17. REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST AND NONCONTROLLING INTEREST
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest
A noncontrolling interest holds a 35% residual interest in the Travel Channel. The noncontrolling interest has the right to require us to repurchase their interest and we have an option to acquire their interest. The noncontrolling interest will receive the fair value for its interest at the time their option is exercised. The put option on the noncontrolling interest in the Travel Channel becomes exercisable in the third quarter of 2014. The call option becomes exercisable in 2015.
Noncontrolling Interest
The Food Network is operated and organized under the terms of a general partnership (the “Partnership”). SNI and a noncontrolling owner hold interests in the Partnership.
In accordance with the terms of the Partnership agreement, the noncontrolling interest owner was required to make a pro-rata capital contribution to maintain its proportionate interest in the Partnership. Based on the fair value of the assets contributed by SNI, the noncontrolling interest owner was required to make a $52.8 million contribution. At the close of our 2010 fiscal year, the noncontrolling owner had not made this contribution, and its ownership interest in the Partnership was diluted from 31% to 25%. Accordingly, following the Cooking Channel contribution, profits were allocated to the noncontrolling owner at its reduced ownership percentage, reducing net income attributable to noncontrolling interest by $8.0 million in 2010.
On February 28, 2011, the noncontrolling owner made the $52.8 million pro-rata contribution to the Partnership and its ownership interest was returned to the pre-dilution percentage as if this pro-rata contribution had been made as of the date of the Cooking Channel contribution. The retroactive impact from restoring the noncontrolling owner’s interest in the Partnership increased net income attributable to noncontrolling interest by $8.0 million in 2011.
The Food Network is operated and organized under the terms of a general partnership (the “Partnership”). SNI and a noncontrolling owner holds interests in the Partnership. During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Food Network Partnership agreement was extended and specifies a dissolution date of December 31, 2014. If the term of the Partnership is not extended prior to that date, the agreement permits the Company, as the holder of approximately 80% of the applicable votes, to reconstitute the Partnership and continues its business. There are also other options for continuing the business of the Partnership, which the Company is considering. If the Partnership is not continued, it will be required to limit its activities to winding up, settling debts, liquidating assets and distributing proceeds to the partners in proportion to their partnership interests.