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Acquisitions and Dispositions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
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Acquisitions
We account for business combinations using the acquisition method. Under the acquisition method of accounting, assets acquired and liabilities assumed from these operations are recorded at fair value on the date of acquisition. The condensed consolidated statements of operations include the results of operations for each acquired entity from the date of acquisition.

NoteMachine Limited Acquisition
On October 3, 2022, we acquired 100% of the capital stock of NoteMachine Limited and Testlink Services Limited. At the acquisition date, these two entities directly owned 100% of the ownership interests in three additional entities (collectively, the five entities are referred to as "NoteMachine"). We acquired the NoteMachine businesses for approximately $194 million. NoteMachine is based in the United Kingdom and manages a portfolio of ATMs. NoteMachine generated approximately $150 million in revenues in the twelve month period prior to the acquisition.

We estimated fair values for the assets purchased, liabilities assumed and purchase consideration as of the date of the acquisition in the following table. The determination of estimated fair value required management to make significant estimates and assumptions. The amounts reported are considered provisional as we are completing the valuations that are required to allocate the purchase price in areas such as property and equipment, deferred tax assets and liabilities and goodwill. As a result, the allocation of the provisional purchase price may change in the future.

(In millions) Estimated Fair Value at Acquisition Date
Fair value of purchase consideration
Cash paid through March 31, 2023$183.6 
Contingent consideration not yet paid10.1 
Fair value of purchase consideration$193.7 
Fair value of net assets acquired
Cash$6.8 
Restricted cash15.3 
Accounts receivable37.9 
Other current assets14.5 
Property and equipment, net39.9 
Intangible assets(a)
84.2 
Goodwill(b)
61.2 
Other noncurrent assets6.2 
Current liabilities (50.3)
Other noncurrent liabilities(22.0)
Fair value of net assets acquired$193.7 

(a)Intangible assets are composed of customer relationships ($47 million fair value and 13 year amortization period), developed technology ($27 million fair value and 12 year amortization period) and a trade name ($10 million fair value and 5 year amortization period).
(b)Consists of intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition, combined with synergies expected from integrating NoteMachine's operations with our existing Brink's operations. Goodwill of $60 million has been assigned to the Europe reporting unit and goodwill of $1 million has been assigned to the North America reporting unit. We do not expect goodwill in these reporting units to be deductible for tax purposes.

Touchpoint 21 Acquisition
In January 2022, we acquired net assets from Touchpoint 21 LLC, an ATM and cash management solutions company operating in Texas and Oklahoma. We have determined that this acquisition represents a business combination and we have recorded acquired assets and liabilities at estimated fair value. The purchase consideration is approximately $15 million.
Actual and Pro Forma (unaudited) disclosures

Below are the actual results included in Brink's consolidated results for the businesses we acquired in 2022 and the first three months of 2023.

(In millions)RevenueNet income attributable to Brink's
Three months ended March 31, 2023
NoteMachine$34.1 (1.1)
Total$34.1 (1.1)
Three months ended March 31, 2022
NoteMachine— — 
Total$— — 

The pro forma consolidated results of Brink's presented below reflect a hypothetical ownership as of January 1, 2021 for the businesses we acquired during 2022.

(In millions)RevenueNet income attributable to Brink's
Pro forma results of Brink's for the three months ended March 31,
2023
Brink's as reported$1,185.4 15.0 
NoteMachine(a)
— — 
Total$1,185.4 15.0 
2022
Brink's as reported$1,074.0 71.3 
NoteMachine(a)
36.0 0.6 
Total$1,110.0 71.9 

(a)Represents amounts prior to acquisition by Brink's.

Argentina Union Payments
In the third quarter of 2017, we acquired 100% of the shares of Maco Transportadora de Caudales S.A. ("Maco Transportadora") and Maco Litoral, S.A. ("Maco Litoral" and, together with Maco Transportadora, "Maco"). Maco Transportadora is a CIT and money processing business and Maco Litoral provides CIT and ATM services. Both businesses operate in Argentina.

Although the Maco operations were acquired by Brink's Argentina in 2017, the National Antitrust Authority did not formally approve the business acquisitions until 2021. The approval was issued conditioned on the divestiture of certain armored vehicles and relocation of other armored vehicles. These actions were completed in 2022. Upon the acquisition approval by the National Antitrust Authority, the national teamster unions demanded that Maco employees be paid severance benefits as if the employees had been terminated in 2022 and then immediately rehired by Brink's Argentina without their seniority.

Brink's Argentina management finalized negotiations with the Maco Transportadora and Maco Litoral unions and has agreed to pay amounts to the union members in monthly installments through June 2024. We recognized $12.5 million in related costs in 2022. In the first quarter of 2023, we recognized a $3.3 million charge for an inflation-adjusted labor increase to the expected payments. Changes in the liability as a result of currency-related remeasurement are reflected in our operating results as described in Note 1. Changes in the liability as a result of labor rate increases are reflected as acquisition-related costs.

Due to the fact that management has excluded these amounts when evaluating internal performance, we have excluded the amounts from segment results.