Acquisitions

Acquisition of Ruud Lighting, Inc.

On August 17, 2011, the Company executed a Stock Purchase Agreement with all of the shareholders of Ruud Lighting, Inc. ("Ruud Lighting"). Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement and concurrently with the execution of the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired all of the outstanding share capital of Ruud Lighting in exchange for consideration consisting of 6.1 million shares of the Company's common stock and $372.2 million cash, subject to certain post-closing adjustments. Prior to the Company completing its acquisition of Ruud Lighting, Ruud Lighting completed the re-acquisition of its e-conolight business by purchasing all of the membership interests of E-conolight LLC ("E-conolight"). Ruud Lighting previously sold its e-conolight business in March 2010 and had been providing operational services to E-conolight since that date. In connection with the stock purchase transaction with Ruud Lighting, the Company funded Ruud Lighting's re-acquisition of E-conolight and paid off Ruud Lighting's outstanding debt in the aggregate amount of approximately $85 million. The acquisition allows the Company to expand its product portfolio into outdoor LED lighting.

The acquisitions of Ruud Lighting and E-conolight have been accounted for as business combinations in accordance with ASC 805 Business Combinations and, as such, the Ruud Lighting and E-conolight assets acquired and liabilities assumed have been recorded at their respective fair values. The determination of fair value for the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed requires extensive use of estimates and judgments. Significant estimates and assumptions include, but are not limited to: estimating future cash flows and determining the appropriate discount rate.

The total purchase price for this acquisition is as follows (in thousands):



Cash consideration paid to stockholders	$	372,235
Fair value of common stock issued by the Company ⁽¹⁾	211,040
Fair value of debt paid on behalf of stockholders	84,991
Total purchase price	$	668,266

(1) Represents 6,074,833 shares of the Company's common stock at $34.74 per share, the closing share price on August 17, 2011. The shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions under the Stock Purchase Agreement that will generally lapse with respect to 25% of the shares held (i) at the completion of the consecutive six-month period following the date of the closing of the transaction; and, (ii) at the completion of each of the following three successive six-month periods, such that all restrictions will lapse by the second anniversary of the closing.

The Company incurred total transaction costs related to the acquisition of approximately $3.6 million, of which, $3.1 million were expensed during the first quarter of fiscal 2012 in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

The purchase price for this acquisition has been preliminarily allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as follows (in thousands):



Tangible assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	3,081
Accounts receivable	25,698
Inventories	39,330
Property and equipment	45,946
Other assets	4,727
Total tangible assets	$	118,782
Intangible assets:
Developed technology	$	96,300
Customer relationships	84,820
Trade names	82,950
In-process research & development	15,050
Non-compete agreements	9,800
Goodwill	287,431
Total intangible assets	$	576,351
Liabilities assumed:
Accounts payable	$	12,943
Accrued expenses and liabilities	10,116
Warranty liabilities	2,600
Other long-term liabilities	1,208
Total liabilities assumed	$	26,867
Net assets acquired	668,266

The above estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are based on the information that was available through the balance sheet date and are provisional. The Company believes that this information provides a reasonable basis for estimating the fair values but is waiting for certain additional information necessary to finalize those amounts, which includes certain post-closing working capital and related adjustments, certain vendor related pre-acquisition contingencies, a certain insurance reimbursement, potential uncertain tax positions related to foreign subsidiaries and certain litigation that existed at the closing date. Thus, the provisional measurements of fair value reflected are subject to change.

Acquired finished goods and work-in-process inventory was valued at its estimated selling price less the sum of costs of disposal and a reasonable profit allowance for the Company's selling effort and, with respect to work-in-process inventory, estimated costs to complete. This resulted in a fair value adjustment that increased finished goods inventory approximately $1.5 million. Raw material inventory has been valued at current replacement cost, resulting in a write down of approximately $0.7 million. As the Company sells the acquired inventory, its costs of revenue will reflect the increased valuation of the inventory, which will reduce the Company's gross margins until such inventory is sold.

The identifiable assets acquired as a result of the acquisition will be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives as follows (in thousands, except for years):



	Asset Amount		Estimated Life in Years
Developed technology	$	96,300	7 to 10
Customer relationships	84,820		7 to 20
Trade names (indefinite lived)	81,520		-
Trade names (definite lived)	1,430		3
In-process research and development (1)	15,050		6 to 7
Non-compete agreements	9,800		5
Total identifiable assets	$	288,920

(1) Initially, in-process research and development ("IPR&D") is classified as indefinite-lived assets until completion or abandonment. Therefore, amortization of IPR&D does not begin until the technological and market risk(s) no longer exist. During the interim, IPR&D intangibles are subject to annual testing for impairment or when there are indicators of impairment.

