Note 19: Acquisitions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Notes

Note 19: Acquisitions

19)    Acquisitions

Acquisition of American Funeral Financial

On June 4, 2014, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, SNFC Subsidiary, LLC (“SNFC Subsidiary”), completed a purchase transaction with American Funeral Financial, LLC, a South Carolina limited liability company (“American Funeral Financial”) and Hypershop, LLC, a North Carolina  limited liability  company (“Hypershop”), the sole owner of all the limited liability company interests of American Funeral Financial, to purchase all of the outstanding limited liability company interests, or membership units, of American Funeral Financial.  American Funeral Financial is engaged in the operation of a factoring business with the principal purpose of providing funding for funeral homes and mortuaries.  

Under the terms of the transaction, as set forth in the Unit Purchase Agreement dated June 4, 2014 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Company, SNFC Subsidiary, American Funeral Financial and Hypershop, the Company paid Hypershop purchase consideration equal to (i) $3,000,000 in cash, of which $175,000 was deposited into an interest bearing escrow account to be held for a period of twelve months from the closing date to pay off the indebtedness and other liabilities of American Funeral Financial, plus (ii) $12,011,183, representing the amount of the good standing receivables of American Funeral Financial, plus (iii) earn-out payments equal to .0042 of the aggregate amount of life insurance assignments funded by American Funeral Financial during the three year period following the closing date of the transaction. This earn-out liability was estimated to be $1,368,000. The purchase consideration was to be used to pay off the indebtedness that American Funeral Financial owed to Security Finance Corporation of Spartanburg, as well as to pay off all other indebtedness and liabilities of American Funeral Financial.

The estimated fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition were as follows:

Other loans, net	$         11,866,193
Property and equipment	760,120
Goodwill	2,373,722
Other	1,379,158
Total assets acquired	16,379,193
Other liabilities and accrued expenses	(1,368,000)
Total liabilities assumed	(1,368,000)
Fair value of net assets acquired	$         15,011,193

The estimated fair value of the acquisition is based on market assumptions of the future value of the business acquired, the collectability of receivables, the current value of equipment purchased and the useful life of proprietary software.  Based on the unobservable nature of certain of these assumptions, the valuation is considered Level 3 under the fair value hierarchy.

The following unaudited pro forma information has been prepared to present the results of operations of the Company assuming the acquisition of American Funeral Financial had occurred at the beginning of the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. This pro forma information is supplemental and does not necessarily present the operations of the Company that would have occurred had the acquisition occurred on those dates and may not reflect the operations that will occur in the future:

	For the Year Ended December 31 (unaudited)
	2015	2014	2013
Total revenues	$ 283,161,000	$ 229,268,653	$ 220,011,370
Net earnings	$   12,622,880	$    7,996,405	$    7,963,589
Net earnings per Class A equivalent common share	$            0.92	$            0.61	$            0.61
Net earnings per Class A equivalent common share
assuming dilution	$            0.89	$            0.59	$            0.58