Goodwill and Other Intangibles

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

In 2014, the Company acquired intangible assets in the amount of $994 million for developed technology, customer relationships and trade names associated with the Acquisition. These intangible assets have an estimated useful life ranging from 1 to 8 years. See Note 3 Business Combinations for specific information regarding the Acquisition.

Other intangibles, net are as follows (in millions):



	December 31, 2015
	Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount
Amortized intangible assets
Current technology	$	25	$	(19	)	$	6
Trade names	40		(24		)	16
Unpatented technology	270		(87		)	183
Patent and patent rights	247		(99		)	148
Customer relationships	517		(113		)	404
Total	$	1,099	$	(342	)	$	757
Amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2015			$	251



Estimated amortization expense:	Amount
For the year ended December 31, 2016	$	234
For the year ended December 31, 2017	198
For the year ended December 31, 2018	108
For the year ended December 31, 2019	88
For the year ended December 31, 2020	42
Thereafter	87
Total	$	757



	December 31, 2014
	Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount
Amortized intangible assets
Current technology	$	23	$	(16	)	$	7
Trade names	40		(2		)	38
Unpatented technology	280		(13		)	267
Patent and patent rights	245		(32		)	213
Customer relationships	532		(28		)	504
Total	$	1,120	$	(91	)	$	1,029
Amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2014			$	54

Certain intangible assets including goodwill are denominated in foreign currency and, as such, include the effects of foreign currency translation.

Changes in the net carrying value amount of goodwill were as follows (in millions):



	Total
Goodwill as of December 31, 2013	$	156
Opening balance sheet adjustments – Hart Systems 2014 (Retail Solutions)	(2		)
Acquisition – Enterprise	2,336
Goodwill as of December 31, 2014	2,490
Opening balance sheet adjustments – Enterprise 2015	11
Foreign exchange impact	(8		)
Goodwill as of December 31, 2015	$	2,493

Gross goodwill was $266 million and accumulated impairments were $110 million as of December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2015 goodwill totaled $2.3 billion for the Enterprise reportable segment and $154 million for the Legacy Zebra reportable segment.

The Retail Solutions Group reporting unit had total goodwill of $59.0 million as of December 31, 2015. During the fourth quarter of 2015, we finalized the determination of estimated fair value of the Retail Solutions Group reporting unit as of the first day of the fourth quarter of 2015. The determination of fair value and the allocation of that value to individual assets and liabilities within the Retail Solutions Group reporting unit requires us to make significant estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions primarily include, but are not limited to: the selection of appropriate peer group companies; a control premium appropriate for acquisitions in the industries in which the Retail Solutions Group reporting unit competes; a discount rate; a terminal growth rate; and forecasts of revenue, operating income, depreciation and amortization and capital expenditures. The estimate of fair value indicated that the fair value of the Retail Solutions Group reporting unit exceeded its carrying value by approximately 12% as of the valuation date. Although we believe our estimate of fair value is reasonable, actual financial results could differ from that estimate due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making such estimate.

- 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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