Acquisitions

Fiscal 2017 - During March 2017, the Company acquired Texstar Enterprises, Inc. (“Texstar”) for $26.4 million, net of cash acquired. Texstar provides construction and maintenance services for telecommunications providers in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest regions of the United States. This acquisition expands the Company’s geographic presence within its existing customer base.

Fiscal 2016 - During August 2015, the Company acquired TelCom Construction, Inc. and an affiliate (together, “TelCom”). The purchase price was $48.8 million paid in cash. TelCom, based in Clearwater, Minnesota, provides construction and maintenance services for telecommunications providers throughout the United States. This acquisition expands the Company’s geographic presence within its existing customer base. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company acquired NextGen Telecom Services Group, Inc. (“NextGen”) for $5.6 million, net of cash acquired. NextGen provides construction and maintenance services for telecommunications providers in the Northeastern United States. Additionally, during July 2016, the Company acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities associated with the wireless network deployment and wireline operations of Goodman Networks Incorporated (“Goodman”) for a cash purchase price of $107.5 million, less an adjustment of approximately $6.6 million for working capital received below a target amount. The acquired operations provide wireless construction services in a number of markets, including Texas, Georgia, and Southern California. The acquisition reinforces the Company’s wireless construction resources and expands the Company’s geographic presence within its existing customer base.

Fiscal 2017 and 2016 Purchase Price Allocations

The purchase price allocation of TelCom was completed during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. Purchase price allocations of the Goodman, NextGen, and Texstar acquisitions are preliminary and will be completed when valuations for intangible assets and other amounts are finalized within the 12-month measurement period from the respective date of acquisition. In accordance with ASU 2015-16, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments, the Company will recognize any adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustments are determined. Additionally, the Company will record, in the same period’s financial statements in which adjustments are recorded, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects, if any, as a result of any change to the provisional amounts, calculated as if the accounting adjustment had been completed at the acquisition date.

During the nine months ended April 29, 2017, the Company recorded adjustments to the fair values assigned to working capital items in connection with the purchase price allocation of the Goodman acquisition and increased the value assigned to goodwill by approximately $2.8 million, net of $1.8 million of proceeds received during the second quarter of fiscal 2017 for a working capital adjustment. The income statement impact during the three and nine months ended April 29, 2017 related to these fair value adjustments was not significant.

The following table summarizes the aggregate consideration paid for businesses acquired in fiscal 2017 and 2016 and presents the allocation of these amounts to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets based on their estimated fair values as of the respective dates of acquisition (dollars in millions):



	2017		2016
Assets
Accounts receivable	$	8.9	$	16.9
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings	2.6		22.3
Inventories and other current assets	0.2		11.9
Property and equipment	5.6		11.5
Goodwill	10.3		41.2
Intangible assets - customer relationships	9.8		94.5
Intangible assets - trade names and other	0.7		1.8
Total assets	38.1		200.1

Liabilities
Accounts payable	3.3		23.7
Accrued and other current liabilities	3.4		21.0
Deferred tax liabilities, net non-current	5.0		—
Total liabilities	11.7		44.7

Net Assets Acquired	$	26.4	$	155.4

With respect to the acquisition from Goodman, $20.0 million is escrowed as of April 29, 2017 and is available to the Company for the indemnification obligations of the seller. Of the amount escrowed, $10.0 million will be released to the seller upon the occurrence of certain conditions or the twelve-month anniversary of the closing date. The remaining $10.0 million will be released to the seller when the seller satisfies certain conditions with respect to a dispute with the state of Texas over a sales tax liability of approximately $31.7 million (the “Sales Tax Liability”). Under the asset purchase agreement, Goodman has retained responsibility for this Sales Tax Liability. Should Goodman not resolve this matter, the state may assert that the Company is a successor to the operations and seek to recover from the Company. In such event the Company would seek indemnification for recovery from Goodman, including from the funds contained in the escrow account, for any amount the Company pays.

Results of businesses acquired during fiscal 2017 and 2016 are included in the condensed consolidated financial statements from their respective dates of acquisition. The revenues and net income of TelCom, NextGen, and Texstar were not material during the three or nine months ended April 29, 2017 or April 23, 2016. The acquired operations of Goodman were immediately integrated within the operations of an existing subsidiary. See Note 7, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, for information regarding the goodwill and intangible assets of businesses acquired.