Acquisitions

Acquisition of Ruud Lighting, Inc.

On August 17, 2011, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with all of the shareholders of Ruud Lighting, Inc. ("Ruud Lighting"). Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement and concurrently with the execution of the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired all of the outstanding share capital of Ruud Lighting in exchange for consideration consisting of 6.1 million shares of the Company's common stock and $372.2 million cash, subject to certain post-closing adjustments. In the third quarter of fiscal 2012 the Company finalized certain post-closing working capital adjustments with the former shareholders of Ruud Lighting, resulting in a $1.6 million reduction in the purchase price. This adjustment to the purchase price has been reflected as a reduction of goodwill. The acquisition allows the Company to expand its product portfolio into outdoor LED lighting.

Prior to the Company completing its acquisition of Ruud Lighting, Ruud Lighting completed the re-acquisition of its e-conolight business by purchasing all of the membership interests of E-conolight LLC ("E-conolight"). Ruud Lighting previously sold its e-conolight business in March 2010 and had been providing operational services to E-conolight since that date. In connection with the stock purchase transaction with Ruud Lighting, the Company funded Ruud Lighting's re-acquisition of E-conolight and paid off Ruud Lighting's outstanding debt in the aggregate amount of approximately $85.0 million.

The acquisitions of Ruud Lighting and E-conolight have been accounted for as business combinations in accordance with ASC 805 Business Combinations and, as such, the Ruud Lighting and E-conolight assets acquired and liabilities assumed have been recorded at their respective fair values. The determination of fair value for the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed requires extensive use of estimates and judgments. Significant estimates and assumptions include, but are not limited to: estimating future cash flows and determining the appropriate discount rate.

The total purchase price for this acquisition is as follows (in thousands):



Cash consideration paid to stockholders	$	372,235
Fair value of common stock issued by the Company ⁽¹⁾	211,040
Fair value of debt paid on behalf of stockholders	84,991
Post-closing working capital adjustment ⁽²⁾	(1,623		)
Total purchase price	$	666,643

⁽¹⁾ Represents 6,074,833 shares of the Company's common stock at $34.74 per share, the closing share price on August 17, 2011. The shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions under the Stock Purchase Agreement that will generally lapse with respect to 25% of the shares held (i) at the completion of the consecutive six-month period following the date of the closing of the transaction; and, (ii) at the completion of each of the following three successive six-month periods, such that all restrictions will lapse by the second anniversary of the closing.

⁽²⁾ In accordance with the stock purchase agreement, the post-closing working capital adjustment was composed of approximately $1.0 million in cash and the return of 15,895 shares of the Company's common stock, each of which were received in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.

The Company incurred total transaction costs related to the acquisition of approximately $3.6 million, of which, $3.1 million were expensed in the first quarter of fiscal 2012 in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

The following table presents the allocation of the purchase price for this acquisition to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values and resulting residual goodwill (in thousands):



	August 17, 2011 (As initially reported)		Measurement Period Adjustments			August 17, 2011 (As adjusted)
Tangible assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	3,081	$	—		$	3,081
Accounts receivable	25,698		(375		)	25,323
Inventories	39,330		(461		)	38,869
Property and equipment	45,946		(233		)	45,713
Other assets	4,727		—			4,727
Total tangible assets	$	118,782	$	(1,069	)	$	117,713
Intangible assets:
Developed technology	$	96,300	$	—		$	96,300
Customer relationships	84,820		—			84,820
Trade names	82,950		—			82,950
In-process research & development	15,050		—			15,050
Non-compete agreements	9,800		—			9,800
Goodwill	287,431		3,371			290,802
Total intangible assets	$	576,351	$	3,371		$	579,722
Liabilities assumed:
Accounts payable	$	12,943	$	—		$	12,943
Accrued expenses and liabilities	10,116		902			11,018
Warranty liabilities	2,600		3,023			5,623
Other long-term liabilities	1,208		—			1,208
Total liabilities assumed	$	26,867	$	3,925		$	30,792
Net assets acquired	$	668,266	$	(1,623	)	$	666,643

The above estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are based on the information that was available through the balance sheet date and are provisional. The Company believes that this information provides a reasonable basis for estimating the fair values but is waiting for certain additional information necessary to finalize those amounts, including certain litigation and taxes. Thus, the provisional measurements of fair value reflected are subject to change.

Acquired finished goods and work-in-process inventory was valued at its estimated selling price less the sum of costs of disposal and a reasonable profit allowance for the Company's selling effort and, with respect to work-in-process inventory, estimated costs to complete. This resulted in a fair value adjustment that increased finished goods inventory approximately $1.5 million. Raw material inventory has been valued at current replacement cost, resulting in a write down of approximately $0.7 million. As of March 25, 2012, the Company has recognized the net step up of $0.8 million in its cost of revenue.

The identifiable intangible assets acquired as a result of the acquisition will be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives as follows (in thousands, except for years):



	Asset Amount		Estimated Life in Years
Developed technology	$	96,300	7 to 10
Customer relationships	84,820		7 to 20
Trade names (indefinite lived)	82,880		-
Trade names (definite lived)	70		3
In-process research and development⁽¹⁾	15,050		6 to 7
Non-compete agreements	9,800		5
Total identifiable intangible assets	$	288,920

(1) Initially, in-process research and development ("IPR&D") is classified as indefinite-lived assets until completion or abandonment. Therefore, amortization of IPR&D does not begin until the technological and market risk(s) no longer exist. During the interim, IPR&D intangibles are subject to annual testing for impairment or when there are indicators of impairment.

