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Acquisitions, Divestitures and Licensing Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Acquisitions, Divestitures and Licensing Transactions
Note 5: Acquisitions, Divestiture and Licensing Transactions

The Company pursues strategic acquisitions and divestitures from time to time to leverage its existing capabilities and further build its business. Acquisition costs are not included as components of consideration transferred and instead are accounted for as expenses in the period in which the costs are incurred. During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred acquisition and divestiture related costs of approximately $1.0 million and $11.3 million, respectively, which are included in operating expenses in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. The decrease in 2020 was due to the lack of any significant acquisition-related activities.

Pending Acquisition of Manufacturing Facility and Related Assets

On April 22, 2019, the Company entered into the Asset Purchase Agreement with GFUS and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. pursuant to which the Company will acquire GFUS’s East Fishkill, New York site and fabrication facilities and certain other assets and liabilities on or around the Closing Date, subject to certain conditions, for the Total Consideration of $400.0 million. On April 22, 2019, the Company paid GFUS $70.0 million of the Total Consideration in cash as a non-refundable deposit, which will be applied toward and reduce the Total Consideration.

Also on April 22, 2019, the parties entered into certain ancillary agreements pursuant to which, the Company will be provided with technology transfer and development services as well as foundry services prior to the Closing Date, and GFUS will be
provided foundry services for a limited period of time following the Closing Date, and the Company paid GFUS a license fee of $30.0 million in cash for certain technology. This amount has been recorded as an intangible asset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

On October 1, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment to the APA Amendment pursuant to which the Company paid GFUS a non-refundable deposit in the amount of $100.0 million in cash on October 5, 2020 (the "Additional Deposit"). The Additional Deposit will be applied toward and reduce the Total Consideration, and the remaining $230.0 million of the Total Consideration will be paid on or around the Closing Date. Other terms and conditions of the Asset Purchase Agreement remain unchanged. In connection with the APA Amendment, the Company also entered into an amendment to an ancillary agreement relating to the provision of foundry services entered into in connection with the execution of the Asset Purchase Agreement, which provides the Company certain additional tools and flexibility in its capital expenditures and manufacturing plans for 2021.

2019 Acquisition

On June 19, 2019, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Quantenna, a global leader and innovator of high performance Wi-Fi solutions, whereby Quantenna became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The acquisition of Quantenna created a strong platform for addressing connectivity solutions for industrial IoT by combining the Company's expertise in power management and Bluetooth technologies with Quantenna's Wi-Fi technologies and software capabilities. Following the acquisition, Quantenna changed its name to ON Semiconductor Connectivity Solutions, Inc.

The purchase price consideration for the acquisition totaled $1,039.3 million, and was funded by a combination of a draw of $900.0 million against the Revolving Credit Facility and cash on hand. From the closing date of the Quantenna acquisition through December 31, 2019, the Company recognized approximately $84.8 million in revenue and $39.3 million in net loss relating to Quantenna, which included the amortization of fair market value step-up of inventory and intangible assets and restructuring charges. The operations of Quantenna have since been integrated with that of the Company.

The following table presents the allocation of the purchase price of Quantenna for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their relative fair values, which was finalized during the year ended December 31, 2019 (in millions):

Purchase Price Allocation
Cash and cash equivalents$133.4 
Receivables22.2 
Inventories41.8 
Other current assets4.3 
Property, plant and equipment16.9 
Goodwill726.7 
Intangible assets (excluding IPRD)87.1 
IPRD23.8 
Deferred tax assets29.2 
Other non-current assets12.7 
Total assets acquired1,098.1 
Accounts payable22.6 
Other current liabilities17.5 
Deferred tax liabilities3.3 
Other non-current liabilities15.4 
Total liabilities assumed58.8 
Net assets acquired/purchase price$1,039.3 

Acquired intangible assets of $110.9 million include developed technology of $58.3 million (which are estimated to have a useful life of eight years). The value assigned to developed technology was determined using the income approach. The total weighted average amortization period for the acquired intangibles is eight years.
IPRD assets are amortized over the estimated useful life of the assets upon successful completion of the related projects. The value assigned to IPRD was determined by estimating the net cash flows from the projects when completed and discounting the net cash flows to their present value using a discount rate of approximately 12.0%. The cash flows from IPRD’s significant products commenced from 2020 onwards.

