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Note 4 - Acquisitions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]
4.
Acquisitions:
 
 
(a)
Ascio
 
On
March 18, 2019,
the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement to purchase all of the equity of Ascio Technologies, Inc. (“Ascio”), a domain registrar business, and all of CSC’s assets related to that business. For more information, see Note
3
- Acquisitions of the
2019
Annual Report. 
 
 
(b)
Cedar
 
In the
fourth
quarter of
2019,
the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of Cedar Holdings Group, Incorporated (“Cedar”), a fiber Internet provider business based in Durango, Colorado.  The transaction closed on
January 1, 2020,
following receipt of all regulatory approvals.  The purchase price was 
$14.1
 million, less an estimated purchase price adjustment of approximately 
$0.2
 million relating to a working capital deficit and assessment of the fair value of contingent consideration, for net purchase consideration of 
$13.9
 million. In addition to
$9.0
million cash consideration due at closing, the Company also issued
32,374
(
$2.0
million) of Tucows Inc. shares with a
two
-year restriction period at closing.  Included in the agreement is contingent consideration totaling up to
$4.0
 million, due on the
24th
and
36th
month anniversaries of the closing of the transaction dependent upon the achievement of certain milestones as defined in the Share Purchase Agreement. The fair value of the contingent consideration was determined to be
$3.1
million using a discount rate of
11.3%.
The Company has prepared a preliminary purchase price allocation of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed of Cedar based on management’s best estimates of fair value.  The final purchase price allocation
may
vary based on final appraisals, valuations and analyses of the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities. 
 
The amortization period for the customer relationships and network rights are
7
 and
15
 years, respectively.
 
The following table shows the preliminary allocation of the purchase price for Cedar to the acquired identifiable assets and liabilities assumed (
thousands of U.S. dollars
):
 
Cash Consideration, including working capital adjustment
  $
8,836
 
Share-based payment
   
2,000
 
Fair value of contingent consideration
   
3,065
 
Total estimated purchase price
   
13,901
 
         
Cash and Cash Equivalents
   
66
 
Accounts Receivables, net
   
67
 
Other current assets
   
22
 
Property and equipment
   
4,661
 
Right of use operating lease
   
18
 
Intangible assets, consisting of customer relationships and network rights
   
5,575
 
Total identifiable assets
   
10,409
 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
   
(307
)
Deferred tax liability
   
(2,207
)
Operating lease liability
   
(13
)
Total liabilities assumed
   
(2,527
)
Total net assets (liabilities) assumed
   
7,882
 
Total goodwill
 
$
6,019
 
 
The goodwill related to this acquisition is primarily attributable to synergies expected to arise from the acquisition and is
not
deductible for tax purposes.
In connection with this acquisition, the Company incurred total acquisition related costs of 
$0.1
 million, of which
nil
were included in General & Administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of Operations and comprehensive Income for the
three
months ended 
March 31, 2020
.
The following table presents selected unaudited pro forma information for the Company assuming the acquisition of Cedar had occurred as of
January 1, 2019.
This pro forma information does
not
purport to represent what the Company’s actual results would have been if the acquisition had occurred as of the date indicated or what results would be for any future periods.
 
   
Unaudited
 
   
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2019
 
         
Net revenues
  $
80,181
 
Net income
   
2,700
 
         
Basic earnings per common share
   
0.25
 
Diluted earnings per common share
  $
0.25
 
 
The amount of revenue recognized since the acquisition date included in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income statement for the
three
months ended
March 31, 2020
 is
$1.2
 million.
 
The net income recognized since the acquisition date included in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for the
three
months ended
March 31, 2020
is a loss of
$0.3
 million.