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ACQUISITIONS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Schedule of Consideration Transferred in Business Acquisition | The following table summarizes the cash and non-cash components of the consideration transferred on September 1, 2017 (in thousands):
Cash consideration paid to ACTIVE Network stockholders | $ | 599,497 |
Fair value of Global Payments common stock issued to ACTIVE Network stockholders | 572,079 |
| $ | 1,171,576 |
Schedule of 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):
| December 31, 2017 |  | Measurement- Period Adjustments |  | March 31, 2018
| (in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 42,913 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 42,913 |
Property and equipment | 21,985 |  |  | (133 | ) |  | 21,852 |
Identified intangible assets | 410,545 |  |  | — |  |  | 410,545 |
Other assets | 87,240 |  |  | (142 | ) |  | 87,098 |
Deferred income taxes | (31,643 | ) |  | — |  |  | (31,643 | )
Other liabilities | (144,132 | ) |  | (387 | ) |  | (144,519 | )
Total identifiable net assets | 386,908 |  |  | (662 | ) |  | 386,246 |
Goodwill | 784,668 |  |  | 662 |  |  | 785,330 |
Total purchase consideration | $ | 1,171,576 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,171,576 |
Schedule of Fair Values of Intangible Assets Acquired and Respective Weighted-Average Amortization Periods | The following reflects the provisional 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 | $ | 189,000 |  |  | 17
Acquired technology | 153,300 |  |  | 9
Trademarks and trade names | 59,400 |  |  | 15
Covenants-not-to-compete | 8,845 |  |  | 3
Total estimated acquired intangible assets | $ | 410,545 |  |  | 13

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