3. BUSINESS COMBINATION

Acquisition of Everett Charles Technologies LLC and Multitest

On September 6, 2013, in connection with the Dover Acquisition, the Company entered into a Master Sale and Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Dover and, solely for the limited purposes set forth in the Purchase Agreement, Dover Corporation (“Dover Parent”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company purchased from Dover or its specified affiliates (collectively, the “Sellers”) all assets of the Sellers used exclusively or primarily in connection with the research and development, design, manufacture, assembly, production, marketing, distribution, sale and repair of probes, assembled board and bare board test equipment, and fixturing products and the provision of services related thereto (the “ECT Business,” and such assets and intellectual property, the “ECT Assets”) and all assets of the Sellers used exclusively or primarily in connection with the research and development, design, manufacture, assembly, production, marketing, distribution, sale and repair of semiconductor test handlers, semiconductor test contactors and sockets and semiconductor test load boards, and the provision of services related thereto (the “MT Business,” and such assets and intellectual property, the “MT Assets”). The Company also assumed certain specified liabilities of the Sellers related primarily or exclusively to the Acquired Businesses or the Acquired Assets (as defined below). Under the Purchase Agreement, the Company also acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock and other equity interests of specified indirect subsidiaries of Dover Parent and its affiliates engaged in the Acquired Businesses, including Everett Charles Technologies LLC (such capital stock and other equity interests, the “Acquired Shares”). The ECT Assets, the MT Assets and the Acquired Shares are collectively referred to as the “Acquired Assets.”

On December 1, 2013, the Company acquired the Multitest and ECT businesses of Dover for $93.5 million, of which $73.5 million was paid in cash through a combination of existing cash-on-hand and bank debt and $20.0 million was paid by the issuance of promissory notes. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the cash purchase price was increased by $12.5 million to reflect, among other required adjustments, specified cash balances held by the Acquired Businesses, acquired indebtedness, certain transaction costs, employee related liabilities, working capital adjustments and reductions in the principal amount of the promissory notes payable to Dover in connection with the satisfaction of certain conditions.

Subject to certain conditions, the original principal amount of the promissory notes is subject to reduction upon written certification from the Company to Dover prior to January 1, 2015 of certain specified events related to the Company’s relocation from or refurbishment of certain properties of the Acquired Businesses, or the prepayment of the promissory notes in full prior to such date. In January 2014, the Company executed leases for two new facilities, and in February 2014, the Company provided Dover with written certification of a planned relocation from certain properties of the Acquired Businesses. Consequently, the original principal amount of the promissory notes issued to Dover was reduced by $2.0 million. The promissory notes were subject to further reduction by $1.75 million upon certification from the company to Dover of other specified events that had not yet occurred. The promissory notes were to accrue interest on the unpaid balance for each day that they remained outstanding after December 1, 2014 at a per annum rate equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate plus 10%, and could be prepaid by the Company at any time without penalty prior to May 1, 2019. After giving effect to the post-Closing purchase price adjustments described above, and including the principal amount reduction of the promissory notes to Dover, the aggregate purchase price paid to the Sellers as of the date of this report is $106.0 million.

In November 2014, the Company prepaid the outstanding amounts under the promissory notes. The $16.25 million payoff amount reflected the principal amounts of $18.0 million that was outstanding under the original promissory notes, less a $1.75 million reduction triggered by the prepayment in full of the notes prior to January 1, 2015.

The Company, Dover, and certain of their affiliates, also entered into a transition services agreement, an intellectual property termination agreement and a license agreement which govern certain ongoing relationships between the Company and Dover and their respective affiliates following the Closing.

In accordance with Topic 805, Business Combinations, to the FASB ASC and based on the terms of the Dover Acquisition, the Company is the accounting acquirer.

The following is a summary of the purchase price for the Acquired Assets:


	(in thousands)
Cash paid for Acquired Assets	$	88,009
Seller financing – Dover promissory notes		18,000

Purchase price	$	106,009

The following table summarizes the amounts recognized for the Acquired Assets and liabilities assumed as of the date of Closing.

