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ASSET ACQUISITIONS AND BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
ASSET ACQUISITIONS AND BUSINESS COMBINATIONS  
Asset Acquisitions And Business Combinations

7. ASSET ACQUISITIONS AND BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

 

Original Hemp asset acquisition

On March 1, 2023, the Company completed its acquisition of all the assets operating under the brand “Original Hemp”. The Company analyzed the acquisition under ASU 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business, determining Original Hemp did not meet the definition of a business as it did not have inputs, processes, and outputs in place that constituted a business under Topic 805. As a result, the transaction has been accounted for as an asset acquisition whereby all of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed are assigned a carrying amount based on relative fair values. Total purchase consideration was $0.3 million.

 

As consideration for the purchased assets of Original Hemp, the Company will pay an amount equal to 50% of the net profits received in connection with the sale of Original Hemp products until such a time that the Company will have paid a total of $0.2 million. Once the Company has paid $0.2 million, the Company will pay an amount equal to 10% of the net profits received in connection with the sale of Original Hemp products until such a time that the Company will have paid an additional amount of $0.4 million. As these entire amounts are considered contingent consideration, it was valued using discounted cash flow models utilizing two different rates, high and low. The significant inputs to the valuation include the estimated seven-year time period to accumulate the $0.6 million maximum payment and discount rates of 31.5%, high, and 17.0%, low, to estimate the present value of the future cash outflows. The resulting acquisition date fair value of $0.3 million contingent purchase consideration is classified within the contingent purchase considerations line on the statement of financial position. At March 31, 2023, the remaining balance outstanding was $0.3 million.

 

The purchase is accounted for as an asset acquisition with amounts allocated as at the acquisition date to each major class of assets as follows:

 

Inventory

 

$109

 

Intangible asset

 

 

194

 

Total net assets acquired

 

$303

 

Franchise Global Health Inc. (“FGH”) business combination

On December 23, 2022, the Company completed its acquisition of all the issued and outstanding common shares (the “Franchise Common Shares”) of FGH, a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, by way of a statutory plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia). FGH, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, is a multi-national operator in the medical cannabis and pharmaceutical industry with principal operations in Germany. The Company acquired FGH to expand its product offerings, accelerate its revenue growth, expand its customer and distribution capabilities in Germany and to improve synergies and cost savings.

 

The purchase consideration was comprised of 43,525,951 of Flora’s common shares (the “Flora Shares”), valued at $9.8 million, inclusive of a 7.5% fair value discount for the required ninety (90) day restrictive legend on the Flora Shares delivered to the former shareholders of FGH.

 

The purchase is accounted for as a business combination with amounts recognized as at the acquisition date for each major class of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are as follows:

 

Current assets

 

 

 

Cash

 

$730

 

Trade receivables

 

 

2,271

 

Inventory

 

 

2,019

 

Indemnity receivables

 

 

3,415

 

Prepaid assets

 

 

139

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current assets

 

 

 

 

Property, plant, and equipment

 

 

452

 

Right of use assets

 

 

115

 

Intangible asset

 

 

6,102

 

Goodwill

 

 

3,716

 

Total assets

 

$18,959

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

Trade payables and accrued liabilities

 

$(6,245)

Current lease liabilities

 

 

(98)

Current portion of debt

 

 

(1,062)

 

 

 

 

 

Long term lease liability

 

 

(21)

Deferred tax

 

 

(1,717)

Total liabilities

 

$(9,143)

Total net assets acquired

 

$9,816

 

 

The amounts shown are provisional. The Company has a measurement period of one year following the acquisition date on December 23, 2022 to adjust the provisional amounts recognized for any new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date that, if known, would have resulted in the recognition of additional assets or liabilities, or affected the measurement of the amounts recognized as of that date.

