Goodwill and Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2016

13. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Changes in the carrying value of goodwill by reportable segment were as follows:


	Executive Search
	North America			EMEA			Asia Pacific		Subtotal			Hay Group			Futurestep			Consolidated
	(in thousands)
Balance as of April 30, 2014.	$	52,086		$	51,557		$	972	$	104,615		$	119,350		$	33,617		$	257,582
Additions		—			—			—		—			10,226			—			10,226
Exchange rate fluctuations.		(2,483	)		(5,635	)		—		(8,118	)		(27	)		(5,223	)		(13,368	)

Balance as of April 30, 2015.		49,603			45,922			972		96,497			129,549			28,394			254,440
Additions		—			—			—		—			335,921			—			335,921
Exchange rate fluctuations.		(1,283	)		271			—		(1,012	)		467			256			(289	)

Balance as of April 30, 2016.	$	48,320		$	46,193		$	972	$	95,485		$	465,937		$	28,650		$	590,072

Intangible assets include the following:


	April 30, 2016							April 30, 2015
	(in thousands)
Amortized intangible assets:	Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Net		Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Customer lists	$	125,099	$	(19,910	)	$	105,189	$	41,099	$	(12,578	)	$	28,521
Intellectual property		33,100		(13,281	)		19,819		22,900		(10,130	)		12,770
Proprietary databases		4,256		(2,777	)		1,479		4,256		(2,351	)		1,905
Trademarks		3,986		(3,986	)		—		3,986		(3,291	)		695
Non-compete agreements		910		(753	)		157		910		(673	)		237

Total	$	167,351	$	(40,707	)		126,644	$	73,151	$	(29,023	)		44,128

Unamortized intangible assets:
Trademarks							106,000							3,800
Exchange rate fluctuations							383							(27	)

Total Intangible assets						$	233,027						$	47,901

Acquisition-related intangible assets acquired in fiscal 2016 in connection with the acquisition of Legacy Hay Group consists of customer lists and intellectual property of $84.0 million and $10.2 million, respectively, with weighted-average useful lives from the date of purchase of 11 years and seven years, respectively. Acquisition-related intangible assets not subject to amortization acquired in connection with the acquisition of Legacy Hay Group consist of trademarks of $102.2 million. Acquisition-related intangible assets acquired in fiscal 2015 include customer lists, trademarks, and non-compete agreements of $6.2 million, $0.3 million, and $0.1 million, respectively. Customer lists, trademarks and non-compete agreements acquired in fiscal 2015 have a weighted-average useful lives from the date of purchase of 10 years, one year, and five years, respectively.

Amortization expense for amortized intangible assets was $11.7 million, $8.2 million and $8.7 million during fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Estimated annual amortization expense related to amortizing intangible assets is as follows:


Year Ending April 30,	Estimated Annual Amortization Expense
	(in thousands)
2017	$	15,437
2018		14,742
2019		13,487
2020		13,204
2021		13,280
Thereafter		56,494

	$	126,644

All amortizable intangible assets will be fully amortized by the end of fiscal 2031.

- 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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