ACQUISITIONS

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

Griffon continually evaluates potential acquisitions that strategically fit within its portfolio or expand its portfolio into new product lines or adjacent markets. Griffon has completed a number of acquisitions that have been accounted for as business combinations, in which assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at fair value as of the date of acquisition and have resulted in the recognition of goodwill. The operating results of the business acquisitions are included in Griffon’s consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition.

On January 24, 2022, Griffon acquired Hunter, a market leader in residential ceiling, commercial, and industrial fans, from MidOcean for a contractual purchase price of $845,000. The acquisition was primarily financed with a new $800,000 seven year Term Loan B facility; we used a combination of cash on hand and revolver borrowings to fund the balance of the purchase price and related acquisition and debt expenditures. Hunter complements and diversifies Griffon's portfolio of leading consumer brands and products. For the nine months ended June 30, 2023, Hunter's revenue and Segment adjusted EBITDA was $218,105 and $41,746, respectively. Based on the final purchase price allocation, the goodwill recognized was $250,711, which was assigned to the CPP segment, and is not deductible for income tax purposes. The following unaudited proforma summary from continuing operations for the nine month period presents consolidated information as if the Company acquired Hunter on October 1, 2021:


	Proforma For the Nine Months Ended June 30, 2022 (unaudited)


Revenue		$	2,230,056
Income from continuing operations		127,299

Griffon did not include any material, nonrecurring proforma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination in the proforma revenue and earnings. These proforma amounts have been compiled by adding the historical results from continuing operations of Griffon, restated for classifying the results of operations of the Telephonics business as a discontinued operation, to the historical results of Hunter after applying Griffon’s accounting policies and the following proforma adjustments:

•Depreciation and amortization that would have been charged assuming the fair value adjustments to property, plant, and equipment, and intangible assets had been applied from October 1, 2021.

•Additional interest and related expenses from the new $800,000 seven year Term Loan B facility that Griffon used to acquire Hunter Fan reduced by historical Hunter interest expense.

•The tax effects on the above adjustments using the statutory tax rate of 25.7% for Griffon and 27.1% for Hunter.

The calculation of the final purchase price allocation is as follows:



Accounts receivable (1)	$	64,602
Inventories(2)	110,299
Other current assets	7,940
Property, plant and equipment	15,007
Operating lease right-of-use assets	12,447
Goodwill	250,711
Intangible assets	616,000

Total assets acquired	$	1,077,006

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	70,039
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	3,323
Deferred tax liability(3)	139,219
Long-term operating lease liabilities	9,123
Other long-term liabilities	3,848
Total liabilities assumed	$	225,552
Total net assets acquired	$	851,454

(1) Includes $67,201 of gross accounts receivable of which $2,599 was not expected to be collected. The fair value of accounts receivable approximated book value acquired.

(2) Includes $113,287 of gross inventory of which $2,988 was reserved for obsolete items.

(3) Deferred tax liability recorded on primarily intangibles assets.

The amounts assigned to goodwill and major intangible asset classifications for the Hunter acquisition are as follows:


	Average Life (Years)
Goodwill		$	250,711	N/A
Indefinite-lived intangibles (Hunter and Casablanca brands)	356,000	N/A
Definite-lived intangibles (Customer relationships)	260,000	20
Total goodwill and intangible assets		$	866,711

During the quarter and nine months ended June 30, 2023, there were no acquisition costs. During the nine months ended June 30, 2022, the Company incurred acquisition costs of $9,303. During the three months ended June 30, 2022, no acquisition costs were incurred.