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ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS | 12 Months Ended
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ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS | 5. ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS US Telecom Acquisition of Sacred Wind Enterprises On November 7, 2022, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary Alloy acquired all of the issued and outstanding stock of Sacred Wind Enterprises, Inc. (“Sacred Wind”), Inc., a rural telecommunications provider in New Mexico for $44.6 million of consideration (“Sacred Wind Transaction”). The purchase price allocation was finalized during the year ended December 31, 2023. As part of the Sacred Wind Transaction, the Company transferred consideration of $16.7 million of cash, net of $9.4 million of cash acquired, $14.8 million of redeemable noncontrolling interests, and $3.7 million of contingent consideration. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company received $1.3 million as final settlement of working capital amounts. The Company funded the acquisition with borrowings under its CoBank Credit Facility and assumed $31.6 million of Sacred Wind debt, to the United States of America administered through the Rural Utilities Service. Upon completion of the Sacred Wind Transaction, the former Sacred Wind shareholders will own 6% of the Alloy equity. This equity is classified as redeemable noncontrolling interests in the Company’s financial statements because the holders have an option, beginning in 2026, to put the equity interest to a subsidiary of the Company at the then fair market value. The redeemable noncontrolling interests do not have preference relative to other equity units and participate in gains and losses in Alloy. The contingent consideration is earned based on certain operating metrics of Sacred Wind beginning in 2025 through 2027. During the year ended December 31, 2023, Sacred Wind made substantial progress toward achieving the relevant operating metrics and, as a result, the contingent consideration increased by $4.2 million to $7.9 million. Such increase in the contingent consideration is included in the Loss on Disposition of Assets and Contingent Consideration on the Company’s Consolidated Income Statement. The fair value of the contingent consideration was calculated using discounted cash flow analysis based on a range of probability weighted outcomes. ​ The table below represents the purchase price allocation of the total consideration transferred to the acquired assets and assumed liabilities based on management’s estimate of their acquisition date fair values (amounts in thousands):
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Consideration Transferred | $ | 44,560
Purchase price allocation: | ​ | ​
Cash and cash equivalents | ​ | 2,619
Restricted cash | ​ | 6,747
Current assets | ​ | 4,888
Operating lease right of use assets | ​ | 989
Fixed assets | ​ | 85,255
Intangible assets | ​ | 1,232
Current liabilities | ​ | (10,176)
Lease liabilities | ​ | (967)
Deferred taxes | ​ | (14,388)
Debt | ​ | (31,639)
Net assets acquired | $ | 44,560
​ The acquired fixed assets are comprised of telecommunication equipment located in the Southwest United States. The fixed assets were valued using the income and cost approaches. Cash flows were discounted between 7% and 12% based on the risk associated with the cash flows to determine fair value under the income approach. The fixed assets have useful lives ranging from 1 to 25 years. The intangible assets include a $0.6 million trade name. The estimated fair value of the trade name was determined using the relief from royalty method. The useful life of the trade name is 5 years. The acquired receivables consist of trade receivables incurred in the ordinary course of business. The Company expects to collect the full amount of the receivables. Other liabilities includes $6.5 million of deposits received under government grant programs and will be used to construct fixed assets in future periods. The Company’s statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2022 includes $3.3 million of revenue and $0.2 million of losses before taxes attributable to the Sacred Wind Transaction. The Company incurred $0.8 million of transaction related charges pertaining to legal, accounting, consulting services, and employee related costs associated with the transaction during the year ended December 31, 2022. Acquisition of Alaska Communications On July 22, 2021 (“Closing Date”), the Company completed the acquisition of Alaska Communications pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement whereby Alaska Communications became a consolidated subsidiary of the Company. At completion of the Merger, each Alaska Communications common share was converted into the right to receive $3.40 per share in cash representing a total value of $353.3 million of cash and consideration payable, (“Merger Consideration”). The consideration transferred consists of $339.5 million of cash, net of $11.9 million of cash and restricted cash acquired and $1.9 million of accrued consideration representing amounts payable related to stock compensation payable within one year of the close date. The cash consideration was used to purchase $186.8 million of