Goodwill And Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Goodwill And Intangible Assets [Abstract]

8. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired, or net liabilities assumed, in a business combination. In accordance with ASC Topic 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other, the Company performs an annual impairment test of goodwill. The Company evaluates goodwill as of October 1 each year and more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that goodwill might be impaired.

Other intangible assets include customer relationships, non-compete arrangements, customer backlog, trade names, and internally developed software, which are being amortized over the assets' estimated useful lives using the straight-line method. Estimated useful lives range from six months to ten years. Amortization of customer relationships, non-compete arrangements, customer backlog, trade names, and internally developed software is considered an operating expense and is included in "Amortization" in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited). The Company periodically reviews the estimated useful lives of its identifiable intangible assets, taking into consideration any events or circumstances that might result in a lack of recoverability or revised useful life.

Goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 are as follows (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2013	$	193,510
Preliminary purchase price allocations for acquisitions (Note 7)		42,269
Purchase accounting adjustments		361
Balance at September 30, 2014	$	236,140

Intangible Assets with Definite Lives

The following table presents a summary of the Company's intangible assets that are subject to amortization (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014							December 31, 2013
	Gross Carrying Amounts		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amounts		Gross Carrying Amounts		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amounts
Customer relationships	$	56,932	$	(16,593	)	$	40,339	$	31,156	$	(10,835	)	$	20,321
Non-compete agreements		1,601		(785	)		816		1,477		(715	)		762
Customer backlog		2,977		(1,985	)		992		402		(170	)		232
Trade name		167		(106	)		61		159		(83	)		76
Internally developed software		8,397		(1,080	)		7,317		4,604		(508	)		4,096
Total	$	70,074	$	(20,549	)	$	49,525	$	37,798	$	(12,311	)	$	25,487

The estimated useful lives of identifiable intangible assets are as follows:

Customer relationships	3 – 10 years
Non-compete agreements	3 – 5 years
Internally developed software	1 – 7 years
Trade name	1 year
Customer backlog	8 – 11 months

- 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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