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Acquisitions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Acquisitions

Note 3.    Acquisitions

2017 Business Development

Blue Tree Systems Limited

On October 2, 2017, pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement entered into by ORBCOMM Technology Ireland Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and Blue Tree Systems Investment Limited, Investec Ventures Ireland Limited and certain individual sellers (collectively, the “Sellers”), the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding shares of Blue Tree Systems Limited, for an aggregate consideration of (i) $34,331 in cash; (ii) issuance of 191,022 shares of the Company’s common stock, valued at $10.47 per share, which reflected the Company’s common stock closing price one business day prior to the closing date; and (iii) additional consideration up to $5,750 based on Blue Tree Systems Limited achieving certain operational objections (the “Blue Tree Acquisition”).

Purchase Price Allocation

The Blue Tree Acquisition has been accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting. This method requires that assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination be recognized at their fair values as of the acquisition date (the “Acquisition Method”). The excess of the preliminary purchase price over the preliminary net assets was recorded as goodwill. The preliminary allocation of the purchase price was based upon a preliminary valuation and the estimates and assumptions are subject to change during the one-year measurement period. The total consideration for the Blue Tree Acquisition was $37,107, of which $776 represents acquisition date contingent consideration at fair value, in a debt-free, cash-free transaction. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded a measurement period adjustment related to certain working capital accounts, resulting in a decrease in goodwill of $393. The purchase price allocation for the acquisition is as follows:

 

 

 

Amount

 

Cash

 

$

656

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

2,335

 

Inventories

 

 

1,395

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

992

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

 

72

 

Intangible assets

 

 

12,020

 

Total identifiable assets acquired

 

 

17,470

 

Accounts payable

 

 

4,124

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

778

 

Deferred tax liability

 

 

1,503

 

Total liabilities assumed

 

 

6,405

 

Net identifiable assets acquired

 

 

11,065

 

Goodwill

 

 

26,042

 

Total purchase price

 

$

37,107

 

 

Intangible Assets

The estimated fair value of the technology and trademark intangible assets was determined using the “relief from royalty method” under the income approach, which is a valuation technique that provides an estimate of the fair value of an asset based on the costs savings that are available through ownership of the asset by the avoidance of paying royalties to license the use of the assets from another owner (the “Technology and Trademark Valuation Technique”). The estimated fair value of the customer lists was determined using the “excess earnings method” under the income approach, which represents the total income to be generated by the asset (the “Customer List Valuation Technique”). Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in the development of those asset valuations include the projected revenue associated with the asset, the appropriate discount rate to select in order to measure the risk inherent in each future cash flow stream, the assessment of each asset’s life cycle, as well as other factors. The discount rate used to arrive at the present value of the customer lists and technology at the acquisition date was 26.5%. The remaining useful lives of the technology and trademarks were based on historical product development cycles, the projected rate of technology migration and a market participant’s use of these intangible assets and the pattern of projected economic benefit of these intangible assets. The remaining useful lives of customer lists were based on the customer attrition and the projected economic benefit of these customers. 

 

 

 

Estimated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Useful Life

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(years)

 

 

Amount

 

Customer lists

 

 

10

 

 

$

9,200

 

Technology

 

 

10

 

 

 

2,700

 

Trade name

 

 

1

 

 

 

120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

12,020

 

 

Goodwill

The Blue Tree Acquisition solidified the Company’s transportation offering of fleet management and driver safety solutions to enterprises and industrial companies around the world that operate large commercial vehicle fleets. These factors contributed to a preliminary estimated purchase price resulting in the recognition of goodwill. The goodwill attributable to the Blue Tree Acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes.

Indemnification Asset

In connection with the Share Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into an escrow agreement with the Sellers and an escrow agent. Under the terms of this escrow agreement, $3,675 was placed in an escrow account through April 2019 to fund any indemnification obligations to the Company under the Share Purchase Agreement. Under the terms of the escrow agreement, as of any release date for any portion of the escrow account amount, the value of any then submitted and unresolved indemnification claims will be retained in the escrow account until such time as the applicable claims are resolved.

Contingent Consideration

Additional consideration was conditionally due to the Sellers upon achievement of certain financial milestones through December 2018. The fair value measurement of the contingent consideration obligation is determined using Level 3 unobservable inputs supported by little or no market activity based on the Company’s own assumptions. The estimated fair value of the contingent consideration was determined based on the Company’s preliminary estimates using the probability-weighted discounted cash flow approach. The financial milestone for this contingent consideration has not been met, and therefore, the Company recorded a reduction of the contingent liability of $776 in SG&A expenses on the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

inthinc Technology Solutions, Inc.

On June 9, 2017, pursuant to the asset purchase agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) entered into by the Company and inthinc, Inc., inthinc Technology Solutions, Inc., tiwi, Inc., inthinc Telematics, Inc., DriveAware, Inc., inthinc Chile, SP and inthinc Investors, L.P. (collectively, “Inthinc”), the Company completed the acquisition of Inthinc for an aggregate consideration of (i) $34,236 in cash on a debt-free, cash-free basis; (ii) issuance of 76,796 shares of the Company’s common stock, valued at $9.95 per share, which reflected a 20-trading day average price of the Company’s stock ending June 8, 2017; and (iii) additional contingent consideration of up to $25,000, subject to certain operational milestones, payable in stock or a combination of cash and stock at the Company’s election (the “Inthinc Acquisition”).

