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ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Nov. 03, 2019
PLA  
Asset and Liability Fair Values at the Acquisition Date

On September 26, 2018, the company acquired PLA, a privately-held manufacturer of sprayers, planters, and specialty products for agriculture. PLA is based in Argentina, with manufacturing facilities in Las Rosas, Argentina and Canoas, Brazil. The total cash purchase price before the final adjustment, net of cash acquired of $1 million, was $69 million with $4 million retained by the company as escrow to secure indemnity obligations. In addition to the cash purchase price, the company assumed $30 million of liabilities. The asset and liability fair values at the acquisition date in millions of dollars follow:

September 2018

Trade accounts and notes receivable

$

3

Other receivables

14

Inventories

 

15

Property and equipment

6

Goodwill

 

38

Other intangible assets

 

22

Other assets

1

Total assets

$

99

Short-term borrowings

$

8

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

17

Deferred income taxes

5

Total liabilities

$

30

King Agro  
Asset and Liability Fair Values at the Acquisition Date

In March 2018, the company acquired King Agro, a privately held manufacturer of carbon fiber technology products with headquarters in Valencia, Spain and a production facility in Campana, Argentina. The total cash purchase price, net of cash acquired of $3 million, was $40 million, excluding a loan to King Agro of $4 million that was forgiven on the acquisition date. In addition to the cash purchase price, the company assumed $11 million of liabilities. The asset and liability fair values at the acquisition date in millions of dollars follow:

March 2018

Trade accounts and notes receivable

$

2

Other receivables

2

Inventories

 

5

Property and equipment

5

Goodwill

 

28

Other intangible assets

 

13

Total assets

$

55

Short-term borrowings

$

2

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

4

Deferred income taxes

4

Long-term borrowings

1

Total liabilities

$

11

Wirtgen Group Holding GmbH (Wirtgen)  
Asset and Liability Fair Values at the Acquisition Date

The total cash purchase price, net of cash acquired of $191 million, was $5,136 million, a portion of which is held in escrow to secure certain indemnity obligations of Wirtgen. In addition to the cash purchase price, the company assumed $1,641 million in liabilities, which represented substantially all of Wirtgen’s liabilities. The company financed the acquisition and associated transaction expenses from a combination of cash and new debt financing, which consisted of medium-term notes, including €850 million issued in September 2017. The asset and liability fair values at the acquisition date in millions of dollars follow:

December 2017

Receivables from unconsolidated affiliates

$

5

Trade accounts and notes receivable

449

Financing receivables

43

Financing receivables securitized

125

Other receivables

98

Inventories

 

1,536

Property and equipment

752

Investments in unconsolidated affiliates

19

Goodwill

 

2,068

Other intangible assets

 

1,442

Deferred income taxes

26

Other assets

 

215

Total assets

$

6,778

Short-term borrowings

$

285

Short-term securitization borrowings

127

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

719

Deferred income taxes

430

Long-term borrowings

50

Retirement benefits and other liabilities

30

Total liabilities

$

1,641

Noncontrolling interests

$

1

Identifiable Intangible Assets' Fair Values and Weighted-Average Useful Lives

The identifiable intangible assets’ fair values in millions of dollars and weighted-average useful lives in years follows:

Weighted-Average Useful Lives

Fair
Values

Customer lists and relationships

16

$

519

Technology, patents, trademarks, and other

19

$

923

Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Net Sales and Revenues and Net Income

The unaudited pro forma consolidated net sales and revenues and net income were prepared as if the acquisition closed at the beginning of fiscal year 2017 and follow in millions of dollars:

2018

2017

Net sales and revenues

$

37,822

$

32,946

Net income attributable to
Deere & Company

$

2,637

$

2,272

Blue River Technology  
Asset and Liability Fair Values at the Acquisition Date

In September 2017, the company acquired Blue River Technology (Blue River), which is based in Sunnyvale, California for an acquisition cost of approximately $284 million, net of cash acquired of $4 million and $21 million funded to escrow for post-acquisition expenses. Blue River has designed and integrated computer vision and machine learning technology to optimize the use of farm inputs. Machine learning technologies could eventually be applied to a wide range of the company’s products. The asset and liability fair values at the acquisition date in millions of dollars follow:

September 2017

Trade accounts and notes receivable

$

1

Property and equipment

2

Goodwill

 

193

Other intangible assets

 

125

Total assets

$

321

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

$

1

Deferred income taxes

36

Total liabilities

$

37