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Acquisitions and Investments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]  
Acquisitions and Investments ACQUISITIONS AND INVESTMENTS
We believe that our acquisitions of businesses and other assets enhance our existing businesses by either expanding our geographic range, customer base, or existing product and service lines. From time to time, we may acquire small reference laboratories or radiology practices that we account for as either asset purchases or business combinations.

During the fourth quarter of 2021, we acquired the shares of a reference laboratory located in Finland for approximately $13.4 million in cash, including a holdback of approximately $1.4 million. This acquisition expands our international reference laboratory presence and was accounted for as a business combination. The fair values of the assets acquired consist of customer relationship intangibles of approximately $7.4 million, with a life of 10 years; a non-compete agreement of approximately $0.8 million, with a life of 3 years; approximately $5.3 million of goodwill, representing synergies within our broader CAG portfolio; and approximately $0.1 million in net tangible liabilities. The purchase price allocation is
subject to revision as additional information becomes available regarding review of taxes and the settlement of the working capital adjustment. Goodwill related to this acquisition is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes. Pro forma information has not been presented for this acquisition because such information is not material to the financial statements. The results of operations have been included in our CAG segment since the acquisition date. The acquisition expenses were not material.

During the third quarter of 2021, we acquired the assets of a teleradiology business for approximately $5.4 million, including a contingent payment of $0.3 million. This acquisition expands our current teleradiology capability. The acquired assets primarily consist of a customer relationship intangible of approximately $1.7 million, with a weighted average life of 10 years, and approximately $3.7 million in goodwill. Goodwill related to this acquisition is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. Pro forma information has not been presented for this acquisition because such information is not material to the financial statements. The results of operations have been included in our CAG segment since the acquisition date. The acquisition expenses were not material.

During the second quarter of 2021, we acquired the assets of the ezyVet cloud-based veterinary software businesses and the shares of ezyVet US, Inc., as well as the Vet Radar business assets, for approximately $157.2 million, including an estimated contingent payment of $5.0 million. The acquired assets include the ezyVet cloud-native practice management system software and the Vet Radar cloud-based workflow management software. The acquisition expands our cloud-based software offerings to support our customers with technology solutions that raise the standards of care for patients and improve practice efficiency. The fair values of assets acquired were as follow: approximately $32.0 million in customer-related intangible with a weighted average life of 10 years; approximately $8.4 million in technology-related intangibles with a weighted average life of 6 years; approximately $2.4 million in trademarks with a weighted average life of 14 years; approximately $1.8 million in non-compete agreements with a weighted average life of 5 years; approximately $109.4 million in goodwill, representing synergies within our broader CAG portfolio; and approximately $3.2 million in net tangible assets. Goodwill has been allocated to multiple reporting units based upon the fair value of projected earnings as of the date of the acquisition. The goodwill was allocated as follows: approximately $23.4 million to IDEXX VetLab®, approximately $27.0 million to Reference Laboratories, approximately $11.1 million to Rapid Assay, and approximately $47.9 million to Veterinary Software Services. Goodwill related to this acquisition is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. Pro forma information has not been presented for this acquisition because such information is not material to the financial statements. The results of operations have been included in our CAG segment since the acquisition date. During the fourth quarter, we increased the contingent payable by $2.0 million, for a total expected payment of $7.0 million. This increase to the contingent payment is expensed as the adjustment was made after the measurement period. The acquisition expenses were approximately $2.2 million.

During the first quarter of 2021, we acquired the shares of a reference laboratory located in Switzerland for approximately $5.5 million in cash, including holdback and contingent payments of approximately $1.1 million. This acquisition expands our international reference laboratory presence and was accounted for as a business combination. The fair values of the assets acquired consist of approximately $4.3 million in intangible assets, primarily for customer relationships, which will be amortized over 9 years, approximately $1.8 million for goodwill, representing synergies within our broader CAG portfolio, and approximately $0.6 million of liabilities, including deferred taxes associated with the acquired intangible assets. Goodwill related to this acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes. Pro forma information has not been presented for this acquisition because such information is not material to the financial statements. The results of operations have been included in our CAG segment since the acquisition date. The acquisition expenses were not material.

During the fourth quarter of 2019 we acquired the assets of a multi-site reference laboratory business in the mid-west of the U.S. for $50.0 million in cash. This acquisition expands our national reference laboratory presence in the U.S., and was accounted for as a business combination. We finalized the valuation of the fair value of the assets acquired during the first quarter of 2020. The fair value of the assets acquired consists of $26.9 million in intangible assets, primarily for customer relationships, with a weighted average life of 13.8 years, $0.2 million of tangible assets, and $22.9 million of goodwill, representing synergies within our reference laboratory portfolio. The goodwill is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. Pro forma information has not been presented for this acquisition because such information is not material to the financial statements. The results of operations have been included in our CAG segment since the acquisition date. The acquisition expenses incurred were not material.
Acquisition of noncontrolling interestDuring the fourth quarter of 2021, we acquired the remaining 5% interest of our sole foreign joint venture operation for approximately $1.0 million. As a result, we no longer record any minority interest in the equity section of our consolidated balance sheet. This transaction is recorded as an equity transaction, with no gain or loss reflected in the consolidated statements of income.