GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

NOTE E – GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill by reportable operating segment consisted of the following:

	Total		ArcBest		FleetNet
	(in thousands)
Balances at December 31, 2019 and 2020	$	88,320	$	87,690	$	630
Goodwill acquired(1)		213,969		213,969		—
Goodwill divested(2)		(1,952)		(1,952)		—
Balances at December 31, 2021	$	300,337	$	299,707	$	630
Accumulated impairment at December 31, 2021	$	(20,000)	$	(20,000)	$	—

(1) Goodwill acquired relates to the acquisition of MoLo (see Note D).

(2) Goodwill divested due to the sale of the labor services portion of the ArcBest segment’s moving business in second quarter 2021 was determined based on the relative fair value of the business sold to the total fair value of the reporting unit.

The Company performs the annual impairment evaluation of the goodwill balance of its reporting units, each October 1. As of October 1, 2021, the Company’s assessment of qualitative factors, including performance of the reporting units compared to prior periods, macroeconomic factors, industry considerations, and an increase in the Company’s market capitalization, led to a conclusion that goodwill was not impaired. As of October 1, 2020, the annual impairment evaluation determined there was no impairment of the goodwill balance.

As of the October 1, 2019 annual impairment testing, it was determined that the recorded balances of the domestic freight reporting unit within the ArcBest segment exceeded the estimated fair value of the reporting unit. As a result, the Company recorded a noncash goodwill impairment charge of $20.0 million in the ArcBest segment operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2019. It was also determined that potential impairment indicators existed and an impairment test of the asset groups, including the Company’s finite-lived intangible assets was performed as of October 1, 2019. The

Company recorded a noncash impairment charge of $6.5 million in the ArcBest segment operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2019 to record the asset group at fair value. Approximately $6.0 million of the impairment was related to customer relationships and an additional $0.5 million was related to revenue equipment. The impairment resulted primarily from underperformance of the truckload and dedicated businesses within the domestic freight reporting unit of the ArcBest segment during 2019. Economic conditions during 2019, including lack of growth in the industrial and manufacturing sectors, tariff impacts of international trade, and higher customer inventory levels, contributed to uncertainty on projected shipment levels for purposes of these accounting assessments.

Intangible assets consisted of the following as of December 31:

		2021						2020
	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	12	$	100,321	$	35,072	$	65,249	$	52,721	$	30,477	$	22,244
Other	8		30,335		1,304		29,031		980		543		437
	11		130,656		36,376		94,280		53,701		31,020		22,681
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
Trade name	N/A		32,300		N/A		32,300		32,300		N/A		32,300
Total intangible assets	N/A	$	162,956	$	36,376	$	126,580	$	86,001	$	31,020	$	54,981

The annual impairment evaluation of indefinite-lived intangible assets was performed as of October 1, 2021 and 2020 and it was determined that there was no impairment of the recorded balances.

As of December 31, 2021, the future amortization for intangible assets acquired through business acquisitions were as follows:

	Amortization of
	Intangible Assets
	(in thousands)
2022	$	12,920
2023		12,826
2024		12,793
2025		12,778
2026		8,671
Thereafter		34,292
Total amortization	$	94,280