GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for fiscal 2012 and 2011 are as follows:



	(In thousands)
Carrying amount as of April 3, 2010	$	109,988
SEBRA (a)	163
Altivation Software Inc.	228
ACCS (b)	2,662
Effect of change in foreign currency exchange rates	2,326
Carrying amount as of April 2, 2011	$	115,367
Effect of change in foreign currency exchange rates	(309		)
Carrying amount as of March 31, 2012	$	115,058

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(a)	See Note 3, Acquisitions, for a full description of the acquisition of the SEBRA^® assets, which occurred on September 4, 2009.


(b)	See Note 3, Acquisitions, for a full description of the acquisition of Applied Critical Care Services, Inc. (“ACCS”), which occurred on December 28, 2010.

Other Intangible Assets

Other intangible assets include the value assigned to license rights and other technology, patents, customer contracts and relationships, software technology, and a trade name. The estimated useful lives for all of these intangible assets are 5 to 20 years.

Aggregate amortization expense for amortized other intangible assets for fiscal year 2012, 2011, and 2010 was $11.4 million, $11.1 million, and $7.7 million, respectively. Future annual amortization expense on other intangible assets is expected to approximate $11.0 million for fiscal year 2013, $10.7 million for fiscal year 2014, $10.1 million for fiscal year 2015, $9.7 million for fiscal year 2016 and $9.4 million for fiscal year 2017.

Amortized Intangibles



	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Weighted Average Useful Life
	(In thousands)		(In thousands)		(In years)
As of March 31, 2012
Patents	$	13,463	$	7,843	11
Capitalized software	20,597		1,394		6
Other technology	42,693		20,120		11
Customer contracts and related relationships	69,361		23,639		12
Trade names	5,408		1,977		10
Total intangibles	$	151,522	$	54,973	11



	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Weighted Average Useful Life
	(In thousands)		(In thousands)		(In years)
As of April 2, 2011
Patents	$	12,704	$	6,827	11
Capitalized software	14,506		656		6
Other technology	43,244		17,391		11
Customer contracts and related relationships	69,908		17,740		12
Trade names	5,254		1,213		10
Total intangibles	$	145,616	$	43,827	11

The changes to the net carrying value of our intangible assets from April 2, 2011 to March 31, 2012 reflect amortization expense and the effect of exchange rate changes in the translation of our intangible assets held by our international subsidiaries.

- 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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