Alaska Communications equity and repay $164.6 million of existing Alaska Communications debt. The Company funded the acquisition with cash on hand, debt, and a contribution from the Freedom 3 Investors. The Company borrowed, through multiple financing transactions a net of $283 million. On the Closing Date, the lenders advanced to Merger Sub (a) the full $210 million aggregate amount of the Alaska Term Loan (as defined below) in a single borrowing and (b) $10 million of the Alaska Revolving Facility (as defined below). The Company incurred $6.6 million of debt issuance and debt discount costs. Also, to fund the Merger Consideration in part, the Company drew a net $63.0 million under its revolving credit facility under the 2019 CoBank Credit Facility (as defined below). Lastly, the Freedom 3 Investors contributed $71.5 million in conjunction with the Merger. The Company has accounted for the Freedom 3 Investment as redeemable noncontrolling interests in its consolidated financial statements. The redeemable noncontrolling interests consists of $22.6 million of redeemable common units and $48.3 million of redeemable preferred units. The common units contain a put option allowing the holder to sell the common units to a subsidiary of the Company at the then fair market value. The put option begins at the earlier of a future initial public offering of the Alaska Communications operations or July 2028. The redeemable preferred units carry a 9% preferred dividend which compounds quarterly. The preferred units contain a put option allowing the holder to sell the preferred units to a subsidiary of the Company at the unpaid issue price plus unpaid dividends. The put option begins at the earlier of a future initial public offering of the Alaska Communications operations or July 2028. Lastly, the Company issued warrants in the Alaska Communications operations allowing the holders to purchase an additional 3% of the common units at a fixed price. As a result of the Alaska Transaction, the Company owns 52% of the common equity of Alaska Communications and controls its operations and management. The table below represents the allocation of the total consideration transferred to the acquired assets and assumed liabilities based on management’s estimate of their acquisition date fair values (amounts in thousands): ​
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Consideration Transferred | $ | 353,280
Noncontrolling interests | ​ | 470
Total value to allocate | ​ | 353,750
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Purchase price allocation: | ​ | ​
Cash and cash equivalents | ​ | 10,553
Restricted cash | ​ | 1,326
Short-term investments | ​ | 434
Accounts receivable | ​ | 30,453
Inventory, materials and supplies | ​ | 1,374
Prepayments and other current assets | ​ | 8,038
Fixed assets | ​ | 408,694
Telecommunication licenses | ​ | 683
Intangible assets | ​ | 44,333
Operating lease right-of-use assets | ​ | 60,402
Other assets | ​ | 2,387
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | ​ | (39,188)
Accrued taxes | ​ | (3,766)
Advance payments and deposits | ​ | (15,842)
Current portion of lease liabilities | ​ | (2,425)
Deferred income taxes | ​ | (17,040)
Lease liabilities, excluding current portion | ​ | (44,234)
Other liabilities | ​ | (92,432)
Net assets acquired | $ | 353,750
​ The acquired fixed assets are comprised of telecommunication equipment located in the Alaska and the Western United States. The fixed assets were valued using the income and cost approaches. Cash flows were discounted between 4% and 14% based on the risk associated with the cash flows to determine fair value under the income approach. The fixed assets have useful lives ranging from 2 to 30 years. The intangible assets consist of $34.9 million of customer relationships and $9.5 million of trade name. The intangibles were valued using an income approach based on data specific to Alaska Communications as well as market participant assumptions where appropriate. The estimated fair value of the customer relationships was determined using the multi-period excess earnings method. The estimated fair value of the trade name was determined using the relief from royalty method. The useful lives of the customer relationships and trade name are 5 and 15 years, respectively. The acquired receivables consist of trade receivables incurred in the ordinary course of business. The Company expects to collect the full amount of the receivables. Other liabilities includes $81.5 million of deferred revenue from long term customer contracts. The Company adopted ASU 2021-08 in 2021, which requires contract liabilities to be accounted for consistently with how they were recognized and measured in the acquiree’s financial statements. As a result, the acquired deferred revenue was recorded at Alaska Communications’ book value as of the Closing Date. The Company’s statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021 includes $110.5 million of revenue and $4.7 million of losses before taxes attributable to the Alaska Transaction, excluding transaction fees. The Company incurred $10.5 million of transaction related charges pertaining to legal, accounting, consulting services, and employee related costs associated with the transaction, of which $9.6 million and $0.9 million were incurred during