Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Acquisitions

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Acquisitions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
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2019 Acquisitions

On May 21, 2019, the Company acquired 100 percent of Freedom Boat Club, a leading boat club operator based in Florida. The acquisition expands the Company's presence and scale within the emerging and fast-growing boat club market, providing its over 20,000 members access to a fleet of nearly 2,500 boats. Freedom Boat Club is included as part of the Company's Boat segment.

The net cash consideration the Company paid to acquire Freedom Boat Club was $64.1 million, in addition to acquisition-related transaction costs of $2.5 million, for the year ended December 31, 2019. The preliminary opening balance sheet included $29.2 million of identifiable intangible assets, including customer relationships, franchise agreements and trade names for $11.1 million, $4.9 million and $13.2 million, respectively, along with $26.4 million of goodwill, most of which is deductible for tax purposes. The amount assigned to Freedom Boat Club's customer relationships and franchise agreements will be amortized over their estimated useful lives of approximately 10 years and 15 years, respectively. These amounts recorded are preliminary and are subject to change within the measurement period as the Company finalizes its fair value estimates.

The 2019 Freedom Boat Club acquisition is not material to the Company's net sales, results of operations or total assets during any period presented. Accordingly, the Company's consolidated results from operations do not differ materially from historical performance as a result of this acquisition and, therefore, pro forma results are not presented.

2018 Acquisitions

On August 9, 2018, the Company completed its acquisition of the Global Marine & Mobile business of Power Products Holdings, LLC (Power Products) for $909.6 million in cash, on a cash-free, debt-free basis. Brunswick used proceeds from a combination of 364-day, three-year and five-year term loans (Term Loans) totaling $800.0 million as described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, along with cash on hand to fund this acquisition.

Power Products is a leading provider of electrical products to marine and other recreational and specialty vehicle markets. The acquisition advances Brunswick’s leadership by adding integrated electrical systems solutions to the marine market and an array of other mobile, specialty vehicle and industrial applications. Power Products is managed as part of the Marine Engine segment.
  
The following table is a summary of the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and net cash consideration paid for the Power Products acquisition during 2018:
(in millions)
Fair Value
 
Useful Life
Accounts and notes receivable
$
38.3

 
 
Inventory
64.3

 
 
Goodwill (A) (B) (C)
355.5

 
 
Trade names
111.0

 
Indefinite
Customer relationships
430.0

 
15 years
Property and equipment
10.6

 
 
Other assets
5.6

 
 
Total assets acquired
1,015.3

 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable (B)
27.3

 
 
Accrued expenses (B) (C)
22.0

 
 
Deferred tax liabilities (C)
56.4

 
 
Total liabilities assumed
105.7

 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash consideration paid (B) (C)
$
909.6

 
 

(A) The goodwill recorded for the acquisition of Power Products is partially deductible for tax purposes.
(B) Includes $4.4 million and $3.0 million of purchase accounting adjustments in the first and second quarters of 2019, respectively, primarily related to contingency reserves.
(C) Includes $3.9 million of purchase accounting adjustments in the third quarter of 2019 primarily related to deferred taxes.
 
Pro Forma Financial Information (Unaudited)

The pro forma information has been prepared as if the Power Products acquisition and the related debt financing had occurred on January 1, 2018. These pro forma results are based on estimates and assumptions which the Company believes to be reasonable. They are not the results that would have been realized had the acquisition actually occurred on January 1, 2018 and are not necessarily indicative of Brunswick's consolidated net earnings in future periods. The pro forma results include adjustments primarily related to interest expense on the Term Loans and amortization of intangible assets.
 
(in millions)
Year Ended December 31, 2018
 
 
Pro forma Net sales
$
4,271.1

 
Pro forma Operating earnings
362.8

 
Pro forma Net earnings from continuing operations
239.8



The pro forma results reflect an effective income tax rate of 17.2 percent for the year ended December 31, 2018.