The Company applies the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations. Under the acquisition method, the acquiring entity in a business combination recognizes 100% of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair values. Management utilizes valuation techniques appropriate for the asset or liability being measured in determining these fair values. Any excess of the purchase price over amounts allocated to assets acquired, including identifiable intangible assets and liabilities assumed, is recorded as goodwill. Where amounts allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed is greater than the purchase price, a bargain purchase gain is recognized. Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred.

On June 1, 2021, the Company acquired the assets and business from AmeriPrint Corporation ("AmeriPrint"), which is based in Harvard, Illinois, for $3.9 million in cash plus the assumption of trade payables, subject to certain adjustments. Goodwill of $0.5 million recognized as a part of the acquisition is deductible for tax purposes. The Company also recorded intangible assets with definite lives of approximately $1.1 million in connection with the transaction. The acquisition of AmeriPrint which prior to the acquisition generated approximately $6.5 million in sales for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, brings added capabilities and expertise to our expanding product offering including barcoding and variable imaging.

The following is a summary of the purchase price allocation for AmeriPrint (in thousands):


Accounts receivable	$	417
Inventories		732
Property, plant & equipment		2,000
Goodwill and intangibles		1,607
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		(834	)
	$	3,922

The results of operations for AmeriPrint are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. The following table sets forth certain operating information on a pro forma basis as though all AmeriPrint operations had been acquired as of March 1, 2021, after the estimated impact of adjustments such as amortization of intangible assets, depreciation expense and interest expense and related tax effects (in thousands, except per share amounts).


	Six months ended
	August 31, 2022		August 31, 2021
Pro forma net sales	$	218,900	$	199,049
Pro forma net earnings		23,821		14,724
Pro forma earnings per share - diluted	$	0.92	$	0.56

The pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of what would have occurred if the acquisitions had been in effect for the period presented.