4.    Business Combinations

Meetrics GmbH

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On August 31, 2021, the Company acquired all of the outstanding stock of Meetrics GmbH (“Meetrics”). Meetrics was founded in 2008 in Berlin, Germany and is a European-based ad verification provider – offering comprehensive media quality measurement solutions across viewability, fraud, brand safety and suitability. The aggregate net cash purchase price was $24.3 million. This acquisition expands DoubleVerify’s international presence as substantially all of Meetrics’ customer base and business operations are based in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

The following table summarizes the preliminary fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date:

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The acquired intangible assets of Meetrics will be amortized over their estimated useful lives. Accordingly, customer relationships will be amortized over fourteen years, developed technology will be amortized over four years, non-compete agreements will be amortized over two years, and trademarks will be amortized over one year. The total weighted-average useful life of the acquired intangible assets as of September 30, 2021 is 11.4 years. The Company recognized a deferred tax liability of $2.9 million in relation to the intangible assets acquired.

The goodwill and identified intangible assets are not deductible for tax purposes. The Company incurred acquisition-related transaction costs of $0.7 million included in General and Administrative expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.

The goodwill associated with Meetrics includes the acquired assembled work force, the value associated with the opportunity to leverage the work force to continue to develop the future generations of verification technology assets, as well as the ability to grow the Company through adding additional customer relationships or new solutions in the future.

The preliminary allocations of the purchase price for Meetrics are subject to revisions as additional information is obtained about the facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date. The revisions may have a significant impact on the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. The allocations of the purchase price will be finalized once all information is obtained and assessed, not to exceed one year from the acquisition date.

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The acquisition of Meetrics was immaterial to the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, and therefore, supplemental information disclosure on an unaudited pro forma basis is not presented.

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Zentrick NV

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On February 15, 2019, the Company acquired all of the outstanding stock of Zentrick NV (“Zentrick”). Zentrick, headquartered in Ghent, Belgium is a digital video technology company that provides middleware solutions that increase the performance of online video advertising for brand advertisers, advertising platforms and publishers. This acquisition integrates technology into the Company’s suite of products related to advertising viewability specifically on video formats, a growing segment of the advertising market and critical for the delivery of verification services to social platforms and CTV. The aggregate purchase price consists of 1) $23.2 million paid in cash at closing, which excluded closing adjustments of approximately $0.2 million paid in April 2019 2) $0.1 million in holdback payment of which 50% was payable 12 months after the closing date, and the remaining 50% was payable 24 months after the closing date and 3) up to $17.3 million of performance-based deferred payments that comprises two components (the “Zentrick Deferred Payment Terms”). The first component has a $4.0 million maximum payment related to four milestone tranches of $1.0 million each based on achievement of certain product milestones (“technical milestones”). The second component has a total maximum payment of $13.0 million and varies based upon certain revenue targets in fiscal 2019, 2020, and 2021 (“revenue targets”).

Under the Zentrick Deferred Payment Terms, a portion of the technical milestones and revenue targets have been accounted at fair value as contingent consideration in the business combination with the remaining portion being accounted for as compensation expense under ASC 710, Compensation - General.

As of September 30, 2021, the technical milestone and revenue target components of the contingent consideration had a fair value of $1.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively, and is recorded in Contingent Considerations Current in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. There was no change in fair value in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the three months ended September 30, 2021. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded a $0.1 million unrealized loss for the change in fair value in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income. The Company recorded less than $0.1 million unrealized gain and $0.9 million unrealized gain for the change in fair value in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

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As of September 30, 2021, the technical milestone and revenue target components treated as compensation cost total $1.1 million and is included in Other Current Liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. For the three months ended September 30, 2021, there were no charges to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, less than $0.1 million was charged to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. Less than $0.1 million and $0.2 million were charged to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.