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Acquisitions
6 Months Ended
Nov. 24, 2019
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Acquisitions
Acquisitions

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 Sellers 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 is released from lock-up on November 30, 2021, the 3-year anniversary of the close date of the transaction, and 50% of the Stock Consideration is released on November 30, 2022, the 4-year anniversary of the close date of the transaction.

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. During the second quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company completed the acquisition accounting for the Yucatan Foods acquisition. 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
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



Intangible Assets
The Company identified two intangible assets in connection with the Yucatan Foods acquisition: trademark/tradenames valued at $15.9 million and customer relationships valued at $11.0 million, which are included within Trademarks/tradenames and Customer relationships in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, respectively. Tradenames are considered to be an indefinite lived asset and therefore, will not be amortized. 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 tradenames are valued using the relief from royalty valuation method and the customer relationships are valued using the excess earnings method.

Goodwill
The goodwill recognized from the Yucatan Foods acquisition is 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. The Company will test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis, or sooner if indicators of impairment are present.

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 based upon O achieving certain EBITDA targets. All accounting for this acquisition is final.
The potential earn out payment of up to $7.5 million is based on O’s cumulative EBITDA over the Company’s fiscal years 2018 through 2020. At the end of each fiscal year, beginning in fiscal year 2018, the former owners of O will earn the equivalent of the EBITDA achieved by O for that fiscal year up to $4.6 million over the three year period. The former owners can then earn an additional $2.9 million on a dollar for dollar basis for exceeding $6.0 million of cumulative EBITDA over the three year period. Each quarter the Company performs an analysis of O’s projected EBITDA over the earnout period. Based on this analysis, the Company records a contingent consideration liability, included in Other accrued liabilities or Other non-current liabilities.
During the three months ended November 24, 2019 the Company estimated that no earn out would be earned under the agreement and therefore reversed the remaining $0.5 million of contingent liability and thus as of November 24, 2019, the Company did not record a contingent consideration liability. As of May 26, 2019, the contingent consideration liability was $0.5 million, representing the present value of the expected earn out payments.