Recording Asset Acquisition In 2013, Flowers Foods, Inc. acquired certain assets of Hostess Brands, Inc., including the Wonder and Butternut bread brands and related assets. Flowers incurred $16 million in outofpocket acquisition costs for this acquisition, paid in cash. These costs were reported in selling, distribution and administrative expenses. The following table summarizes information found in Flowers 2013 10-K filing, concerning consideration paid and assets acquired (in thousands).

Property, plant and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $160,673

Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,000

Financial assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,650

Total identifiable assets acquired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351,323

Gain on legal settlement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,400)

Goodwill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,419

Acquisition cost, paid in cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $355,342

Flowers had filed a trademark infringement suit against Hostess prior to the acquisition. This suit was settled for $1.4 million and reported as a gain on legal settlement. As of the 2013 balance sheet date, Flowers had not yet received payment on this settlement.

Required

a. Flowers acquired only a subset of Hostess assets, and none of its liabilities. Since Flowers did not acquire the company as a whole, do the requirements of ASC 805 still apply? Cite appropriate Codification.

b. How did Flowers report the lawsuit settlement?

c. Prepare Flowers summary entry to record its acquisition of Hostessbread brands and related assets