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PACIFIC ETHANOL PLANTS.

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PACIFIC ETHANOL PLANTS.
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
PACIFIC ETHANOL PLANTS.
2. PACIFIC ETHANOL PLANTS.

 

Illinois Corn Processing

 

On July 3, 2017, the Company purchased 100% of the equity interests of ICP from ICP’s owners, Illinois Corn Processing Holdings Inc. (“ICPH”) and MGPI Processing, Inc. (together with ICPH, the “Sellers”). At the closing, ICP became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

Upon closing, the Company (i) paid to the Sellers $30.0 million in cash, and (ii) issued to the Sellers secured promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $46.9 million (the “Seller Notes”). The Seller Notes were secured by a first priority lien on ICP’s assets and a pledge of the membership interests of ICP.

 

ICP is a 90 million gallon per year fuel and industrial alcohol manufacturing, storage and distribution facility adjacent to the Company’s facility in Pekin, Illinois and is located on the Illinois River. ICP produces fuel-grade ethanol, beverage and industrial-grade alcohol, dry distillers grain and corn oil. The facility has direct access to end-markets via barge, rail and truck, and expands the Company’s domestic and international distribution channels. ICP is reflected in the results of the Company’s production segment.

 

Upon closing, the Company recognized the following allocation of the purchase price at fair values. No intangible assets or liabilities were recognized. The Company’s purchase price consideration allocation is as follows (in thousands):

 

Cash and equivalents   $ 426  
Accounts receivable     11,636  
Inventories     9,227  
Other current assets     1,560  
Total current assets     22,849  
Property and equipment     61,128  
Other assets     328  
Total assets acquired   $ 84,305  
         
Accounts payable, trade   $ 5,683  
Other current liabilities     1,486  
Total current liabilities     7,169  
Other non-current liabilities     209  
Total liabilities assumed   $ 7,378  
         
Net assets acquired   $ 76,927  
Estimated goodwill   $  
Total purchase price   $ 76,927  

 

The contractual amount due on the accounts receivable acquired was $11.6 million, all of which was expected to be collectible.

 

The following table presents unaudited pro forma combined financial information assuming the acquisition of ICP occurred on January 1, 2016 (in thousands, except per share data):

 

    Years Ended December 31,  
    2017     2016  
             
Net sales – pro forma   $ 1,710,317     $ 1,802,159  
Consolidated net income (loss) – pro forma   $ (42,589 )   $ 8,329  
Diluted net income (loss) per share – pro forma   $ (0.95 )   $ 0.16  
Diluted weighted-average shares – pro forma     42,745       42,251  

 

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, ICP contributed $163.1 million and $75.9 million in net sales and $6.5 million and $3.7 million in pre-tax income, respectively.

 

Pacific Aurora

 

On December 15, 2016, PE Central closed on an agreement with ACEC under which (i) PE Central contributed to Pacific Aurora 100% of the equity interests of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Pacific Ethanol Aurora East, LLC (“AE”) and Pacific Ethanol Aurora West, LLC (“AW”), which owned the Company’s Aurora East and Aurora West ethanol plants, respectively, in exchange for an 88.15% ownership interest in Pacific Aurora, and (ii) ACEC contributed to Pacific Aurora its grain elevator adjacent to the Aurora East and Aurora West properties and related grain handling assets, including the outer rail loop and the real property on which they are located, in exchange for an 11.85% ownership interest in Pacific Aurora. On December 15, 2016, concurrent with the closing of the contribution transaction, PE Central sold a 14.22% ownership interest in Pacific Aurora to ACEC for $30.0 million in cash.

 

Following the closing of these transactions, PE Central owned 73.93% of Pacific Aurora and ACEC owned 26.07% of Pacific Aurora.

 

The Company has consolidated 100% of the results of Pacific Aurora and recorded the amount attributed to ACEC as noncontrolling interests under the voting rights model. Since the Company had control of AE and AW prior to forming Pacific Aurora, there was no gain or loss recorded on the contribution and ultimate sale of a portion of the Company’s interests in Pacific Aurora. ACEC contributed $16.5 million in assets at fair market value and paid $30.0 million in cash for its additional ownership interests. A noncontrolling interest was recognized to reflect ACEC’s proportional ownership interest multiplied by the book value of Pacific Aurora’s net assets. As a result, the Company recorded $16.2 million as additional paid-in capital attributed to the difference between Pacific Aurora’s book value and the contribution and sale.

 

The carrying values and classification of assets and liabilities of Pacific Aurora as of December 31, 2016 were as follows (in thousands):

 

Cash and equivalents   $ 1,453  
Accounts receivable     16,804  
Inventories     3,837  
Other current assets     77  
Total current assets     22,171  
Property and equipment     115,759  
Other assets     1,387  
Total assets   $ 139,317  
         
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   $ 20,152  
Other current liabilities     2,045  
Long-term debt outstanding, net     621  
Total liabilities   $ 22,818