On July 17, 2020, the Company signed a non-binding term sheet (“Term Sheet”) to acquire certain assets of an EV charging operator (“Operator”). Concurrently with signing the Term Sheet, the Company provided a letter of financial support for a project awarded to the Operator and the state providing the project award. The Company committed to fund and invest up to $2.2 million in this state project representing the capital required to complete the development of the EV charger infrastructure whereby a grant of $1.76 million would be received at the completion of this project. In the event that the Company does not execute an agreement with the Operator and close the acquisition pursuant to the Term Sheet, the Company will be entitled to obtain the grant funds awarded in this project and take ownership and all rights and interests in all EV chargers, assets and rights relating to or arising from this project.

On September 11, 2020 (“Closing Date”), the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Blink Mobility, LLC (the “Purchaser”), entered into an Ownership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Blue Systems USA, Inc. (the “Seller”), and pursuant thereto acquired from the Seller all of the ownership interests of BlueLA Carsharing, LLC (“BlueLA”).

The consideration by the Purchaser for the acquisition of BlueLA included: (a) a cash payment of $1.00, which was paid to the Seller at closing, and (b) in the event BlueLA timely amends its carsharing services agreement with the City of Los Angeles, California dated January 17, 2017 (the “City of Los Angeles Agreement”), a cash payment to the Seller of $1,000,000, payable within three business days after such amendment (“Contingent Consideration”). The amendment to the City of Los Angeles Agreement must be obtained by BlueLA no later than December 31, 2020, subject to an extension to March 31, 2021 if a representative of the City of Los Angeles indicates to the Purchaser by the December 31, 2020 deadline its approval of the modifications to the City of Los Angeles Agreement, as more particularly outlined in the Agreement. The total consideration paid or payable by the Purchaser excludes transaction costs. The Company has agreed to guaranty the performance of the Purchaser’s obligations under the Agreement as an inducement for the Seller to enter into the Agreement. The Company had acquired BlueLA in order to expand its presence in the State of California.

The Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants for a transaction of this type and nature. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Seller will indemnify the Company, the Purchaser and their respective affiliates and representatives for breaches of the Seller’s representations and warranties, breaches of covenants and losses related to pre-closing taxes of BlueLA. The Purchaser has agreed to indemnify the Seller and its affiliates and representatives for any breaches of the Purchaser’s representations and warranties, breaches of covenants and losses related to post-closing taxes of BlueLA. The representations and warranties under the Agreement will survive until December 10, 2021.

Pursuant to the Agreement, the Seller and BlueLA entered into a Transition Service Agreement pursuant to which the Seller and its affiliate, Bluecarsharing, S.A.S., agreed to provide certain transition and support services to BlueLA and the Purchaser following the closing and until December 31, 2020. The Seller also guaranteed the payment of up to $175,000 in parking fees payable by BlueLA to the City of Los Angeles, and BlueLA agreed to pay the Seller for any as-yet uncollected grants and rebates that BlueLA is entitled to obtain under the City of Los Angeles Agreement. In addition, the Seller agreed that, until September 10, 2023, the Seller will not and will cause its subsidiaries or affiliates not to directly or indirectly, (i) own, operate, acquire, or establish a business, or in any other manner engage alone or with others in carsharing and/or electric vehicle charging operation, or activity in the State of California (whether as an operator, manager, employee, officer, director, consultant, advisor, representative or otherwise) excluding any de minimis ownership interest in any business); or (ii) intentionally induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier or other business relation of BlueLA to cease or refrain from working with BlueLA, or in any way adversely interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier or other business relation and BlueLA. Lastly, the Seller provided a guarantee to BlueLA that BlueLA will only be liable for payments on the lease of 30 cars at a monthly fee of $500 per car per month, or $15,000 per month in the aggregate, under the existing car lease agreement between BlueLA and SDV Cartrading LLC dated May 4, 2017 (“Car Lease Agreement”).

Under the terms of the City of Los Angeles Agreement, amongst other obligations, during the initial term of the City of Los Angeles Agreement (defined as approximately six years from the effective date of the City of Los Angeles Agreement), BlueLA shall provide, manage, operate and maintain (i) usage agreements for electric vehicles in a quantity of no less than one hundred (100) (see payment terms of Car Lease Agreement) and (ii) charging stations in a quantity of no less than two hundred (200) at approximately forty (40) locations for an aggregate cost of approximately $20,000 per month. Following the initial term, the City of Los Angeles shall have the right to renew the City of Los Angeles Agreement for renewal terms of two (2) years each, with prior notice required, for a maximum of three renewal terms.

The Company has accounted for this transaction as a business combination under ASC 805. Accordingly, the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed were recorded at their estimated fair value based on the date of acquisition. Goodwill from the acquisition principally relates to the Contingent Consideration as well as the excess value of assumed liabilities over the fair value of identified net assets. Since this transaction was a stock acquisition, goodwill is not tax deductible.

At the date of acquisition, the preliminary purchase consideration consisted of cash, assumed liabilities and Contingent Consideration. The preliminary purchase price allocation is expected to be completed within 12 months after the acquisition date. The Contingent Consideration of $1,000,000 is non-interest bearing and was recorded at its estimated fair value of $245,000 based on a probability-weighted valuation technique used to determine the fair value of the Contingent Consideration on the acquisition date. See Note 8 – Fair Value Measurement for assumptions utilized in the estimate of fair value of the Contingent Consideration. The aggregate preliminary purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows:

The components of debt free net working capital are as follows:

The below table provides select unaudited, pro forma consolidated results of operations as if the acquisition of BlueLA had occurred on January 1, 2019. The pro forma results are not indicative of (i) the results of operations that would have occurred had the operations of this acquisition actually occurred at the beginning of fiscal year 2019 or (ii) future results of operations.

The above pro forma information includes pro forma adjustments to remove the effect of the following non-recurring transactions:

As of the date of the acquisition and September 30, 2020, the Company expects to collect all contractual cash flows related to receivables acquired in the acquisition. Acquisition related costs are expensed as incurred and are recorded within general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations. Acquisition-related costs were $17,535 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.