Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 were (in millions):



	Architecture & Software		Control Products & Solutions			Total
Balance as of September 30, 2012	$	387.7	$	561.1		$	948.8
Acquisition of businesses	—		71.1			71.1
Translation and other	0.1		3.0			3.1
Balance as of September 30, 2013	387.8		635.2			1,023.0
Acquisition of businesses	7.7		28.0			35.7
Translation	0.1		(8.2		)	(8.1		)
Balance as of September 30, 2014	$	395.6	$	655.0		$	1,050.6

During the year ended September 30, 2014, we recognized goodwill of $35.7 million and intangible assets of $41.4 million resulting from the acquisitions of vMonitor LLC and its affiliates (vMonitor), a global technology leader for wireless solutions in the oil and gas industry, and Jacobs Automation (Jacobs), a leader in intelligent track motion control technology. We assigned the full amount of goodwill related to vMonitor to our Control Products & Solutions segment. We assigned the full amount of goodwill related to Jacobs to our Architecture & Software segment.

During the year ended September 30, 2013, we recognized goodwill of $71.1 million and intangible assets of $11.1 million resulting from the acquisition of the medium voltage drives business of Harbin Jiuzhou Electric Co., Ltd. (Harbin) located in Harbin, China. The acquisition strengthened our presence in the Asia-Pacific motor control market by adding significant capabilities in design, engineering and manufacturing of medium voltage drive products. We assigned the full amount of goodwill to our Control Products & Solutions segment.

Other intangible assets consist of (in millions):



	September 30, 2014
	Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Amortized intangible assets:
Computer software products	$	169.1	$	82.5	$	86.6
Customer relationships	89.8		45.4		44.4
Technology	84.0		38.2		45.8
Trademarks	33.7		14.0		19.7
Other	15.5		9.5		6.0
Total amortized intangible assets	392.1		189.6		202.5
Intangible assets not subject to amortization	43.7		—		43.7
Total	$	435.8	$	189.6	$	246.2



	September 30, 2013
	Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Amortized intangible assets:
Computer software products	$	146.9	$	73.1	$	73.8
Customer relationships	77.4		37.1		40.3
Technology	66.1		30.9		35.2
Trademarks	26.4		10.7		15.7
Other	12.1		8.0		4.1
Total amortized intangible assets	328.9		159.8		169.1
Intangible assets not subject to amortization	43.7		—		43.7
Total	$	372.6	$	159.8	$	212.8

Computer software products represent costs of computer software to be sold, leased or otherwise marketed. Computer software products amortization expense was $9.4 million in 2014, $13.1 million in 2013 and $15.9 million in 2012.

The Allen-Bradley^® trademark has an indefinite life, and therefore is not subject to amortization.

Estimated amortization expense is $30.7 million in 2015, $34.1 million in 2016, $30.0 million in 2017, $23.9 million in 2018 and $18.0 million in 2019.

We performed the annual evaluation of our goodwill and indefinite life intangible assets for impairment as required by U.S. GAAP during the second quarter of 2014 and concluded that these assets are not impaired. We did not identify any impairment indicators during the remainder of fiscal 2014 that would require further impairment analysis.

- 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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