Acquisitions

12 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Yucatan Foods Acquisition

On December 1, 2018 (the “Acquisition Date”), the Company acquired all of the voting interests and substantially all of the assets of Yucatan Foods, a manufacturer and seller of avocado-based food products. The total consideration paid to acquire Yucatan Foods was $75.0 million, consisting of $59.9 million in cash and 1,203,360 shares of common stock (“Stock Consideration”) with a fair value of $15.1 million. The fair value of the Stock Consideration is based on a per-share value of the Company’s common stock on the Acquisition Date. Given that the holders are restricted from selling the Landec common stock, a discount for lack of marketability was applied to the Stock Consideration. The discount for lack of marketability was based on restricted stock studies, pre-IPO studies, and utilizing the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate a discount of 17.5% and 20.0% for the 3-year and 4-year lockup period, respectively.

Pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement, all 1,203,360 shares issued as Stock Consideration will be held in an escrow account to secure the indemnification rights of Landec with respect to certain matters, including breaches of representations, warranties and covenants such as environmental and tax representations. The Stock Consideration is comprised of two tranches, with 3-year and 4-year lock-up provisions, respectively, such that 50% of the Stock Consideration will be released from lock-up on November 30, 2021, the 3-year anniversary of the Acquisition Date, and 50% of the Stock Consideration is released on November 30, 2022, the 4-year anniversary of the Acquisition Date.

Yucatan Foods, founded in 1991, with its headquarters in Los Angeles, California, produces and sells guacamole and other avocado products under its Yucatan and Cabo Fresh brands primarily in the U.S. and Canada. Yucatan Foods’ production facility is located in Guanajuato, Mexico, very near where avocados are grown. Landec acquired Yucatan Foods to grow, strengthen, and stabilize its position in the natural foods market and to improve Curation Foods’ margins over time.

Upon acquisition, Yucatan Foods became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Curation Foods. The Acquisition Date fair value of the consideration paid consisted of the following (in thousands):



Cash consideration	$	59,898
Stock consideration	15,068
	$	74,966

The excess of the purchase price over the aggregate fair value of identifiable net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill. These preliminary fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed were determined through established and generally accepted valuation techniques and were subject to change during the measurement period as valuations were finalized. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company recorded measurement period adjustments to deferred income taxes of $1.7 million and indemnification provisions for environmental related items of $0.7 million, resulting in an increase to goodwill of $1.0 million. During the second quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company recorded measurement period adjustments to deferred income taxes of $0.5 million, resulting in an increase to goodwill of $0.5 million, and completed the acquisition accounting for the Yucatan Foods acquisition. These were non-cash adjustments. The following is a summary of the amounts recognized in accounting for the Yucatan Foods acquisition:


(In thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	26
Accounts receivable, net	6,310
Inventories	11,384
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	1,573
Other assets	102
Property and equipment	14,083
Trademarks/tradenames	15,900
Customer relationships	11,000
Accounts payable	(4,507)
Other accrued liabilities	(1,873)
Deferred tax liabilities	(1,767)
Net identifiable assets acquired	52,231
Goodwill	22,735
Total fair value purchase consideration	$	74,966

Finite-lived Intangible Assets

The Company identified one finite-lived intangible asset in connection with the Yucatan Foods acquisition: customer relationships valued at $11.0 million which is included in customer relationships in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Customer relationships have an estimated useful life of 12 years and will be amortized to operating expenses on an accelerated basis that reflects the pattern in which the economic benefits are consumed. The customer relationships are valued using the excess earnings method.

Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets

As a result of the Yucatan Foods acquisition, the Company recorded goodwill of $22.2 million and trademarks valued at $15.9 million, which are included within goodwill and trademarks in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, respectively. The goodwill recognized from the Yucatan Foods acquisition was primarily attributable to Yucatan Foods’ long history and expected synergies from future growth and expansion of our Curation Foods business segment. Approximately 80% of the goodwill is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. Trademarks are considered to be an indefinite lived asset and therefore, will not be amortized. The trademarks are valued using the relief from royalty valuation method. As discussed in Note 1, the Company recognized impairment charges of $2.7 million and $3.5 million in the Curation Foods business segment (in the Yucatan reporting unit) during the year ended May 31, 2020, related to goodwill and trademarks, respectively.

Acquisition Related Transaction Costs

For the year ended May 26, 2019, the Company recognized $3.3 million of acquisition-related costs that were expensed as incurred and included in the Selling, general and administrative line item in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. These expenses included investment banking fees, legal, accounting and tax service fees and appraisals fees.

O Acquisition

On March 1, 2017, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of O for $2.5 million in cash plus contingent consideration of up to $7.5 million over the next three years based upon O achieving certain EBITDA targets.

The potential earn out payment of up to $7.5 million was based on O’s cumulative EBITDA over the Company’s fiscal years 2018 through 2020. Based on this analysis, the Company recorded a contingent consideration liability, included in Other non-current liabilities. The earn out period expired in March 2020, with no payments made under the contractual provisions of the earn out arrangement.

As of May 31, 2020, May 26, 2019, and May 27, 2018, the contingent consideration liability was $0.0 million, $0.5 million, and $4.0 million, respectively, representing the present value of the expected earn out payments. The reduction in the contingent consideration liability was $0.5 million and $3.5 million for fiscal years 2020 and 2019, respectively, and is recorded as a reduction to Selling, general, and administrative expense in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. The $3.5 million reduction during fiscal year 2019 was due to a very poor olive harvest in California during 2018

resulting in substantially lower volumes of olive oil available for sale over the next twelve months. This, combined with a slower than anticipated apple cider vinegar sales reduced the current projected EBITDA through fiscal year 2020.