Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

ACQUISITIONS AND INVESTMENTS

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ACQUISITIONS AND INVESTMENTS
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
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ACQUISITIONS AND INVESTMENTS ACQUISITIONS AND INVESTMENTS
 
2021 Acquisitions and Investments. On February 10, 2021, the Company acquired 100% of Kount, a provider of fraud prevention and digital identity solutions for $640 million within the USIS business unit. Additionally in the first quarter of 2021, the Company acquired 100% of HIREtech and i2Verify within the Workforce Solutions business unit as well as a small acquisition and purchase of the remaining noncontrolling interest of a business within our International business unit. In the third quarter of 2021, the Company acquired 100% of Health e(fx) and Teletrack within the Workforce Solutions and USIS business units, respectively, as well as the purchase of the remaining noncontrolling interest of a business within our International business unit. Additionally, the Company acquired 100% of Appriss Insights on October 1, 2021, for cash consideration of approximately $1.825 billion. Appriss Insights is a source of risk and criminal justice intelligence information and will be reported within the Workforce Solutions business unit. All of these acquisitions expand the Company's data assets as well as product offerings. The purchase price allocations for these acquisitions are not yet finalized and open areas consist of income taxes and working capital for all acquisitions and purchased intangibles for Appriss Insights. Accordingly, adjustments may be made to the values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as additional information is obtained about the facts and circumstances that existed at the valuation date.

2020 Acquisitions and Investments. In February 2020, we acquired the remaining 40.6% interest in our India joint venture. In 2020, the Company also completed an acquisition in our USIS segment to expand the Company's product offerings. We have completed the allocation of the purchase prices for the 2020 acquisitions.

2019 Acquisitions and Investments. In April 2019, the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of Knowledge Works, Inc., d/b/a PayNet, Inc. (“PayNet”), a commercial data and analytics company, in our USIS and International segments to expand the Company’s product offerings. In 2019, the Company completed various acquisitions in our Workforce Solutions segment to expand the Company’s product offerings. We have completed the allocation of the purchase prices for the 2019 acquisitions.
Purchase Price Allocation.  The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired and the liabilities assumed at the acquisition dates during 2021 and 2020.
  December 31,
  2021
2020 (3)
  (In millions)
Cash $ 5.2  $ 9.7 
Accounts receivable and other current assets 43.1  2.5 
Other assets 26.6  2.7 
Identifiable intangible assets (1)
1,094.1  59.5 
Goodwill (2)
1,842.7  58.3 
Total assets acquired 3,011.7  132.7 
Other current liabilities (27.2) (6.4)
Other liabilities (43.7) (15.0)
Net assets acquired $ 2,940.8  $ 111.3 
 
(1)Identifiable intangible assets are further disaggregated in the following table.

(2)The goodwill related to the 2021 acquisitions were recognized in the Workforce Solutions, USIS and International operating segments. $1.4 billion of goodwill related to 2021 acquisitions, with the exception of goodwill related to Kount within USIS and AccountScore within International, was tax deductible. The goodwill related to the 2020 acquisitions were recognized in the International and USIS operating segments. The goodwill related to the International and USIS acquisitions in 2020 are not deductible for tax purposes.

(3)The above reflects the total net assets recorded from the purchase of the remaining interest of the India joint venture, inclusive of the gain due to remeasurement of the prior equity interest.

The primary reasons the purchase price of these acquisitions exceeded the fair value of the net assets acquired, which resulted in the recognition of goodwill, were expanded growth opportunities from new or enhanced product offerings and geographies, cost savings from the elimination of duplicative activities and the acquisition of an assembled workforce that are not recognized as assets apart from goodwill.
December 31,
2021 2020
Intangible asset category Fair value Weighted-average useful life Fair value Weighted-average useful life
  (in millions) (in years) (in millions) (in years)
Proprietary database $ 562.3  14.5 $ 48.2  12.3
Purchased data files 207.0  15.0 —  0.0
Customer relationships 160.7  10.0 10.6  10.0
Acquired software and technology 146.3  6.0 0.3  3.0
Trade names and other intangible assets 11.3  2.0 0.3  2.0
Non-compete agreements 6.5  4.5 0.1  5.0
Total acquired intangibles $ 1,094.1  12.6 $ 59.5  11.7