Acquisition and Dispositions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Acquisition and Dispositions

Dispositions

EdgeRock Technologies, LLC Acquisition

On October 6, 2015, the Company acquired EdgeRock Technologies, LLC (EdgeRock), a provider of ERP and other specialist IT staffing, including business intelligence and data analytics, for cash consideration of $33.4 million, including a working capital adjustment that was paid in 2016, plus up to an additional $4.0 million of cash contingent on EdgeRock's operating performance for the twelve months ending October 31, 2016. EdgeRock currently comprises the Specialty Talent business within the Specialty Talent and Technology Solutions reporting segment. During the first three months of 2016, the Company recorded a benefit of $0.8 million to "Operating and administrative expenses" in the consolidated statements of operations related to the reversal of the estimated contingent earnout liability.

CDI AndersElite Limited Disposition

On September 16, 2016, the Company completed the sale of CDI AndersElite Limited (Anders), the Company's UK-based staffing and recruitment business in the Enterprise Talent reporting segment, to AndersElite Holdings Ltd. (Holdings), an entity controlled by certain members of Anders' management. The Company received purchase consideration that included £4.5 million cash, £1.75 million subordinated debt in Holdings and warrants representing 19.99% of the fully diluted equity in Holdings. The Company valued the non-cash purchase consideration at £0.5 million and recorded it to "Other non-current assets" in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company recorded a loss of $11.3 million to "Loss on disposition of business interests" in the consolidated statements of operation related to the disposition of Anders. Anders does not meet the criteria to be reported as a discontinued operation under ASU 2014-08; accordingly, Anders' results are reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Operations within continuing operations. See Note 12—Reporting Segments, for Anders summarized results included in the consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.

CDI-Pycopsa Disposition

On March 20, 2015, the Company completed the sale of its 67% interest in CDI-Pycopsa Ingeniería y Construcción, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“CDI-Pycopsa”), a Mexico-based engineering design company in the Engineering Solutions (formerly GETS) reporting segment. CDI-Pycopsa does not meet the criteria to be reported as a discontinued operation under ASU 2014-08, which was adopted by the Company on January 1, 2015. Accordingly, CDI-Pycopsa's results are reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Operations within continuing operations. Excluding the $0.3 million loss on disposition, CDI-Pycopsa's pretax results attributable to CDI were not material for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2015. During the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016, the Company received $0.1 million of proceeds related to the sale.