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Note 16 - Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Subsequent Events [Text Block]
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6
. Subsequent events:
 
 
 
(a)
On
January
20,
2017,
the Company entered i
nto a Stock Purchase Agreement with its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Tucows (Emerald), LLC, Rightside Group, Ltd., and Rightside Operating Co., pursuant to which Tucows (Emerald), LLC purchased from Rightside Operating Co. all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of eNom Incorporated, a domain name registrar business, or eNom. The purchase price was
$83.5
million in cash, less estimated purchase price adjustments of approximately
$6.8
million relating primarily to a working capital deficit. The purchase price was financed by a facility established under the terms of an Amended Credit Agreement for net consideration of
$76.7
million (note
16(b)).
The Company has prepared a preliminary purchase price allocation of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed of eNom based on management’s best estimates of fair value. The final purchase price allocation
may
vary based on final appraisals, valuations and analyses of the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities.
 
The following table shows the preliminary allocation of the purchase price for eNom, Incorporated to the acquired identifiable assets, liabilities assumed and goodwill:
 
Total purchase price
  $
76,680,000
 
         
Accounts receivable, net
   
6,000,000
 
Other current assets
   
3,580,000
 
Deferred registration costs
   
80,000,000
 
Property and equipment, net
   
4,500,000
 
Intangible assets, net
   
44,300,000
 
Total identifiable assets
   
138,380,000
 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
   
(9,700,000
)
Customer deposits
   
(6,700,000
)
Deferred revenue
   
(88,066,000
)
Total liabilities assumed
   
(104,466,000
)
Total net assets (liabilities) assumed
   
33,914,000
 
Total goodwill
  $
42,766,000
 
 
(b)
On
January
20,
2017,
concurrent with the acquisition described above, the Company entered into an Amended Credit Agreement with the Lenders and Bank of Nova Scotia (collectively the 'New Lenders') to, among other things, reduce the existing non-revolving Facility C from
$40
million to
$35
million, and establish a non-revolving credit facility of
$85
million of which
$84.5
million was drawn to fund the acquisition, working capital deficit and related transaction costs. The Amended Credit Agreement provides the Company with access to an aggregate of
$140
million in funds. Under the amended credit agreement,
the Company has agreed to comply with the following financial covenants at all times, which are to be calculated on a rolling
four
quarter basis: (i) maximum Total Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio of
3.00:1
until
September
30,
2017,
2.50:1
until
September
30,
2018
and
2.25:1
thereafter; and (ii) minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of
1.20:1.
Further, the Company's maximum annual Capital Expenditures cannot exceed
$32.8
million per year, which limit will be reviewed on an annual basis. In addition, funded share repurchases are not to exceed
$20
million, or up to
$40
million so long as the total loans related to share repurchases do not exceed
1.5
times of trailing
twelve
months EBITDA.
The amended credit agreement also provides for an additional interest rate tier if the Company exceeds a
2.25x
funded debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio and repayment terms remain unchanged for the existing facilities with the new non-revolving credit facility having a repayment term of
five
years with equal quarterly repayments commencing in
second
quarter of
2017.
 
(c)
On
February
1,
2017,
the Company exercised its call
option to purchase an additional
20%
ownership interest in Ting Virginia, LLC for consideration of
$2.0
million. The Minority Shareholders did not exercise their put option to sell their remaining
10%
ownership interest in Ting Virginia, LLC.
 
(d) On
March
1,
 
2017,
the Company announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program to repurchase up to
$40
million of its common stock in the open market. Purchases will be made exclusively through the facilities of the NASDAQ Capital Market. The stock buyback program commenced on
March
1,
 
2017
and will terminate on or before
February
28,
2018.