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Business combinations | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
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3 | Business combinations
3.1 | 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 US$ |
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$6,256. The fair value amount of assets and liabilities recognized as a result of the acquisition are as follows:
|  | Thousands of US$ |
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 US$ 512 . The gross contractual amount for trade receivables due is US$ 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 2021 as though the acquisition date for the business combination that occurred during the previous period had been as of the beginning of the year of 2021 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 US$ |
Cash consideration |  |  | 209 |
Less: Balances acquired |  |  |  |
Cash |  |  | (1,141 | )
Net outflow of cash – investing activities |  |  | (932 | )
3.2 | 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$1,699 which will be calculated and paid based on the Annual Recurring Revenue of Suiteshare.
The fair value amount of assets and liabilities recognized as a result of the acquisition are as follows:
|  | Thousands of US$ |
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 Group has merged Suiteshare into VTEX Brazil in 2022, therefore no deferred tax was initially recognized. 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 2021 reporting period as though the acquisition date for the business combination that occurred during the previous period had been as of the beginning of the year of 2021 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 |
3.3 | Accounts payable from acquisition of subsidiaries
The breakdown of accounts payable from acquisition of subsidiaries is as follows:
|  | December 31, 2022 |  |  | December 31, 2021 |
Fixed installment - cash |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,470 |
Earn-out - cash |  |  | 299 |  |  |  | 2,790 |
Current |  |  | 299 |  |  |  | 4,260 |
Earn-out - cash |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,163 |
Non-current |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,163 |
Total |  |  | 299 |  |  |  | 6,423 |
3.4 | Payment schedule for acquisitions of subsidiaries
As at December 31, 2022, the outstanding balances segregated by maturity are as follows:
Date |  | Amount |
2023 |  |  | 299 |
Total |  |  | 299 |
3.5 | Changes in balance payable from acquisition of subsidiaries
|  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Opening balance on January 1 |  |  | 6,423 |  |  |  | 4,000 |
Addition due to acquisition - installments |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,880 |
Addition due to acquisition - earn-out |  |  | — |  |  |  | 6,483 |
Payments of principal/finance charges - installments |  |  | (1,224 | ) |  |  | (3,556 | )
Payments of principal/finance charges - earn-out |  |  | (916 | ) |  |  | (1,378 | )
Fixed installments adjustment (i) |  |  | (362 | ) |  |  | 44 |
Earn-out adjustment (i) |  |  | (3,740 | ) |  |  | (785 | )
Accrued interest and others |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 62 |
Exchange differences |  |  | 109 |  |  |  | (327 | )
Closing balance on December 31 |  |  | 299 |  |  |  | 6,423 |
(i) | Includes adjustments in the earn-out and fixed installments, which were reflected in the Goodwill. Refer to note 14.

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