Andersons Inc

10. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is party to litigation, or threats thereof, both as defendant and plaintiff with some regularity, although individual cases that are material in size occur infrequently. As a defendant, the Company establishes reserves for claimed amounts that are considered probable and capable of estimation. If those cases are resolved for lesser amounts, the excess reserves are taken into income and, conversely, if those cases are resolved for larger than the amount the Company has accrued, the Company records additional expense. The Company believes it is unlikely that the results of its current legal proceedings for which it is the defendant, even if unfavorable, will be material. As a plaintiff, amounts that are collected can also result in sudden, non-recurring income.

Litigation results depend upon a variety of factors, including the availability of evidence, the credibility of witnesses, the performance of counsel, the state of the law, and the impressions of judges and jurors, any of which can be critical in importance, yet difficult, if not impossible, to predict. Consequently, cases currently pending, or future matters, may result in unexpected, and non-recurring losses, or income, from time to time. Finally, litigation results are often subject to judicial reconsideration, appeal and further negotiation by the parties, and as a result, the final impact of a particular judicial decision may be unknown for some time or may result in continued reserves to account for the potential of such post-verdict actions.

The estimated losses for outstanding claims that are considered reasonably possible and estimable are not material.

11. Other Income, net

The following table sets forth the items in Other income, net within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:

Individually significant items included in the table above are:

Interest income - The vast majority of interest income recorded by the Company was due to the amount of cash and cash equivalents on hand in all periods presented.

Patronage income -As a part of the Company’s normal operations it relies on short-term lines of credit to support working capital needs in addition to long-term debt. The Company receives patronage income from its lenders as a part of these programs.

Gain on deconsolidation of joint venture - On April 18, 2023, ELEMENT, a 51% owned limited liability company originally deemed a VIE and consolidated, was placed into receivership. As the receiver took control of ELEMENT, under the VIE consolidation model, the Company was deemed to have lost control of the entity and therefore deconsolidated ELEMENT from its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. As a result of these activities, the Company recognized a gain on deconsolidation in the second quarter of 2023. The Company recognized an additional $3.1 million gain in the first quarter of 2024 as the amount of cash distributed to the Company related to its receivables from ELEMENT exceeded management's estimate at the time of deconsolidation.

12. Business Acquisition

On November 1, 2024, the Company entered into a definitive purchase agreement for a 65% ownership interest in Skyland Grain LLC ("Skyland") for $85.0 million, subject to customary working capital adjustments. Skyland operates grain storage and handling facilities in Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. It also operates three cotton gins, a full-service agronomy sales and service division, and a retail and wholesale fuel sales and delivery division. The purchase was completed on November 1, 2024, and funded by cash on hand. The transaction enables the Company to expand its core grain and fertilizer businesses across strategic markets, including Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Texas. The Company's 65% ownership of Skyland's equity resulted in the consolidation of Skyland’s results in the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements in the Agribusiness segment.

The purchase price allocation is preliminary. The Company is currently in the process of completing the purchase price allocation associated with the Skyland business combination and as a result, the provisional measurements of the assets and liabilities acquired are subject to change. During the measurement period, management will continue to obtain information to assist in finalizing the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, which may differ materially from these preliminary estimates. There were no material measurement period adjustments recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

A summary of the preliminary purchase price consideration and preliminary purchase price allocation as of March 31, 2025, is as follows:

The fair value in the opening balance sheet of the 35% noncontrolling interest in Skyland was estimated to be $45.8 million. The fair value was estimated based on 35% of the total equity value of Skyland based on the transaction price for the 65% stake in Skyland, considering the consideration transferred noted above. Acquisition costs of $2.4 million were all incurred in the fourth quarter of 2024 and recorded in Operating, general and administrative expenses in the Statements of Operations.

If the Skyland acquisition was effective January 1, 2024, the Company's pro forma net sales and net income for the three months ended March 31, 2024 were $2,926.8 million and $17.1 million, respectively. Pro forma net income was also adjusted to account for the tax effects of the pro forma adjustments noted above using a blended federal, state, and local tax rate of 25%. Pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the Company's actual results of operations if the acquisition had been completed at the date indicated, nor is it necessarily an indication of future operating results. Amounts do not include any operating efficiencies or cost savings that the Company believes are achievable.