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Business Combinations
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Business Combination

4. Business Combinations

 

On April 30, 2021, the Company acquired all the outstanding stock of Smarteq Wireless Aktiebolag (“Smarteq”), a Swedish company based in Kista, Sweden that designs antennas for specialized industrial IoT and vehicular applications, pursuant to a Share Sale and Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) between PCTEL and Allgon Aktiebolag, a Swedish company and holder of the outstanding stock of Smarteq. Smarteq owns all the outstanding stock of SAS Smarteq France (“Smarteq France”), which engages in sales of Smarteq products.

 

Pursuant to the SPA, the Company acquired Smarteq for a cash purchase price consisting of SEK 53.0 million plus working capital adjustments of SEK 1.6 million and an adjustment for the net cash at closing of SEK 2.1 million for total cash consideration of SEK 56.8 million ($6.8 million), all of which was provided from PCTEL’s existing cash. The Company believes the acquisition of Smarteq will provide a strong local presence, expertise, and channel partners to accelerate revenue growth in Europe, as well as a complementary portfolio of products for our Industrial IoT and intelligent transportation customers worldwide.  The results for Smarteq are combined with the Company’s antenna and Industrial IoT device product line.  The Company applied the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 805, Business Combinations, in accounting for its acquisitions. It requires the Company to recognize separately from goodwill the assets acquired, and the liabilities assumed, at the acquisition date fair values. Goodwill as of the acquisition date is measured as the excess of consideration transferred over the acquisition date fair values of the net assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. While the Company uses its best estimates and assumptions where applicable to accurately value assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date its estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. The purchase price allocation is preliminary because the evaluations necessary to assess the fair values of the net assets acquired are still in process.  As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, the Company will record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments will be recorded to the consolidated statements of operations.  The operating results of the acquired business are included in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements from the date of the acquisition.

 

Fair Value of Purchase Consideration:

 

The following table summarizes the fair value of purchase consideration to acquire Smarteq:

 

Fair value of purchase consideration

 

 

 

Cash

$

6,785

 

Working capital adjustment

 

(5

)

Total purchase consideration

$

6,780

 

 

 

Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation:

 

The Company acquired all of the assets and liabilities of Smarteq, including cash of $0.5 million and debt of $0.1 million.

The following is an allocation of the purchase price as of the April 30, 2021 closing date based upon a preliminary estimate of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed by the Company in the acquisition:

 

Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation:

 

 

 

Cash

$

503

 

Accounts receivable

 

1,429

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

80

 

Inventories

 

1,286

 

Right of use assets

 

232

 

Property and equipment

 

131

 

Intangible assets

 

1,983

 

Accounts payable

 

(981

)

Accrued liabilities

 

(837

)

Lease liabilities - short-term

 

(102

)

Lease liabilities - long-term

 

(112

)

Debt

 

(91

)

Identifiable assets acquired

$

3,521

 

Goodwill

 

3,259

 

Total purchase price

$

6,780

 

 

 

The following is a summary of identifiable intangible assets acquired and the related expected lives for the finite-lived intangible assets:

 

Finite-lived assets:

 

 

 

Customer relationships

$

787

 

Trade names

 

639

 

Technology

 

438

 

Non-compete covenant

 

69

 

Exclusive-right

 

44

 

Backlog

 

6

 

 

$

1,983

 

 

Intangible Assets:

Useful Life

Customer relationships

5 years

Trade names

5 years

Technology

5 years

Covenants to non-compete

3 years

Exclusive-right

5 years

Backlog

less than 1 year

 

Assumptions in the Allocations of Purchase Price

 

The Company prepared the purchase price allocation and in doing so utilized reports of a third-party valuation expert to calculate the fair value of the identifiable intangible assets.  Estimates of fair value require management to make significant estimates and assumptions which are preliminary and subject to change upon finalization of the valuation analysis. The goodwill recognized is attributable primarily to the acquired workforce, expected synergies, and other benefits that the Company believes will result from integrating the Smarteq operations with the operations of the Company. Updates to and/or completion of the valuations of certain assets acquired and liabilities assumed may result in changes to the recorded amounts of assets and liabilities, with corresponding adjustments to goodwill amounts in subsequent periods. The Company expects to complete the purchase price allocation within 12 months of the respective acquisition date.  The areas that are not yet finalized relate to intangible assets, goodwill and inventory.

 

The fair value of the customer relationships was determined using the multi-period excess earnings method (“MPEEM”). MPEEM estimates the value of an intangible asset by quantifying the amount of residual (or excess) cash flows generated by the future

customer cash flows, and discounting those cash flows to the present value. Future cash flows for customers were estimated based on forecasted revenue and costs, taking into account the growth rates, customer attrition, and contributory charges. The fair value of the customer backlog was calculated using the present value of the cash flows associated with the acquired backlog.

 

The fair values of the trade names, developed technology, and exclusive rights were determined using the relief-from-royalty method. The relief-from-royalty method is a specific application of the discounted-cash-flow method, which is a form of the income approach. It is based on the principle that ownership of the intangible asset relieves the owner of the need to pay a royalty to another party in exchange for rights to use the asset. Key assumptions to estimate the hypothetical royalty rate include observable royalty rates, which are royalty rates in negotiated licenses and market-based royalty rates which are royalty rates found in available market data for licenses involving similar assets.

