Intangible Assets and Goodwill

12 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2015

6. Intangible Assets and Goodwill

The following table details the carrying values of intangible assets and goodwill (in thousands):


	March 28, 2015						March 29, 2014
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net
Trademarks	$	23,000	$	13,995	$	9,005	$	23,000	$	12,845	$	10,155
Lease Rights		61,087		8,551		52,536		41,748		3,869		37,879
Goodwill		14,005		—		14,005		14,005		—		14,005

	$	98,092	$	22,546	$	75,546	$	78,753	$	16,714	$	62,039

The trademarks relate to the Company’s brand name and are amortized over twenty years. Lease rights are amortized over the respective terms of the underlying lease, including highly probable renewal periods. Amortization expense was $7.0 million, $3.1 million, and $1.5 million, respectively, for each of the fiscal years ended March 28, 2015, March 29, 2014, and March 30, 2013.

Goodwill is not amortized but is evaluated annually for impairment in the last quarter or each fiscal year, or whenever impairment indicators exist. The Company evaluated goodwill during the fourth fiscal quarter of Fiscal 2015, and determined that there was no impairment. As of March 28, 2015, cumulative impairment related to goodwill totaled $5.4 million. There were no charges related to the impairment of goodwill in the periods presented.

Estimated amortization expense for each of the next five years is as follows (in thousands):


Fiscal 2016	$	7,331
Fiscal 2017		7,164
Fiscal 2018		7,130
Fiscal 2019		7,105
Fiscal 2020		7,093
Thereafter		25,718

	$	61,541

The future amortization expense above reflects weighted-average estimated remaining useful lives of 9.2 years for lease rights and 7.8 years for trademarks. There were no impairment charges related to the Company’s lease rights or trademarks during any of the periods presented.

- 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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