On March 1, 2013, Nu-Auto Corporation announced its plan to acquire 90 percent of the outstanding 1,000,000 shares of Battery Tech Corporation's common stock in a business combination later in the year following regulatory approval. Nu-Auto will account for the transaction in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations.
On October 1, 2013, Nu-Auto acquired the 90 percent controlling interest in Battery Tech. On this date, Nu-Auto paid $60 million in cash and issued 1 million shares of Nu-Auto common stock to the selling shareholders of Battery Tech. Nu-Auto's share price was $20 on the announcement date and $27 on the acquisition date. Battery Tech's remaining 100,000 shares of common stock traded in the $108 to $112 per share range in the weeks before and after October 1, 2013. The parties agreed that Nu-Auto would issue to the selling shareholders an additional 1 million shares contingent upon the achievement of certain performance goals during the first 18 months following the acquisition. The acquisition-date fair value of the contingent stock issue was estimated at $10 million.
Battery Tech has a research and development (R&D) project underway to develop a proprietary fast-charging battery technology. The technology has a fair value of $14 million. Nu-Auto considers this R&D as in-process because it has not yet reached technological feasibility and additional R&D is needed to bring the project to completion. No assets have been recorded in Battery Tech's financial records for the research and development costs related to its fast-charging battery technology.
Battery Tech's other assets and liabilities include the following:
_____________________________Fair Value _______________Book Value
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 270,000 ........................ $ 270,000
Accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800,000 ........................ 840,000
Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,930,000 ........................ 1,500,000
Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,000,000 ....................... 13,000,000
Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,000,000 ...................... 29,000,000
Trademark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000,000 ....................... −0−
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,000,000) ...................... (1,000,000)
Neither the receivables nor payables involve Nu-Auto.
Answer the following questions citing relevant support from the ASC and IFRS.
1. What is the total consideration transferred by Nu-Auto to acquire its 90 percent controlling interest in Battery Tech?
2. What values should Nu-Auto assign to identifiable assets and liabilities as part of the acquisition accounting?
3. What is the acquisition-date value assigned to the 10 percent noncontrolling interest? What are the noncontrolling interest valuation alternatives available under IFRS?
4. Under U.S. GAAP, what amount should Nu-Auto recognize as goodwill from the acquisition? What alternative valuations are available for goodwill under IFRS?