The fair value of the developed technology, IPR&D and customer relationship assets were estimated using an income approach. Under this method, an intangible asset's fair value is equal to the present value of the incremental after-tax cash flows (excess earnings) attributable solely to the intangible asset over its remaining useful life. To calculate fair value, the Company used cash flows discounted at rates considered appropriate given the inherent risks associated with each type of asset. The Company believes that the level and timing of cash flows appropriately reflect market participant assumptions. The fair value of the Ruud Lighting and e-conolight trade names were estimated using an income approach, specifically known as the relief from royalty method. The relief from royalty method is based on a hypothetical royalty stream that would be paid if the Company did not own the Ruud Lighting “BetaLED” brand and had to license the Ruud Lighting and e-conolight trade names. The Company derived the hypothetical royalty income from the projected revenues of Ruud Lighting and e-conolight products. Cash flows were assumed to extend through the remaining economic useful life of each class of intangible asset.

Goodwill largely consists of geographic expansion of product sales, manufacturing and other synergies of the combined companies, and the value of the assembled workforce.

As a result of the Company's U.S. tax election under Internal Revenue Code section 338(h)(10), the acquisition did not result in the recording of an opening net deferred tax position as the deferred tax asset resulting from excess tax deductible goodwill equally offsets the deferred tax liability resulting from excess book over tax basis in the underlying assets acquired.

The assets, liabilities, and operating results of Ruud Lighting have been included in the Company's consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. The results of Ruud Lighting reflected in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Income from the date of acquisition (August 17, 2011) to March 25, 2012 are as follows (in thousands, except per share data):



	Three Months Ended			Since Acquisition Date to
	March 25, 2012			March 25, 2012
Revenue	$	56,598		$	140,089
Operating Income/(Loss)	(1,376		)	(251		)
Net Income/(Loss)	(1,207		)	(552		)
Basic net income/(loss) per share	$	(0.01	)	$	—
Diluted net income/(loss) per share	$	(0.01	)	$	—

Amortization expense related to identifiable intangible assets associated with the Ruud Lighting acquisition, included in the table above, was $5.2 million and $12.1 million, for the three months ended March 25, 2012 and the period since acquisition date to March 25, 2012, respectively.

The following supplemental pro forma information (in thousands, except per share data) presents the financial results as if the Ruud Lighting transaction had occurred at the beginning of the 2011 fiscal year for the nine months ended March 25, 2012 and the three and nine months ended March 27, 2011. Financial results for the three months ended March 25, 2012, which are included in the Consolidated Statements of Income, are actual results and therefore have not been presented in the table below.



	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	March 27, 2011		March 25, 2012		March 27, 2011
Revenue	$	266,524	$	888,231	$	890,040
Operating Income	18,321		28,879		142,369
Net income	16,443		32,401		121,876
Earnings per share, basic	$	0.14	$	0.28	$	1.07
Earnings per share, diluted	$	0.14	$	0.28	$	1.05

The total revenue for Ruud Lighting included in the pro forma table above was $49.3 million for the three months ended March 27, 2011. The total revenue for Ruud Lighting included in the pro forma table above was $171.6 million and $156.7 million for the nine months ended March 25, 2012 and March 27, 2011, respectively. These amounts have been calculated after applying the Company’s accounting policies and adjusting the results of Ruud Lighting to give effect to events that are directly attributable to the Ruud Lighting transactions, including the elimination of sales to Ruud Lighting prior to acquisition, additional depreciation and amortization that would have been charged assuming the fair value adjustments primarily to property and equipment and intangible assets, had been applied at the beginning of the 2011 fiscal year, together with the consequential tax effects. Excluded from the pro forma net income and the earnings per share amounts for the nine months ended March 25, 2012 are one-time acquisition costs of $3.1 million attributable to the Ruud Lighting transaction. This supplemental pro forma information has been prepared for comparative purposes and does not purport to be indicative of what would have occurred had the acquisition been made at the beginning of the 2011 fiscal year, nor is it indicative of any future results.

Acquisition of LED Lighting Fixtures, Inc.

On February 29, 2008 the Company acquired LED Lighting Fixtures, Inc. (“LLF”) through a wholly owned subsidiary that merged into Cree, Inc. on June 27, 2010. The Company acquired all of the outstanding share capital of LLF in exchange for total upfront consideration of $80.8 million, consisting of (1) $16.5 million in cash, (2) approximately 1.9 million shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $58.8 million, and (3) the assumption of fully vested LLF employee stock options valued at $4.5 million. The Company incurred transaction costs of approximately $1.0 million consisting primarily of professional fees incurred relating to attorneys, accountants and valuation advisors. Under the acquisition terms, additional consideration of up to $26.4 million would become payable to the former shareholders of LLF if defined product development targets and key employee retention measures were achieved over the three calendar years following the acquisition.

LLF met the conditions necessary for the earn-out payment for the calendar years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010. As a result, the Company made a cash payment in the amount of $4.4 million to the former shareholders of LLF in the third quarter of fiscal 2009, a cash payment in the amount of $8.8 million to the former shareholders of LLF in the third quarter of fiscal 2010, and a final cash payment in the amount of $13.2 million to the former shareholders of LLF in the third quarter of fiscal 2011. These incremental payments were treated as additional purchase price and resulted in an increase to goodwill in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The assets, liabilities, and operating results of LLF have been included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition and are reflected in all periods presented in the accompanying financial statements.