Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Note 7.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill were as follows ($000):

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2014
	II-VI Laser			II-VI		II- VI Performance
	Solutions			Photonics		Products		Total
Balance-beginning of period	$	44,041		$	99,214	$	52,890	$	196,145
Foreign currency translation		(122	)		-		-		(122	)
Balance-end of period	$	43,919		$	99,214	$	52,890	$	196,023

The Company reviews the recoverability of goodwill at least annually and any time business conditions indicate a potential change in recoverability. The Company may use combination of a discounted cash flow model (“DCF model”) and a market analysis to determine the current fair value of its reporting units. A number of significant assumptions and estimates are involved in estimating the forecasted cash flows used in the DCF model, including markets and market shares, sales volume and pricing, costs to produce, working capital changes and income tax rates. Management considers historical experience and all available information at the time the fair values of the reporting units are estimated. However, actual fair values that could be realized could differ from those used to evaluate the impairment of goodwill.

As a result of the July 1, 2014 segment realignment, the Company reviewed the recoverability of the carrying value of goodwill at its reporting units. The Company has the option to perform a qualitative assessment of goodwill prior to completing the quantitative test to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, including goodwill and other intangible assets. Due to the short duration of time since the Company’s most recent annual quantitative goodwill impairment test, which was completed on April 1, 2014, the Company elected to perform a qualitative test on its reporting units as part of the segment realignment. The Company did not record any impairment of goodwill or long-lived assets during the three months ended September 30, 2014, as the qualitative assessment did not indicate deterioration in the fair value of its reporting units since the most recent annual impairment test.

The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of the Company’s intangible assets other than goodwill as of September 30, 2014 and June 30, 2014 was as follows ($000):

	September 30, 2014							June 30, 2014
	Gross					Net		Gross					Net
	Carrying		Accumulated			Book		Carrying		Accumulated			Book
	Amount		Amortization			Value		Amount		Amortization			Value
Technology and Patents	$	50,505	$	(15,569	)	$	34,936	$	50,505	$	(14,474	)	$	36,031
Trademarks		17,870		(1,055	)		16,815		17,870		(1,037	)		16,833
Customer Lists		102,665		(21,152	)		81,513		102,839		(19,448	)		83,391
Other		1,580		(1,439	)		141		1,586		(1,437	)		149
Total	$	172,620	$	(39,215	)	$	133,405	$	172,800	$	(36,396	)	$	136,404

Amortization expense recorded on the Company’s intangible assets was $3.1 million and $2.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The technology and patents are being amortized over a range of 60 to 240 months, with a weighted average remaining life of approximately 115 months. The customer lists are being amortized over a range of approximately 120 months to 240 months with a weighted average remaining life of approximately 148 months. The gross carrying amount of trademarks includes $16.4 million of acquired trade names with indefinite lives that are not amortized but tested annually for impairment or more frequently if a triggering event occurs. Included in the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of the Company’s intangible assets is the effect of foreign currency translation on that portion of the intangible assets relating to the Company’s German subsidiaries, as well as Photop Technologies, Inc. (“Photop”) and Photop AOFR Pty. Ltd. (“Photop AOFR”).

At September 30, 2014, the estimated amortization expense for existing intangible assets for each of the five succeeding fiscal years is as follows ($000):

- 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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