 

As part of the acquisition terms, Clifford Starke, our current President and a Director and the former Chief Executive Officer of FGH, together with certain affiliated entities under his control, entered into an agreement pursuant to which they agreed to indemnify the Company for certain potential liabilities of FGH and its subsidiaries, up to a maximum of $5.0 million. A total of $3.4 million of liabilities were recognized in the trade payables and accrued liabilities of FGH on the date of acquisition that were subject to this indemnification obligation. The Company believes it will be fully indemnified by the former CEO of FGH, and, as such, has recorded $3.4 million of indemnification receivables. The indemnified losses include:

 

 

1.

any losses that are related to the ownership or the operation of FGH and its Canadian subsidiaries, in each case prior to the closing of the Arrangement, that are unknown to the Company and that: (i) have not been disclosed or accounted for in FGH filings; or (ii) have not been disclosed in the FGH Disclosure Letter, in each case as at the date of the Arrangement Agreement;

 

 

 

 

2.

any losses that may arise from amounts owed or that may become owed to certain persons or in respect of certain matters identified in the indemnity agreement, as amended; and

 

 

 

 

3.

any fraud, intentional misrepresentation, willful breach, or willful misconduct on the part of FGH or any other entity identified in the indemnity agreement of any of the foregoing in connection with the indemnity agreement or the Arrangement Agreement

The intangible assets of $6.1 million are comprised of the following categories and estimated useful lives: supplier relationships of $2.4 million for five years, customer relationships of $2.3 million for five years, and licenses of $1.4 million for five years. The Company does not expect the goodwill and intangible asset values to be deductible for Canadian income tax purposes. The goodwill is assigned to the commercial and wholesale segment.

 

Just Brands LLC and High Roller Private Label LLC (collectively “JustCBD”) business combination

On February 24, 2022, Flora Growth U.S. Holdings Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, completed the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding equity interests in each of (i) Just Brands LLC and (ii) High Roller Private Label LLC for total purchase consideration of $37.0 million. JustCBD is a manufacturer and distributor of consumable cannabinoid products, including gummies, tinctures, vape cartridges, and creams. JustCBD is based in Florida in the United States and was formed in 2017. The Company acquired JustCBD to expand its product offerings, accelerate its revenue growth, expand its customer and distribution capabilities in the United States and for the acquisition of human capital through JustCBD’s management team.

 

The purchase consideration was comprised of (i) $16.0 million of cash, less $0.2 million returned to the Company in August 2022 due to final calculated closing working capital falling short of the target working capital, (ii) 9.5 million common shares of the Company valued at $14.7 million, inclusive of a 15% fair value discount for the required six-month holding period of the shares, and (iii) $4.0 million of contingent purchase consideration. The contingent purchase consideration is based on a clause in the purchase agreement that provides that if at any time during the 24 months following the acquisition date, the five-day volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) per share of the Company’s common shares as quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market fails to equal or exceed $5.00, then the Company shall issue a number of additional common shares to the sellers equal to the difference between (x) a fraction, the numerator of which is $47.5 million and the denominator of which is the highest five day VWAP at any point during the 24 months following the closing and (y) the 9.5 million common shares delivered to the sellers at the closing. In no event shall the Company be required to issue more than 3.65 million common shares unless, if required by applicable law, it shall have obtained the consent of the Company’s shareholders to do so. In the event the Company is required to deliver in excess of 3.65 million shares to the sellers (“Excess Shares”) and the Company shall not have obtained shareholder consent, if required, the Company may deliver cash to the sellers in lieu of such Excess Shares determined by a formula set forth in the purchase agreement. The contingent purchase consideration is classified as a financial liability within the contingent purchase considerations line on the statement of financial position as the Company may be required to settle any amounts due in cash instead of common shares if the Company’s common shareholders do not provide requisite shareholder approval to issue additional common shares.

 

The fair value of the contingent purchase consideration at February 24, 2022 was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation incorporating Brownian motion with 100,000 trials through a binomial model. The significant inputs to the valuation included the two-year time period, the Company’s closing share price at February 24, 2022 ($1.82), estimated Company common share volatility (100%), and risk-free rate of 1.5% to discount the ending result to present value.

