On April 3, 2024, the Company agreed to acquire a 49.9% non-controlling minority interest in Pessl Instruments GmbH ("Pessl"), an Austrian company that provides agricultural technology solutions focused on field monitoring systems such as weather stations and soil moisture probes. The agreement includes a call option that, if exercised, would allow the Company to acquire the remainder of Pessl's outstanding shares based on Pessl's future earnings at certain dates between approximately two-and-a-half and five years after the date of the agreement. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of the Company's fiscal 2024, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

On July 28, 2023 ("the acquisition date"), the Company completed the acquisition of the membership interests of FieldWise, LLC ("FieldWise"). FieldWise is a market leader in agricultural technology products with a focus on subscription-based, precision irrigation solutions. The purchase price of $32.7 million was financed through an all-cash transaction from the Company's cash on hand.

The following table summarizes the final purchase price allocation for the acquisition of FieldWise.


($ in thousands)	Total
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,779
Accounts receivable		376
Inventories		2,651
Property and equipment		2,443
Deferred tax asset		94
Intangible assets		11,400
Goodwill		16,593
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		(228	)
Deferred revenues		(2,132	)
Non-current deferred revenues		(235	)
Total purchase price	$	32,741

During the post-acquisition period, the Company recorded measurement period adjustments to the preliminary recorded values assigned to certain Company assets acquired as of the acquisition date. These adjustments were the product of final working capital adjustments with the seller and are incorporated within the values noted in the table above. These adjustments did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

The acquired intangible assets include amortizable intangible assets of $10.7 million and indefinite-lived intangible assets of $0.7 million related to tradenames. The amortizable intangible assets have a weighted average useful life of approximately 13.1 years. The following table summarizes the identifiable intangible assets at fair value as of the acquisition date.


($ in thousands)	Weighted average useful life in years		Fair value of identifiable asset
Intangible assets:
Customer relationships		15.0	$	8,700
Developed technology		5.0		2,000
Tradenames	N/A			700
Total intangible assets		13.1	$	11,400

Goodwill related to the acquisition of FieldWise primarily relates to intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition, including the experience and knowledge of FieldWise management, its assembled workforce, and its intellectual capital and specialization with monitoring technology solutions, data acquisition and management systems. This goodwill is included in the irrigation reporting segment and is deductible for income tax purposes. Pro forma information related to this acquisition was not included because the impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements was not considered to be material.