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<b><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">ACQUISITIONS
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We acquired two companies during 2010 and a company in 2009,
each for an immaterial amount. One of the companies acquired in
2010 and the company acquired in 2009 provide mobile mechanical
services, and the other company acquired in 2010 primarily
performs government infrastructure contracting services. All of
these companies have been included in our United States
facilities services reporting segment.
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During 2008, we acquired five companies, which were not material
individually or in the aggregate, for an aggregate of
$82.7 million. One of the companies primarily provides
industrial services to refineries, another primarily provides
industrial maintenance services, and two others primarily
perform mobile mechanical services. The results of these four
companies have been included in our United States facilities
services reporting segment. The fifth company is a fire
protection company that has been included in our United States
mechanical construction and facilities services reporting
segment. Goodwill and identifiable intangible assets
attributable to these five companies were valued at an aggregate
of $15.0 million and $48.8 million, respectively,
representing the excess of the aggregate purchase price over the
fair value amounts assigned to their net tangible assets. See
Note 8—Goodwill and Identifiable Intangible Assets of
the notes to consolidated financial statements for additional
information.
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We believe the aforementioned acquisitions further our goal of
service and geographic diversification
<font style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</font>
expansion of our facilities services operations and our
mechanical construction and facilities services operation in our
fire protection offerings. Additionally, these acquisitions
create more opportunities for our subsidiaries to collaborate on
national facilities services contracts.
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The purchase price allocation for one of our 2010 acquired
companies is subject to the finalization of valuation of
acquired identifiable intangible assets. The purchase price
accounting for the other acquisitions referred to above was
finalized. As a result, identifiable intangible assets ascribed
to goodwill, contract backlog, customer relationships, trade
names and related non-competition agreements were adjusted with
an insignificant impact. These acquisitions were accounted for
by the purchase method in 2008 and by the acquisition method in
2010 and 2009, and the purchase prices for them have been
allocated to their respective assets and liabilities, based upon
the estimated fair values of the respective assets and
liabilities at the dates of the respective acquisitions.
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For the year ended December 31, 2009, we recorded
approximately $2.0 million of non-cash compensation expense
related to a prior acquisition, with an offsetting amount
recorded as a capital contribution from the selling shareholders
of the acquired company. This non-cash expense was a result of a
redistributed portion of acquisition-related payments made by
the former owners of the acquired company to certain employees.
These employees were not shareholders of the acquired company,
and such payments were dependent on continuing employment with
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