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This excerpt taken from the COBZ 10-K filed Mar 14, 2005. Financial Designs Ltd.—On April 14, 2003, the Company
acquired FDL, a provider of wealth transfer and employee benefit services based
in Denver, Colorado. The acquisition was accounted for using the purchase
method of accounting, and accordingly, the results of FDL’s operations have
been included in the consolidated financial statements since the date of
purchase. The acquisition of FDL was completed through a merger of FDL into
CoBiz Connect, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CoBiz that had provided
employee benefits consulting services since 2000. The surviving corporation
continues to use the FDL name.
The aggregate purchase price was $5,406,000, consisting of 333,472 shares of CoBiz common stock valued at $3,210,000; $2,140,000 in cash; and $56,000 in direct acquisition costs (consisting primarily of external legal fees). Goodwill of $3,097,000, which is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes, was recorded as part of the purchase price allocation. Intangible assets consisting of customer account relationships, employment agreements and non-solicitation agreements totaling $3,045,000 were also recorded with an average useful life of 10 years.
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The terms of the merger agreement provide for additional earn-out payments to the former shareholders of FDL for each of the calendar years 2003 through 2006. The earn-out payments are based on a multiple of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, as defined in the merger agreement, and are payable 50% in cash and 50% in CoBiz common stock. During 2004, the Company paid $18,898,000 for the 2003 earn-out payment owed to the former shareholders of FDL, which had previously been accrued in 2003. The payment consisted of $9,449,000 in cash and 813,948 shares of CoBiz stock valued at $9,449,000.
Earn-out payments for the GMB, ACMG and FDL transactions, are treated as additional costs of the acquisitions and recorded as goodwill in accordance with EITF 95-08 |
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