Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Acquisitions

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Acquisitions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Acquisitions
2. ACQUISITIONS:

Energy Source On August 5, 2015, the Company completed its acquisition of Energy Source, LLC (“Energy Source”), a provider of turnkey comprehensive energy savings projects (principally LED fixtures and lamps) within the commercial, industrial, hospitality, retail, education and municipal sectors. The purchase consideration aggregated $31.8 million, which consisted of $10 million in cash, $10 million in common stock, $10 million in promissory notes due at the one year anniversary of the acquisition and contingent consideration preliminarily valued at $1.8 million based on projected EBITDA during 2015, 2016 and 2017. The cash portion of the acquisition was funded through the issuance of 8,695,652 shares of common stock to a third party investor for $10 million. The promissory notes are supported by an irrevocable letter of credit from RVL. The Company acquired Energy Source for its management team, its client base and operational and business development synergies.

The following amounts represent the determination of the fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Energy Source acquisition:

 

(in thousands)

      

Tangible assets

   $ 5,380   

Goodwill

     21,987   

Intangible assets

     8,355   
  

 

 

 

Assets acquired

     35,722   

Liabilities assumed

     3,921   
  

 

 

 

Purchase price

   $ 31,801   
  

 

 

 

The acquired intangible assets are being amortized consistent with the period the underlying cash flows are generated. The entire purchase price is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

Value Lighting – On April 17, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of Value Lighting, Inc. (“Value Lighting”), a supplier of lighting solutions to the multifamily residential market. The purchase consideration aggregated $39.3 million and consisted of cash of $10.6 million funded with a loan from an affiliate, an unconditional obligation to issue an aggregate of 8,468,192 shares of common stock in four installments at six, twelve, eighteen and twenty-four months from the acquisition date, valued at $20.9 million, and contingent consideration payable in cash or common stock at the option of the Company aggregating up to a total of $11 million, initially valued at $7.8 million, if certain revenue and EBITDA targets are achieved by Value Lighting during 2014 and 2015. The Company acquired Value Lighting for its presence in the multifamily residential and construction markets, the experience of the management team, its customer base and operational and business synergies.

Value Lighting achieved its 2014 performance targets, and as a result, during the quarter ended March 31, 2015, the Company issued 4.9 million shares of its common stock (valued at $5.5 million) in payment of 2014 contingent purchase consideration.

 

The following amounts represent the determination of the fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Value Lighting acquisition:

 

(in thousands)

      

Current assets

   $ 16,260   

Goodwill

     18,635   

Intangible assets

     19,951   

Other assets

     2,901   
  

 

 

 

Assets acquired

     57,747   
  

 

 

 

Accounts payable and other liabilities

     12,613   

Deferred income tax liability

     5,825   
  

 

 

 

Liabilities assumed

     18,438   
  

 

 

 

Purchase price

   $ 39,309   
  

 

 

 

Other – On February 5, 2015, the Company acquired the assets of DPI Management, Inc. d/b/a E Lighting for $0.6 million. The purchase price consists of cash paid at closing of $0.1 million, $0.15 million paid in cash on September 1, 2015, $0.15 million payable in cash on March 1, 2016, and $0.2 million payable on September 1, 2016 in cash or common stock, at the Company’s option. The aggregate purchase price of $0.6 million was assigned to inventories.

On December 18, 2014, the Company acquired All Around Lighting, Inc., a supplier of lighting fixtures, for $5.0 million. The purchase price consists of $0.9 million cash, 1,600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, and additional cash consideration if certain revenue targets are achieved in 2015 and 2016 (valued at $0.3 million). The shares of common stock have been valued at $1.8 million, and will be issued in eleven installments beginning in June 2015. The shares are subject to a price floor of $2.00 per share (initially valued at $1.9 million), which will terminate when total share consideration received is equal to $3.2 million. The aggregate purchase price of $5.0 million has been allocated to $1.7 million of tangible assets, $2.2 million of identifiable intangible assets and $2.8 million of goodwill, reduced by $1.7 million of liabilities assumed.

Pro forma information. The following unaudited supplemental pro forma information assumes the 2014 acquisitions referred to above and the Energy Source acquisition had been completed as of January 1, 2014 and is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved had the transactions been consummated on such date or of results that might be achieved in the future. The pro forma effect of the February 2015 acquisition was not significant.

 

(in thousands)    Pro Forma
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2015
     Pro Forma
Year Ended
December 31, 2014
 

Revenues

   $ 94,176       $ 115,900   

Operating loss

   $ 1,383       $ 3,705   

Net loss

   $ 2,696       $ 5,387   

The pro forma results for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and the year ended December 31, 2014, exclude the amortization of the customer backlog of $0.2 million and $2.7 million, respectively, and acquisition, severance and transition costs of $1.5 million and $2.5 million, respectively. The pro forma results for the year ended December 31, 2014 also exclude an income tax benefit of $6.6 million. These non-recurring charges and credits are directly related to the acquisitions and do not have a continuing impact on the results of operations; accordingly, these charges and credits have not been reflected in the pro forma results of operations.