The acquisition produced $726.7 million of goodwill, which has been assigned to a reporting unit within ASG. The goodwill is attributable to a combination of Quantenna's assembled workforce, expectations regarding a more meaningful engagement by the customers due to the scale of the combined company and other product and operating synergies. Goodwill arising from the Quantenna acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes.

Pro-Forma Results of Operations

Unaudited pro-forma consolidated results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 is not required because the results of the acquired business are included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for this period. The following unaudited pro-forma consolidated results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 have been prepared as if the acquisition of Quantenna had occurred on January 1, 2018 and includes adjustments for amortization of intangibles, interest expense from financing, restructuring, and the effect of purchase accounting adjustments including the step-up of inventory (in millions, except per share data):

Year Ended
December 31, 2019December 31, 2018
Revenue$5,613.2 $6,098.8 
Net income218.2 567.2 
Net income attributable to ON Semiconductor Corporation216.0 564.7 
Net income per common share attributable to ON Semiconductor Corporation:
   Basic0.53 1.33 
   Diluted0.52 1.30 

2018 Acquisition

On May 8, 2018, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of SensL, a company specializing in SiPM, single photon avalanche diode and LiDAR sensing products for the automotive, medical, industrial and consumer markets, for $71.6 million, funded with cash on hand. This acquisition positioned the Company to extend its products in automotive sensing applications for ADAS and autonomous driving by adding LiDAR capabilities to the Company’s existing capabilities in imaging and radar.

The following table presents the allocation of the purchase price of SensL for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair values (in millions):
Purchase Price Allocation
Current assets (including cash and cash equivalents of $0.7)
$4.2 
Property, plant and equipment and other non-current assets1.8 
Goodwill18.9 
Intangible assets (excluding IPRD)31.4 
IPRD20.0 
Total assets acquired76.3 
Current liabilities0.7 
Other non-current liabilities4.0 
Total liabilities assumed4.7 
Net assets acquired/purchase price$71.6 

Acquired intangible assets of $31.4 million include developed technology of $30.0 million (which are estimated to have a
weighted-average useful life of seven years). The total weighted average amortization period for the acquired intangibles is seven years. IPRD assets are amortized over the estimated useful life of the assets upon successful completion of the related projects. The value assigned to IPRD was determined by estimating the net cash flows from the projects when completed and discounting the net cash flows to their present value using a discount rate of 30.0%. The cash flows from IPRD’s significant products commenced in 2019.

The acquisition produced $18.9 million of goodwill, which was allocated to ISG. Goodwill is attributable to a combination of SensL’s assembled workforce, expectations regarding a more meaningful engagement by the customers due to the scale of the combined company and other product and operating synergies. Goodwill arising from the SensL acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes.

Unaudited pro-forma consolidated results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 is not included considering the significance of the acquisition to the results of the Company.

2018 Divestiture

On June 25, 2018, the Company divested the transient voltage suppressing diodes business it acquired from Fairchild to TSC America, Inc. for $5.6 million in cash and recorded a gain of $4.6 million after writing off the carrying values of the assets and liabilities disposed. There were certain other insignificant transactions resulting in a total gain of $5.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2018.

Licensing Transactions

During 2016 and 2017, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with Huaian Imaging Device Manufacturer Corporation ("HIDM") pursuant to which the Company provided perpetual, non-exclusive licenses relating to certain technologies to HIDM and recognized $10.0 million of licensing income during the year ended December 31, 2018.

On November 29, 2017, the Company and QST Co. Ltd ("QST") entered into an IP license and technology transfer agreement ("IP Agreement") to grant QST patent licenses and IP rights to certain of the Company’s technologies. Pursuant to the IP Agreement, QST receives perpetual, worldwide, nonexclusive and nontransferable patents licenses and IP rights upon the payment of license fees of which the Company recognized licensing income of $22.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. The Company also recognized certain insignificant amounts of licensing income relating to other transactions during the year ended December 31, 2018.