Business Combinations and Asset Acquisitions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

Acquisitions

On January 01, 2022 the Company acquired Appareo Systems, LLC (“Appareo”) for approximately $61.4 million, net of cash acquired of approximately $0.5 million, as well as indebtedness payable to the Company's former 50% joint venture with Appareo of approximately $0.9 million. Appareo is headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota and specializes in the research, development, design, and manufacture of tangible technology focused on communication, monitoring, sensing, tracking and controlling devices and systems used in the agricultural and aviation industries as well as other off-road businesses. The Company is in the process of determining the allocation of the purchase price to the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

On December 01, 2021, the Company acquired Creatives Sites Media, Inc. (“CSM”) for approximately $5.7 million. CSM is headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois and creates and designs customized mobile-enabled technology applications and websites. The acquired net assets were insignificant. The Company recorded approximately $5.7 million of goodwill associated with the acquisition. The associated goodwill has been included in the Company’s North American geographical reportable segment.

On September 10, 2021, the Company acquired Farm Robotics and Automation S.L. (“Faromatics”) for approximately €4.6 million (or approximately $5.5 million) net of approximately €0.1 million (or approximately $0.1 million) of cash and €0.8 million (or approximately $0.9 million) of escrowed cash which could be payable by the Company within 18 months of the acquisition date. Faromatics is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, and manufactures and sells ChickenBoy®, the world's first ceiling-suspended robot that monitors broiler chickens and helps farmers increase animal welfare and farm productivity. The Company recorded approximately €4.4 million (or approximately $5.2 million) of technology and approximately €1.8 million (or approximately $2.2 million) of goodwill associated with the acquisition. The associated goodwill has been included in the Company’s North American and Europe/Middle East geographical reportable segments.

On August 13, 2021, the Company acquired Headsight, LLC (“Headsight”) for approximately $16.8 million. Headsight is headquartered in Bremen, Indiana and manufactures header height sensors used in corn and grain harvesting operations. The Company recorded approximately $4.8 million of customer relationship, technology and trademark identifiable intangible assets and approximately $8.9 million of goodwill associated with the acquisition. The associated goodwill has been included in the Company’s North American geographical reportable segment.

The acquired identifiable intangible assets of Headsight and Faromatics as of the date of their respective acquisitions during 2021 are summarized in the following table (in millions):


Intangible Asset	Amount		Weighted-Average Useful Life
Customer relationships	$	3.2	7 years
Technology	6.1		10 - 15 years
Trademarks	0.7		7 years
	$	10.0

The Company allocated the purchase price of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed of the CSM, Faromatics and Headsight acquisitions based on estimates of their fair values of their respective acquisition dates. The acquired net assets related to these acquisitions generally consisted of accounts receivable, inventories, lease right-of-use assets and liabilities, property, plant and equipment, accounts payable and accrued expenses. Proforma financial information related to these acquisitions was not material to the Company's results of operations.

On September 10, 2020, the Company acquired 151 Research, Inc. for approximately $2.8 million. 151 Research develops intelligent security, remote monitoring and management and enhanced imaging solutions for grain storage operations. The acquired net assets were insignificant. The Company recorded goodwill of approximately $7.2 million associated with the acquisition. In addition, the Company agreed to further contingent consideration related to the acquisition and recorded a liability of approximately $4.4 million to reflect estimated achievement of agreed-upon targets as of the acquisition date. During 2021, the Company paid approximately $0.5 million of contingent consideration and updated the estimated achievement of related agreed-upon targets, resulting in a reversal of approximately $3.3 million of the liability. The remaining $0.8 million of contingent consideration as of December 31, 2021, included approximately $0.2 million of positive foreign currency translation impacts.