of $ 25,359,446 was funded by $ 17,859,446 in cash and $ 7,500,000 of non-recourse long-term debt. Our contribution to the joint venture was $ 1,795,597 . On July 21, 2017, Blackhawk satisfied its remaining lease obligations by making a prepayment of $7,753,666 . As a result, the joint venture recognized finance income of $353,373 , of which our share was $35,337 . Information as to the results of operations of this joint venture is summarized as follows: Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 2017 Revenue $ — $ 394,766 Net income $ 1,596 $ 308,078 Our share of net income $ 428 $ 31,199 On December 23, 2015, a joint venture owned 10% by us, 75% by Fund Fifteen and 15% by Fund Fourteen, through two indirect subsidiaries, entered into memoranda of agreement to purchase two geotechnical drilling vessels, the Fugro Scout and the Fugro Voyager (collectively, the “Fugro Vessels”), from affiliates of Fugro N.V. (“Fugro”) for an aggregate purchase price of $ 130,000,000 . The aggregate purchase price was funded by the indirect subsidiaries through (i) $ 16,500,000 in cash; (ii) $ 91,000,000 in financing through a senior secured loan from ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (“ABN AMRO”), Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (“Rabobank”) and NIBC Bank N.V. (“NIBC”); and (iii) seller’s credits of $ 22,500,000 . The Fugro Scout and the Fugro Voyager were delivered on December 24, 2015 and January 8, 2016, respectively. The Fugro Vessels were bareboat chartered to affiliates of Fugro for a period of 12 years upon the delivery of each respective vessel, although such charters can be terminated by the indirect subsidiaries after year five. Our contribution to the joint venture was $ 2,377,250 . In anticipation of a potential breach of a financial covenant by Fugro on December 31, 2017, effective December 29, 2017, the indirect subsidiaries and the affiliates of Fugro amended the bareboat charters on April 6, 2018 to, among other things, amend certain financial covenants, increase the daily charter rate and provide for additional security deposits. Effective December 29, 2017, the indirect subsidiaries also amended the facility agreement with ABN AMRO, Rabobank and NIBC on April 6, 2018 to, among other things, increase the interest rate on the senior secured loans to share the economic benefits of the amended bareboat charters. Information as to the results of operations of this joint venture is summarized as follows: Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 2017 Revenue $ 3,424,652 $ 3,343,484 Net income $ 1,239,601 $ 623,791 Our share of net income $ 123,960 $ 62,379 |