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ACQUISITIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
ACQUISITIONS  
ACQUISITIONS

4. ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

 

International Telecom

 

KeyTech Limited

 

On May 3, 2016, the Company completed its acquisition of a controlling interest in KeyTech Limited  (“KeyTech”), a publicly held Bermuda company listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (“BSX”) that provides broadband and cable television services and other telecommunications services to residential and enterprise customers under the “Logic” name in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands (the “KeyTech Transaction”). KeyTech also owned a minority interest of approximately 43% in the Company’s consolidated subsidiary, Bermuda Digital Communications Ltd. (“BDC”), which provides wireless services in Bermuda under the “CellOne” name. As part of the transaction, the Company contributed its ownership interest of approximately 43% in BDC and $41.6 million in cash in exchange for a 51% ownership interest in KeyTech. As part of the transaction, BDC was merged with and into a company within the KeyTech group and the approximate 15% interest in BDC held, in the aggregate, by BDC’s minority shareholders was converted into the right to receive common shares in KeyTech. Following the transaction, BDC is now wholly owned by KeyTech, and KeyTech continues to be listed on the BSX. A portion of the cash proceeds that KeyTech received upon closing was used to fund a one-time special dividend to KeyTech's pre-transaction shareholders and to retire KeyTech’s subordinated debt. On May 3, 2016, the Company began consolidating the results of KeyTech within its financial statements in its International Telecom segment.

 

The KeyTech Transaction was accounted for as a business combination of a controlling interest in KeyTech in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”), and the acquisition of an incremental ownership interest in BDC in accordance with ASC 810, ConsolidationThe total purchase consideration of $41.6 million of cash was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their estimated fair values as of the date of the acquisition.  The table below represents the allocation of the consideration transferred to the net assets of KeyTech and incremental interest acquired in BDC based on their acquisition date fair values (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consideration Transferred

 

 

Cash consideration - KeyTech

$
34,518

 

Cash consideration - BDC

7,045

 

Total consideration transferred

41,563

 

Non-controlling interests - KeyTech

32,909

 

Total value to allocate

$
74,472

 

Value to allocate KeyTech

67,427

 

Value to allocate - BDC

7,045

 

 

 

 

Purchase price allocation KeyTech:

 

 

Cash

8,185

 

Accounts receivable

6,451

 

Other current assets

3,241

 

Property, plant and equipment

100,892

 

Identifiable intangible assets

10,590

 

Other long term assets

3,464

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

(16,051)

 

Advance payments and deposits

(6,683)

 

Current debt

(6,429)

 

Long term debt

(28,929)

 

Net assets acquired

74,731

 

 

 

 

Gain on KeyTech bargain purchase

$
7,304

 

 

 

 

Purchase price allocation BDC:

 

 

Carrying value of BDC non-controlling interest acquired

2,940

 

 

 

 

Excess of purchase price paid over carrying value of non-controlling interest acquired

$
4,105

 

 

The acquired property, plant and equipment is comprised of telecommunication equipment located in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.   The property, plant and equipment was valued using the income and cost approaches.  Cash flows were discounted at approximately 15% rate to determine fair value under the income approach.  The property, plant and equipment have useful lives ranging from 3 to 18 years and the customer relationships acquired have useful lives ranging from 9 to 12 years.  The fair value of the non-controlling interest was determined using the income approach and a discount rate of approximately 15%.  The acquired receivables consist of trade receivables incurred in the ordinary course of business.  The Company expects to collect the full amount of the receivables.

 

The purchase price and resulting bargain purchase gain are the result of the market conditions and competitive environment in which KeyTech operates along with the Company's strategic position and resources in those same markets.  Both companies realized that their combined resources would accelerate the transformation of both companies to better serve customers in these markets.  The bargain purchase gain is included in operating income in the accompanying income statement for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. 

 

The Company’s statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 includes $34.7 million of revenue and $1.9 million of income before taxes attributable to the KeyTech Transaction.  The Company incurred $4.3 million of transaction related charges pertaining to legal, accounting and consulting services associated with the transaction, of which $3.3 million were incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Innovative

 

