Goodwill And Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2012

Goodwill And Intangible Assets [Abstract]

NOTE 4 — GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The Company's goodwill balance of $97.3 million and $70.4 million at January 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, is included within "other assets, net" in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill, by geographic segment, for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2012, are as follows:


	Americas		Europe			Total
			(In thousands)
Balance as of February 1, 2011	$	2,966	$	67,460		$	70,426
Goodwill acquired during the year		0		31,011			31,011
Foreign currency translation adjustment		0		(4,156	)		(4,156	)

Balance as of February 1, 2012	$	2,966	$	94,315		$	97,281

The increase in goodwill during fiscal 2012 is the result of the Company's acquisitions in Europe (see also Note 5 – Acquisitions).

In conjunction with the Company's annual impairment testing, the Company's goodwill was tested for impairment as of January 31, 2012. The impairment testing included a determination of the fair value of the Company's reporting units, which are also the Company's operating segments, using market multiples and discounted cash flows modeling. The results of the testing indicated that the fair value of the Company's reporting units was greater than the carrying value of the Company's reporting units, including goodwill. As a result, no goodwill impairment was recorded at January 31, 2012.

Also included within "other assets, net" are intangible assets as follows:


	January 31, 2012						January 31, 2011
	Gross carrying amount		Accumulated amortization		Net book value		Gross carrying amount		Accumulated amortization		Net book value
			(In thousands)						(In thousands)
Capitalized software and development costs	$	302,326	$	223,148	$	79,178	$	280,751	$	208,799	$	71,952
Customer and vendor relationships		98,080		36,544		61,536		85,076		26,059		59,017
Other intangible assets		9,636		4,505		5,131		10,041		3,031		7,010

Total	$	410,042	$	264,197	$	145,845	$	375,868	$	237,889	$	137,979

The Company capitalized intangible assets of $48.2 million, $76.5 million and $19.1 million for the years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. For fiscal 2012, these capitalized assets related primarily to software and software development expenditures to be used in the Company's operations and customer and vendor relationships related to the Company's acquisitions during fiscal 2012. For fiscal 2011, these capitalized assets resulted primarily from customer and vendor relationships related to the Company's acquisitions during fiscal 2011 (see also Note 5 – Acquisitions). There was no interest capitalized during any of the fiscal years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

The weighted average amortization period for all intangible assets capitalized during fiscal 2012 approximated six years and approximated five years and six years for fiscal 2011 and 2010, respectively. The weighted average amortization period of all intangible assets was approximately six years for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Amortization expense for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, totaled $35.4 million, $26.3 million and $22.2 million, respectively. Estimated amortization expense of capitalized software and development costs placed in service at January 31, 2012, and customer and vendor relationships and other intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):


Fiscal year:
2013	$	30,700
2014		27,300
2015		21,800
2016		14,300
2017		10,500

- 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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