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Business Acquisitions
3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2022
Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]  
Business Acquisitions

Note 3 - Business Acquisitions

Fiscal 2023 Business Acquisition

On November 18, 2022, the Company used cash on hand and borrowings under existing credit facilities to acquire the operating assets of ScrapSource, a recycling services company that provides solutions for industrial companies that generate scrap metal from their manufacturing process. The acquired business expands the Company's national recycling services operations, giving rise to expected benefits supporting the amount of acquired goodwill. The transaction qualified as a business combination for accounting purposes, which involves application of the acquisition method described in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805, Business Combinations, and summarized in “Business Acquisitions” in Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. The total purchase consideration was approximately $25 million. As of the date of this report, measurement of the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed is still preliminary and subject to change based on the completion of valuation procedures.

The following table summarizes the provisional fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed by the Company as of the November 18, 2022 acquisition date (in thousands):

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

$

466

 

Goodwill(1)

 

 

14,759

 

Other intangible assets(2)

 

 

10,310

 

Total assets acquired

 

 

25,535

 

Operating lease liability

 

 

466

 

Total liabilities assumed

 

 

466

 

Net assets acquired

 

$

25,069

 

 

(1)
All of the provisional amount of acquired goodwill is tax deductible.
(2)
Acquired other intangible assets comprise supplier relationships, customer relationships, and non-compete agreements with estimated useful lives of 5 to 6 years.

The results of operations for the acquired ScrapSource business beginning as of the November 18, 2022 acquisition date are included in the accompanying financial statements. For the three months ended November 30, 2022, the revenues and net income contributed by the acquired ScrapSource business and reported in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations were not material to the financial statements taken as a whole.

Fiscal 2022 Business Acquisitions

On October 1, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of eight metals recycling facilities across Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky from Columbus Recycling, a provider of recycled ferrous and nonferrous metal products and recycling services. The total purchase consideration of $117 million was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective estimated fair values on the date of the acquisition. The $65 million excess of the total purchase consideration over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill. The results of operations for the acquired Columbus Recycling business beginning as of the October 1, 2021 acquisition date are included in the accompanying financial statements.

On April 29, 2022, the Company completed the acquisition of two recycling facilities in the greater Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area, including a metal shredding operation and recycled auto-parts center, from the previous owners of Encore Recycling. The total purchase consideration of $64 million was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective estimated fair values on the date of the acquisition. The $21 million excess of the total purchase consideration over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill. The results of operations for the acquired Encore Recycling business beginning as of the April 29, 2022 acquisition date are included in the accompanying financial statements.

Unaudited Pro Forma Information

The following unaudited pro forma information presents the effect on the consolidated financial results of the Company of the Columbus Recycling and Encore Recycling businesses acquired during fiscal 2022 as though the businesses had been acquired as of the beginning of fiscal 2021 (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended November 30,

 

 

 

2021

 

Revenues

 

$

840,500

 

Net income

 

$

53,000

 

Net income attributable to SSI shareholders

 

$

51,500

 

 

There are no individually material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combinations included in these pro forma revenues and earnings.

For each of the three months ended November 30, 2022 and 2021, the unaudited pro forma amounts of revenues and net income of the acquired ScrapSource business were not material to the financial statements taken as a whole and, therefore, are not included in the unaudited pro forma information presented above.

The information included in the unaudited pro forma amounts is derived from historical information obtained from the sellers of the businesses. These unaudited pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of what actual results would have been had these acquisitions occurred as of the beginning of fiscal 2021. In addition, the unaudited pro forma results are not intended to be a projection of future results and do not reflect any synergies that may be achieved from combining operations.