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Note O - Acquisition of Metropolitan Trucking
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements  
Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE O:   ACQUISITION OF METROPOLITAN TRUCKING

On June 14, 2022, subsidiaries of the Company, Met Express, Inc. and Costar Equipment, Inc. (collectively, the “Buyer”), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Metropolitan Trucking, Inc. and related subsidiaries. Metropolitan Trucking, Inc. was a truckload carrier headquartered in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, providing asset-based dry van truckload transportation services, including local, regional, and dedicated services. The acquisition has been determined to be a business combination.

 

Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Buyer acquired substantially all the assets and assumed certain specified liabilities of Metropolitan Trucking, Inc., and its related entities (the “Transaction”). The Buyer paid $79.9 million of total consideration, including cash and certain assumed indebtedness of Metropolitan Trucking, Inc., and its related entities. The Transaction closed on June 14, 2022.

 

Total cash paid of $64.3 million was funded out of the Company’s available cash. The Transaction included the assumption of $12.6 million of indebtedness and $2.9 million of other current liabilities. The Asset Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, escrow, and indemnification provisions.

 

The results of the acquired business have been included in the condensed consolidated financial statements since the date of acquisition and represented 13.7% of consolidated total assets as of March 31, 2023, and represented 9.5% of revenues excluding fuel surcharge for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

 

The allocation of the purchase price is detailed in the tables below.

 

The assets and liabilities associated with the acquisition were recorded at their fair values as of the acquisition date and the amounts are as follows:

 

   

(in thousands)

 
         

Trade and other accounts receivable

  $ 10,821  

Other current assets

    316  

Property and equipment

    68,722  

Total assets

    79,859  

Accounts payable

    (2,915 )

Long-term debt

    (12,627 )

Total cash paid

  $ 64,317