9.Other Non-Current Assets

Other non-current assets consist of the following:

The Company owns 756,347 Class B Units in a privately held company at a historical purchase price of $1,250. The Company uses the cost method of accounting for this investment.

The Company previously owned 1,500,000 Class A units representing 21.4% of the outstanding membership interests of a privately held company for cash consideration of $1,500. During the third quarter of 2017, the Company purchased an additional 1,450,000 Class A units in this privately held company for cash consideration of $1,450. The additional investment increased the Company’s ownership interest to 34.5%.

The Company uses the equity method of accounting to record its portion of this privately held company’s net income or loss on a one quarter lag from the actual results of operations. The Company uses the equity method of accounting because of its less than 50 percent ownership. The Company’s interest in the earnings or losses of the privately held company is reflected in other expense, net on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.