ACQUISITIONS

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2023

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS

In March 2023, the Company, through a subsidiary of HEICO Electronic, entered into an exclusive license and acquired certain assets for the Aircraft Emergency Locator Transmitter (“ELT”) product line from Honeywell International. ELTs provide critical emergency transmission signals in the event of aircraft impact on land or water to enable first responders to locate the aircraft. The transaction provides the HEICO Electronic subsidiary with all rights to produce, sell and repair both fixed and portable Honeywell ELTs, as well as various support equipment. The purchase price of this acquisition was paid in cash using cash provided by operating activities and is not material or significant to the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

On January 5, 2023, the Company, through HEICO Electronic, acquired 93.69% of the outstanding common stock and all of the preferred stock of Exxelia International SAS (“Exxelia”). Exxelia designs, manufactures and sells high reliability (“Hi-Rel”), complex, passive electronic components and rotary joint assemblies for mostly aerospace and defense applications, in addition to other high-end applications, such as medical and energy uses, including emerging “clean energy” and electrification applications. The Company believes that this acquisition will further HEICO's strategy of expanding its already wide range of mission-critical and Hi-Rel components for the most demanding applications, as well as provide HEICO with added broad geographic and product diversity, including in the important European market. The remaining 6.31% interest is owned by certain members of Exxelia's management team (see Note 3, Selected Financial Statement Information - Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests, for additional information). Additionally, as a result of this acquisition, the Company also obtained a 90% ownership interest in Alcon Electronics Pvt. Ltd. (“Alcon”), which is an existing subsidiary of Exxelia. The remaining 10% interest continues to be owned by a certain member of Alcon’s management team (See Note 3, Selected Financial Statement Information – Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests, for additional information). The purchase price of this acquisition was paid in cash, using proceeds from the Company's revolving credit facility.

The following table summarizes the total consideration for the acquisition of Exxelia (in thousands):


Cash paid						$515,785
Less: cash acquired						(14,234)
Total consideration paid, net						$501,551

As noted above, the Company acquired all of the preferred stock of Exxelia. Pursuant to the terms of the acquisition, Exxelia’s preferred stock accrues dividends at 5.18% per annum. Additionally, in connection with the acquisition, HEICO issued Exxelia a ten-year, €150 million note, which accrues interest at 4.7% per annum on the principal outstanding. The Company records foreign currency transaction adjustments on the note receivable within selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses in its Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The following table summarizes the allocation of the total consideration for the acquisition of Exxelia to the estimated fair values of the tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities and noncontrolling interests assumed (in thousands):


Assets acquired:
Goodwill						$332,033
Customer relationships						64,935
Intellectual property						44,044
Trade name						21,703
Inventories						55,922
Property, plant and equipment						42,165
Accounts receivable						41,113
Other assets						11,254
Total assets acquired, excluding cash						613,169

Liabilities assumed:
Deferred income taxes						31,975
Accounts payable						22,369
Accrued expenses						18,383
Other liabilities						24,231
Total liabilities assumed						96,958

Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries						14,660

Net assets acquired, excluding cash						$501,551

The allocation of the total consideration to the tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities and noncontrolling interests assumed is preliminary until the Company obtains final information regarding their fair values. The primary items that generated the goodwill recognized were the premiums paid by the Company for the future earnings potential of Exxelia and the value of its assembled workforce that do not qualify for separate recognition, however, benefit both the Company and the noncontrolling interest holders. The fair value of the noncontrolling interests were determined based on the consideration paid by the Company for its controlling ownership interest adjusted for a lack of control that a market participant would consider when estimating the fair value of the noncontrolling interest. The weighted-average amortization periods of the customer relationships, intellectual property and trade names

acquired are 15 years, 15 years and indefinite, respectively. Acquisition costs associated with the purchase of Exxelia totaled $5.2 million for the six months ended April 30, 2023 and were recorded as a component of SG&A expenses in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. The operating results of Exxelia were included in the Company’s results of operations from the effective acquisition date. The Company's consolidated net sales for the six and three months ended April 30, 2023, includes approximately $69.6 million and $54.6 million, respectively, from the acquisition of Exxelia. Net income attributable to HEICO for the six and three months ended April 30, 2023, was not materially impacted by the acquisition of Exxelia.

The following table presents unaudited pro forma financial information for the six and three months ended April 30, 2023 and April 30, 2022 as if the acquisition of Exxelia had occurred as of November 1, 2021 (in thousands, except per share data):


	Six months ended April 30,		Three months ended April 30,
	2023	2022	2023	2022
Net sales	$1,348,159	$1,125,052	$687,841	$586,039
Net income from consolidated operations	$234,185	$173,002	$115,568	$85,883
Net income attributable to HEICO	$213,969	$157,855	$105,544	$77,901
Net income per share attributable to HEICO shareholders:
Basic	$1.56	$1.16	$.77	$.57
Diluted	$1.54	$1.14	$.76	$.57

The pro forma financial information is presented for comparative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that actually would have been achieved if the acquisition had taken place as of November 1, 2021. The unaudited pro forma financial information includes adjustments to historical amounts such as increased interest expense associated with borrowings to finance the acquisition, foreign currency transaction adjustments on the note receivable from Exxelia, the reclassification of acquisition costs associated with the purchase of Exxelia from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2022, additional amortization expense related to the intangible assets acquired, and inventory purchase accounting adjustments charged to cost of sales as the inventory is sold. Additionally, the pro forma information presented above reflects HEICO's initial ownership interest of 93.69% of Exxelia's common stock as of the date of acquisition. During the second quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company sold an additional 2.72% of the common stock of Exxelia to its existing noncontrolling interest holders and certain members of Exxelia's management team, which decreased the Company's ownership interest in the subsidiary to 90.97% (see Note 3, Selected Financial Statement Information - Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests, for additional information).