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Franchise Rights Acquired, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
12 Months Ended
Jan. 01, 2022
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Franchise Rights Acquired, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

7.

Franchise Rights Acquired, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The Company performed its annual impairment review of indefinite-lived intangible assets, including franchise rights acquired with indefinite lives, and goodwill for fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020 on May 9, 2021 and May 3, 2020, respectively.

In performing its annual impairment analysis as of May 9, 2021 and May 3, 2020, the Company determined that the carrying amounts of its franchise rights acquired with indefinite lives units of account and goodwill reporting units did not exceed their respective fair values and therefore, no impairment existed.

The Company performed an interim impairment analysis as of January 1, 2022 for the Canada indefinite-lived franchise rights acquired and determined the carrying amount for this unit of account did not exceed its respective fair value and therefore, no impairment existed.

With respect to its Brazil reporting unit, during the first quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company made a strategic decision to shift to an exclusively Digital business in that country. The Company determined that this decision, together with the negative impact of COVID-19, the ongoing challenging economic environment in Brazil and its reduced expectations regarding the reporting unit’s future operating cash flows, required the Company to perform an interim goodwill impairment analysis. In performing this discounted cash flow analysis, the Company determined that the carrying amount of this reporting unit exceeded its fair value and as a result recorded an impairment charge of $3,665, which comprised the remaining balance of goodwill for this reporting unit.

Franchise rights acquired are due to acquisitions of the Company’s franchised territories as well as the acquisition of franchise promotion agreements and other factors associated with the acquired franchise territories. For the fiscal year ended January 1, 2022, the change in the carrying value of franchise rights acquired was due to the franchisee acquisitions as described in Note 6 and the effect of exchange rate changes.

Goodwill primarily relates to the acquisition of the Company by The Kraft Heinz Company (successor to H.J. Heinz Company) in 1978, and the Company’s acquisitions of WW.com, LLC (formerly known as WW.com, Inc. and WeightWatchers.com, Inc.) in 2005 and the Company’s franchised territories. See Note 6 for additional information about acquisitions by the Company. For the fiscal year ended January 1, 2022, the change in the carrying amount of goodwill was due to the Maine Acquisition and the effect of exchange rate changes as follows: 

 

 

 

North

 

 

Continental

 

 

United

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America

 

 

Europe

 

 

Kingdom

 

 

Other

 

 

Total

 

Balance as of December 28, 2019

 

$

143,940

 

 

$

7,015

 

 

$

1,213

 

 

$

5,748

 

 

$

157,916

 

Goodwill impairment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,665

)

 

 

(3,665

)

Effect of exchange rate changes

 

 

1,131

 

 

 

777

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

(597

)

 

 

1,366

 

Balance as of January 2, 2021

 

$

145,071

 

 

$

7,792

 

 

$

1,268

 

 

$

1,486

 

 

$

155,617

 

Goodwill acquired during the period

 

 

2,153

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,153

 

Effect of exchange rate changes

 

 

306

 

 

 

(606

)

 

 

(14

)

 

 

(82

)

 

 

(396

)

Balance as of January 1, 2022

 

$

147,530

 

 

$

7,186

 

 

$

1,254

 

 

$

1,404

 

 

$

157,374

 

Finite-lived Intangible Assets

The carrying values of finite-lived intangible assets as of January 1, 2022 and January 2, 2021 were as follows:

 

 

 

January 1, 2022

 

 

January 2, 2021

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Carrying

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

Amortization

 

 

Amount

 

 

Amortization

 

Capitalized software costs

 

$

115,065

 

 

$

94,771

 

 

$

131,420

 

 

$

109,170

 

Website development costs

 

 

110,678

 

 

 

78,629

 

 

 

95,718

 

 

 

67,656

 

Trademarks

 

 

12,116

 

 

 

11,677

 

 

 

11,999

 

 

 

11,457

 

Other

 

 

14,021

 

 

 

5,677

 

 

 

14,093

 

 

 

5,238

 

Trademarks and other intangible assets

 

$

251,880

 

 

$

190,754

 

 

$

253,230

 

 

$

193,521

 

Franchise rights acquired

 

 

7,905

 

 

 

4,766

 

 

 

7,925

 

 

 

4,575

 

Total finite-lived intangible assets

 

$

259,785

 

 

$

195,520

 

 

$

261,155

 

 

$

198,096

 

 

Aggregate amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets was recorded in the amounts of $32,220, $29,828 and $29,330 for the fiscal years ended January 1, 2022, January 2, 2021 and December 28, 2019, respectively.

Estimated amortization expense of existing finite-lived intangible assets for the next five fiscal years and thereafter was as follows:

 

Fiscal 2022

 

$

28,386

 

Fiscal 2023

 

$

18,343

 

Fiscal 2024

 

$

7,932

 

Fiscal 2025

 

$

986

 

Fiscal 2026 and thereafter

 

$

8,618