Note 1 - Organization and Nature of Business Operations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Organization, Consolidation, Basis of Presentation, Business Description and Accounting Policies [Text Block]
Note
1
- Organization and Nature of Business Operations
 
Business
 
NV5
Global, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company” or
“NV5
Global”) is a provider of professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions to public and private sector clients in the infrastructure, energy, construction, real estate and environmental markets, operating through a network of
75
locations in the United States and internationally in Macau, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. The Company’s clients include the U.S. federal, state and local governments, and the private sector.
NV5
Global provides a wide range of services, including, but not limited to, planning, design, consulting, permitting, inspection and field supervision, management oversight, forensic engineering, litigation support, condition assessment and compliance certification.
 
 
Significant Transactions
 
Acquisitions
 
The Company completed a number of acquisitions in
2016,
2015
and
2014.
The purpose of these acquisitions was to expanded the Company’s infrastructure, environmental and project management services and allow
NV5
Global to offer these services on a broader scale within its existing network. In addition, these acquisitions strengthen the Company’s geographic diversification and allows the Company to continue expanding its footprint.
The acquisitions referenced above were accounted for as business combinations under the acquisition method of accounting. Under this method, the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and non-controlling interest, if any, were recorded in the Company’s consolidated financial statements at their respective fair values as of the acquisition dates, and the results of these acquisitions are included in the Company’s consolidated results from the respective dates of acquisition (see Note
4).
 
Secondary offering
 
On
May
13,
2016,
the Company priced a
secondary
 offering of
1,700,000
shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Firm Shares”). Each share was sold at an offering price of
$26.25
per share. The shares sold were registered under the Securities Act of
1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”), on an effective registration statement on Form S-
3
(Registration No.
333
-
206644)
pursuant to the Securities Act. In addition, the Company granted the underwriters of this
secondary
offering a
30
-day option to purchase an additional
255,000
shares (the “Option Shares”) of common stock to cover over-allotments. On
May
18,
2016,
the Company closed on the Firm Shares, for which we received net proceeds of approximately
$41,000
after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company and issued
1,700,000
shares. On
June
3,
2016,
the Company closed on the full exercise of the Option Shares by the underwriters of the
secondary
offering with respect to an additional
255,000
shares of its common stock, for which we received net proceeds of approximately
$6,200
after deducting the underwriters’ discount.
 
On
May
22,
2015,
the Company priced a
secondary
 offering of
1,430,000
shares of the Company’s common stock. Each share was sold at an offering price of
$19.50
per share. The shares sold were registered under the Securities Act of
1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”), on an effective registration statement on Form S-
3
and an effective registration statement filed with the SEC on Form S-
3MEF
(Registration Nos.
333
-
198113
and
333
-
204362)
pursuant to Rule
462(b)
under the Securities Act. On
May
28,
2015,
the underwriters of the offering exercised their option to purchase up to an additional
214,500
shares, solely to cover over-allotments. The closing of the offering occurred, and was recorded, on
May
28,
2015,
upon which we received net proceeds of approximately
$29,400
after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company and issued
1,644,500
shares.
 
Warrant exercise
 
In conjunction with the Company’s initial public offering on
March
26,
2013,
the underwriter received a warrant to acquire up to
140,000
units (“Unit Warrant”).  Each of these units consisted of
one
share of the Company’s common stock and
one
warrant to purchase
one
share of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of
$7.80
per share, which warrant expires on
March
27,
2018.
 On
March
23,
2016,
the underwriter paid
$1,008
to the Company to exercise of the Unit Warrant.  On
March
29,
2016,
the Company delivered
140,000
shares of common stock to the underwriter, and, on
May
5,
2016,
the Company completed the exercise of the Unit Warrant by delivery of the underlying warrants
 
On
January
5,
2015,
in accordance with the amended and restated warrant agreements, the Company notified the holders of its outstanding public warrants that the Company had called its warrants for redemption. Each public warrant entitled the holder to purchase
one
share of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of
$7.80
per share. The public warrant holders had until
February
4,
2015
to exercise their public warrants at
$7.80
per share. The redemption resulted in
408,412,
or approximately
99%,
of the Company’s outstanding public warrants being exercised prior to the expiration time and generated cash proceeds of approximately
$3,200.
The remaining
4,002
public warrants that were not exercised by the expiration time were cancelled and redeemed for the sum of
$0.01
per public warrant. In connection with the redemption of all outstanding public warrants, the trading of the Company’s public warrants was suspended and the warrants were delisted from NASDAQ.