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Business Combinations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Business Combinations

NOTE 16 – BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

 

Blanton & Associates

On September 1, 2022, the Company completed the acquisition of Blanton & Associates (“Blanton”), an environmental consulting, planning, and project management firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. Blanton brings proven domain expertise in environmental regulatory compliance and permitting for the transportation, renewable energy, water, and resource management sectors and adds technically strong and specialized staff in all aspects of environmental services to the Company. The Company recorded net working capital of $4.6 million and property and equipment of $0.2 million at their fair value at the acquisition date except for contract assets and contract liabilities which were measured in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue Recognition, deferred income tax liabilities of $3.0 million, and also allocated $9.7 million to goodwill and $11.4 million to intangible assets. Intangible assets consisted of $10.9 million related to existing customer relationships, $0.5 million related to contract backlog, and $0.1 million related to trade names and trademarks. The acquisition of Blanton is not material to the Company’s results of operations.

 

SemanticBits, LLC

On July 13, 2022, the Company completed the acquisition of SemanticBits, LLC (“SemanticBits”), a 450-person Virginia limited liability company. SemanticBits is a premier partner to U.S. federal health agencies for mission-critical digital modernization solutions and provides a full suite of scalable digital modernization services using open-source frameworks, including end-to-end agile scale development capabilities, cloud-native solutions, data analytics and human-centered designs. The acquisition provides synergies and scalabilities to support federal agencies with advanced IT solutions, digital modernization, and health expertise to solve complex customer challenges. As a result of the acquisition, SemanticBits became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination under ASC 805, Business Combination. The preliminary purchase price was $220.0 million in cash, subject to post-closing working capital adjustments, and was funded by the existing Credit Facility. The purchase price was initially allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the fair value on the acquisition date, with the exception of contract assets and contract liabilities which were measured in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue Recognition. The Company also engaged an independent valuation firm to assist management in the allocation of the purchase price to goodwill and other acquired intangible assets.

The purchase price allocation is summarized as follows:

Contract receivables

$

12,699

 

Contract assets

 

6,071

 

Customer-related intangibles

 

62,967

 

Trade names and trademarks

 

1,120

 

Other current and non-current assets

 

407

 

Accrued salaries and benefits

 

(3,998

)

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

(6,244

)

Deferred tax liability

 

(16,701

)

Net assets acquired

 

56,321

 

Goodwill

 

159,677

 

Purchase consideration

$

215,998

 

The Company allocated $63.0 million related to existing customer relationships and $1.1 million related to trade names and trademarks intangible assets, respectively, and $159.7 million to goodwill. Goodwill is reflective of the existing workforce of SemanticBits and the expected synergies created with the Company as part of the acquisition. The amortization periods for the amount allocated to customer-related intangible asset and trade names and trademarks are 4.0 years and 0.7 years from the acquisition date, respectively. The goodwill and intangible assets are not deductible for income tax purposes.

Acquisition-related costs and integration costs totaled $4.3 million and are included as part of indirect and selling expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

The results of SemanticBits’ operations have been included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from the date of its acquisition. For the year ended December 31, 2022, SemanticBits contributed revenues of $64.3 million and gross profit of $26.7 million. Computation of an earnings measure other than gross profit is impracticable due to SemanticBits’ operations and financial systems being integrated with those of the Company.

The following unaudited condensed pro forma information presents combined financial information as if the acquisition of SemanticBits had been effective at January 1, 2021, the beginning of the 2021 fiscal year. As a result, fiscal year 2022 represents the pro forma results for year two of the acquisition. The pro forma information includes alignment of SemanticBits’ revenue recognition policy, corrections of employee-related expenses, and adjustments reflecting changes in the amortization of intangibles, acquisition-related costs, interest expense, and records income tax effects as if SemanticBits had been included in the Company’s results of operations. The pro forma information is not intended to reflect the actual combined results of operations that would have occurred if the acquisition was completed on January 1, 2021, nor is it indicative of future operating results after the acquisition date of July 13, 2022.

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

Year Ended

 

(in thousands)

2022

 

 

2021

 

Revenue

$

1,856,399

 

 

$

1,667,425

 

Net income

 

75,999

 

 

 

63,752

 

 

Creative Systems and Consulting

On December 31, 2021, the Company acquired Creative Systems, a premier provider of IT modernization and digital transformation solutions to federal agencies, for a cash purchase price of approximately $159.5 million, subject to working capital adjustments of $2.9 million, for a final purchase price of $156.6 million. The Company recognized fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and allocated $128.1 million to goodwill and $28.9 million to intangible assets. Intangible assets consisted of $24.5 million in customer relationships, $3.7 million related to developed technology, $0.6 million related to trade names and

trademarks, and $0.1 million related to non-compete agreements. The customer-related and technology related intangibles are being amortized straight-line over 4 years and 10 years, respectively, from the date of acquisition, while trade names and trademarks and non-compete agreements will be amortized in less than one year from the acquisition date. Goodwill is reflective of the existing workforce at Creative Systems and the expected synergies created with the Company as a result of the acquisition. The pro-forma impact of the acquisition is not material to the Company’s results of operations.

 

ESAC

On November 1, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of ESAC, one of the leading specialized providers of advanced health analytics, research data management and bioinformatics solutions to U.S. federal health agencies, for a cash purchase price of approximately $17.3 million, subject to working capital adjustments. In addition to working capital acquired of $2.6 million, the Company recognized fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and allocated of $11.3 million to goodwill and $3.4 million to intangible assets. Intangible assets included $3.1 million related to customer relationships and $0.3 million related to technology and other intangibles, and are amortized over 3 years and less than 1 year, respectively. The pro-forma impact of the acquisition is not material to the Company’s results of operations.