METHODE ELECTRONICS INC Goodwill & Intangibles Disclosure

Note 7. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill

Fiscal 2024 Impairment Assessment

October 28, 2023 interim goodwill impairment assessment

During the three months ended October 28, 2023, the Company identified an impairment triggering event associated with a sustained decrease in the Company’s publicly quoted share price, market capitalization and lower than expected operating results. These factors suggested that the fair value of one or more of the Company’s reporting units may have fallen below their carrying amounts, and accordingly the Company performed a quantitative assessment. The reporting units that were quantitatively assessed were North American Automotive (“NAA”) and European Automotive (“EA”).

For the quantitative assessment, the Company engaged a third-party valuation specialist to assist management. The fair value of the NAA and EA reporting units were estimated using a combination of the income approach and market approach, weighted accordingly for specific circumstances of the reporting unit. The income approach uses a discounted cash flow method and the market approach uses appropriate valuation multiples observed for the reporting unit’s guidelines public companies. The determination of discounted cash flows are based on management’s estimates of revenue growth rates and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) margin, taking into consideration business and market conditions for the countries and markets in which the reporting unit operates. The Company calculates the discount rate based on a market-participant, risk-adjusted weighted average cost of capital, which considers industry specific rates of return on debt and equity capital for a target industry capital structure, adjusted for risks associated with business size, geography and other factors specific to the reporting unit. Long-range forecasting involves uncertainty which increases with each successive period. Revenue growth rates and EBITDA margin, especially in the outer years, involve a greater degree of uncertainty. Further, a change in the discount rate, as a result of a change in economic conditions or otherwise, could result in the carrying values of the reporting units exceeding their respective fair values.

Based upon the results of the quantitative impairment test, the Company determined the carrying value of the NAA and EA reporting units each exceeded their fair value at October 28, 2023. As a result, the Company recognized a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $56.5 million ($50.4 million for NAA and $6.1 million for EA) in the three months ended October 28, 2023, which was determined as the excess carrying value over fair value of the respective reporting unit up to the carrying value of the goodwill immediately prior to the impairment.

April 27, 2024 goodwill impairment assessment

In March and April 2024, subsequent to the annual goodwill impairment assessment, there was a further decline in the Company’s publicly quoted share price and market capitalization. In addition, operating results for NAA were lower than expected and future cash flow projections were lowered. As a result, the Company determined that a triggering event occurred requiring another quantitative impairment test for NAA as of April 27, 2024. Based upon the results of the quantitative impairment test, the Company determined the carrying value of the NAA reporting unit exceeded its fair value at April 27, 2024. As a result, the Company recognized a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $49.4 million in the three months ended April 27, 2024, which was determined as the excess carrying value over fair value of the NAA reporting unit up to the carrying value of the goodwill immediately prior to the impairment. As of April 27, 2024, the NAA reporting unit had no remaining goodwill.

Fiscal 2025 Impairment Assessment

At the beginning of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, the annual goodwill impairment assessment was completed. The Company performed a quantitative assessment for its Grakon Industrial and Nordic Lights reporting units.

The Company engaged a third-party valuation specialist to assist management in performing the annual goodwill impairment assessments. The fair value of these reporting units were estimated using a combination of the income approach and market approach, weighted accordingly for the specific circumstances of the reporting unit.

Based upon the results of the quantitative impairment test, the Company determined that the fair value exceeded its carrying value for both Grakon Industrial and Nordic Lights. However, the fair value of the Nordic Lights reporting unit exceeded its carrying value by less than 10%. For the Nordic Lights reporting unit, if all other assumptions are held constant, a hypothetical increase of more than 100 basis points in the discount rate could have resulted in a partial goodwill impairment.

Other intangible assets, net

The Company performed an impairment test for its indefinite-lived trade name intangible asset and determined that no impairment existed as of May 3, 2025. Based on the current amount of intangible assets subject to amortization, the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years and thereafter is as follows: