Company: SRFM
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-043326
Chunk: 156

Company: SURF AIR MOBILITY INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1B
Chunk 156
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 reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is considered not impaired. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the Company will recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds its reporting unit’s fair value.

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The Company performed its annual goodwill impairment assessment on a qualitative basis as of October 1, 2023, and concluded that it was not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit was less than its carrying value. This conclusion was primarily based on the operations of Southern being consistent with forecasts existing as of the acquisition date and the Company’s plans to re-fleet and expand Southern’s operations. Subsequent to this analysis, the Company identified indicators of impairment of the Southern reporting unit as of December 31, 2023. This was based on operational challenges that were expected to be remediated in the fourth quarter, such as: additional delays of aircraft maintenance due to the unavailability of parts, which resulted in a higher cancellation rate of scheduled flights. These delays were expected to, and did, continue into 2024. Additionally, the Company incurred higher cash requirements than expected to fund the operations of Southern during the fourth quarter of 2023, primarily due to higher maintenance costs. Further, unplanned delays in aircraft deliveries under the Textron aircraft supply agreement, including December 2023 cancellations of both firm deliveries and additional purchase options, have delayed re-fleeting efforts. Indicators of impairment also include a decline in the market price of our common stock and corresponding continued decline in our market capitalization from the date of the Southern Acquisition. As a result, the Company performed a quantitative assessment to compare the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying amount as of December 31, 2023.The Company concluded that the carrying value of the Southern reporting unit exceeded its fair value and, as such, recorded a $60.0 million impairment of goodwill in its Southern reporting unit during the fourth quarter of 2023.The Company estimated the fair value of its reporting units utilizing both a market approach and an income approach (discounted cash flow) and the significant assumptions used to measure fair value include discount rate, terminal value factors, revenue and EBITDA multiples, and control premiums. We evaluate our estimates under the income approach by reconciling the estimated fair value of the reporting unit d