Business Combination

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Business CombinationOn February 28, 2018, we closed on the purchase of substantially all of the assets of WattMaster Controls, Inc. (“WattMaster”). The assets acquired consisted primarily of intellectual property, receivables, inventory and fixed assets. The Company also hired substantially all of the WattMaster employees. These assets and workforce will allow us to accelerate the development of our own electronic controllers for air distribution systems. We funded the business combination with available cash of $6.0 million. In May 2018, we paid the final working capital settlement of $0.4 million with available cash. We have included the results of WattMaster’s operations in our consolidated financial statements beginning March 1, 2018.

The following table presents the allocation of the consideration paid to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on their fair values, in the acquisition of WattMaster described above:


	(in thousands)
Accounts receivable	$	1,082
Inventories	1,380
Property, plant and equipment	340
Intellectual property	700
Goodwill	3,229
Assumed current liabilities	(354)
Consideration paid	$	6,377

Goodwill represents the excess of the consideration paid for the acquired businesses over the fair value of the individual assets acquired, net of liabilities assumed. Goodwill represents a premium paid to acquire the skilled workforce of the business acquired and is deductible for federal income tax purposes.