Business Combinations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combinations

Note 2. Business Combinations

Sunbelt Group, LLC

On September 1, 2022, Rains Agency Inc. (“Rains Agency”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of SmartFinancial, Inc., completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Sunbelt Group, LLC (“Sunbelt”), a Tennessee limited liability company, pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated September 1, 2022, by and among Rains Agency, Sunbelt, and A. Mark Slater, the sole member of Sunbelt.

In connection with the acquisition, Rains Agency acquired $349 thousand of assets and assumed $364 thousand of liabilities from Sunbelt. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Rains Agency paid an aggregate amount of consideration to Sunbelt of $6.5 million, of which $5.2 million was paid in cash at the closing and the remainder of which will be payable in equal cash installments on September 1, 2023, and September 1, 2024 (the “Deferred Payments”). The Deferred Payments are subject to acceleration in certain circumstances involving a change in control of Rains Agency and are subject to set-off for any indemnification or other obligations of the Sunbelt and its sole member to Rains Agency under the terms of the Purchase Agreement. During 2023, Rains Agency changed its name to SBK Insurance, Inc.

The fair value of consideration paid exceeded the fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities acquired and resulted in the establishment of goodwill in the amount of $4.6 million, representing the intangible value of Sunbelt’s business and reputation within the markets it served. The goodwill recognized is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. The Company established an intangible asset related to customer relationships of $1.9 million, amortizing sum-of-the-years digits over 168 months (14 years).

The purchased assets and assumed liabilities were recorded at their acquisition date fair values and are summarized in the table below (in thousands).

			Initial
	As recorded		Fair value		Subsequent		As recorded
	by Sunbelt		adjustments		Adjustments		by the Company
Assets:
Cash & cash equivalents	$	319	$	—	$	—	$	319
Customer list intangible		—		1,948		—		1,948
Equipment, net		13		(13)		—		—
Other assets		17		—		—		17
Total assets acquired	$	349	$	1,935	$	—	$	2,284
Liabilities:
Payables and other liabilities	$	364	$	—	$	—	$	364
Total liabilities assumed		364		—		—		364
Excess of liabilities acquired over assets assumed	$	(15)
Aggregate fair value adjustments			$	1,935	$	—
Total identifiable net assets								1,920
Consideration transferred:
Purchase price								6,500
Total fair value of consideration transferred								6,500
Goodwill							$	4,580

Sevier County Bancshares, Inc.

On September 1, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of Sevier County Bancshares, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (“SCB”), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 13, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”).

In connection with the merger, the Company acquired $484.9 million of assets and assumed $443.1 million of liabilities. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the merger, SCB shareholders were entitled to receive for each share of SCB common stock, no par value per share, outstanding immediately prior to the Merger, either (i) $10.17 in cash (the “Per Share Cash Consideration”), or (ii) 0.4116 shares of Company common stock, par value $1.00 (the “Per Share Stock Consideration”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, (i) each SCB shareholder holding 20,000 shares or more of SCB common stock will receive the Per Share Stock Consideration and (ii) each SCB shareholder holding fewer than 20,000 shares of SCB common stock may elect to receive either the Per Share Stock Consideration or the Per Share Cash Consideration. SmartFinancial issued 1,692,168 shares of SmartFinancial common stock and paid $9.6 million in cash as consideration for the Merger. The fair value of consideration paid exceeded the fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities acquired and resulted in the establishment of goodwill in the amount of $17.2 million, representing the intangible value of SCB’s business and reputation within the markets it served. None of the goodwill recognized is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. The Company is amortizing the related core deposit intangible of $1.6 million using the effective yield method over 120 months (10 years), which represents the expected useful life of the asset.  

The purchased assets and assumed liabilities were recorded at their acquisition date fair values and are summarized in the table below (in thousands).

