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Business combinations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
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Disclosure of business combinations [text block]
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.