GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - NET

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS — NET

Goodwill by reportable segment was as follows:



	North America			Europe			Total
Balance as of January 1, 2016	$	81,464		$	34,466		$	115,930
NavigationArts purchase accounting adjustments	2,030			—			2,030
AGS purchase accounting adjustments	(9,361		)	—			(9,361		)
Other acquisitions	2,404			177			2,581
Other acquisitions purchase accounting adjustments	395			87			482
Effect of currency translation	(120		)	(2,253		)	(2,373		)
Balance as of December 31, 2016	76,812			32,477			109,289
Other acquisitions	199			4,533			4,732
Other acquisitions purchase accounting adjustments	(285		)	2,100			1,815
Effect of currency translation	564			3,131			3,695
Balance as of December 31, 2017	$	77,290		$	42,241		$	119,531

Excluded from the table above are the Russia and Other segments for which the allocated goodwill was fully impaired for the periods presented. The Russia segment had accumulated goodwill impairment losses of $2,241 as of December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015. The Other segment had accumulated goodwill impairment losses of $1,697 as of December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015. There were no accumulated goodwill impairment losses in the North America or Europe reportable segments as of December 31, 2017, 2016 or 2015.

Intangible assets other than goodwill as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:



	As of December 31, 2017
	Weighted average life at acquisition (in years)	Gross carrying amount		Accumulated amortization			Net carrying amount
Customer relationships	10	$	66,646	$	(22,200	)	$	44,446
Trade names	5	4,099		(4,034		)	65
Total		$	70,745	$	(26,234	)	$	44,511



	As of December 31, 2016
	Weighted average life at acquisition (in years)	Gross carrying amount		Accumulated amortization			Net carrying amount
Customer relationships	10	$	65,409	$	(15,133	)	$	50,276
Trade names	5	5,622		(4,661		)	961
Non-competition agreements	4	756		(733		)	23
Total		$	71,787	$	(20,527	)	$	51,260

All of the intangible assets other than goodwill have finite lives and as such are subject to amortization. Recognized amortization expense for each of the years ended December 31 is presented in the table below:



	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Customer relationships	$	6,643	$	6,858	$	3,961
Trade names	896		1,139		1,280
Non-competition agreements	23		173		175
Total	$	7,562	$	8,170	$	5,416

Estimated amortization expense related to the Company’s existing intangible assets for the next five years ending December 31 and thereafter is as follows:



	Amount
2018	$	6,661
2019	6,661
2020	6,661
2021	6,661
2022	6,508
Thereafter	11,359
Total	$	44,511

- 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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