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Acquisitions and Divestitures
12 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2018
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Acquisitions and Divestitures
Acquisitions and Divestitures

In the third quarter of 2018, the Corporation acquired a small hearth products company resulting in a preliminary goodwill valuation of $3.4 million. The remaining assets and liabilities recorded in the third quarter of 2018 were not material to the Corporation's financial statements. The Corporation will finalize the allocation of the purchase price over the next few quarters based on the final purchase price and fair value adjustments.

OFM
On January 29, 2016, the Corporation acquired OFM, an office furniture company, with annual sales of approximately $30 million at a purchase price of $34.1 million, net of cash acquired, in an all cash transaction. The Corporation finalized the allocation of the purchase price during fourth quarter 2016. There were $15 million of intangible assets other than goodwill associated with this acquisition with estimated useful lives ranging from three to 10 years with amortization recorded on a straight-line basis based on the projected cash flow associated with the respective intangible assets. There was $14 million of goodwill associated with this acquisition. The goodwill is deductible for income tax purposes.

Office Furniture Dealerships
As part of the Corporation's ongoing business strategy, it continues to acquire and divest small office furniture dealerships, for which impact is not material to the Corporation's financial statements.

Artcobell
The Corporation completed the sale of substantially all the assets of ArtcoBell Corporation ("Artcobell"), a K-12 education furniture business, on December 31, 2016. A pre-tax non-cash charge of approximately $23 million and a $10 million long-term note receivable, which was included in "Other Assets" in the Corporation's Consolidated Balance Sheets in Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, were recorded in relation to the sale. Artcobell had been included as part of the Corporation's office furniture segment. As of December 30, 2017, a valuation allowance was recorded against the long-term note receivable. The Corporation is not required to make any payments and recorded an immaterial recovery in the fourth quarter of 2018.