On July 1, 2016, the Company completed its acquisition of all of the membership interests of Caribbean Asset Holdings LLC (“CAH”), the holding company for the Innovative group of companies operating cable television, Internet, wireless and landline services in the U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands and St. Maarten (“Innovative”), from the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (“CFC”). The Company acquired the Innovative operations for a contractual purchase price of $145 million, reduced by purchase price adjustments of $4.9 million (the “Innovative Transaction”).  In connection with the transaction, the Company financed $60 million of the purchase price with a loan from an affiliate of CFC, the Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative (“RTFC”) on the terms and conditions of a Loan Agreement by and among RTFC, CAH and ATN VI Holdings, LLC, the parent entity of CAH and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.  The Company funded $50.9 million of the purchase price in cash and will pay $27.8 million to fund Innovative’s pension and other postretirement benefit obligations in the fourth quarter of 2016. At September 30, 2016 approximately $1.4 million of purchase price was accrued to settle working capital adjustments.  Following the purchase, the Company’s current operations in the U.S. Virgin Islands under the “Choice” name will be combined with Innovative to deliver residential and business subscribers a full range of telecommunications and media services.  On July 1, 2016, the Company began consolidating the results of Innovative within its financial statements in its International Telecom segment.

 

The Innovative Transaction was accounted as a business combination in accordance with ASC 805.  The consideration transferred of $112.3 million, and used for the purchase price allocation, differed from the contractual purchase price of $145.0 million, due to certain GAAP purchase price adjustments including a reduction of $4.9 million related to working capital adjustments and the Company agreeing to subsequently settle assumed pension and other postretirement benefit  liabilities of $27.8 million.  As of September 30, 2016, the Company transferred consideration of $112.3 million which was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their estimated fair values as of the date of the acquisition.  The table below represents the allocation of the consideration transferred to the net assets of Innovative based on their acquisition date fair values:

 

 

 

 

Consideration Transferred

$
112,301

 

Non-controlling interests

221

 

Total value to allocate

112,522

 

 

 

 

Preliminary Purchase price allocation:

 

 

Cash

4,229

 

Accounts receivable

6,553

 

Materials & supplies

6,533

 

Other current assets

2,286

 

Property, plant and equipment

108,284

 

Telecommunication licenses

7,623

 

Goodwill

20,586

 

Intangible assets

7,800

 

Other Assets

4,394

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

(15,889)

 

Advance payments and deposits

(7,793)

 

Deferred tax liability

(2,935)

 

Pension and other postretirement benefit liabilities

(29,149)

 

Net assets acquired

$
112,522

 

 

The acquired property, plant and equipment is comprised of telecommunication equipment located in the U.S Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands and St. Maarten.  The property, plant and equipment was valued using the income and cost approaches.  Cash flows were discounted between 14% and 25% based on the risk associated with the cash flows to determine fair value under the income approach.  The property, plant and equipment have useful lives ranging from 1 to 18 years and the customer relationships acquired have useful lives ranging from 9 to 16 years.  The fair value of the non-controlling interest was determined using the income approach and a discount rates ranging from 15% to 25%.  The acquired receivables consist of trade receivables incurred in the ordinary course of business.  The Company expects to collect the full amount of the receivables.

 

The goodwill generated from the Innovative Transaction is primarily related to value placed on the acquired employee workforces, service offerings, and capabilities of the acquired businesses as well as expected synergies from future combined operations.  The goodwill is not deductible for income tax purposes.

 

The Company also acquired Innovative’s pension and other postretirement benefit plans as part of the transaction.  The plans cover employees located in the U.S. Virgin Islands and consist of noncontributory defined benefit pension plans and noncontributory defined medical, dental, vision and life benefit plans.  As noted above, the contractual purchase price included an adjustment related to the funded status of Innovative’s pension and other postretirement benefit plans.  As contemplated by the transaction, the Company will contribute approximately $27.8 million during the fourth quarter of 2016 to certain Innovative pension and other postretirement benefit plans.  Due to the Company’s intent and the specific nature of this commitment, the amount is classified as restricted cash at September 30, 2016.  The funded status of the pension plans as of June 30, 2016 is detailed in the table below (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defined Benefit Pension Plans

 

Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Fair value of plan assets

$

45,117

 

$

 -

 

Benefit obligations

 

69,178

 

 

5,472

 

Funded status at June 30, 2016

$

(24,061)

 

$

(5,472)

 

 

 

The Company recorded a liability equal to the funded status of the plans in its purchase price allocation.  Discount rates between 3.6% and 3.9% were used to determine the benefit obligation.  The Company is currently evaluating the net periodic pension expense which will be impacted by the Company’s contributions to the plans in the fourth quarter of 2016.

 

The Company’s statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 includes $26.5 million of revenue and $1.4 million of income before taxes attributable to the Innovative Transaction.  The Company incurred $4.3 million of transaction related charges pertaining to legal, accounting and consulting services associated with the transaction, of which $2.4 million were incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Disposition

 

In September 2016, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Innovative cable operations located in St. Maarten. The sales price is subject to certain closing adjustments and is expected to approximate the carrying value of the assets. The transaction is subject to certain regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2016. 