			Initial
	As recorded		Fair value		Subsequent		As recorded
	by SCB		adjustments		Adjustments		by the Company
Assets:
Cash & cash equivalents	$	84,313	$	—	$	—	$	84,313
Investment securities available-for-sale		64,219		(614)		—		63,605
Restricted investments		533		—		—		533
Loans		304,620		(4,551)		(3,049)		297,020
Allowance for loan losses		(3,644)		3,644		—		—
Premises and equipment, net		15,579		(295)		(22)		15,262
Bank owned life insurance		7,116		—		—		7,116
Deferred tax asset, net		10,340		(4,007)		769		7,102
Core deposit intangible		—		1,550		—		1,550
Interest Receivable		884		—		—		884
Other assets		920		(272)		(533)		115
Total assets acquired	$	484,880	$	(4,545)	$	(2,835)	$	477,500
Liabilities:
Deposits	$	435,036	$	—	$	—	$	435,036
Time deposit premium		—		888		—		888
Subordinated debt		2,500		—		—		2,500
Payables and other liabilities		5,563		115		(1,254)		4,424
Total liabilities assumed		443,099		1,003		(1,254)		442,848
Excess of assets acquired over liabilities assumed	$	41,781
Aggregate fair value adjustments			$	(5,548)	$	(1,581)
Total identifiable net assets								34,652
Consideration transferred:
Cash								9,568
Common stock issued (1,692,168 shares)								42,255
Total fair value of consideration transferred								51,823
Goodwill							$	17,171

The following table presents additional information related to the purchased credit impaired loans (ASC 310-30) of the acquired loan portfolio at the acquisition date (in thousands):

	September 1, 2021
Accounted for pursuant to ASC 310-30:
Contractually required principal and interest	$	30,293
Non-accretable differences		7,609
Cash flows expected to be collected		22,684
Accretable yield		3,552
Fair value	$	19,132

Fountain Leasing, LLC

On May 3, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of Fountain Leasing, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated May 2, 2021, by and among the Bank and the members of Fountain Leasing, LLC. Following the closing of the acquisition, on May 4, 2021, the Company changed the name of Fountain Leasing, LLC to Fountain Equipment Finance, LLC (“Fountain”).

In connection with the acquisition, the Company acquired $54.1 million of assets and assumed $683 thousand of liabilities. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company paid an aggregate amount of consideration to the Fountain members of $14.0 million in cash at closing, and the Company repaid approximately $45.8 million of Fountain’s indebtedness. In addition to the closing consideration, the Purchase Agreement contains a performance-based earnout, pursuant to which the former members of Fountain could be entitled to up to $6.0 million, which is excluded from consideration pursuant to ASC 805, in future cash payments from the Company based on future results of the acquired business over various periods through December 31, 2026. This performance-based earnout was satisfied as of December 31, 2023, and no future cash payments are due.  The fair value of consideration paid exceeded the fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities

acquired and resulted in the establishment of goodwill in the amount of $2.4 million, representing the intangible value of Fountains business and reputation within the markets it served. The goodwill recognized is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. The Company established an intangible asset related to customer relationships of $2.7 million, amortizing sum-of-the-years digits over 96 months (8 years).

The purchased assets and assumed liabilities were recorded at their acquisition date fair values and are summarized in the table below (in thousands).

	As recorded		Fair value		Subsequent		As recorded
	by Fountain		adjustments		Adjustments		by the Company
Assets:
Cash & cash equivalents	$	413	$	—	$	—	$	413
Leases		54,945		(720)		—		54,225
Allowance for lease losses		(1,796)		1,796		—		—
Customer list intangible		—		2,658		—		2,658
Other repossessed assets		319		—		—		319
Other assets		233		—		—		233
Total assets acquired	$	54,114	$	3,734	$	—	$	57,848
Liabilities:
Payables and other liabilities	$	683	$	(229)	$	—	$	454
Total liabilities assumed		683		(229)		—		454
Excess of assets acquired over liabilities assumed	$	53,431
Aggregate fair value adjustments			$	3,963	$	—
Total identifiable net assets								57,394
Consideration transferred:
Cash								59,794
Total fair value of consideration transferred								59,794
Goodwill							$	2,400

The following table presents additional information related to the purchased credit impaired financing leases (ASC 310-30) of the acquired lease portfolio at the acquisition date (in thousands):

	May 3, 2021
Accounted for pursuant to ASC 310-30:
Contractually required principal and interest	$	6,018
Non-accretable differences		447
Cash flows expected to be collected		5,571
Accretable yield		649
Fair value	$	4,922