Business Acquisitions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

The Company uses acquisitions as a strategy to grow its customer base by increasing its presence in new and existing markets, expand and diversify its service offerings, enhance its technology, and acquire skilled personnel.

The Company completed the following acquisitions during the first six months of fiscal 2021, paying the purchase price in cash in each transaction: (a) an asset purchase of DailyOM, acquired on April 30, 2021, a California-based-based provider of health and wellness digital media, content and learning business; (b) a share purchase of SEOmoz, acquired on June 4, 2021, a Seattle-based provider of search engine optimization (“SEO”) solutions; and (c) an immaterial Digital Media acquisition.

The Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations since the date of each acquisition and balance sheet as of June 30, 2021, reflect the results of operations of all 2021 acquisitions. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, these acquisitions contributed $5.8 million to the Company’s revenues. Net income contributed by these acquisitions was not separately identifiable due to J2 Global’s integration activities and is impracticable to provide. Total consideration for these transactions was $91.8 million net of cash acquired and assumed liabilities and is subject to certain post-closing adjustments which may increase or decrease the final consideration paid.


Assets and Liabilities	Valuation
Accounts receivable	$	3,953
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		1,569
Property and equipment		1,838
Operating lease right-of-use assets, noncurrent		5,888
Trade names		11,514
Customer relationship		5,000
Goodwill		53,013

Other intangibles		29,801

Deferred tax asset		230
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		(2,207)

Deferred revenue		(5,664)





Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent		(7,191)
Deferred tax liability		(4,238)
Other long-term liabilities		(1,726)

Total	$	91,780

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the purchase price accounting has been finalized for EDC Systems Inc. (operating under the name “SRFax”) and other immaterial Digital Media and Cloud Services businesses. The initial accounting for the 2021 acquisitions are incomplete and subject to change. J2 Global has recorded provisional amounts which may be based upon past acquisitions with similar attributes for certain intangible assets (including trade names, software and customer relationships), preliminary acquisition date working capital and related tax items.

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recorded adjustments to the initial working capital and to the purchase accounting due to the finalization of prior period acquisitions in the Digital Media business, which resulted in a net increase in goodwill of $2.6 million. In addition, the Company recorded adjustments to the initial working capital and to the purchase accounting due to the finalization of prior period acquisitions in the Voice, Backup, Security and CPP businesses which resulted in an immaterial adjustment in goodwill. (see Note 8 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets). Such adjustments had an immaterial impact on the amortization expense within the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2021.

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and represents intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition. Goodwill recognized associated with these acquisitions during the six months ended June 30, 2021 is $53.0 million, of which $14.1 million is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

Pro Forma Financial Information for All 2021 Acquisitions

The following unaudited pro forma supplemental information is based on estimates and assumptions that J2 Global believes to be reasonable. However, this information is not necessarily indicative of the Company’s consolidated results of income in future periods or the results that actually would have been realized had J2 Global and the acquired businesses been combined companies during the periods presented. These pro forma results exclude any savings or synergies that would have resulted from these business acquisitions had they occurred on January 1, 2020. This unaudited pro forma supplemental information includes incremental intangible asset amortization and other charges as a result of the acquisitions, net of the related tax effects.

The supplemental information on an unaudited pro forma financial basis presents the combined results of J2 Global and its 2021 acquisitions as if each acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2020 (in thousands, except per share amounts):


	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2021		2020
	(unaudited)		(unaudited)
Revenues	$	856,052	$	698,299
Net income	$	95,335	$	32,803
EPS - Basic	$	2.14	$	0.69
EPS - Diluted	$	2.02	$	0.67