 

 

Pro forma Results

 

The following table reflects unaudited pro forma operating results of the Company for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and September 30, 2015 assuming that the KeyTech and Innovative Transactions occurred at the beginning of each period presented.  No pro forma adjustments were made to the results for the three months ended September 30, 2016 because the transactions were complete at the beginning of that period.  The pro forma amounts adjust KeyTech’s and Innovative’s results to reflect the depreciation and amortization that would have been recorded assuming the fair value adjustments to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets had been applied from January 1, 2015.  Also, the pro forma results were adjusted to reflect changes to the acquired entities’ financial structure related to the transaction.  KeyTech’s results reflect the retirement of $24.7 million of debt.  Innovative’s results reflect the retirement of $185.5 million of debt and the addition of $60 million of purchase price debt.  Finally, ATN’s results were adjusted to reflect ATN’s incremental ownership in BDC. 

 

The pro forma results for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 include $5.4 million of impairment charges, $4.3 recorded by KeyTech and $1.1 million recorded by Innovative. The pro forma results for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 include $168.7 million of impairment charges, $85.6 million recorded by KeyTech and $83.1 million recorded by Innovative.  Amounts are presented in thousands, except per share data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

As

 

Pro-

 

As

 

Pro-

 

As

 

Pro-

 

 

 

Reported

 

Forma

 

Reported

 

Forma

 

Reported

 

Forma

 

Revenue

$

96,782

$

146,074

$

328,471

$

407,096

$

272,453

$

415,501

 

Net Income attributable to ATN International, Inc. Stockholders

 

6,576

 

6,566

 

10,206

 

12,767

 

12,757

 

(101,631)

 

Earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

0.41

 

0.41

 

0.63

 

0.79

 

0.79

 

(6.35)

 

Diluted

 

0.41

 

0.41

 

0.63

 

0.79

 

0.79

 

(6.30)

 

 

The unaudited pro forma data is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the operating resulted that would have occurred if the acquisitions had been consummated on these dates or of future operating results of the combined company following this transaction.  

 

U.S. Telecom

 

In July 2016, the Company acquired certain telecommunications fixed assets and the associated operations in the western United States.  The acquisition qualified as a business combination for accounting purposes.  The Company transferred $9.1 million of cash consideration in the acquisition.  The consideration transferred was preliminarily allocated to approximately $10.2 million of acquired fixed assets and $1.7 million to other net liabilities, resulting in goodwill of $0.6 million. Results of operations for the business are included in the U.S. Telecom segment and are not material to the Company’s historical results of operations. 

 

Renewable Energy

 

Vibrant Energy

 

On April 7, 2016, the Company completed its acquisition of a solar power development portfolio in India from Armstrong Energy Global Limited (“Armstrong”), a well-known developer, builder, and owner of solar farms (the “Vibrant Energy Acquisition”). The business operates under the name Vibrant Energy.  The Company also retained several Armstrong employees in the UK and India who are employed by the Company to oversee the development, construction and operation of the India solar projects. The projects to be developed initially are located in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and are based on a commercial and industrial business model, similar to the Company’s existing renewable energy operations in the United States.  As of April 7, 2016, the Company began consolidating the results of Vibrant Energy in its financial statements within its Renewable Energy segment.

 

The Vibrant Energy Acquisition was accounted for as a business combination in accordance with ASC 805.  The total purchase consideration of $6.2 million cash was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their estimated fair values as of the date of the acquisition.  The table below represents the allocation of the consideration transferred to the net assets of Vibrant Energy based on their acquisition date fair values (in thousands):

 

 

 

Consideration Transferred

$
6,193

 

 

 

 

Purchase price allocation:

 

Cash

$
136

Prepayments and other assets

636

Property, plant and equipment

7,321

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

(5,179)

Goodwill

3,279

Net assets acquired

$
6,193

 

 The consideration transferred includes $3.5 million paid and $2.7 million payable at future dates, which is contingent upon the passage of time and achievement of initial production milestones which are considered probable.  The acquired property, plant and equipment is comprised of solar equipment and the accounts payable and accrued liabilities consists mainly of amounts payable for certain asset purchases.  The fair value of the property, plant, and equipment was based on recent acquisition costs for the assets, given their recent purchase dates from third parties.  The goodwill is not deductible for income tax purposes and primarily relates to the assembled workforce of the business acquired.

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 the Vibrant Energy Acquisition accounted for $0.3 million of the Company’s revenue.  The Company incurred $11.2 million of transaction related charges pertaining to legal, accounting and consulting services associated with the transaction, of which $9.9 million were incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.  Results of operations for the business are not material to the Company’s historical results of operations.