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3. ACQUISITIONS
The Company made the following acquisitions in order to augment and diversify its internet and SaaS business:
On April 12, 2019, Verb completed the acquisition of Verb Direct (formerly Sound Concepts, Inc.). As a result of this acquisition, the Company recorded goodwill of $16,337,000 and intangible assets of $6,340,000. The goodwill recognized is primarily attributable to anticipated synergies from future growth and is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes. Goodwill is not amortized but will be tested for impairment on an annual basis. The intangible assets, which consist mostly of developed technology of $4,700,000 are being amortized over five years, customer relationships of $1,200,000 are being amortized on an accelerated basis over its estimated useful life of five years and domain names of $440,000 are determined to have infinite lives but will be tested for impairment on an annual basis.
On September 4, 2020, Verb Acquisition Co., LLC (“Verb Acquisition”), a subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Ascend Certification, LLC, dba SoloFire (“SoloFire”), the sellers party thereto (collectively, the “Sellers”), and Steve Deverall, solely in his capacity as the seller representative, under which Sellers sold their entire interest in SoloFire, representing all of the outstanding limited liability company membership interests of SoloFire, to Verb Acquisition for a base purchase price of $5,700,000, subject to certain post-closing adjustments totaling $750,000 for an adjusted purchase price of $4,950,000. As a result, Verb Acquisition issued to the Sellers an amended promissory note of $1,885,000 and Class B Units of Verb Acquisition which were exchangeable for shares of Verb’s Common Stock with an estimated fair value of $3,065,000 (see Note 16) for a total purchase price of $4,950,000. The promissory note was unsecured, bore interest at a rate of 0.14% per annum and was paid in full at maturity on October 1, 2020.
The acquisition was intended to augment and diversify Verb’s SaaS business. Key factors that contributed to the recorded goodwill and intangible assets in the aggregate of $4,845,000 were the opportunity to consolidate and complement existing operations of Verb, certain software and customer list, and the opportunity to generate future synergies within the SaaS business.
Verb is required to allocate the purchase price to the acquired tangible assets, identifiable intangible assets, and assumed liabilities based on their fair values. Pursuant to current accounting guidelines, the Company had one year to finalize the purchase price allocation. As a result, in September 2021, management finalized the purchase price allocation. The following table summarizes the fair value of the assets assumed and liabilities acquired and the purchase price allocation on the date of acquisition:
The goodwill recognized in connection with the acquisition is primarily attributable to anticipated synergies from future growth and is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes. Goodwill is not amortized but will be tested for impairment on an annual basis.
The intangible assets, which consist of developed technology of $1,400,000 are being amortized over five years, customer relationships of $17,000 are being amortized over three years, and domain names of $2,000 are determined to have infinite lives but will be tested for impairment on an annual basis.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded amortization expense of $180,000 and $33,000, respectively, related to the intangibles discussed above. The following table summarizes the amortization expense for both Verb Direct and Ascend to be recorded in future periods for intangible assets that are subject to amortization and excludes intangible assets with infinite life (i.e., domain names) of $442,000:
The following unaudited pro forma statement of operations present the Company’s pro forma results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, to give effect to the acquisition of SoloFire as if it had occurred on January 1, 2020.
Pursuant to the provisions of ASC 805, the following results of operations of Verb Acquisition subsequent to the acquisition date included in the consolidated statement of operations for the reporting period:
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