the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The following table reflects unaudited pro forma operating results of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2021 assuming that the Alaska Transaction occurred on January 1, 2020. The unaudited pro forma amounts adjust Alaska Communications’ results to reflect the depreciation and amortization that would have been recorded assuming the fair value adjustments to fixed assets and intangible assets had been applied from January 1, 2020. Additionally, all transaction costs associated with the Alaska Transaction were recorded on January 1, 2020 in the unaudited pro forma results. Lastly, the unaudited pro forma results were adjusted to reflect changes to the acquired entities’ financial structure related to the transaction. Specifically, the pre-Close debt of $164.6 million, and associated interest, was removed and $283.0 million of transaction debt, and associated interest, was included in the unaudited pro forma results. In addition, the pro forma results included the allocation of income and accrual of preferred dividends to the redeemable noncontrolling interest. ​
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(unaudited) | ​ | Year ended December 31, 2021
​ | ​ | As | ​ | Pro-
​ | ​ | Reported | ​ | Forma
Revenue | $ | 602,707 | $ | 738,472
Net loss attributable to ATN International, Inc. Stockholders | ​ | (22,108) | ​ | (20,022)
Earnings per share: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Basic | ​ | (1.52) | ​ | (1.26)
Diluted | ​ | (1.52) | ​ | (1.26)
​ The unaudited pro forma adjustments increased net loss attributable to ATN International, Inc. Stockholders by $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The increase was due to an increase from the net income of the Alaska Communications operations excluding transaction costs less increased acquisition related depreciation and amortization expenses. The unaudited pro forma data is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the operating results that would have occurred if the acquisitions had been consummated on these dates or of future operating results of the combined company following this transaction. ​ Renewable Energy Disposition of International Solar Business In January 2021, the Company completed the sale of 67% of the outstanding equity in its business that owns and operates distributed generation solar power projects operated under the Vibrant name in India (the “Vibrant Transaction”). The post-sale results of the Company’s ownership interest in Vibrant are recorded through the equity method of accounting within the Corporate and Other operating segment. As such, the Company’s consolidated financial statements do not include revenue and operating expenses from Vibrant, but instead, “other income (expense)” within the Corporate and Other operating segment includes the Company’s share of Vibrant’s profits or losses. The Company will continue to present the historical results of its Renewable Energy segment for comparative purposes. ​
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Consideration Received | $ | 35,218
Assets and liabilities disposed | ​ | ​
Current assets | ​ | 4,899
Property, plant and equipment | ​ | 45,891
Other assets | ​ | 439
Current liabilities | ​ | (759)
Net assets disposed | $ | 50,470
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Consideration less net assets disposed | ​ | (15,252)
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Foreign currency losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income | ​ | (6,258)
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Loss on sale | ​ | (21,510)
Transaction costs | ​ | (1,283)
Loss on sale including transaction costs | $ | (22,793)
​ The Company reported a loss on sale of $21.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2020 due to the Vibrant Transaction and the assets and liabilities subject to the Vibrant Transaction were reported as held for sale at December 31, 2020. The Company recorded transaction costs of $1.3 million on the Vibrant Transaction, of which $0.7 million was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2020 and $0.6 million was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2021. The consideration received includes $19.5 million of cash and $3.9 million of receivables related to the amounts held in escrow and earn out consideration. The Company has recorded $11.8 million pursuant to an equity method investment with respect to its remaining ownership interest in Vibrant. The Company completed its assessment of earn out and escrow amounts in 2023. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded a gain of $2.6 million related to contingent consideration. During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded losses of $0.7 million and $1.6 million related to the contingent consideration assessment. During 2022, the Company received $1.8 million of amounts previously held in escrow. The Vibrant Transaction does not qualify as discontinued operations because the disposition was not a strategic shift which will have a major effect on the Company’s operations, and as a result, the historical results and financial position of the operations are presented within continuing operations.

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