ACQUISITIONS

On July 31, 2017, the Company completed its acquisition of Air Liquide Welding, a subsidiary of Air Liquide. The agreed upon purchase price was $135,123, which was adjusted for certain debt like obligations, for a net purchase price of $61,953, net of cash acquired. The primary debt like obligations were pension liabilities. The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination. The funding of the cash portion of the purchase price and acquisition costs was provided for with available cash.

The complementary business enhanced the Company’s global specialty consumables portfolio and extended its channel reach for equipment systems and cutting, soldering and brazing solutions in Europe. The acquisition also offers European customers more comprehensive welding solutions, greater technical application expertise and improved service levels.

The fair value of the net assets acquired exceeded the purchase consideration, resulting in a bargain purchase gain at acquisition, which was included in Bargain purchase gain in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The Company believes that the bargain purchase gain was primarily the result of the divestiture by Air Liquide of the welding business, which was outside Air Liquide’s core business, as part of an overall repositioning of its core business. The Company anticipates future integration initiatives are necessary in order to achieve commercial and operational synergies.

The following table summarizes the purchase price allocation for the Air Liquide Welding acquisition:



Assets acquired and liabilities assumed	As of July 31, 2017
Accounts receivable	$	89,442
Inventory ⁽¹⁾	97,803
Property, plant and equipment ⁽²⁾	73,056
Intangible assets ⁽³⁾	11,715
Accounts payable	(65,640		)
Pension liability	(67,563		)
Bargain purchase gain ⁽⁶⁾	(49,650		)
Net other assets and liabilities ⁽⁴⁾	(27,210		)
Total purchase price, net of cash acquired⁽⁵⁾	$	61,953


(1)	A portion of inventories acquired were sold in the third quarter of 2017 resulting in a $2,314 increase in Cost of goods sold for the amortization of step up in the value of acquired inventories.


(2)	Property, plant and equipment acquired includes a number of manufacturing and distribution sites, including the related facilities, land and leased sites, and machinery and equipment for use in manufacturing operations.


(3)	$7,099 of the intangible asset balance was assigned to a trade name expected to have an indefinite life. Of the remaining amount, $1,183 was assigned to a finite-lived trade name (10 year weighted average useful life) and $3,433 was assigned to other intangible assets (9 year weighted average life).


(4)	Consists primarily of other accrued liabilities.

(5) Reflects a receivable from seller for an agreed upon purchase price adjustment. The payment of $10,983 was received in the first quarter of 2018.

(6) An adjustment of $1,935 was recorded to the Bargain purchase gain in the fourth quarter of 2017.

In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company recognized $970 and $3,665, respectively, in acquisition transaction and integration costs related to the acquisition of Air Liquide Welding. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recognized $3,273 and $11,386, respectively, in acquisition transaction and integration costs related to the acquisition of Air Liquide Welding. Such costs were expensed as incurred and are included in Selling, general & administrative expenses in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Income.

Pro forma information related to this acquisition has not been presented because the impact on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income is not material. Acquired companies are included in the Company's consolidated financial statements as of the date of acquisition.