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BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS  
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

10.    BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

The Company accounts for acquisitions in accordance with guidance found in ASC 805, Business Combinations. The guidance requires consideration given, including contingent consideration, assets acquired, and liabilities assumed to be valued at their fair market values at the acquisition date. The guidance further provides that: (1) in-process research and development will be recorded at fair value as an indefinite-lived intangible asset; (2) acquisition costs will generally be expensed as incurred, (3) restructuring costs associated with a business combination will generally be expensed subsequent to the acquisition date; and (4) changes in deferred tax asset valuation allowances and income tax uncertainties after the acquisition date generally will affect income tax expense. ASC 805 requires that any excess of purchase price over fair value of assets acquired, including identifiable intangibles and liabilities assumed, be recognized as goodwill.

PCRS acquisition

Overview

On November 8, 2019, the Company and Bronco Research Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “PCRS Purchaser”), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Pre-Clinical Research Services, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “PCRS Seller”), and its shareholder. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, on December 1, 2019, the Company indirectly acquired (the “PCRS Acquisition”) substantially all of the assets of PCRS Seller used or useful by PCRS Seller in connection with PCRS Seller's provision of GLP and non-GLP preclinical testing for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. The total consideration for the PCRS Acquisition was $5,857, which consisted of $1,500 in cash, subject to certain adjustments, 240 of the Company’s common shares valued at $1,133 using the closing price of the Company’s common shares on November 29, 2019 and an unsecured promissory note in the initial principal amount of $800 made by PCRS Purchaser. The promissory note bears interest at 4.5%.  The Company also purchased certain real property located in Fort Collins, Colorado, comprising the main facility for the PCRS Seller’s business and additional property located next to the facility available for future expansion, for $2,500.  The Company funded the cash portion of the purchase price for the PCRS Acquisition with cash on hand and the net proceeds from the refinancing of its credit arrangements with FIB, as described in Note 7.  As contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Company also entered into a lease arrangement for an ancillary property used by Seller’s business, located in Livermore, Colorado.

Accounting for the Transaction

Results are included in the Company’s results from the acquisition date of December 1, 2019.

The Company’s allocation of the $5,857 purchase price to PCRS’s tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair values as of December 1, 2019, is included in the table below. Goodwill, which is derived from the enhanced scientific expertise, expanded client base and our ability to provide broader service solutions through a comprehensive portfolio, is recorded based on the amount by which the purchase price exceeds the fair value of the net assets acquired and is deductible for tax purposes. The purchase price allocation as of December 31, 2020 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allocation as of

 

 

December 31, 2020

Assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

 

 

  

Receivables

 

$

578

Property and equipment

 

 

2,836

Unbilled receivables

 

 

162

Prepaid expenses

 

 

27

Intangible assets

 

 

2,081

Goodwill

 

 

751

Accounts payable

 

 

(109)

Accrued expenses

 

 

(118)

Customer advances

 

 

(351)

 

 

$

5,857

 

The allocation of the purchase price is based on valuations performed to determine the fair value of such assets and liabilities as of the acquisition date. Goodwill from this transaction is allocated to the Company’s Services segment. PCRS recorded revenues of $1,838 and net income of $401 for the three month period ending December 31, 2020.

Pro Forma Results

The Company’s unaudited pro forma results of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2020 assuming the PCRS Acquisition had occurred as of October 1, 2019 are presented for comparative purposes below. These amounts are based on available information of the results of operations of the PCRS Seller’s operations prior to the acquisition date and are not necessarily indicative of what the results of operations would have been had the PCRS Acquisition been completed on October 1, 2018.

The unaudited pro forma information is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months

 

 

Ended

 

    

December 31, 2019

Total revenues

 

$

13,835

Net loss

 

 

(1,299)

 

 

 

 

Pro forma basic net loss per share

 

$

(0.12)

Pro forma diluted net loss per share

 

$

(0.12)