Acquisitions

Acquisitions are accounted for in accordance with the guidance for business combinations. Accordingly, the Company makes an initial allocation of the purchase price at the date of acquisition based upon its understanding of the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities. The Company obtains this information during due diligence and through other sources. In the months after closing, as the Company obtains additional information about these assets and liabilities, including through tangible and intangible asset appraisals, it is able to refine the estimates of fair value and more accurately allocate the purchase price. Only items identified as of the acquisition date are considered for subsequent adjustment. The Company will make appropriate adjustments to the purchase price allocation prior to completion of the measurement period, as required.

On December 11, 2013, the Company completed the acquisition of MEI Conlux Holdings (U.S.), Inc. and its affiliate MEI Conlux Holdings (Japan), Inc. (together, “MEI”), a leading provider of payment solutions for unattended transaction systems serving customers in the transportation, gaming, retail, financial services and vending markets. The purchase price was $804 million for all of the outstanding equity interests of MEI. MEI had sales of $399 million in 2012 and has been integrated into the Company's Crane Payment Innovations business within its Payment & Merchandising Technologies segment. The amount allocated to goodwill reflects the benefits the Company expects to realize from the acquisition, as the acquisition is expected to strengthen and broaden the Company’s product offering and will allow the Company to strengthen its global position in all sectors of the end market described above. Goodwill from this acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes.

To finance the cash consideration for the MEI acquisition, the Company issued $250 million of 2.75% Senior Notes due 2018 and $300 million of 4.45% Senior Notes due 2023. For the remainder of the cash consideration, the Company utilized available cash and cash equivalents generated from operating activities.

In June 2014, the Company received $6.1 million as part of the final working capital adjustment related to the MEI acquisition.

Allocation of Consideration Transferred to Net Assets Acquired

The following amounts represent the preliminary determination of the fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed from the Company's acquisition of MEI. The final determination of the fair value of certain assets and liabilities will be completed within the one year measurement period as required by Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 805, “Business Combinations.” The size and breadth of the MEI acquisition will necessitate the use of this measurement period to adequately analyze and assess a number of the factors used in establishing the asset and liability fair values as of the acquisition date, including the significant contractual and operational factors underlying the customer relationship intangible asset and the assumptions underpinning the related tax impacts of any changes made. Any potential adjustments made could be material in relation to the preliminary values presented below:



Preliminary net assets acquired (in millions)
Total current assets	$	172
Property, plant and equipment	46
Other assets	4
Intangible assets	302
Goodwill	439
Total assets acquired	$	963

Assumed liabilities	120
Net assets acquired	$	843

The amounts allocated to acquired intangible assets, and their associated weighted- average useful lives, which were determined based on the period over which the assets are expected to contribute directly or indirectly to our future cash flows, consist of the following:



Intangible Assets (dollars in millions)	Intangible Fair Value		Weighted Average Life

Trademarks/trade names	$	7	6.7
Customer relationships	277		16.6
Backlog	5		0.3
Product technology	13		5.7
Total acquired intangible assets	$	302

In order to allocate the consideration transferred for MEI, the fair values of all identifiable assets and liabilities must be established. For accounting and financial reporting purposes, fair value is defined under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure” as the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or the amount paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Market participants are assumed to be buyers and sellers in the principal (most advantageous) market for the asset or liability. Additionally, fair value measurements for an asset assume the highest and best use of that asset by market participants. Use of different estimates and judgments could yield different results.

The fair values of the trademark and trade name intangible assets were determined by using an “income approach”, specifically the relief-from-royalty approach, which is a commonly accepted valuation approach. This approach is based on the assumption that in lieu of ownership, a firm would be willing to pay a royalty in order to exploit the related benefits of this asset. Therefore, a portion of MEI’s earnings, equal to the after-tax royalty that would have been paid for the use of the asset, can be attributed to the firm’s ownership. The trademark and trade names are being amortized on a straight-line basis (which approximates the economic pattern of benefits) over the estimated economic life of five to ten years.

The fair values of the product technology intangible assets were also determined by the relief-from-royalty approach. Similarly, this approach is based on the assumption that in lieu of ownership, a firm would be willing to pay a royalty in order to exploit the related benefits of the technology. Therefore, a portion of MEI’s earnings, equal to the after-tax royalty that would have been paid for the use of the technology, can be attributed to the firm’s ownership of the technology. The technology assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis (which approximates the economic pattern of benefits) over the estimated economic life of three to six years.

The fair values of the customer relationships and backlog intangible assets, were determined by using an “income approach” which is a commonly accepted valuation approach. Under this approach, the net earnings attributable to the asset or liability being measured are isolated using the discounted projected net cash flows. These projected cash flows are isolated from the projected cash flows of the combined asset group over the remaining economic life of the intangible asset or liability being measured. Both the amount and the duration of the cash flows are considered from a market participant perspective. Our estimates of market participant net cash flows considered historical and projected pricing, operational performance including market participant synergies, aftermarket retention, product life cycles, material and labor pricing, and other relevant customer, contractual and market factors. Where appropriate, the net cash flows were adjusted to reflect the potential attrition of existing customers in the future. The attrition-adjusted future cash flows are then discounted to present value using an appropriate discount rate. The customer relationship is being amortized on a straight-line basis (which approximates the economic pattern of benefits) over the estimated economic life of 13 to 18 years.

Acquisition-Related Costs

Acquisition-related costs are being expensed as incurred. For the three months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recorded $1.0 million of acquisition integration-related charges and $0.1 million of restructuring costs. For the three months ended September 30, 2013, the Company recorded $2.9 million of transaction costs within the selling, general and administrative category in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recorded $7.7 million of acquisition integration related charges, $4.8 million of inventory step-up and backlog amortization within cost of sales in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and $5.7 million of restructuring costs (see additional discussion in Note 14). For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company recorded $12.6 million of transaction costs within the selling, general and administrative category in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Supplemental Pro Forma Data

MEI's results of operations have been included in the Company's financial statements for the period subsequent to the completion of the acquisition on December 11, 2013. The following unaudited supplemental pro forma data for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 presents consolidated information as if the acquisition had been completed on January 1, 2013. There were no significant pro forma adjustments required for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014. The pro forma results were calculated by combining the results of Crane Co. with the stand-alone results of MEI for the pre-acquisition periods, which were adjusted to account for certain costs which would have been incurred during this pre-acquisition period:



	For the Three Months Ended		For the Nine Months Ended
(in millions, except per share data)	September 30, 2013
Net sales	$	722	$	2,183
Net income attributable to common shareholders	$	35	$	157
Basic earnings per share from operations	$	0.60	$	2.67
Diluted earnings per share from operations	$	0.59	$	2.62

The unaudited supplemental pro forma data above includes adjustments for inventory step up, depreciation and amortization related to acquired MEI property, plant & equipment and intangible assets, transaction costs, interest expense related to financing directly associated with the acquisition and the effect of required dispositions to meet regulatory approval.