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ACQUISITIONS - (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
ACTIVE Network |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Schedule of recognized identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed | The provisional estimated acquisition-date fair values of major classes of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including a reconciliation to the total purchase consideration, are as follows (in thousands):
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 42,866 |
Property and equipment | 22,889 |
Identified intangible assets | 471,120 |
Other assets | 80,485 |
Deferred income taxes | (26,757 | )
Other liabilities | (123,047 | )
Total identifiable net assets | 467,556 |
Goodwill | 704,020 |
Total purchase consideration | $ | 1,171,576 |
Heartland Payment Systems, Inc |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Schedule of business acquisition, consideration transferred | The following table summarizes the components of the consideration transferred on April 22, 2016 (in thousands):
Cash consideration paid to Heartland stockholders |  | $ | 2,043,362 |
Fair value of Global Payments common stock issued to Heartland stockholders |  | 1,879,458 |
Total purchase consideration |  | $ | 3,922,820 |
Schedule of recognized identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed | The estimated acquisition-date fair values of major classes of assets acquired and liabilities assumed previously determined as of December 31, 2016 and as subsequently revised, including a reconciliation to the total purchase consideration, are as follows:
| December 31, 2016 |  | Measurement-Period Adjustments |  | Final
| (in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 304,747 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 304,747 |
Accounts receivable | 70,385 |  |  | — |  |  | 70,385 |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | 103,090 |  |  | (5,131 | ) |  | 97,959 |
Identified intangible assets | 1,639,040 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,639,040 |
Property and equipment | 106,583 |  |  | — |  |  | 106,583 |
Debt | (437,933 | ) |  | — |  |  | (437,933 | )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | (457,763 | ) |  | (65 | ) |  | (457,828 | )
Settlement processing obligations | (36,578 | ) |  | (3,727 | ) |  | (40,305 | )
Deferred income taxes | (518,794 | ) |  | 18,907 |  |  | (499,887 | )
Other liabilities | (64,938 | ) |  | (33,495 | ) |  | (98,433 | )
Total identifiable net assets | 707,839 |  |  | (23,511 | ) |  | 684,328 |
Goodwill | 3,214,981 |  |  | 23,511 |  |  | 3,238,492 |
Total purchase consideration | $ | 3,922,820 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,922,820 |
The following reflects the estimated fair values of the identified intangible assets and the respective weighted-average estimated amortization periods:
| Estimated Fair Values |  | Weighted-Average Estimated Amortization Periods
| (in thousands) |  | (years)
Customer-related intangible assets | $ | 977,400 |  |  | 15
Acquired technology | 457,000 |  |  | 5
Trademarks and trade names | 176,000 |  |  | 7
Covenants-not-to-compete | 28,640 |  |  | 1
Total estimated acquired intangible assets | $ | 1,639,040 |  |  | 11

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