Business Acquisitions

The Company uses acquisitions as a strategy to grow its customer base by increasing its presence in new and existing markets, expand and diversify its service offerings, enhance its technology, acquire skilled personnel and enter into other jurisdictions.

The Company completed the following acquisitions during the first three months of fiscal 2018, paying the purchase price in cash in each transaction: (a) a share purchase of the entire issued capital of ThreatTrack Security Holdings, Inc., acquired on January 26, 2018, a Florida based provider of cybersecurity solutions; and (b) an other immaterial acquisition of a digital health business.

The condensed consolidated statement of income since the date of each acquisition and balance sheet as of March 31, 2018, reflect the results of operations of all 2018 acquisitions. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, these acquisitions contributed $4.4 million to the Company’s revenues. Net income contributed by these acquisitions was not separately identifiable due to j2 Global’s integration activities and is impracticable to provide. Total consideration for these transactions was $77.0 million, net of cash acquired and assumed liabilities and is subject to certain post-closing adjustments which may increase or decrease the final consideration paid.

The following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase consideration for these acquisitions (in thousands):



Assets and Liabilities	Valuation
Cash ⁽¹⁾	$	886
Accounts receivable	2,931
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	1,292
Property and equipment	2,335
Trade names	6,400
Customer relationships	24,076
Goodwill	59,068
Other intangibles	10,337
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	(2,920		)
Other current liabilities	(286		)
Deferred revenue	(23,890		)
Deferred tax liability	(819		)
Other long-term liabilities	(1,540		)
Total	$	77,870

⁽¹⁾ Cash contains an immaterial amount of restricted cash associated with a pre-acquisition relationship with a vendor expected to be released during the second quarter 2018.

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the purchase price accounting has been finalized for the following acquisitions: (i) WeCloud AB; and (ii) an other immaterial email security business. The initial accounting for all 2018 acquisitions is incomplete and subject to change, which may be significant. j2 Global has recorded provisional amounts which may be based upon past acquisitions with similar attributes for certain intangible assets (including trade names, software and customer relationships), preliminary acquisition date working capital and related tax items.

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company recorded adjustments to prior period acquisitions due to the finalization of purchase accounting in the Cloud Services segment which resulted in a net decrease in goodwill of $(1.0) million. Such adjustments had an immaterial impact to the amortization expense within the condensed consolidated statement of income for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and represents intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition. Goodwill recognized associated with these acquisitions during the three months ended March 31, 2018 is $59.1 million, of which $1.0 million is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.