Other Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) [Abstract]

Other Intangible Assets

Other Intangible Assets

The significant majority of the Company's other intangible assets arose from the November 29, 2007 acquisition of Applebee's. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, intangible assets were as follows:

	Not Subject to Amortization				Subject to Amortization
	Tradename		Other		Franchising Rights			Recipes and Menus			Total
	(In millions)
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	652.4	$	0.4	$	149.0		$	4.3		$	806.1
Amortization expense	—		—		(10.0		)	(2.3		)	(12.3		)
Other	—		0.3		—			—			0.3
Balance at December 31, 2013	652.4		0.7		139.0			2.0			794.1
Amortization expense	—		—		(10.0		)	(2.0		)	(12.0		)
Other	—		0.2		—			—			0.2
Balance at December 31, 2014	652.4		0.9		129.0			—			782.3
Amortization expense	—		—		(10.0		)	—			(10.0		)
Other	—		0.6		—			—			0.6
Balance at December 31, 2015	$	652.4	$	1.5	$	119.0		$	—		$	772.9

Annual amortization expense for the next five fiscal years is estimated to be approximately $10.0 million per year. The weighted average life of the intangible assets subject to amortization was 20 years at December 31, 2015 and 2014.

Gross and net carrying amounts of intangible assets subject to amortization at December 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:

	December 31, 2015							December 31, 2014
	Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Net		Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Net
	(In millions)
Franchising rights	$	200.0	$	(81.0	)	$	119.0	$	200.0	$	(71.0	)	$	129.0
Recipes and menus	15.7		(15.7		)	—		15.7		(15.7		)	—
Total	$	215.7	$	(96.7	)	$	119.0	$	215.7	$	(86.7	)	$	129.0

The Company assessed the Applebee's tradename for impairment in accordance with its policy described in Note 2. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company performed a qualitative assessment of the Applebee's tradename and concluded it was more-likely-than-not that the fair value exceeded the carrying amount and therefore bypassed any quantitative testing. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 and 2013, the Company performed a quantitative test of the Applebee's tradename.

There were no impairments recorded resulting from these assessments in 2015, 2014 or 2013.