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Business Combinations, Asset Acquisitions, and Joint Venture Formation
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, Transaction between Entities under Common Control, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]  
Business Combination
Industrial Software Solutions
On January 2, 2025, the Company acquired 100% of the equity securities of Industrial Software Solutions I, Inc. and Industrial Software Solutions ULC (collectively, “ISS”), an industrial automation consulting company, software distributor, and AVEVA Select Partner, for total cash consideration of $36.3 million, net of cash acquired. The assets acquired primarily included a distribution agreement intangible asset and a customer relationships intangible asset, with fair values of $10.6 million and $5.0 million, respectively, based on income valuation methods, with the excess of $20.1 million primarily allocated to goodwill in the Company’s EES reportable segment.
Ascent, LLC
On December 5, 2024, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Anixter Inc., the Company acquired 100% of the equity securities of Ascent, LLC (“Ascent”). Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Ascent is a provider of data center facility management services with more than 300 employees in the U.S. and Canada. Ascent’s expertise in engineering and design-build consultation services, in addition to daily site operations and critical facility intelligence software, extends the Company’s suite of capabilities and solutions that serve the entire lifecycle of the data center. The Company funded the purchase price paid at closing with cash on hand as well as borrowings under its revolving credit facility. The total fair value of consideration transferred for the acquisition of Ascent consisted of $179.2 million, net of cash acquired.
The preliminary purchase consideration was allocated to the identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective acquisition date fair value, with the excess allocated to goodwill. The Company identified a customer relationship intangible asset and estimated its fair value using an income valuation method. The excess purchase consideration recorded as goodwill is not deductible for income tax purposes, and has been assigned to the Company’s CSS reportable segment. The resulting goodwill is primarily attributable to Ascent’s workforce and expertise in engineering and design-build consultation services.
The estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are based on preliminary calculations and valuations using estimates and assumptions at the time of acquisition. As the Company obtains additional information during the measurement period (not to exceed one year from the acquisition date), estimates and assumptions for the preliminary purchase consideration allocations may change materially. Since the initial measurement of the identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed, the Company has not recorded any material fair value adjustments.
The following table sets forth the preliminary allocation of the purchase consideration to the respective fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed for the acquisition of Ascent:
Assets(In millions)
Cash and cash equivalents$7.6 
Trade accounts receivable33.5 
Intangible asset(1)
58.0 
Goodwill118.4 
Other current and noncurrent assets45.0 
Total assets$262.5 
Liabilities
Accounts payable$20.9 
Accrued payroll and benefit costs7.9 
Other current and noncurrent liabilities46.9 
Total liabilities$75.7 
Fair value of net assets acquired, including goodwill and intangible asset$186.8 
(1)    Consists of a customer relationship intangible asset with an estimated useful life of 15 years.
Independent Electric Supply Inc.
Effective July 1, 2024, the Company acquired 100% of the equity securities of Independent Electric Supply Inc. (“IES”), a full-line electrical distributor headquartered in Ontario, Canada for $13.2 million, net of cash acquired.
entroCIM
On June 3, 2024, the Company acquired the assets and liabilities held by Warez, LLC and Hepta Systems, LLC, which owned and operated the entroCIM business (collectively, “entroCIM”). entroCIM is an innovator in data center and building intelligence software. The total fair value of consideration for the acquisition of entroCIM of $36.5 million includes total cash consideration of $30.1 million, net of cash acquired, and contingent consideration not to exceed $8.0 million. The purchase consideration was allocated to a developed software intangible asset with an estimated fair value of $8.0 million based on an income valuation method, with the excess of $29.0 million allocated to goodwill in the Company’s CSS reportable segment.
Business Divestiture
Wesco Integrated Supply (“WIS”) Divestiture
On April 1, 2024, Wesco Distribution, Inc. (“Wesco Distribution”) completed the sale of its WIS business for total consideration of $354.9 million, which was adjusted for net working capital, closing cash, and closing indebtedness. The WIS business, located primarily in the U.S. and Canada, was part of the UBS reportable segment and provided products and services to large industrial and commercial end-users to support their maintenance, repair, and operating spend. The Company recognized a gain from the sale of $122.2 million, which was recorded as a component of other income, net in the Consolidated Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income for the year ended December 31, 2024.