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Business combinations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
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Disclosure of business combinations [text block]
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Business combinations
 
3.1
Acquisition of Escuela de Internet
On October 27, 2020, the Group acquired the control of EI Education, S.A.P.I. De C.V., by purchasing 100% of the shares of that entity. Escuela de Internet is a Mexican company whose main purpose is to train professionals with digital knowledge in digital marketing, design, ecommerce and other digital skills for professionals in local and global companies.
The consolidated financial statements include the results for the period from the acquisition date.
 
a.
Consideration transferred
The cash consideration transferred was USD 0.1 (one hundred dollars).
Also was established according to the Sales and Purchase Agreement that the seller will receive a maximum earn-out of USD 402. This amount was partially paid in November 2021 and the remaining portion will be paid November 2022 and will depend on the EBITDA of Escuela de Internet from November 2020 to October 2021 and from November 2021 to October 2022. As of December 2021, the management of the Group expects not to pay the earn-out so no consideration is recognized.
The assets and liabilities recognized as a result of the acquisition are as follows:
 
    
Thousands
of USD
 
Cash and cash equivalents
     20  
Trade receivables
     4  
Prepaid expenses
     13  
Recoverable taxes
     177  
Property and equipment, net
     12  
Intellectual property
     729  
Deferred tax liabilities
     (219
Accounts payable
     (373
Loans and Financing
     (164
    
 
 
 
Taxes payable
     (316
    
 
 
 
Net identifiable assets acquired
  
 
(117
Add: goodwill
     117  
    
 
 
 
Net assets acquired
  
 
—  
 
    
 
 
 
Write-off
intangible acquired
     (117
    
 
 
 
Net assets acquired adjusted
  
 
(117
    
 
 
 
The intangible assets acquired comprises:
 
Asset
  
Valuation Methodology
    
Estimated Fair Value in
thousands of U.S. dollars
    
Estimated useful life in
years
 
Intellectual property
     Relief from Royalties        729        5  
Acquired receivables
The fair value of acquired trade receivables was USD 4. The gross contractual amount for trade receivables due is USD 4 without any loss allowance recognized on acquisition.
Revenue contribution
The acquired business contributed revenues of USD 29 to the Group for the period from October 27, to December 31, 2020.
 
b.
Purchase consideration cash outflow
 
Outflow of cash to acquire subsidiary, net of cash acquired
  
In thousands of USD
 
Cash consideration
     —    
Less: Balances acquired
        
Cash
     20  
    
 
 
 
Net inflow of cash – investing activities
  
 
20
 
    
 
 
 
3.2
Acquisition of WorkArea
On January 29, 2021, the Group acquired WebLinc Corp (“WorkArea”), a U.S.-based cloud commerce platform provider. The acquisition will allow the Group to strengthen its presence in the U.S. and Canadian markets.
The Group will leverage WorkArea’s deep commerce experience to scale growth. Among the new customers from WorkArea, there are leading retail merchants like sustainable fashion brand reformation and mattress and bedding manufacturer sleep number. With the acquisition of WorkArea customers will be able to build their marketplaces without third-party solutions. The distributed order management system of the Group will allow customers to improve their omnichannel capabilities that have become so instrumental in the past year.
The consolidated financial statements include the results of WorkArea for the period from the acquisition date.
WorkArea was merged into VTEX USA on December 1, 2021.
 
a.
Consideration transferred
Details of purchase consideration are as follows:
 
    
Thousands of USD
 
Amount paid in cash at the acquisition date (i)
     209  
Amount paid in installments in cash
     465  
Amount of
earn-out
to be paid in cash
     6,256  
    
 
 
 
Total consideration
  
 
6,930
 
    
 
 
 
 
(i)
US$ 209 was paid on the acquisition date directly to the sellers.
According to the sales and purchase agreement (“SPA”), the seller will receive a maximum
earn-out
of US$ 25 million. This
earn-out
is based on the realization of WorkArea’s future projects and the migration of customers to the VTEX platform, which should be calculated and paid in four installments, each consecutive six months following the acquisition date. At the acquisition date, the estimated
earn-out
was US$ 6,256.
The fair value amount of assets and liabilities recognized as a result of the acquisition are as follows:
    
Thousands of USD
 
Cash and cash equivalents
     1,141  
Trade receivables
     412  
Other current assets
     77  
Property and equipment
     58  
Customer relationship (i)
     6,780  
Software (i)
     310  
Right-of-use
assets (ii)
     722  
Accounts payable
     (1,212
Lease liabilities
     (446
Taxes payable
     (148
Deferred revenue
     (1,297
Loans and financing (iii)
     (8,038
Other
non-current
liabilities
     (588
Deferred tax liabilities (iv)
     (1,548
Net identifiable assets acquired
  
 
(3,777
Add: goodwill (v)
     10,707  
    
 
 
 
Net assets acquired
  
 
6,930
 
    
 
 
 
 
(i)
The intangible assets acquired comprises:
 
Asset
  
Valuation Methodology
    
Estimated Fair Value in
thousands of U.S. dollars
    
Estimated useful
life in years
 
Customer relationship
    
Multi-period excess earnings method
       6,780        8  
Software
     Relief from royalty method        310        3  
 
(ii)
The
right-of-use
comprises US$ 442 of book value plus US$ 280 of fair value related to
off-market
terms.
(iii)
The amount of US$ 7,919 was paid to a third party at the acquisition date to settle preexisting debts of WorkArea and US$ 119 was paid to a third party post-acquisition date, which VTEX assumed in the business combination.
 
