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Acquisition
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Acquisition  
Acquisition

3. Acquisition

On January 22, 2019, GCE acquired Orbis Education for $361,184 (inclusive of closing date adjustments and net of cash acquired).  Orbis Education is an education services company that supports healthcare education programs for 17 university partners across the United States.  Concurrent with the closing of the Acquisition, GCE entered into an amended and restated credit agreement and used $191,000 from the amended and restated credit agreement and $171,034 of operating cash flows on hand to complete the purchase.  See Note 11 of our consolidated financial statements for a description of the amended and restated credit agreement.  The fair value of the assets acquired, less the liabilities assumed exceeded the purchase price by $148,287 which was recorded as goodwill.  Transaction costs for the Acquisition for the year ended December 31, 2018 were $808 and for the three months ended March 31, 2019 were $4,088, which are included in the Loss on Transaction in our consolidated income statement.

The Acquisition was accounted for in accordance with the acquisition method of accounting.  Under this method the cost of the target is allocated to the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. The following table provides a tabular depiction of the Company’s allocation of the total purchase price to each of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the Company’s fair value estimates.

 

 

 

 

Assets acquired

    

 

 

Cash, including $300 of pledged collateral

 

$

4,793

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $0

 

$

3,236

Property and equipment

 

$

5,392

Right-of-use assets

 

$

13,069

Intangible assets

 

$

210,280

Other assets

 

$

2,793

Liabilities assumed

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

4,308

Accrued and other liabilities

 

$

4,451

Lease liability

 

$

13,069

Deferred revenue

 

$

45

Total net asset or liability purchased and assumed

 

$

217,690

 

 

 

 

Purchase price

 

$

365,977

 

 

 

 

Excess of fair value of net assets acquired over consideration given (“goodwill”)

 

$

148,287

 

The estimated fair values of current assets and liabilities were based upon their historical costs on the date of acquisition due to their short-term nature.  The majority of property and equipment were also estimated based upon historical costs as they approximated fair value.  Identified intangible assets of $210,280, consist primarily of university partner relationships that were valued at $210,000.  The fair value of university partner relationships was determined using the multiple-period excess earnings method.

The amounts recorded related to the Acquisition is subject to adjustment as the Company has not yet completed the final allocation of the purchase price.  The Company has one year from the date of the Acquisition to complete the allocation of the purchase price.

The Company has consolidated the results of operations for Orbis Education since its Acquisition on January 22, 2019.  Consolidated net revenue and consolidated net income for the three months ended March 31, 2019 include $17,481 and $380, respectively, from Orbis Education.  The following table reports pro forma information as if the Acquisition of Orbis Education had been completed at the beginning of the earliest period presented:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

    

2019

    

2018

Net revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

As Reported

 

$

197,287

 

$

275,681

Pro forma

 

$

200,537

 

$

289,255

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

  

 

 

  

As Reported

 

$

73,243

 

$

73,681

Pro forma

 

$

61,998

 

$

58,699

 

The pro forma information above for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 includes acquisition related costs in both periods, amortization of intangible assets as a result of the Acquisition, additional interest expense on the debt issued to finance the Acquisition, depreciation expense based on the estimated fair value of the assets acquired, and warrant expense and related tax effects. The pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would have occurred had the transactions been consummated on January 1, 2019 and 2018.