What was the total purchase price for the assets acquired by Benjamin Franklin Plumbing?
Benjamin_Franklin_Plumbing Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
changes to the purchase price allocation for the Screenmobile Acquisition.
The Company allocated the purchase price of the acquisition to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. The excess of purchase price over the aggregate fair values was recorded as goodwill.
The purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as follows:
Assets acquired Current assets $ 443 Operating lease right-of-use assets 125 Goodwill 10,746 Intangible assets and other assets (1) 11,860 Assets acquired 23,174 Deferred tax liability (2,343) Operating lease liabilities (125) Deferred revenue (2,652) Other liabilities assumed (139) Purchase Price $ 17,915
(1) Identifiable intangible assets acquired include trademarks, franchise relationships and non-competition agreements which will be amortized on a straight-line basis over their preliminary useful lives of 25 years, 15 years and 5 years, respectively.
Junkluggers
On December 14, 2022, the Company entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding equity interests of Junkluggers Franchising, LLC, Junkluggers, LLC and LugLife, LLC for a purchase price of $79,202. Junkluggers is an eco-friendly junk removal franchise company that focuses on utilizing sustainable practices to divert waste from landfills. Junkluggers was acquired to allow for the expansion of the Company's presence within its home services franchising platform. The acquisition was primarily funded with rollover equity of $16,000 and cash held by the Company. Goodwill largely consists of strategic and synergistic opportunities resulting from combining Junkluggers with the Company's existing businesses. The goodwill resulting from this acquisition is tax deductible.
As a result of the transaction, the Company incurred and expensed transaction costs of $2,084, which are included in transaction costs on the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss.
The Company accounted for the acquisition as a business combination pursuant to ASC 805. In accordance with ASC 805, fair values are assigned to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date based on the information that was available as of the acquisition date. During the year ended December 31, 2023, there were no material changes to the purchase price allocation for the Junkluggers Acquisition.
The Company allocated the purchase price of the acquisition to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. The excess of the purchase price over the aggregate fair values was recorded as goodwill.
The purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as follows:
| Current assets | $ 3,139 |
|---|---|
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 1,115 |
| Property and equipment | 716 |
| Goodwill | 49,394 |
| Intangible assets and other assets (1) | 38,055 |
| Deferred tax assets | 458 |
| Assets acquired | 92,877 |
| Operating lease liabilities | (1,115) |
| Deferred revenue | (8,089) |
| Other liabilities assumed | (4,471) |
| Purchase Price | $ 79,202 |
(1) Identifiable intangible assets acquired include referral relationships, trademarks, franchise relationships and non-competition agreements which will be amortized on a straight-line basis over their preliminary useful lives of 15 years, 25 years, 15 years and 1 years, respectively.
DRYmedic
On November 4, 2022, the Company entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding equity interests of DRYmedic Restoration Services, LLC and its subsidiaries for a purchase price of $45,556.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 87–88)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing's parent company made several acquisitions. On December 14, 2022, the company acquired Junkluggers Franchising, LLC, Junkluggers, LLC and LugLife, LLC for $79,202. On November 4, 2022, the company acquired DRYmedic Restoration Services, LLC and its subsidiaries for $45,556. The purchase price allocation for another acquisition is listed as $5,043.
These acquisitions were made to expand the company's presence within its home services franchising platform. The Junkluggers acquisition was funded primarily with rollover equity of $16,000 and cash, while the DRYmedic acquisition was funded with rollover equity of $18,984 and borrowings from the company's 2022 A-1 loan.
Goodwill from these acquisitions largely consists of strategic and synergistic opportunities resulting from combining the acquired companies with the existing businesses of Benjamin Franklin Plumbing's parent company. The goodwill resulting from these acquisitions is tax deductible. Transaction costs of $2,084 for the Junkluggers acquisition and $1,077 for the DRYmedic acquisition were incurred and expensed.