Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Other Non-Current Assets

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Other Non-Current Assets
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Other Non-Current Assets

 

7.Other Non-Current Assets

 

Other non-current assets consist of the following:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in private companies

 

$

2,750 

 

$

1,250 

 

Deposits:

 

 

 

 

 

Lease

 

2,180 

 

1,811 

 

Other

 

474 

 

436 

 

Unamortized convertible debt issuance costs

 

4,184 

 

4,612 

 

Other

 

2,033 

 

1,407 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

11,621 

 

$

9,516 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On April 1, 2015, the Company purchased 150,000 Class B units representing 10.3% of the outstanding membership interests of AlphaHedge Capital Partners, LLC, (“AlphaHedge”) a Delaware limited liability company for cash consideration of $1,500 which is included in investments in private companies.   This amount is included in other non-current assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. AlphaHedge is a liquid alternatives platform providing access to strategies from a select group of long/short equity managers in a custodian agnostic, separately managed account format. The Company will use the equity method of accounting to record its portion of the AlphaHedge net income or loss on a one quarter lag from AlphaHedge’s actual results of operations.  No results of their operations have been included in the condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2015.