GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

NOTE D – 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:


					ABF		ABF
	Total		Panther		Moving		Logistics		FleetNet
	(in thousands)
Balances December 31, 2013	$	76,448	$	71,096	$	5,352	$	—	$	—
Goodwill acquired(1)		630		—		—		—		630
Balances December 31, 2014	$	77,078	$	71,096	$	5,352	$	—	$	630
Goodwill acquired(2)		19,387		—		—		19,387		—
Balances December 31, 2015	$	96,465	$	71,096	$	5,352	$	19,387	$	630

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Goodwill of $0.6 million related to the April 30, 2014 FleetNet acquisition is expected to be fully deductible for tax purposes.

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Goodwill of $4.2 million and $15.2 million related to the January 2, 2015 acquisition of Smart Lines and the December 1, 2015 acquisition of Bear, respectively, is expected to be fully deductible for tax purposes. The fair value assessment of assets and liabilities acquired with Bear was based on preliminary information as of December 31, 2015.

Intangible assets consisted of the following as of December 31:


		2015						2014
	Weighted-Average			Accumulated		Net				Accumulated		Net
	Amortization Period	Cost		Amortization		Value			Cost	Amortization		Value
	(in years)	(in thousands)						(in thousands)
Finite-lived intangible assets
Customer relationships(1)	13	$	52,221	$	11,331	$	40,890	$	44,242	$	7,971	$	36,271
Driver network	3		3,200		3,200		—		3,200		2,711		489
Other	8		1,032		257		775		1,032		105		927
	13		56,453		14,788		41,665		48,474		10,787		37,687
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
Trade name	N/A		32,300		N/A		32,300		32,300		N/A		32,300
Other	N/A		2,822		N/A		2,822		2,822		N/A		2,822
			35,122				35,122		35,122				35,122
Total intangible assets	N/A	$	91,575	$	14,788	$	76,787	$	83,596	$	10,787	$	72,809

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Customer relationships include $7.3 million related to the December 1, 2015 acquisition of Bear. The fair value assessment of assets and liabilities acquired with Bear was based on preliminary information as of December 31, 2015.

Amortization expense on intangible assets totaled $4.0 million, $4.4 million, and $4.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013 respectively. As of December 31, 2015, amortization expense on intangible assets (excluding acquired software which is reported within property, plant and equipment) is anticipated to range between $4.0 million and $4.2 million per year for the years ended December 31, 2016 through 2020. Acquired software (reported in property, plant and equipment) is being amortized on a straight‑line basis over seven years, which resulted in $4.5 million of amortization expense in 2015 and 2014 and is expected to result in $4.5 million of annual amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2016 through 2018 and $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Annual impairment evaluations of goodwill and indefinite‑lived intangible assets were performed as of October 1, 2015 and 2014, 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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