Business Acquisitions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Business Combinations

Moritex Corporation

On October 18, 2023, the Company acquired all the outstanding shares of Moritex Corporation ("Moritex"), a global provider of premium optical components based in Japan, for an enterprise value of ¥40 billion Japanese Yen, or approximately $270 million U.S. Dollars based on the closing date foreign exchange rate.

The cash-free, debt-free enterprise value was adjusted by cash acquired, debt assumed, and final working capital balances to arrive at total consideration to be allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed of ¥44,376,245,000 ($296,138,000 based on the closing date foreign exchange rate), of which ¥44,227,414,000 ($295,144,000) was paid in cash on the closing date and ¥148,831,000 ($994,000) was paid during the first quarter of 2024 as a purchase price adjustment based on the closing balance sheet. The Company acquired cash balances totaling $38,088,000 as part of this transaction, to arrive at a net cash outflow of $257,056,000 on the closing date. There was no contingent consideration as part of this transaction.

In the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company recorded measurement-period adjustments that increased goodwill by $6,478,000 and are reflected in the final purchase price allocation below. The adjustments consisted primarily of changes to deferred income tax liabilities based on the final push-down accounting for intangible assets to legal-entity jurisdictions, a reduction in customer relationships based on a methodology refinement, and changes to provisional assets and liabilities based on new information obtained within the one-year measurement period that refined initial estimates.

The portfolio of Moritex optical components allows us to expand our served market to include high-end lenses and lighting and provide our customers with a more complete product offering by replacing third-party components with Cognex-manufactured optical components. Moritex also provides the Company with a more substantial presence in Japan, which is an important machine vision market where we believe we can increase our share through a stronger local presence.

This transaction was accounted for as a business combination. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recorded at their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date, which were valued using level 3 inputs for intangible assets, inventories, and property, plant and equipment. Pro-forma information, as well as revenue and earnings from the date of the acquisition, are not presented because they are not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Transaction costs were approximately $5,800,000 and were expensed as incurred as part of SG&A expenses on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The purchase price was allocated as follows (in thousands):


Cash and cash equivalents	$	38,088
Accounts receivable	11,543
Inventories	21,882
Property, plant and equipment	19,805
Goodwill	151,525
Customer relationships	64,800
Completed technologies	32,300
Trademarks	850
Deferred income tax assets	4,162
Other assets	3,363
Accounts payable	(6,639)
Accrued expenses	(14,718)
Deferred income tax liabilities	(22,665)
Reserve for income taxes	(5,864)
Other liabilities	(2,294)
Purchase price	$	296,138

The customer relationships, completed technologies, and trademarks are included in "Intangible assets" on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The customer relationships are being amortized to SG&A expenses over fifteen years, the completed technologies are being amortized to cost of revenue over nine years, and the trademarks are being amortized to SG&A expenses over three years. None of the acquired goodwill is deductible for tax purposes.