Acquisitions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

U.S. Xpress

On July 1, 2023, the Company acquired Chattanooga, Tennessee-based U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. ("U.S. Xpress"), one of the largest asset-based truckload carriers in the United States. The acquisition was completed through a Knight-Swift subsidiary formed to hold the U.S. Xpress business post-closing ("HoldCo") with Max Fuller, former Executive Chairman of U.S. Xpress, Eric Fuller, former CEO of U.S. Xpress, and their related entities and trusts (collectively, the "Rollover Holders"), rolling over a portion of their shares of U.S. Xpress into HoldCo for approximately 10% interest in HoldCo.

The total purchase price consideration of $630.0 million consisted of $454.4 million in cash, including approximately $139.8 million in debt payoffs, and $1.5 million in assumed equity related to the revaluation of equity awards. The purchase price also included contingent consideration valued at $174.1 million, consisting of two classes of membership interests in HoldCo. The Class A membership interests will be subject to put and call rights at a defined fair market value measure in favor of the Rollover Holders and the Company, respectively, and will be purchased by the Company at that defined fair market value measure if outstanding at the fifth anniversary of the acquisition date. In order for the put right to become exercisable, it is subject to a $175 million minimum adjusted operating income threshold for U.S. Xpress. In addition, the Company will have a call right, exercisable only within the first 15 months after closing, at an exercise price of approximately $140 million. The Class B membership interests will be repurchased by the Company for $40 million if U.S. Xpress achieves $250 million in adjusted operating income for a trailing annual period at or prior to the fifth anniversary of closing. If such threshold is not met, the Class B interests will be forfeited for no value.

As of September 30, 2023, the $134.1 million in mandatorily redeemable Class A membership interests is included in "Accrued liabilities" in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets and the $40.0 million in mandatory purchase of Class B membership interest is included in "Other long-term liabilities" in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets, depending on the terms.

Cash was funded from the 2023 Term Loan, as well as existing Knight-Swift liquidity. The purchase of the equity interests of U.S. Xpress results in the historical tax basis of U.S. Xpress' assets continuing to be recovered and any intangible assets arising through purchase accounting will result in additional stock basis for tax purposes. Deferred taxes were established as of the opening balance sheet for purchase accounting fair value adjustments (other than for goodwill). The merger agreement contained customary representations, warranties, and covenants for a transaction of this nature.

During the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 30, 2023, the Company's consolidated operating results included U.S. Xpress' total revenue of $461.6 million and a net loss of $19.9 million. U.S. Xpress' net income during quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 30, 2023 included $2.3 million related to the amortization of intangible assets acquired in the U.S. Xpress Acquisition.

The goodwill recognized represents expected synergies from combining the operations of U.S. Xpress with the Company, including enhanced service offerings, as well as other intangible assets that did not meet the criteria for separate recognition. The goodwill is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

See Note 6 for more information about the Company's credit facilities and the 2023 Term Loan.

Purchase Price Allocation

The purchase price allocation for U.S. Xpress is preliminary and has been allocated based on estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date, and among other things may be pending the completion of the valuation of acquired tangible assets, an independent valuation of certain acquired intangible assets, assessment of lease agreements, assessment of certain liabilities, the calculation of deferred taxes based upon the underlying tax basis of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, and assessment of other tax related items as applicable. As the Company obtains more information, the preliminary purchase price allocation disclosed below is subject to change. Any future adjustments to the preliminary purchase price allocation, including changes within identifiable intangible assets or estimation uncertainty impacted by market conditions, may impact future net earnings. The purchase price allocation adjustments can be made through the end of the measurement period, which is not to exceed one year from the acquisition date.



	July 1, 2023 Opening Balance Sheet as Reported at September 30, 2023

Fair value of the consideration transferred	$	632,109

Cash and cash equivalents	3,321

Receivables	216,659
Prepaid expenses	21,347
Other current assets	47,317
Property and equipment	433,210
Operating lease right-of-use assets	337,055
Identifiable intangible assets 1	348,000

Other noncurrent assets	28,457
Total assets	1,435,366

Accounts payable	(102,193)
Accrued payroll and payroll-related expenses	(27,485)
Accrued liabilities	(19,966)
Claims accruals – current and noncurrent portions	(180,251)
Operating lease liabilities – current and noncurrent portions	(376,763)
Long-term debt and finance leases – current and noncurrent portions	(337,949)
Deferred tax liabilities	(41,826)
Other long-term liabilities	(34,230)
Total liabilities	(1,120,663)

Noncontrolling interest	(391)
Total stockholders' equity	(391)

Goodwill	$	317,797

1 Includes $184.5 million in customer relationships and $163.5 million in trade names.

Pro Forma Information — The following unaudited pro forma information combines the historical operations of the Company and U.S. Xpress giving effect to the U.S. Xpress Acquisition, and related transactions as if consummated on January 1, 2022, the beginning of the comparative period presented.


	Quarter Ended September 30,				Year-to-Date September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Total revenue	$	2,019,936	$	2,444,667	$	6,165,131	$	7,303,678
Net income attributable to Knight-Swift	33,584		100,112		146,522		599,058
Earnings per share – diluted	0.21		0.62		0.91		3.66

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been presented for comparative purposes only and includes certain adjustments such as recognition of assets acquired at estimated fair values and related depreciation and amortization, elimination of transaction costs incurred by Knight-Swift and U.S. Xpress during the periods presented that were directly related to the U.S. Xpress Acquisition, and related income tax effects of these items. As a result of the U.S. Xpress Acquisition, both Knight-Swift and U.S. Xpress incurred certain acquisition-related expenses, including professional legal and advisory fees, acceleration of share-based compensation, bonus incentives, severance payments, filing fees and other miscellaneous expenses. These acquisition-related expenses totaled $6.5 million and $31.8 million during the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 30, 2023, respectively. These expenses were eliminated in the presentation of the unaudited pro forma "Net income attributable to Knight-Swift" presented above.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not purport to represent the actual results of operations that Knight-Swift and U.S. Xpress would have achieved had the companies been combined during the periods presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements and is not intended to project the future results of operations that the combined company may achieve after the identified transactions. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not reflect any cost savings that may be realized as a result of the U.S. Xpress Acquisition and also does not reflect any restructuring or integration-related costs to achieve those potential cost savings.

The Company did not complete any other material acquisitions during the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2023.