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Goodwill and Other Intangibles

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Goodwill and Other Intangibles [Abstract]

9. Goodwill and Other Intangibles

Goodwill has been allocated to reporting units that closely reflect the regions served by the Company's four trade names: New York Sports Clubs (“NYSC”), Boston Sports Clubs (“BSC”), Washington Sports Clubs (“WSC”) and Philadelphia Sports Clubs (“PSC”), with certain more remote clubs that do not benefit from a regional cluster being considered single reporting units (“Outlier Clubs”) and the Company's three clubs located in Switzerland being considered a single reporting unit (“SSC”). The Company has one Outlier Club with goodwill. The BSC, WSC and PSC regions do not have goodwill balances.

The Company's annual goodwill impairment tests are performed on the last day of February, or more frequently, should circumstances change which would indicate the fair value of goodwill is below its carrying amount. The Company's prior year impairment test, performed as of February 28, 2011, supported the recorded goodwill balances and as such, no impairment of goodwill was required. The valuation of reporting units requires assumptions and estimates of many critical factors, including revenue and market growth, operating cash flows and discount rates.

On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted updated guidance issued by the FASB allowing the use of a qualitative approach to test goodwill for impairment and performed its annual impairment test as of February 29, 2012 pursuant to the updated rules. Under the new rules, an entity has the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, an entity determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. In assessing the qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, the Company assessed relevant events and circumstances that may impact the fair value and the carrying amount of the reporting unit. The identification of relevant events and circumstances and how these may impact a reporting units' fair value or carrying amount involve significant judgments and assumptions. The judgment and assumptions include the identification of macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, cost factors, overall financial performance, Company specific events and share price trends and making the assessment on whether each relevant factor will impact the impairment test positively or negatively and the magnitude of any such impact. Based upon the Company's qualitative impairment analysis as of February 29, 2012, prepared in accordance with revised guidance, the Company concluded that there was no requirement to do a quantitative goodwill impairment test. The key qualitative factors that led to this conclusion were (i) the excess amount or “cushion” between each of the reporting unit's fair value and carrying value as indicated on the Company's most recent quantitative assessment on February 28, 2011; (ii) the significant increase in the share price and market capitalization of the Company since the prior year goodwill impairment analysis; and (iii) the overall positive financial performance of the reporting units for the twelve months ended February 29, 2012 as compared to the twelve months ended February 28, 2011 and related improvements in the five year plan.

The Company's next annual impairment test will be performed as of February 28, 2013 or earlier, if any such change constitutes a triggering event outside the quarter when the annual goodwill impairment test is performed. There were no triggering events in the three months ended March 31, 2012.

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill from January 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012 are detailed in the charts below.

	NYSC		BSC		SSC		Outlier Clubs		Total
Balance as of January 1, 2011
Goodwill	$	31,403	$	15,766	$	1,254	$	3,982	$	52,405
Accumulated impairment of goodwill		-		(15,766)		-		(3,845)		(19,611)
		31,403		-		1,254		137		32,794
Balance as of December 31, 2011
Goodwill		31,403		15,766		1,254		3,982		52,405
Accumulated impairment of goodwill		-		(15,766)		-		(3,845)		(19,611)
		31,403		-		1,254		137		32,794
Changes due to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations		-		-		5		-		5
		31,403		-		1,259		137		32,799
Balance as of March 31, 2012
Goodwill		31,403		15,766		1,259		3,982		52,410
Accumulated impairment of goodwill		-		(15,766)		-		(3,845)		(19,611)
		31,403		-		1,259		137		32,799
Changes due to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations		-		-		44		-		44
	$	31,403	$	-	$	1,303	$	137	$	32,843

- 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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