(iv)
The deferred tax liabilities were calculated over the fair value amount of intangible assets and the fair value of
right-of-use.
Refer to Note 11.2 for additional details.
(v)
The goodwill is attributable to the workforce and the high profitability of the acquired business. It will not be deductible for tax purposes.
Acquired receivables
The fair value of acquired trade receivables was USD 512. The gross contractual amount for trade receivables due is USD 100 without any loss allowance recognized on acquisition.
Revenue contribution
WorkArea was merged into VTEX USA on December 1, 2021. The acquired business contributed revenues of US$ 4,103 and a net profit of US$ 104 to the Group from January 29, 2021, to December 31, 2021. The revenue of WorkArea for the current reporting period as though the acquisition date for the business combination that occurred during the period had been as of the beginning of the annual reporting period would be US$ 4,464 and a net loss of US$ 336.
 
b.
Purchase consideration cash outflow
 
Outflow of cash to acquire subsidiary, net of cash acquired
  
Thousands of USD
 
Cash consideration
     209  
Less: Balances acquired
     —    
Cash
     (1,141
    
 
 
 
Net outflow of cash – investing activities
  
 
(932
    
 
 
 
 
3.3
Acquisition of Suiteshare
On April 16, 2021, the Group signed a binding share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of Suiteshare Tecnologia da Informação Ltda shares. (“Suiteshare”), a
Brazil-based
technology company to strengthen its presence in the nascent conversational commerce segment. The transaction was closed on May 28, 2021.
The Group will work alongside the Suiteshare team, which will remain engaged post transaction to accelerate growth in conversational commerce. With the acquisition, the Group will be able to offer a geolocation-based WhatsApp conversation commerce solution with seamless integration. The Suiteshare solution has shown high conversion rates when provided to the Group’s customers, showing the cross-sell potential and customers’ interest in conversational commerce solutions.
The consolidated financial statements include the results of Suiteshare for the period from the acquisition date.
a.
Consideration transferred
Details of the purchase consideration are as follows:
 
    
Thousands of US$
 
Amount paid in cash at the acquisition date (i)
     1,816  
Amount paid in shares
     1,264  
Amount paid in installments
     151  
Amount of
earn-out
to be paid in cash (ii)
     227  
    
 
 
 
Total consideration
  
 
3,458
 
    
 
 
 
 
(i)
US$ 1,816 was paid on the acquisition date directly to the sellers.
(ii)
According to the sales and purchase agreement (“SPA”), the seller could receive a maximum
earn-out
of US$ 1,699 which will be calculated and paid based on the Annual Recurring Revenue of Suiteshare.
The fair value amount of assets and liabilities recognized as a result of the acquisition are as follows:
 
    
Thousands of USD
 
Cash and cash equivalents
     106  
Property and equipment
     4  
Client portfolio
     1  
Trademark
     220  
Non-compete
clause
     145  
Software
     1,209  
Accounts payable
     (46
Taxes payable
     (9
Net identifiable assets acquired
  
 
1,630
 
Add: goodwill
     1,828  
    
 
 
 
Net assets acquired
  
 
3,458
 
    
 
 
 
The goodwill is attributable to the workforce and synergies of the acquired business. At the acquisition date, goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes. The acquisition was made to merge Suiteshare into VTEX Brazil. The Group has a plan to merge Suiteshare into VTEX Brazil in 2022, therefore no deferred tax is recognized. The deferred tax liabilities over other intangibles were not recognized as the Company has a plan to merge the acquired entity into VTEX Brazil. After the merger, the Company will record deferred tax liabilities related to the amortization of the goodwill of Suiteshare.
Revenue contribution
The acquired business contributed revenues of US$ 401 and a net profit of US$ 66 to the Group from May 28, 2021, to December 31, 2021. The revenue of Suiteshare for the current reporting period as though the acquisition date for the business combination that occurred during the period had been as of the beginning of the annual reporting period would be US$ 592 and a net profit of US$ 102.
 
b.
Purchase consideration cash outflow
 
Outflow of cash to acquire subsidiary, net of cash acquired
  
Thousands of US$
 
Cash consideration
     1,816  
Less: Balances acquired
     —    
Cash
     (106
    
 
 
 
Net outflow of cash – investing activities
  
 
1,710
 
    
 
 
 
 
3.4
Accounts payable from acquisition of subsidiaries
 
    
December 31, 2021
    
December 31, 2020
 
Fixed installment—cash
     1,470        2,049  
Fixed installment—shares
     —          203  
Earn-out—cash
     2,790        323  
Earn-out—shares
     —          194  
Earn-out—cash
or shares
     —          25  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Current
  
 
4,260
 
  
 
2,794
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Fixed installment—cash
     —          1,206  
Earn-out—cash
     2,163        —    
Earn-out—share
     —          —    
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Non-current
  
 
2,163
 
  
 
1,206
 
Total
  
 
6,423
 
  
 
4,000
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
3.5
Payment schedule for acquisitions of subsidiaries
As of December 31, 2021, the outstanding balances segregated by maturity are as follows: 
 
Date
  
Thousands of USD
 
2022      4,260  
2023      2,163  
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
6,423
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.6
Changes in balance payable from acquisition of subsidiaries
 
    
2021
    
2020
 
At January 1
  
 
4,000
 
  
 
9,433
 
Addition due to acquisition—installments
  
 
1,880
 
  
 
  
 
Addition due to acquisition –
earn-out
  
 
6,483
 
  
 
  
 
Payments of principal/finance charges—installments
  
 
(3,556
  
 
(2,242
Payments of principal/finance charges –
earn-out
  
 
(1,378
  
 
(1,254
Fixed installments adjustment
  
 
44
 
  
 
  
 
Earn-out
adjustment
  
 
(785
  
 
(724
Accrued interest and others
  
 
62
 
  
 
679
 
Exchange rate differences
  
 
(327
  
 
(1,892
At December 31
  
 
6,423
 
  
 
4,000