 

The fair value of covenants to non-compete was estimated using the with-or-without method. The with-and-without method estimates the value of an intangible asset by quantifying the loss of economic profits under a hypothetical condition where only the subject intangible does not exist and needs to be re-created. Projected revenues, operating expenses and cash flows are calculated in each "with" and "without" scenario and the difference in the cash flow is discounted to present value.

 

Inventory was valued at net realizable value.  Raw materials were valued at book value and finished goods were valued assuming hypothetical revenues from finished goods adjusted for disposal costs, profit attributable to the seller and holding costs. An inventory step-up of $0.5 million is included in the purchase price allocation above.  Approximately $0.3 million of the inventory step-up was recognized during the three months ended June 30, 2021.  

 

The Company assumed gross accounts receivable of $1.4 million.  Based on Smarteq’s bad debt experience and a review of the receivables, the Company does not anticipate an issue with collectability.  

 

The Company assumed liabilities in the acquisition which primarily consist of accounts payable, accrued employee compensation and certain operating liabilities. The fair value of the liabilities assumed are valued at their cash settlement value.

 

As part of the acquisition of Smarteq on April 30, 2021, the Company assumed an office lease. The office in Kista, Sweden has 4,080 square feet used for engineering, sales, and administration and the lease term is through July 31, 2023.  On the acquisition date, the Company recorded $0.2 million for each of the right-of-use assets and the lease liabilities.

 

The Company assumed Smarteq France’s five-year loan of approximately $0.1 million with an interest rate of 0.57%.  The loan was part of a program from the French Ministry of Economy and Finance to support for French businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The loan is denominated in Euros.  Payment of the interest and principal on the loan are deferred until June 2022 and the loan term ends in May 2026.  

 

The Company recorded net deferred tax assets of $2.4 million, primarily relating to deferred tax assets for net operating losses. The Company also booked a deferred tax asset for inventory reserves and deferred tax liabilities related to intangible asset amortization that is not deductible for income taxes.  The Company booked a full valuation allowance against the net deferred tax assets.  While the Company expects book and tax profits in 2021 and future periods, Smarteq has recorded a three-year cumulative tax loss.  Based on this objective evidence and uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company recorded a full valuation allowance on the opening balance sheet.

 

Goodwill recorded in connection with the acquisition was $3.3 million. The Company does not expect to deduct any of the acquired goodwill for tax purposes. The Company recorded $0.3 million of transaction costs in general and administrative expenses in the statement of operations.  The transaction costs will not be deductible for income tax purposes.

 

Supplemental pro forma financial information

 

The following unaudited pro forma financial information presents the combined results of operations for each of the periods presented as if the Smarteq acquisition had occurred as of January 1, 2020:

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Net Revenue - pro forma combined

 

$

22,558

 

 

$

22,754

 

 

$

42,106

 

 

$

41,829

 

Net Income (Loss)  - pro forma combined

 

 

285

 

 

 

693

 

 

 

(169

)

 

 

(527

)

Weighted Average Shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

18,241

 

 

 

18,159

 

 

 

18,158

 

 

 

18,180

 

Diluted

 

 

18,241

 

 

 

18,214

 

 

 

18,158

 

 

 

18,180

 

Net Income (Loss) per Share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

0.02

 

 

$

0.04

 

 

$

(0.01

)

 

$

(0.03

)

Diluted

 

$

0.02

 

 

$

0.04

 

 

$

(0.01

)

 

$

(0.03

)

 

 

 

The following adjustments were included in the unaudited pro forma combined net revenues:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Net Revenue

 

$

21,681

 

 

$

19,842

 

 

$

39,388

 

 

$

37,348

 

Add: Net Revenue - acquired business

 

 

877

 

 

 

2,912

 

 

 

2,718

 

 

 

4,481

 

Net Revenue - pro forma combined

 

$

22,558

 

 

$

22,754

 

 

$

42,106

 

 

$

41,829

 

 

 

The following adjustments were included in the unaudited pro forma combined net income (loss):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

$

(169

)

 

$

1,192

 

 

$

(831

)

 

$

504

 

Add: Results of operations of acquired business

 

 

88

 

 

$

(147

)

 

 

183

 

 

 

(79

)

Less: pro forma adjustments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

 

(31

)

 

 

(130

)

 

 

(94

)

 

 

(187

)

Inventory fair value adjustments

 

 

283

 

 

 

(213

)

 

 

283

 

 

 

(427

)

Acquisition related expenses

 

 

121

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

304

 

 

 

(304

)

Interest (expense) income

 

 

(7

)

 

 

(9

)

 

 

(14

)

 

 

(34

)

Net Income (Loss) - pro forma combined

 

$

285

 

 

$

693

 

 

$

(169

)

 

$

(527

)

 

 

The unaudited pro forma financial information has been adjusted to reflect the amortization expense for acquired intangibles, removal of historical intangible asset amortization and recognition of expense associated with the step-up of inventory.

 

The pro forma data is presented for illustrative purposes only, and the historical results of Smarteq are based on its books and records prior to the acquisition and is not necessarily indicative of the consolidated results of operations of the combined business had the acquisition actually occurred as of January 1, 2020. In addition, future results may vary significantly from the pro forma results reflected herein and should not be relied upon as an indication of the results of future operations of the combined business. The unaudited pro forma financial information does not reflect any operating efficiencies and cost savings that may be realized from the integration of the acquired entity. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, $1.5 million of revenue and $0.2 million of net loss was included in the Company's condensed consolidated statements of operations was related to Smarteq.