Business Acquisitions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Business Acquisition

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company completed its acquisition of the remaining 67.5% equity of LTG. The transaction resulted in the consolidation of Thompsons Limited of Ontario, Canada and related entities as they were jointly owned by the Company and LTG in equal portions.

Total consideration paid by the Company to complete the acquisition of LTG was $328.9 million. The Company paid $169.2 million in cash, which includes preliminary working capital adjustments of $31.9 million, and issued 4.4 million unregistered shares valued at $127.8 million based upon the stock price of the Company.

The purchase price allocation is preliminary, pending completion of the full valuation report and a final working capital adjustment to be agreed upon between the Company and the sellers. A summarized preliminary purchase price allocation is as follows:



(in thousands)
Cash consideration paid	$	169,218
Equity consideration	127,841
Purchase price holdback/ other accrued liabilities	31,885
Total purchase price consideration	$	328,944

The preliminary purchase price allocation at January 1, 2019, is as follows:



(in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	21,525
Accounts receivable	320,467
Inventories	456,963
Commodity derivative assets - current	82,595
Other current assets	27,474
Commodity derivative assets - noncurrent	13,576
Goodwill	129,848
Other intangible assets	106,600
Right of use asset	37,894
Equity method investments	28,728
Other assets, net	5,582
Property, plant and equipment, net	171,820
	$	1,403,072

Short-term debt	218,901
Trade and other payables	303,321
Commodity derivative liabilities - current	29,024
Customer prepayments and deferred revenue	99,530
Accrued expense and other current liabilities	64,512
Other long-term liabilities, including commodity derivative liabilities - noncurrent	3,175
Long-term lease liabilities	21,193
Long-term debt, including current maturities	161,688
Deferred income taxes	14,403
	$	915,747
Fair value of acquired assets and assumed liabilities	$	487,325

Removal of preexisting ownership interest, including associated cumulative translation adjustment	(159,459		)
Pretax loss on derecognition of preexisting ownership interest	1,078
Total purchase price consideration	$	328,944

The goodwill recognized as a result of the LTG acquisition is $129.9 million and is allocated to the Trade Group segment. A portion of the goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The goodwill recognized is primarily attributable to the addition of an assembled workforce and complementary assets with greater scale that significantly expands the Company's reach in the agricultural marketplace. Due to refinements in the valuation and finalization of certain replacement equity award during the second quarter, goodwill increased approximately $7.5 million and other intangible assets decreased $9.6 million as well as various working capital adjustments. The Company also finalized the determination of the preacquisition fair value of its preexisitng ownership interests, which resulted in a revision of the previously recorded pretax loss by $2.4 million.

Details of the intangible assets acquired are as follows:



(in thousands)			Estimated useful life
Customer relationships	$	86,300	10 years
Noncompete agreements	20,300		3 years
	$	106,600	8 years	*

*weighted average number of years

Pro Forma Financial Information

The summary pro forma financial information for the periods presented below gives effect to the LTG acquisition as if it had occurred at January 1, 2018.



	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
(in thousands)	2019		2018		2019		2018
Net sales	$	2,359,077	$	2,333,598	$	4,335,869	$	4,261,910
Net income	29,985		42,506		19,232		32,110

Pro forma net loss was also adjusted to account for the tax effects of the pro forma adjustments noted above using a statutory tax rate of 25%. The amount of LTG’s and Thompsons’ revenue and earnings included in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the period ended June 30, 2019 are not practicable to determine given the level of integration of LTG and Thompsons into the Company’s operations effective January 1, 2019.