Note 6 - Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

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Note 6 - Intangible Assets

At June 30, 2014, intangible assets comprised New Dawn’s purchased software and customer relationship costs of $6,488,000 (net of the accumulated amortization expenses of $3,012,000) and ISD’s purchased software and customer relationship costs of $12,479,000 (net of accumulated amortization expenses of $2,496,000). These identifiable intangible assets are being amortized over five years for financial statement purposes due to the short life cycle of technology that customer relationships depend on, and over a 15-year period on a straight line basis for tax purposes. The intangible amortization expenses were $3,642,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 2014 as compared with $1,111,000 in the prior year period.