Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

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GOODWILL
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
GOODWILL

6. GOODWILL

 

Goodwill Impairment Assessment — Year Ended December 31, 2025

 

In connection with the Company’s annual goodwill impairment assessment on November 1, 2025, management evaluated each reporting unit with a goodwill balance for indicators of impairment. As of the assessment date, goodwill was allocated to two reporting units: Legacy Blink ($1,742, arising from the acquisition of Zemetric, Inc. in July 2025) and Mobility ($17,897). The Blink UK and Blue Corner reporting units had no remaining goodwill as of the assessment date, having been fully impaired as of December 31, 2024. For the Legacy Blink reporting unit, given the recency of the arm’s-length acquisition and the absence of adverse qualitative indicators, management concluded that it was not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit was less than its carrying amount.

 

For the Mobility reporting unit, management’s qualitative assessment identified multiple adverse factors indicating that it was more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit was less than its carrying amount. These factors included: (i) continued operating losses and limited revenue growth relative to expectations at the time of the Envoy acquisition; (ii) a strategic realignment following changes in executive leadership, pursuant to which management determined that the Mobility business is no longer aligned with the Company’s core EV charging infrastructure objectives; and (iii) the receipt of multiple non-binding expressions of interest from third parties to acquire the Mobility business at values substantially below its carrying amount. These indications of value reflected the pricing that willing market participants would ascribe to the reporting unit in an orderly transaction and, together with management’s willingness to engage at those levels, provided sufficient market-based evidence to measure the impairment. Based on this evidence, the Company concluded that the reporting unit’s carrying value exceeded its fair value by more than the total amount of goodwill allocated to the Mobility reporting unit. As a result, the Company recorded impairment of goodwill of $17,897 during the year ended December 31, 2025. The impairment charge is included in operating expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

 

Goodwill Impairment Assessments — Years Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023

 

During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company considered the decline in its stock price to be an indicator of impairment and, accordingly, performed a quantitative impairment assessment of its goodwill and intangible assets on the dates where such indicators of impairment were identified in addition to performing its annual goodwill impairment analysis. This assessment involved comparing the estimated fair value of each of its reporting units to the reporting unit’s carrying value, inclusive of the goodwill balance allocated to the reporting unit.

 

Estimation of the fair value of each reporting unit involved the projection of discounted future cash flows using certain assumptions that are subjective in nature, including assumptions related to historical and market growth rates and gross margin improvements, as well as future operating expense synergies and optimization, among other factors. Based on its analysis, the Company determined that the carrying value exceeded the estimated fair value in all reporting units. Consequently, the Company recognized a goodwill impairment charge of $126,984 and $89,087 in the consolidated statements of operations during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 respectively.

 

 

BLINK CHARGING CO.

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollars in thousands, except for share and per share amounts)

 

6. GOODWILL – CONTINUED

 

Changes in goodwill by reporting unit as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:

 

    Legacy Blink     Mobility     Blue Corner     Blink UK     Total  
Balance as of January 1, 2024   $ 117,345     $ 27,536     $ -     $ -     $ 144,881  
Impairment expense     (117,345 )     (9,639 )     -       -       (126,984 )
Balance as of December 31, 2024     -       17,897       -       -       17,897  
Additions     1,742       -       -       -       1,742  
Impairment expense     -       (17,897 )     -       -       (17,897 )
Balance as of December 31, 2025   $ 1,742     $ -     $        -     $       -     $ 1,742  

 

Cumulative impairment of goodwill by reporting unit as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 was as follows:

 

    Legacy Blink     Mobility     Blue Corner     Blink UK     Accumulated Impairment  
Balance as of January 1, 2024   $ 58,530     $ 2,926     $ 16,644     $ 10,987     $ 89,087  
Impairment expense     117,345       9,639       -       -       126,984  
Balance as of December 31, 2024     175,875       12,565       16,644       10,987       216,071  
Impairment expense     -       17,897       -       -       17,897  
Balance as of December 31, 2025   $ 175,875     $ 30,462     $ 16,644     $ 10,987     $ 233,968