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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets [Abstract] 
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
3. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill

The following table presents the changes in the carrying amount of our goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 (in thousands):

 

                                 
    Animal
Hospital
    Laboratory     All Other     Total  

Balance as of December 31, 2010

  $ 965,999     $ 96,818     $ 29,663     $ 1,092,480  

Goodwill acquired

    64,459       6       99,087       163,552  

Other (1)

    (1,807     (30     (134     (1,971
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2011

  $ 1,028,651     $ 96,794     $ 128,616     $ 1,254,061  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) 

Other includes acquisition-price adjustments which consist primarily of an adjustment related to deferred taxes, buy- outs and foreign currency translation adjustments.

We had no accumulated impairment losses as of September 30, 2011.

Other Intangible Assets

Our amortizable intangible assets at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 are as follows (in thousands):

 

                                                 
    As of September 30, 2011     As of December 31, 2010  
    Gross
Carrying
Amount
    Accumulated
Amortization
    Net
Carrying
Amount
    Gross
Carrying
Amount
    Accumulated
Amortization
    Net
Carrying
Amount
 

Noncontractual customer relationships

  $ 80,613     $ (18,297   $ 62,316     $ 48,686     $ (14,188   $ 34,498  

Covenants not-to-compete

    12,990       (8,030     4,960       14,459       (8,311     6,148  

Favorable lease asset

    5,571       (3,076     2,495       5,486       (2,672     2,814  

Trademarks

    7,545       (1,463     6,082       3,749       (986     2,763  

Contracts

    3,500       (74     3,426       -       -       -  

Technology

    16,589       (1,852     14,737       2,189       (1,447     742  

Client lists

    84       (28     56       35       (14     21  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 126,892     $ (32,820   $ 94,072     $ 74,604     $ (27,618   $ 46,986  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

The following table summarizes our aggregate amortization expense related to other intangible assets (in thousands):

 

                                 
    Three Months  Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months  Ended
September 30,
 
    2011     2010     2011     2010  

Aggregate amortization expense

  $ 3,833     $ 2,484     $ 9,092     $ 6,825  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The estimated amortization expense related to intangible assets for the remainder of 2011 and each of the succeeding years thereafter as of September 30, 2011 is as follows (in thousands):

 

         

Remainder of 2011

  $ 4,403  

2012

    16,952  

2013

    14,680  

2014

    12,348  

2015

    10,492  

Thereafter

    35,197  
   

 

 

 

Total

  $     94,072