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Note 2 - Acquisitions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Notes to Financial Statements

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 2 - ACQUISITIONS

On May 31, 2022, the Company acquired the assets of Fill-Rite and Sotera (“Fill-Rite”), a division of Tuthill Corporation, for cash consideration of $526.3 million. The transaction was funded with new debt consisting of $350.0 million from a senior secured term loan, $90.0 million from a subordinated unsecured loan, $5.0 million from the new revolving Credit Facility, and $81.3 million of cash on hand. Refer to “Note 10 – Financing Arrangements” for further details related to the financing completed as part of the transaction.

The Company accounted for the Fill-Rite Transaction in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805 “Business Combinations”. The results of operations for Fill-Rite are included in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income from the acquisition date. Fill-Rite had $13.5 million in net sales and $0.2 million in operating income that was included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. Operating income included $1.4 million of inventory step up amortization and $0.2 million of acquired customer backlog amortization in addition to the $1.0 million in amortization on customer relationships and developed technology.

Under the acquisition method of accounting, the assets and liabilities have been recorded at their respective estimated fair values as of the date of completion of the acquisition and reported into the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. These preliminary estimates may be revised during the measurement period as third-party valuations are finalized, additional information becomes available and as additional analyses are performed, and these differences could have a material impact on our results of operations and financial position.

The purchase price of Fill-Rite will be allocated to the acquired assets and liabilities at fair value. The following table presents the preliminary assets acquired and liabilities assumed and will be finalized pending completion of purchase accounting matters:

Accounts receivable		$	21,273
Inventory			12,214
Customer backlog (amortized within 1 year)			2,600
Other current assets			914
Property, plant, and equipment			24,505
Customer relationships (amortized over 20 years)			200,900
Technology (amortized over 20 years)			39,800
Tradenames (unamortized)			10,700
Goodwill			228,725
Total assets acquired		$	541,631
Current liabilities assumed			(15,330	)
Allocated purchase price		$	526,301

For tax purposes, the Fill-Rite acquisition was treated as an asset purchase. As such, the Company received a step-up in tax basis of the net Fill-Rite assets, equal to the purchase price.

The transaction costs related to the acquisition approximated $6.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. These costs were expensed as incurred and recorded within selling, general, and administrative expenses.

The following is supplemental pro-forma net sales, operating income, net income, and earnings per share had the Fill-Rite Acquisition occurred as of January 1, 2021 (in millions):

		Six months ended June 30,
		2022				2021
Net sales		$	286.3			$	250.0
Operating income		$	27.7			$	24.2
Net income		$	9.5			$	7.0
Earnings per share		$	0.36			$	0.27

The supplemental pro forma information presented above is being provided for information purposes only and may not necessarily reflect the future results of operations of the Company or what the results of operations would have been had the Company owned and operated Fill-Rite since January 1, 2021. The proforma results for the six months ended 2021 include $2.7 million in non-recurring costs related to inventory step up amortization and customer backlog amortization.