ACQUISITIONS: (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Addressable television assets of Allant

Schedule of allocation of the purchase price to assets acquired and liabilities assumed

The following table presents the purchase price allocation related to assets acquired and liabilities assumed (dollars in thousands):

	December 1, 2015
Assets acquired:
Accounts receivable	$	499
Developed technology	2,700
Other intangible assets	1,400
Goodwill	1,377
	5,976
Accounts payable	(590		)
Net cash paid	$	5,386

LiveRamp, Inc.

Schedule of acquisition date fair value of consideration transferred

The acquisition date fair value of the consideration transferred for LiveRamp was approximately $272.7 million which consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

	July 1, 2014
Cash, net of $12.0 million cash acquired	$	234,672
Restricted cash held in escrow	31,000
Fair value of stock options issued included in purchase price	6,978
Total fair value of consideration transferred	$	272,650

Schedule of allocation of the purchase price to assets acquired and liabilities assumed

The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the date of the acquisition (dollars in thousands):

	July 1, 2014
Assets acquired:
Cash	$	12,016
Trade accounts receivable	5,206
Deferred income tax assets	10,444
Goodwill	213,093
Developed technology (Software)	40,000
Other intangible assets (Other assets, net)	26,500
Other current and noncurrent assets	1,306
	308,565
Deferred income tax liabilities	(18,945		)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and deferred revenue	(4,954		)
Net assets acquired	284,666
Less:
Cash acquired	12,016
Net purchase price allocated	$	272,650
Less:
Fair value of stock options issued included in purchase price	6,978
Net cash paid	$	265,672

Schedule of intangible assets acquired

The following table presents the components of intangible assets acquired and their estimated useful lives as of the acquisition date (dollars in thousands):

	Fair value		Useful life (in years)
Developed technology	$	40,000	4
Customer relationships	25,000		6
Trade name	1,500		2
Total intangible assets subject to amortization	$	66,500

Schedule of supplemental consolidated results on an unaudited pro forma basis

Following are the Company’s supplemental consolidated results on an unaudited pro forma basis, as if the LiveRamp acquisition had taken place at the beginning of each of the fiscal years presented (dollars in thousands, except per-share amounts):

	2015			2014
Revenues	$	811,619		$	824,393
Net loss attributable to Acxiom	$	(33,797	)	$	(40,268	)
Diluted loss per share	$	(0.44	)	$	(0.54	)

Acquisitions

Schedule of intangible assets acquired

The following table shows the amortization activity of purchased intangible assets (dollars in thousands):

	2016			2015			2014
Developed technology assets, gross (Software)	$	42,850		$	42,524		$	2,537
Accumulated amortization	(17,950		)	(9,924		)	(2,349		)
Net developed technology assets	$	24,900		$	32,600		$	188
Customer/trademark assets, gross (Other assets)	$	35,466		$	34,166		$	7,674
Accumulated amortization	(16,263		)	(11,265		)	(7,393		)
Net customer/trademark assets	$	19,203		$	22,901		$	281
Total intangible assets, gross	$	78,316		$	76,690		$	10,211
Total accumulated amortization	(34,213		)	(21,189		)	(9,742		)
Net intangible assets	$	44,103		$	55,501		$	469
Amortization expense	$	15,467		$	11,447		$	340