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Acquisitions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Acquisitions  
Acquisitions

2.                                                   Acquisitions

 

In December 2011, the Company purchased the assets, net of certain liabilities, of Fox Industries, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Fox Industries”), a manufacturer of construction products and systems for restoring, protecting and strengthening concrete. The acquisition broadened the Company’s concrete construction product line, while also extending the overall product line into more commercial, industrial and infrastructure markets. The purchase price was $8.7 million. The Company recorded goodwill of $3.9 million and intangible assets subject to amortization of $2.9 million in the North America segment, the amortization of which is deductible for income tax purposes. The weighted-average amortization period for the intangible assets is 9.7 years. Net tangible assets, including accounts receivable, inventory, certain prepaid expenses, machinery and equipment and certain liabilities, accounted for the balance of the purchase price.

 

In December 2011, the Company purchased the assets of Automatic Stamping, LLC and Automatic Stamping Auxiliary Services, LLC, both North Carolina limited liability companies, and certain real property and improvements owned by TIMMCO, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (collectively “Automatic Stamping”). Automatic Stamping was a manufacturer of truss plates. Combined with the Company’s truss design software, its operating expertise and means of distribution, the Company plans to offer truss plates and software products to its North America customer base. The purchase price was $43.5 million. As a result of the acquisition, the Company has recorded goodwill of $29.5 million and intangible assets subject to amortization of $4.6 million in the North America segment, the amortization of which is deductible for income tax purposes. The weighted-average amortization period for the intangible assets is 4.8 years. Net tangible assets, including accounts receivable, inventory, land, building and machinery and equipment, accounted for the balance of the purchase price.

 

In January 2012, the Company purchased all of the shares of S&P Clever, for $58.1 million, subject to post-closing adjustments. S&P Clever manufactures and sells engineered materials to repair, strengthen and restore concrete, masonry and asphalt and has operations in Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, Poland, The Netherlands and Austria. Payments under the purchase agreement included cash payments of $57.5 million and contingent consideration of $0.6 million payable over a three-year period if sales goals are met. As a result of the acquisition, the Company has increased its presence in the infrastructure, commercial and industrial construction markets in Europe. The Company’s measurement of assets acquired and liabilities assumed included cash and cash equivalents of $6.8 million, other current assets of $10.8 million, non-current assets of $53.4 million, current liabilities of $12.6 million and non-current liabilities of $0.2 million. Included in non-current assets is goodwill of $19.3 million, which was assigned to the Europe segment and is not deductible for tax purposes, intangible assets of $20.5 million, the amortization of which is not deductible for tax purposes, and long-lived intangibles of $4.8 million related to IPR&D assets, which will be amortized when the Company markets the product for sale. The IPR&D assets at the time of acquisition were entering a field testing phase and were focused on new forms of strengthening structures. The weighted-average amortization period for the intangible assets is 9.8 years.

 

In March 2012, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of CarbonWrap Solutions, L.L.C. (“CarbonWrap”) for $5.5 million, subject to post-closing adjustments. CarbonWrap develops fiber-reinforced polymer products primarily for infrastructure and transportation projects. Payments under the purchase agreement totaled $5.3 million in cash and contingent consideration of $0.2 million paid on resolution of specified post-closing contingencies to the principal officer of CarbonWrap, who, on closing, was employed by the Company. The Company’s measurement included goodwill of $3.5 million, which was assigned to the North American segment and is deductible for tax purposes, and intangible assets of $1.7 million, which is subject to tax-deductible amortization. Net tangible assets consisting of accounts receivable, inventory, equipment and prepaid expenses accounted for the balance of the purchase price. In December 2013, the Company sold the CarbonWrap product line for $3.3 million, net of termination expenses, and realized a gain of $1.4 million. See note 1 - Sale of Product Line.

 

In December 2012, the Company completed a transaction with Keymark Enterprises LLC (“Keymark”). In 2011, the Company had purchased various software assets from Keymark and had engaged Keymark to perform certain software development for the Company, for which the Company had agreed to compensate Keymark at rates equal to a multiple of Keymark’s costs. In the current transaction, the Company paid Keymark $9.1 million, hired thirty-nine Keymark employees to perform the development work that Keymark had previously been engaged to perform and purchased from Keymark various assets needed for that work. This transaction also included termination of the 2011 software development agreement and the Company is entitled to certain software license revenue that was previously received by Keymark. The Company’s measurement of the assets acquired included goodwill of $5.9 million, which was assigned to the North American segment and is deductible for tax purposes, and intangibles of $3.0 million, which is subject to tax-deductible amortization. Equipment and prepaid expenses accounted for the balance of the purchase. The weighted-average amortization period for the intangible assets is 4.9 years.

 

In February 2013, the Company purchased certain assets relating to the TJ® ShearBrace (“ShearBrace”) product line of Weyerhaeuser NR Company (“Weyerhaeuser”), a Washington corporation, for $5.3 million in cash. The ShearBrace is a line of pre-fabricated shearwalls that complement the Company’s Strong-Wall shearwall, and is sold throughout North America. The Company’s March 2013 provisional measurement of assets acquired included goodwill of $2.6 million, which was assigned to the North American segment, and intangible assets of $1.9 million, both of which are subject to tax-deductible amortization. The provisional measurement of the assets acquired was revised in the fourth quarter to include goodwill of $0.9 million and intangibles of $3.6 million, both of which are subject to tax-deductible amortization. Net tangible assets consisting of inventory and equipment accounted for the balance of the purchase price. The estimated weighted-average amortization period for the intangible assets is 13.4 years.

 

In November 2013, the Company purchased certain assets related to a connector product line from Bierbach GmbH & Co. KG (“Bierbach”), a Germany corporation, for $1.2 million in cash and a contingent liability of $0.8 million. Bierbach manufactured and sold a line of connectors, primarily in Germany. The Company’s provisional measurement of assets acquired included goodwill of $0.7 million, which was assigned to the Europe segment, and intangible assets of $0.6 million, both of which are subject to tax-deductible amortization. Net tangible assets consisting of inventory and tool and dyes accounted for the balance of the purchase price.

 

The Company has not finalized the purchase price allocation for the businesses acquired in 2013, as the Company is still obtaining information and analyzing the fair value of certain assets.

 

Under the business combinations topic of the FASB ASC, the Company accounted for these acquisitions as business combinations and ascribed acquisition-date fair values to the acquired assets and assumed liabilities. Provisional fair value measurements were made in the first quarter and fourth quarter of 2013 for acquired assets and assumed liabilities. Adjustments to those measurements may be made in subsequent periods, up to one year from the acquisition date, as information necessary to complete the analysis is obtained. Fair value of intangible assets was based on Level 3 inputs. The Company expects the measurement process for each acquisition to be finalized within a year of its acquisition date.

 

The results of operations of the businesses acquired in 2013 are included in the Company’s consolidated results of operations since the date of the acquisition. Results of operations of acquired businesses for periods prior to 2013 were not material to the Company on an individual or aggregate basis, and accordingly, pro forma results of operations have not been presented.