Goodwill and Intangibles (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Goodwill and Intangibles

The Company’s goodwill balance is as follows:



	Fiscal Year Ended
	December 26, 2015			December 27, 2014
Beginning Balance	$	976,451		$	1,016,132
Change due to exchange rate fluctuations	(30,369		)	(39,681		)
Ending Balance	$	946,082		$	976,451

The Company performs impairment tests of goodwill at its reporting unit level. The Company conducts its annual goodwill impairment test on the last day of each fiscal year unless factors indicate that an impairment may have occurred. As of December 26, 2015, the Company performed a qualitative analysis which determined there was no impairment of the Company's goodwill. Goodwill is included in the Kopin reportable segment.

At December 28, 2013, the Company performed a review of the FDD intangibles assets and determined that the customer relationships, technology and trademarks were impaired. The Company performed a remeasurement of the fair value of the intangible assets using the income approach and as a result the Company wrote down the value of the intangible assets by $1.2 million in the year ended December 28, 2013. At December 28, 2013, the Company determined that as a result of a change in the strategic direction of Kopin Software Ltd. the value of its customer relationships were impaired and the Company wrote down the value of the intangible assets by $0.3 million.

The discount rate used was the value-weighted average of the Company’s estimated cost of equity and debt (“cost of capital”) derived using both known and estimated customary market metrics.

The identified intangible assets will be amortized on a straight-line basis over the following lives:



	Years
Customer relationships	7
Developed technology	7
Trademark portfolio	7

The Company recognized $0.6 million, $1.0 million and $0.3 million in amortization for the fiscal years ended December 26, 2015, December 27, 2014 and December 28, 2013, respectively.

- 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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