ACQUISITIONS

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

2.	ACQUISITIONS

Fiscal 2021 Acquisitions

Life Sciences

On December 4, 2020, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Aves Labs, Inc. ("Aves"), the Company completed a business combination whereby it acquired all of the membership interests of ImmunoChemistry Technologies, LLC ("ICT") for an aggregate purchase price of $3,419, net of $105 cash received. At closing, $1,628 was paid in cash and a promissory note in the amount of $1,850 was issued to the former owner. The Company recorded the present value of $1,760 for the promissory note. The Company recorded an aggregate of $1,438 in goodwill and $1,430 in other identifiable intangibles. Subsequent to closing, the Company recorded an additional $30 purchase price adjustment related to an I.R.S Code Section 338(h)(10) election that was made in connection with the ICT acquisition. The ICT acquisition will be treated as an asset purchase for income tax purposes, which will allow for the tax deduction of ICT’s goodwill. The acquisition was funded with cash provided by normal operations along with a note to the former owner. The results of operations of the acquired businesses are included in Janel’s condensed consolidated results of operations since the date of the acquisition. Supplemental pro forma information has not been provided as the acquisition did not have a significant impact on Janel’s condensed consolidated results of operations, individually or in aggregate. ICT is a developer and manufacturer of cell viability assay kits, ELISA buffers and fluorescent reagents for use in research and diagnostics. ICT was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota. The acquisition of ICT was completed to expand our product offerings in our Life Sciences segment.

Global Logistics Services

On December 31, 2020, through the Company’s Global Logistics Services segment, which is comprised of several wholly-owned subsidiaries and is collectively known as “Janel Group”, the Company completed a business combination whereby it acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of a global logistics services provider with two U.S. locations. The aggregate purchase price for this acquisition was $1,282. At closing, $1,182 was paid in cash and $100 was placed in escrow for a period of twelve months for the purpose of securing the indemnification obligations of former stockholders. The Company recorded an aggregate of $304 in goodwill and $531 in other identifiable intangibles. The acquisition was funded with cash provided by normal operations, funds availble under the Santander Credit Facility along with a note to the former owner. Supplemental pro forma information has not been provided as the acquisition did not have a significant impact on Janel’s consolidated results of operations, individually or in aggregate. This acquisition was completed to expand our product offerings in our Global Logistics Services segment.

Fiscal 2020 Acquisition

Effective July 23, 2020, through Janel Group, the Company acquired all of the outstanding common stock of a global logistics services provider with two U.S. locations for $132, net of $853 cash received. At closing, the former stockholder was paid $300 in cash and $194, $193 and $193 is due to the stockholder as deferred acquisition payments on the first, second and third anniversary of the closing date, respectively, and the Company assumed $135 in the form of a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. In February 2021, the Company was informed that the PPP loan had been forgiven by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Consistent with the terms of the stock purchase arrangement, the Company paid the former owner $68 upon forgiveness of the PPP loan. The Company recorded an aggregate of $573 in goodwill and $690 in other identifiable intangibles. This acquisition was funded with cash provided by normal operations along with a deferred acquisition payment due to the former stockholder. The results of operations of the acquired businesses are included in the Janel’s consolidated results of operations since the date of the acquisition. Supplemental pro forma information has not been provided as the acquisition did not have a significant impact on Janel’s consolidated results of operations individually or in aggregate.