Goodwill and Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill

The following table summarizes the activity related to Actua’s goodwill:



(in thousands)	Gross Carrying Amount			Accumulated Impairment Losses			Net Carrying Amount
Goodwill as of December 31, 2016	$	271,443		$	(39,656	)	$	231,787
Acquisitions ⁽¹⁾	(363		)	—			(363		)
Goodwill as of March 31, 2017	$	271,080		$	(39,656	)	$	231,424

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⁽¹⁾	Refer to Note 4, "Consolidated Businesses," for details of acquisitions.

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, all of Actua’s goodwill was allocated to its vertical cloud segment.

Impairment

Actua completed its annual impairment testing in the fourth quarter of 2016, which resulted in no impairments related to Actua’s consolidated businesses because the fair value of the reporting units exceeded their carrying value for each of those reporting units, including goodwill.

Intangible Assets

The following table summarizes Actua’s intangible assets:



(in thousands)		As of March 31, 2017
		Gross Carrying		Accumulated			Net Carrying
Intangible Assets	Useful Life	Amount		Amortization			Amount
Customer relationships	3-11 years	$	65,486	$	(23,640	)	$	41,846
Trademarks/trade names	3-11 years	22,904		(10,847		)	12,057
Technology	5-9 years	26,322		(11,654		)	14,668
Non-compete agreements	3-5 years	3,908		(3,572		)	336
		118,620		(49,713		)	68,907
Other intellectual property ⁽¹⁾	Indefinite	700		—			700
		$	119,320	$	(49,713	)	$	69,607



(in thousands)		As of December 31, 2016
		Gross Carrying		Accumulated			Net Carrying
Intangible Assets	Useful Life	Amount		Amortization			Amount
Customer relationships	3-11 years	$	65,603	$	(21,783	)	$	43,820
Trademarks/trade names	3-11 years	22,904		(10,043		)	12,861
Technology	5-9 years	26,334		(10,675		)	15,659
Non-compete agreements	3-5 years	3,915		(3,549		)	366
		118,756		(46,050		)	72,706
Other intellectual property ⁽¹⁾	Indefinite	700		—			700
		$	119,456	$	(46,050	)	$	73,406

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⁽¹⁾	Included in this line item is a domain name valued at $0.3 million that Actua currently believes has an indefinite life, and a domain name for which Actua estimated the residual value to approximate its carrying value of $0.4 million as of both March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

Amortization expense for intangible assets during the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $3.7 million. Amortization expense for intangible assets during the three months ended March 31, 2016 was $3.6 million.

The remaining estimated amortization expense for the respective years is set forth as follows:



(in thousands)

2017 (remaining nine months)	$	10,691
2018	12,892
2019	11,351
2020	9,911
2021	9,813
Thereafter	14,249
Remaining amortization expense	$	68,907

- 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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