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ACQUISITIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
ACQUISITIONS
ACQUISITIONS
On January 1, 2015, we acquired all of the outstanding stock of Freightquote.com, Inc. (“Freightquote”) for the purpose of enhancing our less than truckload and truckload businesses and expanding our eCommerce capabilities. Total purchase consideration was, $398.6 million which was paid in cash. We used advances under the Credit Agreement to fund part of the cash consideration. The following is a summary of the allocation of purchase consideration to the estimated fair value of net assets for the acquisition of Freightquote (in thousands):
Cash and cash equivalents
$
29,302

Receivables
56,228

Other current assets
2,395

Property and equipment
43,687

Identifiable intangible assets
37,800

Goodwill
287,220

Trademarks
8,600

Other noncurrent assets
3,421

Total assets
468,653

 
 
Accounts payable
(44,622
)
Accrued expenses
(5,485
)
Other liabilities
(19,939
)
Net assets acquired
$
398,607


Following are the details of the purchase price allocated to the intangible assets acquired (dollars in thousands):
 
Estimated Life (years)
 
 
Customer relationships
5
 
$
37,500

Noncompete agreements
5
 
300

Total identifiable intangible assets
 
 
$
37,800



We also acquired a trademark valued at $8.6 million which has been determined to be indefinite-lived. The Freightquote goodwill is a result of acquiring and retaining the Freightquote existing workforce and expected synergies from integrating their business in C.H. Robinson. Purchase accounting is considered final. The goodwill will not be deductible for tax purposes.
On an unaudited pro forma basis, assuming the Freightquote acquisition had closed on January 1, 2014, the results of C.H. Robinson including Freightquote, would have resulted in the following (in thousands):
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2014
 
C.H. Robinson
 
Freightquote
 
Combined
 
As Reported
 
Operations
 
Pro Forma
Total revenues
$
13,470,067

 
$
623,245

 
$
14,093,312

Income from operations
748,418

 
24,131

 
772,549


Freightquote pro forma financial information includes the following adjustments for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 (in thousands):
Additional amortization expense on identifiable intangible assets
$
(7,560
)
Contractual changes in compensation
1,973

Additional compensation paid by sellers
2,627

Accounting policy changes
1,303

Third party advisory fees paid by sellers
5,355

Other
2,196


The pro forma consolidated information was prepared for comparative purposes only and includes certain adjustments, as noted above. The adjustments are estimates based on currently available information, and actual amounts may have differed from these estimates. They do not reflect the effect of costs or synergies that would have been expected to result from the integration of the acquisition. The pro forma information does not purport to be indicative of the results of operations that actually would have resulted had the acquisition occurred at the beginning of each period presented or of future results of the consolidated entity. The results of operations and financial condition of Freightquote have been included in our consolidated financial statements since the acquisition date of January 1, 2015.