Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Business Acquisitions

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Business Acquisitions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]  
Business Acquisitions

Note 3 – Business Acquisitions

 

Nebula Acquisition

 

On August 10, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, ProPhase Precision, entered into and closed a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Nebula Stock Purchase Agreement”) with Nebula, each of the stockholders of Nebula (the “Seller Parties”), and Kamal Obbad, as Seller Party Representative. Pursuant to the terms of the Nebula Stock Purchase Agreement, ProPhase Precision acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Nebula from the Seller Parties, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $14.6 million, subject to post-closing adjustments (the “Nebula Acquisition”). A portion of the purchase price equal to $3.6 million was paid in shares of the Company’s common stock to certain Seller Parties and noteholders of Nebula, based on their election to receive shares of the Company’s common stock in lieu of cash, which shares were valued at a price per share of $7.46, which is equal to the average closing price of the Company’s common stock on Nasdaq for the five trading days preceding the signing of the Nebula Stock Purchase Agreement. A portion of the purchase price equal to $1,080,000 (the “Escrow Amount”) is being held in escrow by Citibank, N.A. (the “Escrow Agent”) until February 23, 2023 (“Escrow Termination Date”), pursuant to the terms and conditions of an escrow agreement entered into with the Escrow Agent, as security for the indemnification obligations of the Seller Parties. At the Escrow Termination Date, the remaining amount, if any, of the Escrow Amount, less any amount reasonably necessary to pay any claim with respect to which a notice of claim has been timely and properly given, will be delivered to the Seller Parties, as applicable.

 

In connection with the Nebula Acquisition, ProPhase Precision entered into an employment agreement with Kamal Obbad, the Chief Executive Officer of Nebula, on the Effective Date, pursuant to which Mr. Obbad serves as Senior Vice President, Director of Sales and Marketing of ProPhase Precision Medicine, Inc. As a condition to the employment agreement, Mr. Obbad was awarded a stock option to purchase 250,000 shares of Company common stock at an exercise price equal to $7.67 per share, the closing price of the Company common stock on the Effective Date. The award was issued as a material inducement to Mr. Obbad’s acceptance of employment with ProPhase Precision in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and was approved by the Company’s Compensation Committee (see Note 7, Stockholders’ Equity).

 

Based on the preliminary valuation, the total consideration of $12.7 million, which is net of $1.6 million in cash acquired and $0.3 million anticipated to be paid back to the Company from the Escrow Amount, has been allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective fair values as follows (in thousands):

 

Account   Amount  
Short term investments   $ 1,800  
Accounts receivable     222  
Inventory     82  
Prepaid and other current assets     379  
Definite-lived intangible assets     10,990  
Total assets acquired     13,473  
Accounts payable     (805 )
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities     (43 )
Deferred revenue     (2,391 )
Note payable     (81 )
Deferred tax liability     (1,925 )
Total liabilities assumed     (5,245 )
Net identifiable assets acquired     8,228  
Goodwill     4,446  
Total consideration, net of cash acquired (1)   $ 12,674  

 

(1) Net of $1.6 million cash acquired and $0.3 million anticipated amounts due back to the Company from the escrow account.

 

 

The Company recorded measurement period adjustments during Fiscal 2021 to (a) increase deferred revenue and increase goodwill related to the adoption of ASU 2021-08, (b) increase inventory and increase accounts payable for additional accounts payable invoices that arose subsequent to the third quarter of 2021, (c) increase inventory and decrease goodwill for adjustments to the inventory valuation as of the acquisition date, (d) increase deferred tax liability and increase goodwill, and (e) decrease accounts receivable and increase goodwill to for adjustments to the accounts receivable valuation as of the acquisition date.

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the net identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired. The Company believes the goodwill related to the acquisition was a result of the expected synergies to be realized from combining operations and is not deductible for income tax purposes. The preliminary purchase price allocation is adjusted, as necessary, up to one year after the acquisition closing date if management obtains more information regarding asset valuations and liabilities assumed.

 

The intangible assets preliminarily identified in conjunction with the Nebula Acquisition are as follows (in thousands):

 

          Estimated Useful  
    Gross Carrying Value     Life (in years)  
Trade names   $ 5,550       15  
Proprietary intellectual property     4,260       5  
Customer relationships     1,180       1  
Total   $ 10,990          

 

The Company recognized $936,000 amortization expense on the above identified intangible assets during the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

Pro Forma Results

 

The following table summarizes, on a pro forma basis, the combined results of the Company as though the Nebula Acquisition had occurred as of January 1, 2020. These pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of the actual consolidated results had the acquisition occurred as of that date or of the future consolidated operating results for any period. Pro forma results are (in thousands):
 

    December 31, 2021     December 31, 2020  
    For the years ended  
    December 31, 2021     December 31, 2020  
Revenue, net   $ 81,164     $ 15,560  
Net loss   $ 6,135     $ (3,682 )

 

 

CPM Acquisition

 

On October 23, 2020, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of CPM for approximately $2.5 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments, pursuant to the terms of a Stock Purchase Agreement, by and among the Company, CPM, Pride Diagnostics LLC (“Pride Diagnostics”) and the members of Pride Diagnostics (together with Pride Diagnostics, the “Seller Parties”), and Arvind Gurnani, as representative of the Seller Parties. As part of the acquisition, we acquired a 4,000 square foot (CLIA) accredited laboratory located in Old Bridge, New Jersey owned by CPM (now known as ProPhase Diagnostics NJ, Inc.).

 

Based on valuation, the total consideration of $2.5 million has been allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective fair values as follows (in thousands):

 

       
Account   Amount  
Clinical lab material   $ 180  
Lab equipment     112  
Definite-lived intangible asset     1,307  
Total assets acquired     1,599  
Deferred tax liability     (362 )
Total liabilities assumed     (362 )
Net identifiable assets acquired     1,237  
Goodwill     1,263  
Total consideration   $ 2,500  

 

The Company recorded a measurement period adjustment during Fiscal 2021 to increase deferred tax liability and increase goodwill.

 

Goodwill has been measured as the excess of the total consideration over the amounts assigned to the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the amount of $901,000, which was primarily related to the acquisition of the assembled workforce. Other definite-lived intangible asset of approximate $1.3 million were related to the CLIA license, which was determined to have an estimated useful life of three years. The Company recognized $436,000 and $73,000 aggregate amortization expense during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

We have not presented unaudited pro forma combined results of operations as if CPM was acquired as of the beginning of fiscal year 2019 because CPM had no revenue and minimal expenses and, as such, would have been immaterial to our reported losses.