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Acquisition
3 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements  
Acquisition

 

(3) Acquisition

 

On March 31, 2009, the Company acquired certain assets of Micro Memory Bank, Inc. (MMB), a privately held corporation. MMB is a manufacturer of legacy to advanced solutions in laptop, desktop and server memory products. The acquisition expands the Company’s memory product offerings and routes to market. The Company purchased the assets from MMB for total consideration of approximately $2,253,000, of which approximately $912,000 was paid in cash. The Company also assumed certain accounts payable totaling approximately $190,000 and certain accrued liabilities totaling approximately $122,000. Under the terms of the agreement with MMB, the remaining portion of the purchase price is contingently payable based upon the performance of the new Dataram business unit to be operated as a result of the acquisition (the Unit) and consists of a percentage, averaging 65%, payable quarterly, over the subsequent four years from acquisition date of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of the MMB business unit. For the three month period ended July 31, 2011, this amount totaled approximately $57,000. The net assets acquired by the Company were recorded at their respective fair values under the purchase method of accounting. The results of operations of MMB for the period from the acquisition date, March 31, 2009, through July 31, 2011 have been included in the consolidated results of operations of the Company.

 

The total consideration of the acquisition has been allocated to the fair value of the assets of MMB as follows:

 

Accounts receivable  $478,000 
Machinery and equipment   200,000 
Deposits   16,000 
Trade names   733,000 
Customer relationships   758,000 
Non-compete agreement   68,000 
Gross assets acquired   2,253,000 
Liabilities assumed   312,000 
Net assets acquired  $1,941,000