Goodwill

The Company evaluates goodwill for impairment annually on July 1 and upon the occurrence of certain triggering events or substantive changes in circumstances that indicate that the fair value of goodwill may be impaired. There were no triggering events identified during the nine months ended May 31, 2017 requiring an interim goodwill impairment test.

The gross change in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended May 31, 2017 was as follows (in thousands):



	AMR
August 31, 2016	$	166,847
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(574		)
May 31, 2017	$	166,273

Accumulated goodwill impairment charges were $471 million as of May 31, 2017 and August 31, 2016.