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Note 3. Discontinuing Operations
In December 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a plan to sell the vivoPharm Pty Ltd (“vivoPharm”) business to focus the Company on the development of neurological developmental and degenerative disease therapeutics. In December 2021, the Company engaged an investment bank to sell the vivoPharm business which was substantially completed in the fourth quarter of 2022.
On November 2, 2022 the Company completed the sale of its principal vivoPharm subsidiary, vivoPharm LLC located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, to Reaction Biology Corporation for $5.5 million in an upfront cash payment, subject to customary adjustments for working capital, closing cash, indebtedness and transaction expenses. After these closing adjustments were reflected, $5.5 million was paid at closing and an additional $0.3 million was paid in February 2023. Vyant Bio received approximately $4.8 million in cash after transaction related expenses and income taxes, as well as incur $0.4 million in exit costs associated with this transaction. Exit costs associated with the vivoPharm business were paid in January 2023. In connection with the sale of the vivoPharm LLC business, the Company agreed to retain certain liabilities aggregating to $357 thousand.
On December 30, 2022, the Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Sabine Brandt as trustee for the Brandt Family Trust (“Buyer”), pursuant to which vivoPharm sold the entirety of the Company’s remaining vivoPharm business for early discovery services, represented by 100% of the outstanding shares of (i) of RDDT a vivoPharm Company Pty Ltd; and (ii) vivoPharm Europe Ltd, to Buyer in exchange for a nominal cash amount, subject to adjustments for closing cash and accounts payable, on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein. The sale resulted in the Company delivering target closing cash as part of the sold entities of approximately $827 thousand and the assumption by Buyer of liabilities of the sold entities aggregating to approximately $2.0 million. The Transaction was consummated effective December 31, 2022. The Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification provisions.
As further described in note 17, the Company sold the remainder of the vivoPharm business in Australia on March 13, 2023.
In connection with the classification of the vivoPharm business as held for sale in the fourth quarter of 2021, the Company completed a valuation of the net carrying value of this business and recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $20.2 million. In 2022, the Company recorded an additional impairment charges of $5.4 million consisting of the write-off of the remaining $2.2 million goodwill balance and reducing the cost basis of customer relationships and tradenames by $2.7 million and $0.5 million, respectively.
Also included in discontinuing operations are pre-Merger-related payables related to Cancer Genetics’ sale of its BioPharma and Clinical businesses (“Pre-Merger discontinuing operations”). As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, $267 thousand and $409 thousand, respectively, of liabilities relating to these businesses are classified as other current liabilities – discontinuing operations on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. Results of discontinuing operations were as follows:
Asset and liabilities of discontinuing operations were as follows:
There were no intangible assets as of December 31, 2022. Intangible assets consisted of the following as of December 31, 2021:
Amortization expense for intangible assets aggregated $713 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2021. There was no amortization expense for intangible assets recorded in 2022.
Goodwill arising from the Merger was solely attributed to the vivoPharm business. The following is a roll forward of goodwill as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:
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