Technitrol, Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements, continued (2) Acquisitions Larsen Group: In December 2006, we acquired certain assets which comprise the Larsen Group (“Larsen”). Headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, Larsen had production operations in the United States, Mexico, China and France. We have included the acquired assets in our consolidated balance sheet since the effective date of the acquisition. The results of Larsen’s operations are included in our consolidated net earnings beginning in 2007. Larsen manufactured non-cellular wireless and automotive antennas and expanded our Electronics antenna division. The purchase price and preliminary fair value of the acquired assets were not material to our consolidated financial statements. ERA Group: On January 4, 2006, we acquired all of the capital stock of ERA Group, headquartered in Herrenberg, Germany with production operations in Germany, China and Tunisia. The results of ERA’s operations have been included in our consolidated financial statements since the effective date of the acquisition. ERA produced advanced-technology ignition coils, along with a variety of other coils and transformers used in automotive, heating/ventilation/air conditioning and appliance applications. It became the foundation of our Electronics automotive division. The purchase price was approximately $53.4 million, net of cash acquired of $1.3 million, and including acquisition costs of approximately $0.9 million. The purchase price was financed primarily with bank credit under our multi-currency credit facility. The fair value of the net tangible assets acquired approximated $12.0 million. In addition to the fair value of net tangible assets acquired, purchase price allocations included $2.2 million for intellectual property, $3.1 million for customer relationships and $37.4 million allocated to goodwill. Each of the identifiable intangibles with finite lives are being amortized, using lives of five years for intellectual property and customer relationships. Full Rise Electronic Co., Ltd.: Full Rise Electronic Co., Ltd. (“FRE”) was headquartered in Taiwan with production operations in China. FRE manufactured connector products including single and multiple-port jacks, and supplied products to us under a cooperation agreement. We began making investments in FRE in April 2001. As of September 28, 2007, our investment in FRE was approximately $31.5 million and our record ownership was approximately 71%. We also have beneficial ownership of an additional 4% of the common shares outstanding of FRE for which we have voting authority, rights to any dividends paid, as well as the authority to prevent any transfers of these shares. Our net earnings therefore reflect FRE’s net earnings, after deducting the minority shareholders’ interest. Purchases of common stock in FRE were allocated, on a pro rata basis, to goodwill, identifiable intangible assets, and property, plant, and equipment according to the estimated fair value of such assets as of the date we began consolidating FRE’s results with our own. Based on the fair value of net tangible assets acquired and our current ownership percentage, the allocation of the investment to intangibles was $0.5 million for technology, $0.6 million for trademarks, $2.1 million for customer relationships and $8.8 million of goodwill. All of the identifiable intangibles are being amortized, using lives of four years for technology and customer relationships. (3) Divestiture In 2005, we received approximately $6.7 million for the sale of Electrical’s bimetal and metal cladding operations. In December of 2006, all remaining fixed assets were sold for approximately $2.0 million, which resulted in a pretax gain of $0.6 million over the previously carried $1.4 million net book value. During 2006, all the results of the bimetal and metal cladding operations were reflected as discontinued operations on the consolidated statements of operations. There were no sales or net earnings to include in our consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 28, 2007. We recorded no sales and a net loss of $0.1 million in the consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 29, 2006. |