 

The fair value of the contingent purchase consideration at March 31, 2023 was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation incorporating Brownian motion with 100,000 trials through a binomial model. The significant inputs to the valuation include the remaining time period, the Company’s closing share price at March 31, 2023 ($0.29), estimated Company common share volatility (110%), and risk-free rate of 4.7% to discount the ending result to present value. The Company determined that the balance of this contingent consideration at March 31, 2023 was $3.5 million, with the $0.9 million increase in the balance from December 31, 2022 recorded in the unrealized loss from changes in fair value caption in the condensed interim consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss.

 

The purchase is accounted for as a business combination with amounts recognized as at the acquisition date for each major class of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are as follows:

 

Current assets

 

 

 

Cash

 

$535

 

Trade receivables

 

 

975

 

Inventory

 

 

5,534

 

Other current assets

 

 

540

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current assets

 

 

 

 

Property, plant, and equipment

 

 

536

 

Right of use assets

 

 

772

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

127

 

Intangible asset

 

 

4,533

 

Goodwill

 

 

24,898

 

Total assets

 

$38,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

Trade payables and accrued liabilities

 

$(2,273)

Current lease liabilities

 

 

(644)

Provision for sales tax

 

 

(982)

Deferred tax

 

 

(24)

Other current liabilities

 

 

(99)

Total liabilities

 

$(4,022)

Total net assets acquired

 

$34,428

 

The fair value of the trade receivables reflects a $0.3 million discount to the gross contractual amounts as allowance for potentially uncollectible amounts. The acquired provision for sales tax is discussed at Note 14 below.

 

The intangible assets of $4.5 million are comprised of the following categories and estimated useful lives: tradenames of $3.1 million for eight to nine years, customer relationships of $1.2 million for five to seven years, and know-how of $0.2 million for three years. The Company expects the goodwill and intangible asset values to be deductible for Unites States income tax purposes. The goodwill is assigned to the house of brands segment.

 

No Cap Hemp Co. business combination

On July 20, 2022, Just Brands LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired certain assets, assumed certain liabilities, retained certain employees and processes (together the “purchased assets”) of No Cap Hemp Co. (“No Cap”) for total purchase consideration of $0.9 million. No Cap is a manufacturer and distributor of high quality and affordable CBD products. No Cap is based in Florida in the United States and was formed in 2017. Just Brands LLC acquired No Cap to expand its product offerings and accelerate its revenue growth.

 

As consideration for the purchased assets of No Cap, Just Brands LLC will pay an amount equal to 10% of the sales of No Cap until such a time that Just Brands LLC will have paid a total of $2.0 million. Also on July 20, 2022, Just Brands LLC advanced $0.2 million to the former owners of No Cap. This $0.2 million will be settled prior to and in the same manner as the consideration for the purchased assets. As these entire amounts are considered contingent consideration, it was valued using discounted cash flow models utilizing two different rates, high and low. The significant inputs to the valuation include the estimated nine-year time period to accumulate the $2.0 million maximum payment and discount rates of 23.5%, high, and 14.3%, low, to estimate the present value of the future cash outflows. The resulting acquisition date fair value of $0.9 million contingent purchase consideration is classified within the contingent purchase considerations line on the statement of financial position. At March 31, 2023, the remaining balance outstanding was $0.9 million.

 

The purchase is accounted for as a business combination with amounts recognized as at the acquisition date for each major class of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are as follows:

 

Current assets

 

 

 

Trade receivables

 

$31

 

Inventory

 

 

725

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current assets

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

417

 

Total assets

 

$1,173

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

Trade payables and accrued liabilities

 

 

(272)

Total liabilities

 

$(272)

Total net assets acquired

 

$901

 

 

The fair value of the trade receivables reflects a $0.2 million discount to the gross contractual amounts as allowance for potentially uncollectible amounts.

 

The Company expects the goodwill to be deductible for United States income tax purposes. The goodwill is assigned to the house of brands segment.