Purchase Price Allocation

The Inthinc Acquisition has been accounted for using the Acquisition Method. The excess of the purchase price over the preliminary net assets was recorded as goodwill. The preliminary allocation of the purchase price was based upon a preliminary valuation and the estimates and assumptions are subject to change during the one-year measurement period. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded a measurement period adjustment related to certain working capital accounts, resulting in a decrease in goodwill of $156. The total consideration for the Inthinc Acquisition was $44,835, of which $9,835 represents acquisition date contingent consideration at fair value, in a debt-free, cash-free transaction. The purchase price allocation for the acquisition is as follows:

 

 

 

Amount

 

Accounts receivable

 

$

2,652

 

Inventories

 

 

906

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

112

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

 

258

 

Lease receivable

 

 

5,067

 

Intangible assets

 

 

16,000

 

Total identifiable assets acquired

 

 

24,995

 

Accounts payable

 

 

4,613

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

275

 

Other current and non-current liabilities

 

 

1,326

 

Total liabilities assumed

 

 

6,214

 

Net identifiable assets acquired

 

 

18,781

 

Goodwill

 

 

26,054

 

Total purchase price

 

$

44,835

 

 

Intangible Assets

The estimated fair value of the technology intangible assets was determined using the “relief from royalty method” under the income approach, which is a valuation technique that provides an estimate of the fair value of an asset based on the costs savings that are available through ownership of the asset by the avoidance of paying royalties to license the use of the assets from another owner. The estimated fair value of the customer lists was determined using the Customer List Valuation Technique. Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in the development of those asset valuations include the projected revenue associated with the assets, the appropriate discount rate to select in order to measure the risk inherent in each future cash flow stream, the assessment of each asset’s life cycle, as well as other factors. The discount rate used to arrive at the acquisition date present value of the customer lists and technology was 12%. The remaining useful lives of the technology were based on historical product development cycles, the projected rate of technology migration and a market participant’s use of these intangible assets and the pattern of projected economic benefit of these intangible assets. The remaining useful lives of the customer lists were based on the customer attrition and projected economic benefit of these customers.

 

 

 

Estimated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Useful Life

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(years)

 

 

Amount

 

Customer lists

 

 

15

 

 

$

12,400

 

Technology

 

 

10

 

 

 

3,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

16,000

 

 

Goodwill

The Inthinc Acquisition allows the Company to offer fleet management and driver safety solutions to enterprises and industrial companies around the world that operate large commercial vehicle fleets. These factors contributed to a preliminary estimated purchase price resulting in the recognition of goodwill. The goodwill attributable to the Inthinc Acquisition is deductible for tax purposes.

Indemnification Asset

In connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into an escrow agreement with Inthinc and an escrow agent. Under the terms of this escrow agreement, $1,000 was placed in an escrow account through September 9, 2019 to fund any working capital and indemnification obligations to the Company under the Asset Purchase Agreement. Under the terms of the escrow agreement, as of any release date for any portion of the escrow account amount, the value of any then submitted and unresolved indemnification claims would be retained in the escrow account until such time as the applicable claims are resolved. In the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company received $1,000 from the escrow account to partially fund the working capital adjustment payment and indemnification obligations due to the Company and recorded a credit to SG&A expenses. In addition, the 76,796 shares of ORBCOMM common stock issued as part of the purchase price for Inthinc have been cancelled by the Company in partial payment of the working capital adjustment due to the Company, and the Company recorded a credit in the amount of $526 to SG&A expenses in the quarter ended December 31, 2019 to reflect this cancellation.

Acquired Customer Product Obligation

As a result of the Inthinc Acquisition, the Company acquired customer product obligations on Inthinc’s product sales. The Company’s analysis of the customer product obligation is estimated based on Inthinc’s historical costs to replace or fix products for customers, as well as installation costs associated with these obligations. On June 9, 2017, the Company had estimated additional product obligations of $1,032 relating to customer product obligations it was investigating associated with the Inthinc Acquisition as a result of undisclosed commitments made by Inthinc prior to the Company’s acquisition of Inthinc. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had no remaining liability on the consolidated balance sheet in connection with this acquired product liability obligation.

Contingent Consideration

Additional consideration was conditionally due to the Inthinc sellers upon achievement of certain financial milestones through June 2019. The fair value measurement of the contingent consideration obligation was determined using Level 3 unobservable inputs supported by little or no market activity and based on the Company’s own assumptions. The estimated fair value of the contingent consideration was determined based on the Company’s estimates using the probability-weighted discounted cash flow approach. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company recorded $0 and $2,063, respectively, in accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets in connection with the contingent consideration. All four financial milestones for this additional consideration were not met. Therefore, the Company recorded a reduction of the contingent liability of $2,063, $7,250 and $795 in SG&A expenses on the consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.