Note 2. Business Combination

Danimer Catalytic Technologies

On August 11, 2021, we acquired all of the outstanding shares of Novomer, Inc., a privately held company, in exchange for $153.9 million in cash, gross of cash acquired, subject to certain customary adjustments as set forth in the merger agreement. We also entered into employment or consulting agreements with, and granted stock options to, certain key employees and consultants of Novomer Inc. We have also recorded contingent purchase price payable that will be payable to the sellers upon our collection of an income tax refund receivable. We have integrated Novomer, Inc. into our business as Danimer Catalytic Technologies.

Danimer Catalytic Technologies uses its proprietary thermal catalytic conversion process to produce a unique type of PHA, referred to under its brand name as Rinnovo, that can be incorporated into some of our products as a complement to our existing PHA polymer at reduced cost.

We have recognized the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their estimated acquisition date fair values, with the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the identifiable net assets acquired recorded as goodwill.

The accounting for the business combination is based on currently available information and is considered preliminary. The final accounting for the business combination may differ materially from that presented above as future events may provide additional information about the realizability of other assets or the existence of other liabilities at the acquisition date. In addition, income tax returns for 2021 have yet to be filed, and we are validating certain state income tax allocations, which could result in changes to acquisition-date deferred tax liability.

The preliminary estimated goodwill is attributable to the strategic opportunities and synergies that we expect to arise from the acquisition and the value of its existing workforce. The goodwill is not deductible for federal income tax purposes.

The following table compares pro forma revenue and loss from operations for the combined entity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 as if the acquisition had taken place on January 1, 2021 to actual results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. These pro forma results do not necessarily reflect what the combined entity's results would have been had the acquisition taken place at that time, and this pro forma financial information may not be useful in predicting our future financial results. The actual results might have differed significantly from the pro forma amounts reflected herein due to a variety of factors. The following includes pro forma adjustments to reflect amortization of acquired technology intangible assets. We do not disclose pro forma impact related to income taxes or earnings-per-share as we do not believe those are useful to the reader in our situation.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, Danimer Catalytic Technologies incurred $2.9 and $5.8 million in expenses, respectively, including amortization expense.