GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS [Abstract]

4. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Our goodwill and other intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):

	March 31, 2016							March 31, 2015
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization / Impairment Loss			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization / Impairment Loss			Net Carrying Amount

Goodwill	$	50,824	$	(8,673	)	$	42,151	$	42,785	$	(8,673	)	$	34,112
Customer relationships & other intangibles		20,401		(9,193	)		11,208		12,005		(6,560	)		5,445
Capitalized software development		2,709		(1,914	)		795		2,693		(1,452	)		1,241
Total	$	73,934	$	(19,780	)	$	54,154	$	57,483	$	(16,685	)	$	40,798

GOODWILL

Goodwill represents the premium paid over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets that are individually identified and separately recognized in business combinations. Customer relationships and capitalized software development costs are amortized over an estimated useful life, which is generally between 3 to 7 years. Trade names and trademarks are amortized over an estimated useful life of 10 years. All of our goodwill as of March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015 is related to our technology segment.

Goodwill increased by $8.0 million for the year ended March 31, 2016 due to the addition of $8.1 million from the acquisition of the businesses of IGX Acquisition Global, LLC, IGXGlobal UK Limited, and IGX Support, LLC (collectively, “IGX”) in December, 2015 and offset by $0.2 million in foreign currency translation. See Note 14, “Business Combinations,” for additional information.

We test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis, as of the first day of our third fiscal quarter, and between annual tests if an event occurs, or circumstances change, that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount.

During the quarter ended December 31, 2015, we performed a qualitative assessment for goodwill in accordance with the provisions of Codification Topic Intangibles – Goodwill and Other, and concluded that the fair value of our reporting units, more likely than not, exceeded their respective carrying amounts as of October 1, 2015.

During the quarter ended December 31, 2014, we elected to bypass the qualitative assessment of goodwill and estimate the fair values of the reporting units. The fair value of our reporting units substantially exceeded their respective carrying values as of October 1, 2014, and our conclusions regarding the recoverability of goodwill would not be impacted by a ten percent change in their fair values.

OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Total amortization expense was $3.3 million, $2.4 million, and $1.5 million for the years ended March 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Amortization expense is estimated to be $4.4 million, $2.9 million, $2.2 million, $1.5 million, and $0.9 million for the years ended March 31, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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