Business Acquisitions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Business Acquisitions [Abstract]

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4.    Business Acquisitions

During the quarter ended March 31, 2015, Roper acquired 100% of the shares of Strata Decision Technology LLC, a provider of planning and budget software for health care providers, SoftWriters Inc., a provider of long-term care pharmacy operating software, and Data Innovations LLC, a provider of clinical and blood laboratory middleware.  These acquisitions, purchased for $590 million of cash, will expand Roper's existing medical platforms.  All three companies are reported in the Medical & Scientific Imaging segment.  Supplemental pro forma information has not been provided as the acquisitions were immaterial both individually and in aggregate.

During the three month period ended March 31, 2015, the Company expensed transaction costs of $1.8 million related to the acquisitions as corporate general and administrative expenses, as incurred.

The Company recorded $418 million in goodwill and $212 million of other identifiable intangibles in connection with the acquisitions; however, purchase price allocations are preliminary pending final intangibles valuations and tax-related adjustments.  Of the $212 million intangible assets acquired, $20 million was assigned to trade names that are not subject to amortization.  The remaining $192 million of acquired intangible assets have a weighted average useful life of 17 years.  The intangible assets that make up that amount include customer relationships of $153 million (19 year weighted average useful life) and software of $39 million (6 year weighted average useful life).