The purchase price has been allocated based on the fair value of net assets acquired as follows:


Allocation of purchase consideration	(in thousands)
Fair value of assets acquired as of December 1, 2013:
Cash	$	18,024
Accounts receivable		51,069
Inventory		41,642
Property, plant and equipment		22,859
Identifiable intangible assets		12,000
Other assets		3,410

Assets acquired:	$	149,004
Fair value of liabilities acquired:
Liabilities		(32,260)
Deferred taxes		(2,114)

Adjusted net assets acquired	$	114,630
Purchase price		(106,009)

Bargain purchase gain	$	8,621

The overall fair value of the net assets acquired by the Company exceeded the amount paid, which resulted in the recognition of a bargain purchase gain by the Company during the fiscal year ended July 31, 2014 (fiscal 2014). This bargain purchase gain was recorded as a component of the other (expense) income section on the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). The Company believes it was able to acquire ECT and Multitest for less than the fair value of their net assets since ECT and Multitest had been held as discontinued operations by Dover Parent for more than one year.

Valuation of Intangible Assets and Goodwill

The overall fair value of the Multitest and ECT businesses of Dover has been allocated to tangible assets acquired, assumed liabilities, and identifiable intangible assets, based upon a detailed valuation that uses information and assumptions provided by management, as further described below.

Identifiable Intangible Assets

As part of the purchase price allocation, identifiable intangible assets of the Acquired Businesses include developed technology, customer relationships and trademarks.

The consolidated financial statements include estimated identifiable intangible assets with a fair value at acquisition of $12.0 million, which are being amortized based on the pattern and period over which the economic benefits of the intangible assets are realized. The current estimated weighted average period is 6.9 years. The Company engaged independent valuation advisors to assist the Company in estimating the identifiable intangible asset value. The estimated identifiable intangible asset value was primarily based on information and assumptions developed by the Company’s management, certain publicly available information, and discussions with management of the Acquired Businesses.

The Company used the income approach to value the developed technology and other acquired identifiable intangible assets of the Acquired Businesses. This approach calculates fair value by estimating future cash flows attributable to each intangible asset and discounting the future cash flows to present value using a risk adjusted discount rate.

In estimating the useful life of the acquired intangible assets of the Acquired Businesses, the Company considered paragraph 11 of FASB ASC 350, which lists the pertinent factors to be considered when estimating the useful life of an intangible asset. These factors include a review of the expected use by the combined company of the assets acquired, the expected useful life of another asset (or group of assets) related to the acquired assets, legal, regulatory or other contractual provisions that may limit the useful life of an acquired asset or may enable the extension of the useful life of an acquired asset without substantial cost, the effects of obsolescence, demand, competition and other economic factors, and the level of maintenance expenditures required to obtain the expected future cash flows from the asset. The Company is amortizing these intangible assets over their estimated useful lives using a method that is based on estimated future cash flows as the Company believes this amortization methodology approximates the pattern in which the economic benefits of the intangible assets will be derived.

The identifiable intangible assets associated with the Dover Acquisition include $6.7 million of trademarks. The Company believes these trademarks will contribute to the Company’s cash flows indefinitely. Therefore, in accordance with ASC 350, the Company has assigned an indefinite useful life to the trademarks, and will not amortize the trademarks until their useful lives are no longer indefinite.

Supplemental Pro-Forma Information

The following unaudited pro-forma information presents the consolidated results of operations of the Company, and the Acquired Businesses, as if the Dover Acquisition had occurred as of August 1, 2014, with pro-forma adjustments to give effect to amortization of intangible assets and certain other adjustments (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended January 31,				Six Months Ended January 31,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Net sales	$	92,284	$	86,272	$	219,446	$	191,797
Net income (loss)	$	3,929	$	(6,440)	$	15,991	$	(10,580)

The unaudited pro forma net loss for the three and six months ended January 31, 2014 includes $2.2 million of charges related to the Dover Acquisition for restructuring costs and approximately $0.4 million of acquisition costs, which were incurred after December 1, 2013. The unaudited pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of the results that the Company would have attained had the Dover Acquisition occurred at the beginning of the periods presented. The Company has included the actual results for the periods ended January 31, 2015 for comparative purposes.