GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

NOTE E – GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill represents the excess of cost over the fair value of net identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired. Goodwill by reportable operating segment consisted of the following:

				Premium Logistics
	Household Goods			and Expedited
	Moving Services			Freight Services			Total
				(in thousands)

Balance December 31, 2011		$	3,660		$	–	$	3,660
Goodwill acquired – Panther		–			69,529		69,529
Balance December 31, 2012		$	3,660		$	69,529	$	73,189

Goodwill associated with the Panther acquisition was attributable primarily to intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition, an assembled workforce, and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for the acquired intangible assets, including software, which are not deductible for income tax purposes. A substantial portion of the goodwill is not deductible for income tax purposes. The fair value of goodwill associated with the Panther acquisition is preliminary and could change until the final determination of value has been completed, with remaining matters primarily relating to net operating loss carryovers and certain other items.

Intangible assets consisted of the following as of December 31, 2012:

	Weighted-Average			Accumulated			Net
	Amortization Period	Cost		Amortization			Value
	(in years)			(in thousands)

Finite-lived intangible assets
Customer relationships	14	$	43,500		$	1,683	$	41,817
Driver network	3	3,200			578		2,622
	13	46,700			2,261		44,439

Indefinite-lived intangible assets
Trade name	N/A	32,300			N/A		32,300
Other	N/A	2,822			N/A		2,822
		35,122			N/A		35,122
Total intangible assets	N/A	$	81,822		$	2,261	$	79,561

Intangible assets, except for the $2.8 million of other indefinite-lived assets, were acquired in conjunction with the June 2012 acquisition of Panther. Intangible amortization expense totaled $2.3 million (all of which pertained to the intangibles acquired in the Panther acquisition) for the year ended December 31, 2012. Amortization expense on intangible assets (excluding acquired software which is reported within property, plant and equipment) is anticipated to range between $3.0 million and $4.0 million per year for the years ended December 31, 2013 through 2017. Acquired software is expected to be amortized on a straight-line basis over seven years, resulting in $2.5 million of amortization in 2012 and approximately $5.0 million of amortization expense on an annual basis for the years ended December 31, 2013 through 2017.

Annual impairment evaluations of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets were performed as of October 1, 2012 and 2011, and it was determined that there was no impairment of the recorded balances.

- 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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