Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS

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NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]  
NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS
MIP LLC is a single purpose entity formed for the purpose of administering and effectuating the award of profits interests to employees, consultants, and other qualified persons. Wheels Up is the sole managing member of MIP LLC and, as a result, consolidates the financial results of MIP LLC. We record non-controlling interests representing the ownership interest in MIP LLC held by other members of MIP LLC. In connection with the Business Combination, the Seventh Amended and Restated LLC Agreement was adopted, allowing members of MIP LLC, subject to certain restrictions, to exchange their vested profits interests for cash or a corresponding number of shares of Class A common stock, at the option of Wheels Up, based on the value of such profits interests relative to their applicable participation threshold.
The decision of whether to exchange profits interests for cash or Class A common stock is made solely at the discretion of Wheels Up. Accordingly, the profits interests held by MIP LLC are treated as permanent equity and changes in the ownership interest of MIP LLC are accounted for as equity transactions. Future exchanges of profits interests will reduce the amount recorded as non-controlling interests and increase additional paid-in-capital on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
The calculation of non-controlling interests is as follows:
September 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Number of LLC common units held by Wheels Up(1)
245,583,108  98.7  % 169,717,146  91.1  %
Number of vested profits interests attributable to non-controlling interests(2)
3,285,315  1.3  % 16,492,865  8.9  %
Total LLC common units and vested profits interests outstanding 248,868,423  100.0  % 186,210,011  100.0  %
(1) LLC common units represent an equivalent ownership of Class A common stock outstanding.
(2) Based on the closing price of Class A common stock on the last trading day of the period, there would be 24,173,465 LLC common units issuable upon conversion of vested and unvested profits interests outstanding as of September 30, 2021.
Weighted average ownership percentages are used to allocate net income (loss) to Wheels Up and the non-controlling interest holders. The non-controlling interests weighted average ownership percentage was 1.4% and 5.1% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, and 8.0% and 7.7% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.