Other Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Other Intangible Assets

Note 6 – Other Intangible Assets

Other intangible assets consist of the following:

(in thousands)	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
Finite-lived intangible assets:
Customer lists	$	76,299		$	69,763
Covenants not to compete		26,889			29,441
Trademarks		10,078			9,551
Patents		2,840			2,840
		116,106			111,595
Accumulated amortization		(75,379	)		(69,397	)
		40,727			42,198
Indefinite-lived intangible assets:
Licenses		17,869			17,796
	$	58,596		$	59,994

Amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets was $2.9 million and $8.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and $3.4 million and $10.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively.

Estimated amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets for the next five years is as follows:

Year	(in thousands)
Remainder of 2012	$	3,258
2013	$	12,341
2014	$	7,879
2015	$	4,618
2016	$	3,786
2017	$	2,005