Note 2 - Acquisitions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 2 - ACQUISITIONS

On May 31, 2022, the Company acquired the assets of Fill-Rite and Sotera (“Fill-Rite”), a division of Tuthill Corporation, for cash consideration of $528.0 million. The transaction was funded with new debt consisting of $350.0 million from a senior secured term loan, $90.0 million from a subordinated unsecured loan, $5.0 million from the new revolving Credit Facility, and $83.0 million of cash on hand. Refer to “Note 10 – Financing Arrangements” for further details related to the financing completed as part of the transaction.

The Company accounted for the Fill-Rite acquisition in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805 “Business Combinations”. The results of operations for Fill-Rite are included in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income from the acquisition date. Fill-Rite had $40.1 million in net sales and $3.6 million in operating income and $53.7 million in net sales and $3.7 million in operating income included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively. Operating income for the three months ended September 30, 2022 included $0.6 million of acquired customer backlog amortization and $3.0 million in amortization on customer relationships and developed technology. Operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 included $1.4 million of inventory step-up amortization, $0.8 million of acquired customer backlog amortization, and $4.0 million in amortization on customer relationships and developed technology. 

Under the acquisition method of accounting, the assets and liabilities have been recorded at their respective estimated fair values as of the date of completion of the acquisition and reported into the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table presents the final fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

Account receivable	$	21,273
Inventory		12,214
Customer backlog (amortized within one year)		2,600
Other current assets		914
Property, plant, and equipment		24,505
Customer relationships (amortized over 20 years)		200,900
Technology (amortized over 20 years)		39,800
Tradenames (indefinite-lived)		10,700
Goodwill		230,688
Total assets acquired	$	543,594
Current liabilities assumed		(15,601	)
Allocated purchase price	$	527,993

For tax purposes, the Fill-Rite acquisition was treated as an asset purchase. As such, the Company received a step-up in tax basis of the net Fill-Rite assets, equal to the purchase price, including goodwill which is deductible for tax purposes.

The transaction costs related to the acquisition approximated $0.1 million and $7.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022. These costs were expensed as incurred and recorded within selling, general, and administrative expenses.

The following is supplemental pro-forma net sales, operating income, net income, and earnings per share had the Fill-Rite Acquisition occurred as of January 1, 2021 (in millions):

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
Net sales	$	440.1
Operating income	$	43.9
Net income	$	12.1
Earnings per share	$	0.46

The supplemental pro forma information presented above is being provided for information purposes only and may not necessarily reflect the future results of operations of the Company or what the results of operations would have been had the Company owned and operated Fill-Rite since January 1, 2021.