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| VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS IN SIGNIFICANT AFFILIATES | VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS IN SIGNIFICANT AFFILIATES. A VIE is an entity that either (i) has insufficient equity to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support or (ii) has equity investors who lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. A VIE is consolidated by its primary beneficiary. The primary beneficiary has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE. If the Company determines that it has operating power and the obligation to absorb losses or receive benefits, it will consolidate the VIE as the primary beneficiary, and if not, the Company does not consolidate.
As of March 31, 2021 (Successor), the Company had interests in six VIEs, BNAS Holdings Company Limited (“BNAS”), Bristow Aviation Holdings Limited (“Bristow Aviation”), Impigra Aviation Holdings Limited (“Impigra”), Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited (“BHNL”), Pan African Airlines (Nigeria) Limited (“PAAN”) and YII 5668 Energy (“YII Energy”), of which the Company was the primary beneficiary, and had no interests in VIEs of which the Company was not the primary beneficiary.
BNAS — During the fiscal year ended 2021, the Company created a new legal entity in Ireland in order to address the impact of Brexit on the Company’s ownership structure, BNAS Holdings Company Limited, with Bristow Helicopters Limited (“BHL”) as a 49% shareholder and a European Union (“EU”) national as the 51% shareholder. BHL provided a loan to BNAS Holdings Limited, which in turn acquired 100% of the share capital of Bristow Norway AS.
Bristow Aviation — The Company owns 49% of Bristow Aviation’s common stock and a significant amount of its subordinated debt. Bristow Aviation is incorporated in England and, through its subsidiaries, holds all the outstanding shares in BHL. As of March 31, 2021, the Company and Impigra owned 49% and 51%, respectively, of Bristow Aviation’s total outstanding ordinary shares. Bristow Aviation and its subsidiaries are exposed to similar operational risks as the Company and are therefore monitored and evaluated on a similar basis by management.
Changes in the balance for the noncontrolling interest associated with Bristow Aviation are as follows (in thousands):
The following tables show summarized financial information for Bristow Aviation reflected on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and balance sheets (in thousands):
BHNL — The Company owns a joint venture, BHNL, that provides aviation services to customers in Nigeria, in which BHL owns a 48% interest. YII Energy, a Nigerian company 100% owned by Nigerian citizens, owns a 50% interest and an employee trust fund owns the remaining 2% interest.
PAAN — The Company owns a 50.17% interest in a joint venture in Nigeria with local partners.
Eastern Airways
On May 10, 2019 (Predecessor), Bristow Helicopters Limited (“Bristow Helicopters”), a subsidiary of Bristow Group, completed the sale of all of the shares of Eastern Airways pursuant to a Sale and Purchase Agreement (the “EAIL Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the EAIL Purchase Agreement and related agreements, Bristow Helicopters contributed approximately £17.1 million to Eastern Airways as working capital and OIHL acquired Eastern Airways. Bristow Helicopters retained its controlling ownership of the shares in Humberside International Airport Limited (“Humberside”) that it previously held through Eastern Airways. As a result of the transaction, Bristow Helicopters maintains its controlling interest in Humberside Airport, from which Bristow Helicopters provides U.K. SAR services. The loss on the sale of Eastern Airways for
the seven months ended October 31, 2019 (Predecessor) was $46.9 million included the write-off of net assets of $35.0 million and write-off of cumulative translation adjustment of $11.9 million. Certain intercompany balances between Bristow Helicopters and Eastern Airways were also written off.
Aviashelf and Bristow Helicopters Leasing Limited
As of March 31, 2019 (Predecessor), Bristow Aviation Holdings Limited (“Bristow Aviation”) had an indirect 48.5% interest in Aviashelf Aviation Co. (“Aviashelf”), a Russian helicopter company. Additionally, Old Bristow owned 60% of two U.K. joint venture companies, BHLL and Sakhalin Bristow Air Services Ltd. These two U.K. companies lease aircraft to Aviashelf, which held the client contracts for Old Bristow’s Russian operations. Aviashelf was consolidated based on the ability of certain consolidated subsidiaries of Bristow Aviation to control the vote on a majority of the shares of Aviashelf, rights to manage the day-to-day operations of the company, which were granted under a shareholders’ agreement, and Old Bristow’s ability to acquire an additional 8.5% interest in Aviashelf under a put/call option agreement. In April 2019 (Predecessor), Old Bristow sold its 60% ownership interest in BHLL for $1.4 million. In June 2019 (Predecessor), Old Bristow sold its 48.5% ownership interest in Aviashelf for $2.6 million. In August 2019 (Predecessor), Old Bristow exercised its call option to acquire an 8.5% interest in Aviashelf and subsequently sold that interest for $0.4 million. The loss on the sale of Aviashelf for the seven months ended October 31, 2019 (Predecessor) was $9.0 million.
Other Significant Affiliates — Unconsolidated
Cougar — The Company owns a 25% voting interest and a 40% economic interest in Cougar, a major aviation services provider in Canada. Cougar’s operations are primarily focused on serving the offshore oil and gas industry off Canada’s Atlantic coast and in the Arctic.
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 (Successor), upon evaluating its investment in Cougar, the Company determined the investment to be other-than-temporarily impaired based on the change in facts and circumstances from the prior reporting period, which included the loss of a significant customer contract and further deterioration of the future sentiment for the Eastern Canadian oil and gas market. As a result, the Company performed a fair valuation of its investment in Cougar, and based on a discounted cash flows model, concluded a fair value of $4.7 million. This compared to a carrying value of $56.6 million, resulting in a $51.9 million loss on impairment from our investment in Cougar, recorded during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 (Successor). In January 2021, the Company concluded that it was no longer probable that it would collect substantially all consideration for lease agreements when due. As such the Company transitioned to the cash basis of accounting for lease payments to be received from Cougar under the current aircraft and facilities leasing arrangements in place. This resulted in the non-recognition of $8.6 million which otherwise would have been recorded on an accrual basis during the fiscal quarter. The Company continues to recognize revenue associated with the Maintenance Services and Support Agreement (the “MSSA”) on an accrual basis as it expects to receive full compensation for services under the MSSA agreement.
PAS — The Company has a 25% economic interest in Petroleum Air Services (“PAS”), an Egyptian corporation that provides helicopter and fixed wing transportation to the offshore energy industry in Egypt. As of March 31, 2021 (Successor), the investment in PAS was $33.0 million and is included on the consolidated balance sheets in investment in unconsolidated affiliates. PAS is a cost method investment.
Líder — During the fiscal year March 31, 2021 (Successor), the Company recorded an $18.7 million non-cash impairment charge to its investment in Líder Táxi Aéreo S.A. (“Líder”), a previously unconsolidated affiliate in Brazil, upon evaluating its equity investment in the company. Old Bristow had previously recorded a $9.6 million impairment to its investment in Líder during the five months ended March 31, 2020 (Successor) due to an expected decline in future business opportunities in its market as a result of the decline in oil prices leading to an evaluation of the investment for other-than-temporary impairment..
The Company initiated a partial dissolution process to exit its equity investment in Líder in July 2020. As a result of this process, the Company was no longer a shareholder of Líder as of August 2020.
The Company continues to evaluate its unconsolidated affiliates for indicators of impairment in light of current market conditions. Changes in market conditions or contractual relationships in future periods could result in the identification of additional other-than-temporary impairment.
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