Acquisition

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

The Georgia Biomass Acquisition closed on July 31, 2020 for a total purchase price of $175.0 million, subject to certain adjustments. After accounting for certain adjustments, we paid $168.3 million, subject to further adjustment. The Georgia Biomass Acquisition diversifies our manufacturing and export terminaling footprint and expands our operations into a new region with similarly advantaged low-cost access to wood fiber.

Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation

The purchase price allocation for the Georgia Biomass Acquisition is preliminary. The assets acquired and liabilities assumed have been measured on a preliminary basis using assumptions that are reasonable based on information currently available. The final purchase price allocation may vary based on final valuations and analyses of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

The Georgia Biomass Acquisition was accounted for as a business combination using the acquisition method of accounting. The following table summarizes the estimated purchase price and the estimated fair values of the amounts recorded for identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at July 31, 2020, the acquisition date:


Purchase price:
Cash paid by the Partnership at closing	$	168,338
Reimbursement to the Partnership of certain acquisition-related costs, net	161
Settlement of payable from the Partnership to Georgia Biomass	(3,684)
Payment in relation to the Georgia Biomass Acquisition	164,815
Receivable from purchase price adjustment	(1,845)
	$	162,970

Identified net assets acquired:
Cash	$	1,516
Accounts receivable	124
Inventories	5,774
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	872
Intangible assets	5,400
Property, plant and equipment	171,798
Operating lease right-of-use assets	14,716
Accounts payable	(3,225)
Accrued and other current liabilities	(7,121)
Current portion of long-term finance lease obligations	(926)
Long-term finance lease obligations	(3,733)
Long-term operating lease liabilities	(13,356)
Deferred tax liability, net	(14,076)
Intangible liabilities	(9,600)
Other long-term liabilities	(880)
Identifiable net assets acquired	147,283
Goodwill	15,687
Total purchase price	$	162,970

The net assets of Georgia Biomass were recorded as provisional amounts at their currently estimated fair values. Significant inputs used to estimate the fair values of certain net assets acquired included estimates of the: (1) replacement cost for property, plant and equipment as if each asset was new as of the acquisition date, which was then adjusted for the depreciation and any obsolescence since the date Georgia Biomass originally acquired that asset; (2) market prices for finished goods inventory and for customer and shipping contracts; (3) incremental borrowing rates as of the acquisition date for leases acquired; and (4) appropriate discount rates. We are in the process of obtaining additional information to identify and measure all assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Georgia Biomass Acquisition within the measurement period, which could be up to one year from the date of acquisition. Such provisional amounts will be retrospectively adjusted to reflect any new information about facts and circumstances that existed at the acquisition date that, if known, would have affected the measurement of these amounts. Additionally, key valuation inputs and their sensitivity to the valuation of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are currently being reviewed by management. As the valuation of the net assets acquired are finalized, it is reasonably possible that the provisional amounts recorded as of the acquisition date for property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and liabilities, lease-related assets and obligations, deferred taxes, and goodwill may change during the measurement period.

Goodwill is calculated as the excess of the fair value of the consideration transferred over the fair value of the net assets recognized and represents the future economic benefits arising from other net assets acquired that could not be individually identified and separately recognized. We believe that the primary items that generated goodwill include both (1) the value of the synergies created between the acquired assets and our pre-existing assets and long-term, take-or-pay off-take contracts and (2) our expected ability to grow the combined business by leveraging the combined business experience and the expanded footprint. None of the goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

In connection with the Georgia Biomass Acquisition, acquisition-related costs through September 30, 2020 are approximately $3.9 million, of which $3.6 million was expensed during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and included within general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. These acquisition-related costs do not include integration costs.

Post-acquisition and pro forma financial information

The condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 include $26.5 million of revenue and $0.1 million of net income from the Georgia Biomass Acquisition since July 31, 2020.

The unaudited pro forma combined revenue and net income presented below have been prepared as if the Georgia Biomass Acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2019. The unaudited pro forma financial information has been derived from the consolidated statements of operations of the Partnership for the below periods and from the consolidated abbreviated statements of revenues and direct expenses of Georgia Biomass for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019. The abbreviated statements of revenues and direct expenses of Georgia Biomass were prepared for the purposes of complying with the requirements of Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X as no separate financial statements of Georgia Biomass had previously been prepared. The abbreviated statements of revenues and direct expenses of Georgia Biomass include the revenues and direct expenses directly attributable to manufacturing and distributing wood pellets to customers in the United Kingdom and Europe by Georgia Biomass.

The unaudited pro forma financial information reflects the effects of applying certain preliminary purchase price accounting adjustments to the historical financial information based on the fair value of the identified net assets acquired as of July 31, 2020. The historical financial information has been adjusted in the unaudited pro forma information to give effect to pro forma events that are (1) directly attributable to the Georgia Biomass Acquisition, (2) factually supportable and (3) expected to have a continuing impact on our results of operations following the Georgia Biomass Acquisition. The unaudited pro forma financial information does not include non-recurring items such as transaction costs related to the acquisition. The unaudited pro forma financial information as presented below is for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved if the Georgia Biomass Acquisition had taken place on January 1, 2019.

The unaudited pro forma combined revenue and net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and for the year ended December 31, 2019 are as follows:


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020		Year Ended December 31, 2019
Revenue	$	680,883	$	845,340
Net income	28,778		10,497