The fair value of the developed technology, IPR&D and customer relationship assets were estimated using an income approach. Under this method, an intangible asset's fair value is equal to the present value of the incremental after-tax cash flows (excess earnings) attributable solely to the intangible asset over its remaining useful life. To calculate fair value, the Company used cash flows discounted at rates considered appropriate given the inherent risks associated with each type of asset. The Company believes that the level and timing of cash flows appropriately reflect market participant assumptions. The fair value of the Ruud Lighting and e-conolight trade names were estimated using an income approach, specifically known as the relief from royalty method. The relief from royalty method is based on a hypothetical royalty stream that would be paid if the Company did not own the Ruud Lighting “BetaLED” brand and had to license the Ruud Lighting and e-conolight trade names. The Company derived the hypothetical royalty income from the projected revenues of Ruud Lighting and e-conolight products. Cash flows were assumed to extend through the remaining economic useful life of each class of intangible asset.

Goodwill largely consists of geographic expansion of product sales, manufacturing and other synergies of the combined companies, and the value of the assembled workforce. The Company is currently assessing its reporting units for purposes of assessing Goodwill impairment as a result of the Ruud Lighting acquisition. This valuation is preliminary and subject to change.

As a result of the Company's U.S. tax election under Internal Revenue Code section 338(h)(10), the acquisition did not result in the recording of an opening net deferred tax position as the deferred tax asset resulting from excess tax deductible goodwill equally offsets the deferred tax liability resulting from excess book over tax basis in the underlying assets acquired.

The assets, liabilities, and operating results of Ruud Lighting have been included in the Company's consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition.

The amounts of revenue and net income of Ruud Lighting in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Income from and including August 17, 2011 to September 25, 2011 are as follows (in thousands, except per share data):



	Amounts
Revenue	$	22,343
Loss from operations	(522		)
Net loss	(664		)
Basic net loss per share	$	(0.01	)
Diluted net loss per share	$	(0.01	)

The following unaudited pro forma information presents a summary of the Company's consolidated results of operations as if the Ruud Lighting transaction occurred at the beginning of the fiscal year for the period presented (in thousands, except per share data):



	Three Months Ended
	September 25, 2011		September 26, 2010
Revenue	$	299,312	$	310,296
Income from operations	8,788		68,146
Net income	8,853		53,602
Earnings per share, basic	$	0.08	$	0.47
Earnings per share, diluted	$	0.08	$	0.46

The total revenue for Ruud Lighting included in the pro forma table above was $53.8 million and $47.3 million for the three months ended September 25, 2011 and September 26, 2010, respectively.

Acquisition of LED Lighting Fixtures, Inc.

On February 29, 2008 the Company acquired LED Lighting Fixtures, Inc. (“LLF”) through a wholly owned subsidiary that merged into Cree, Inc. on June 27, 2010. The Company acquired all of the outstanding share capital of LLF in exchange for total upfront consideration of $80.8 million, consisting of (1) $16.5 million in cash, (2) approximately 1.9 million shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $58.8 million, and (3) the assumption of fully vested LLF employee stock options valued at $4.5 million. The Company incurred transaction costs of approximately $1 million consisting primarily of professional fees incurred relating to attorneys, accountants and valuation advisors. Under the acquisition terms, additional consideration of up to $26.4 million would become payable to the former shareholders of LLF if defined product development targets and key employee retention measures were achieved over the three calendar years following the acquisition.

LLF met the conditions necessary for the earn-out payment for the calendar years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010. As a result, the Company made a cash payment in the amount of $4.4 million to the former shareholders of LLF in the third quarter of fiscal 2009, a cash payment in the amount of $8.8 million to the former shareholders of LLF in the third quarter of fiscal 2010, and a final cash payment in the amount of $13.2 million to the former shareholders of LLF in the third quarter of fiscal 2011. These incremental payments were treated as additional purchase price and resulted in an increase to goodwill in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The assets, liabilities, and operating results of LLF have been included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition and are reflected in all periods presented in the accompanying financial statements.