Business Acquisitions

9 Months Ended

Oct. 02, 2021

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

Fetch

On August 9, 2021, the Company acquired Fetch Robotics, Inc. (“Fetch”), a provider of autonomous mobile robot solutions for customers who operate in the manufacturing and warehousing markets. Through its acquisition of Fetch, the Company intends to expand its automation solution offerings to customers in the manufacturing, distribution, and fulfillment industries.

The acquisition was accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations. The total purchase consideration was $301 million, which consisted of $290 million in cash paid, net of cash on-hand, and the fair value of the Company’s existing ownership interest in Fetch of $11 million, as remeasured upon acquisition. This remeasurement resulted in a $1 million gain reflected in Other (expense) income, net on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company utilized estimated fair values as of August 9, 2021 to allocate the total purchase consideration to the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The fair value of the net assets acquired was based on several estimates and assumptions, as well as customary valuation techniques, primarily the excess earnings method for technology and patent intangible assets. While we believe these estimates provide a reasonable basis to record the net assets acquired, the purchase price allocation is considered preliminary and subject to adjustment during the measurement period, which is up to one year from the acquisition date. The primary fair value estimates still considered preliminary as of October 2, 2021 include intangible assets and income tax-related items.

The preliminary purchase price allocation to assets acquired and liabilities assumed was as follows (in millions):


Identifiable intangible assets	$	114
Right-of-use lease asset	11
Inventories	6
Other assets acquired	5
Deferred tax liabilities	(27)
Lease liability	(11)
Other liabilities assumed	(4)
Net assets acquired	$	94
Goodwill on acquisition	207
Total purchase price	$	301

The $207 million of goodwill, which is non-deductible for tax purposes, has been allocated to the EVM segment and principally relates to the planned geographic expansion and integration of Fetch into the Company’s manufacturing and warehouse automation offerings.

The preliminary purchase price allocation to identifiable intangible assets acquired was as follows:


	Fair Value (in millions)		Useful Life (in years)
Technology and patents	$	100	7
Customer and other relationships	5		2
Trade names	9		5
Total identifiable intangible assets	$	114

In connection with the acquisition of Fetch, the Company granted share-based compensation awards, principally as replacement awards for unvested Fetch stock options, in the form of stock-settled restricted stock units (“stock-settled RSUs”). A total of 40,837 stock-settled RSUs were granted, each with a grant-date fair value of $563.98. The total fair value of approximately $23 million is attributable to service to be rendered subsequent to acquisition and will generally be expensed over a 3-year service period.

The Company has not included unaudited pro forma results, as if Fetch had been acquired as of January 1, 2020, as doing so would not yield materially different results.

Adaptive Vision

On May 17, 2021, the Company acquired Adaptive Vision Sp. z o.o. (“Adaptive Vision”), a provider of graphical machine vision software with applications in the manufacturing industry, as well as a provider of libraries and other offerings for machine vision developers. The acquisition was accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations. The Company’s cash purchase consideration of $18 million, net of cash on-hand, was primarily allocated to technology-related intangible assets of $13 million and associated deferred tax liabilities, and goodwill of $7 million. The technology-related intangible assets have an estimated useful life of eight years. While we believe these estimates provide a reasonable basis to record the net assets acquired, the purchase price allocation is considered preliminary and subject to adjustment during the measurement period, which is up to one year from the acquisition date. The goodwill, which will be non-deductible for tax purposes, has been allocated to the EVM segment and principally relates to the planned expansion of the Adaptive Vision technologies into new product offerings and markets. The Company has not included unaudited pro forma results, as if Adaptive Vision had been acquired as of January 1, 2020, as doing so would not yield materially different results.

Reflexis

During the third quarter of 2021, the Company finalized the purchase price allocation related to its September 1, 2020 acquisition of Reflexis Systems, Inc. (“Reflexis”). Before finalizing the purchase price allocation, during the second quarter of 2021, the Company recorded measurement period adjustments consisting of a $9 million increase to the trade name intangible assets and a $4 million increase to deferred tax liabilities. During the third quarter of 2021, the Company recorded its final measurement period adjustment consisting of a $2 million decrease to deferred tax liabilities. These adjustments, relating to facts and circumstances existing as of the acquisition date, resulted in a $7 million reduction of goodwill.

During the second quarter of 2021, the Company also received escrow proceeds of $1 million related to resolution of contractual items resulting from the Reflexis acquisition. These proceeds were reflected as a reduction in purchase price with a corresponding decrease of goodwill.

Acquisition and integration costs

We incurred approximately $6 million and $11 million of acquisition-related costs, primarily related to third-party transaction and advisory fees, during the three and nine months ended October 2, 2021, respectively, associated with our business acquisitions. These costs are included within Acquisition and integration costs on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.