# ASC 321-958-25: Investments—Equity Securities — Not-for-Profit Entities — 25 Recognition

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## ASC 321-958-25: 25 Recognition

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##### [321-958-25-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/321/958/#321-958-25-1)

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In accordance with paragraph [958-605-25-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/605/958/#605-958-25-2), if an [equity security](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/e/#equity-security "Any security representing an ownership interest in an entity (for example, common, preferred, or other capital stock) or the right to acquire (for example, warrants, rights, forward purchase contracts, and call options) or dispose of (for example, put options and forward sale contracts) an ownership interest in an entity at fixed or determinable prices. The term equity security does not include any of the following: Written equity options (because they represent obligations of the writer, not investments) Cash-settled options on equity securities or options on equity-based indexes (because those instruments do not represent ownership interests in an entity) Convertible debt or preferred stock that by its terms either must be redeemed by the issuing entity or is redeemable at the option of the investor.") is acquired by contribution, it shall be recognized as an asset and as a revenue or gain in the period received.

##### [321-958-25-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/321/958/#321-958-25-2)

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If a [not-for-profit entity](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#not-for-profit-entity "An entity that possesses the following characteristics, in varying degrees, that distinguish it from a business entity: Contributions of significant amounts of resources from resource providers who do not expect commensurate or proportionate pecuniary return Operating purposes other than to provide goods or services at a profit Absence of ownership interests like those of business entities. Entities that clearly fall outside this definition include the following: All investor-owned entities Entities that provide dividends, lower costs, or other economic benefits directly and proportionately to their owners, members, or participants, such as mutual insurance entities, credit unions, farm and rural electric cooperatives, and employee benefit plans.") (NFP) is holding an investment as an agent and has little or no discretion in determining how the investment income, unrealized gains and losses, and realized gains and losses resulting from that investment will be used, the investment's acquisition shall be reported as an agency transaction. That is, the NFP agent recognizes the acquisition as an asset and a liability rather than as a change in net assets.