Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets [Abstract]

We have goodwill, amortizable intangible assets and intangible assets that do not require amortization, as follows:

	September 30, 2014						December 31, 2013
	Gross		Accumulated Amortization		Net		Gross		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Goodwill(1)	$	1,092.6	$	-	$	1,092.6	$	1,090.9	$	-	$	1,090.9
Intangible assets:
Finite-lived:
Technology	$	19.6	$	19.6	$	-	$	19.6	$	19.6	$	-
Franchise agreements		18.0		18.0		-		18.0		17.9		0.1
Customer relationships		362.1		218.5		143.6		351.5		196.4		155.1
Other		15.3		13.2		2.1		16.2		14.0		2.2
		415.0		269.3		145.7		405.3		247.9		157.4
Indefinite-lived:
Tradenames(2)		54.0		-		54.0		54.0		-		54.0
Reacquired franchise rights		97.5		-		97.5		97.7		-		97.7
		151.5		-		151.5		151.7		-		151.7
Total intangible assets	$	566.5	$	269.3	$	297.2	$	557.0	$	247.9	$	309.1

(1) Balances were net of accumulated impairment loss of $513.4 as of both September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

(2) Balances were net of accumulated impairment loss of $139.5 as of both September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

Goodwill

Changes in the carrying value of goodwill by reportable segment and Corporate were as follows:

	Americas(1)			Southern Europe(2)			Northern Europe			APME			Right Management		Corporate(3)		Total
Balance, January 1, 2014	$	465.9		$	107.8		$	318.2		$	72.0		$	62.1	$	64.9	$	1,090.9
Goodwill acquired		1.9			-			27.4			3.9			-		-		33.2
Currency and other impacts		(0.9	)		(8.6	)		(19.9	)		(2.1	)		-		-		(31.5	)
Balance, September 30, 2014	$	466.9		$	99.2		$	325.7		$	73.8		$	62.1	$	64.9	$	1,092.6

(1) Balances related to the United States were $448.5 and $450.4 as of January 1, 2014 and September 30, 2014, respectively.

(2) Balances related to France were $87.3 and $80.2 as of January 1, 2014 and September 30, 2014, respectively. Balances related to Italy were $5.7 and $5.2 as of January 1, 2014 and September 30, 2014, respectively.

(3) The majority of the Corporate balance relates to goodwill attributable to our acquisition of Jefferson Wells ($55.5) which is now part of the United States reporting unit. For purposes of monitoring our total assets by segment, we do not allocate the Corporate balance to the respective reportable segments as this is commensurate with how we operate our business. We do, however, include these balances within the appropriate reporting units for our goodwill impairment testing. See table below for the breakout of goodwill balances by reporting unit.

Goodwill Balances by Reporting Unit

Goodwill balances by reporting unit were as follows:

	September 30,		January 1,
	2014		2014
United States	$	505.9	$	504.0
Netherlands		89.7		84.1
United Kingdom		87.2		84.6
France		80.2		87.3
Right Management		62.1		62.1
Other reporting units		267.5		268.8
Total goodwill	$	1,092.6	$	1,090.9