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Note 4 - Business Combinations

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Note 4 - Business Combinations
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]
Note
4.
Business Combinations
 
May 2019
Acquisition of Capital Pumping
 
On
May 15, 2019,
the Company acquired Capital Pumping LP and its affiliates (“Capital”), a concrete pumping provider based in Texas for a purchase price of
$129.2
million, which was paid using proceeds from the Company’s public offering of common stock and additional borrowings on its term loan facility. This acquisition qualified as a business combination under ASC
805.
Accordingly, the Company recorded all assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition-date fair values, with any excess recognized as goodwill. Goodwill recorded from the transaction represents expected synergies from combining operations and the assembled workforce.
 
The following table represents the preliminary allocation of consideration to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their estimated acquisition-date fair values with any measurement-period adjustments included:
 
Consideration paid:
  $
129,218
 
         
Net assets acquired:
       
Current assets
  $
748
 
Intangible assets
   
45,500
 
Property and equipment
   
56,467
 
Liabilities assumed
   
(63
)
Total net assets acquired
   
102,652
 
         
Goodwill
  $
26,566
 
 
Identifiable intangible assets acquired consist of customer relationships of
$40.0
million, which was originally valued at
$39.5
million, and a trade name valued at
$5.5
million. The customer relationships were valued using the multi-period excess earnings method. The Company determined the useful life of the customer relationships to be
15
years. The trade name was valued using the relief-from-royalty method and the Company determined the trade name associated with Capital to be indefinite.
 
December 2018
Acquisition of CPH
 
On
December 6, 2018,
the Company consummated the Business Combination. This acquisition qualified as a business combination under ASC
805.
Accordingly, the Company recorded all assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition-date fair values, with any excess recognized as goodwill. Goodwill recorded from the transaction represents the value provided by the Company’s leading market share in a highly-fragmented industry. 
 
The following table represents the final allocation of consideration to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their estimated acquisition-date fair values with any measurement-period adjustments included (see paragraph below for any measurement-period adjustments included):
 
Consideration paid:
       
Cash
  $
445,386
 
Fair value of rollover equity
   
164,908
 
Net working capital adjustment
   
4,050
 
Total consideration paid
  $
614,344
 
         
Net assets acquired:
       
Current assets
  $
49,112
 
Intangible assets
   
208,063
 
Property and equipment
   
219,467
 
Liabilities assumed
   
(110,245
)
Total net assets acquired
   
366,397
 
         
Goodwill
  $
247,947
 
 
Note: Cash in table above is net of
$1.0
million in cash acquired
 
Identifiable intangible assets acquired consist of customer relationships of
$152.7
million and trade names of
$55.4
million. The customer relationships were valued using the multi-period excess earnings method. The Company determined the useful life of the customer relationships to be
15
years. The trade names were valued using the relief-from-royalty method. The Company determined the useful life of the trade name associated with Camfaud to be
10
years. The Company determined the trade names associated with Brundage-Bone and Eco-Pan to be indefinite.
 
During the successor period from
December 6, 2018
through
October 31, 2019,
the Company recorded an out of period adjustment related to the reduction of sales tax accrual of
$3.4
million that resulted in changes to goodwill and liabilities assumed in the transaction. The impact of the adjustment was
not
considered material to the Company's previously issued financial statements.
 
CPH incurred transaction costs of
$14.2
million and debt extinguishment costs of
$16.4
million independently prior to the Business Combination.
 
Additional costs consisting of stock option and other compensation related expenses were recorded in connection with the Business Combination. These costs were solely contingent upon the completion of the business combination and did
not
include any future service requirements. As such, these costs will be presented “on the line” and are
not
reflected in either Predecessor or Successor financial statements.  “On the line” describes those expenses triggered by the consummation of a business combination that were incurred by the acquiree, i.e. CPH, that are
not
recognized in the Statement of Operations of either the Predecessor or Successor as they are
not
directly attributable to either period but instead were contingent on the Business Combination.
 
In conjunction with the Business Combination, there were
$15.6
million of transaction bonuses and, as a result of a change in control provision for stock-based awards, certain unvested stock-based awards immediately vested, resulting in the recognition of compensation expense of approximately
$0.6
million. These expenses were
not
reflected in either the Predecessor or Successor consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss) periods.
 
April 2018
acquisition of O’Brien (Predecessor)
 
In
April 2018,
Brundage-Bone entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Richard O’Brien Companies, Inc., O’Brien Concrete Pumping-Arizona, Inc., O’Brien Concrete Pumping-Colorado, Inc. and O’Brien Concrete Pumping, LLC (collectively, “O’Brien” or the "O’Brien Companies”) for cash.
 
This acquisition qualified as a business combination under ASC
805.
Accordingly, the Predecessor recorded all assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition-date fair values, with any excess recognized as goodwill. Goodwill represents expected synergies from combining operations and the assembled workforce. The acquisition was part of the Predecessor’s strategic plan to expand their presence in the Colorado and Arizona markets. 
 
The following table represents the total consideration transferred and its allocation to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition-date fair values:
 
Consideration paid:
  $
21,000
 
         
Net assets acquired:
       
Inventory
  $
140
 
Property, plant and equipment
   
16,163
 
Intangible assets
   
2,810
 
Total net assets acquired
   
19,113
 
         
Goodwill
  $
1,887
 
 
Acquisition-related expenses incurred by the Predecessor amounted to
$1.1
million, all of which were recognized in the consolidated statement of income during the
nine
months ended
July 31, 2018 (
Predecessor).
 
Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information
 
The following unaudited pro forma financial information presents the combined results of operations for the Company and gives effect to the CPH and Capital business combinations discussed above as if they had occurred on
November 1, 2017
and the O’Brien business combination discussed above as if it had occurred on
November 1, 2016.
The pro forma financial information is presented for illustrative purposes only and is
not
necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would have been realized if the CPH and Capital business combinations had been completed on
November 1, 2017
or if the O’Brien business combination had been completed on
November 1, 2016,
nor does it purport to project the results of operations of the combined company in future periods. The pro forma financial information does
not
give effect to any anticipated integration costs related to the acquired company.
 
The unaudited pro forma financial information is as follows:
 
(in thousands)
 
Year Ended October 31, 2019
   
Year Ended October 31, 2018
 
Revenue
  $
24,396
    $
243,223
 
Pro forma revenue adjustments by Business Combination
               
O'Brien
   
-
     
6,990
 
Capital
   
26,829
     
49,530
 
CPH
   
258,565
     
-
 
Total pro forma revenue
  $
309,790
    $
299,743
 
 
   
Year Ended October 31, 2019
   
Year Ended October 31, 2018
 
Net (loss) income
  $
(22,575
)   $
28,382
 
Pro forma net income adjustments by Business Combination
               
O'Brien
   
-
     
(1,013
)
Capital
   
2,868
     
4,480
 
CPH
   
(9,912
)    
-
 
Total pro forma net (loss) income
  $
(29,619
)   $
31,849
 
 
Capital's contribution to the Company's fiscal
2019
revenue was
$25.2
million while O'Brien's contribution to the Company's fiscal
2019
and fiscal
2018
revenue was
$15.0
million and
$7.6
million, respectively.