Cost in Excess of Net Assets of Companies Acquired and Intangible Assets, net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Cost in Excess of Net Assets of Companies Acquired and Intangible Assets, Net

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquisition over the fair value of the net assets acquired. The company tests goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment annually as of the first day of the fourth quarter, or more frequently if indicators of potential impairment exist.

As of the first day of the fourth quarters of 2014, 2013, and 2012, the company's annual impairment testing did not result in any indicators of impairment of cost in excess of net assets of companies acquired.

Cost in excess of net assets of companies acquired, allocated to the company's business segments, is as follows:



	Global Components			Global ECS			Total
Balance as of December 31, 2012 (a)	$	957,916		$	753,787		$	1,711,703
Acquisitions	50,218			275,442			325,660
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(7,274		)	9,204			1,930
Balance as of December 31, 2013 (a)	1,000,860			1,038,433			2,039,293
Acquisitions	63,077			47,974			111,051
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(12,154		)	(68,981		)	(81,135		)
Balance as of December 31, 2014 (a)	$	1,051,783		$	1,017,426		$	2,069,209


(a)	The total carrying value of cost in excess of net assets of companies acquired for all periods in the table above is reflected net of $1,018,780 of accumulated impairment charges, of which $716,925 was recorded in the global components business segment and $301,855 was recorded in the global ECS business segment.

Intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following as of December 31, 2014:



	Weighted-Average Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Trade names	indefinite	$	101,000	$	—		$	101,000
Customer relationships	10 years	402,036		(171,071		)	230,965
Developed technology	5 years	8,806		(5,444		)	3,362
Other intangible assets	(b)	1,719		(1,335		)	384
		$	513,561	$	(177,850	)	$	335,711

(b) Consists of non-competition agreements with useful lives ranging from two to three years.

The gross carrying value of trade names in the table above is reflected net of a $78,000 non-cash impairment charge recorded during the fourth quarter of 2014. In connection with the company's global re-branding initiative to brand certain of its businesses under the Arrow name, the company made the decision to discontinue the use of a trade name of one of its businesses within the global ECS business segment. As no future cash flows will be attributed to the impacted trade name, the entire book value was written-off, resulting in the non-cash impairment charge of $78,000 ($47,911 net of related taxes or $.49 and $.48 per share on a basic and diluted basis, respectively) as of December 31, 2014 in the company's consolidated statements of operations. Fair value was determined using unobservable (Level 3) inputs. The impairment charge did not impact the company’s consolidated cash flows, liquidity, capital resources, and covenants under its existing revolving credit facility, asset securitization program, and other outstanding borrowings. No impairment existed as of December 31, 2014 with respect to the company's other identifiable intangible assets.

Intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following as of December 31, 2013:



	Weighted-Average Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Trade names	indefinite	$	179,000	$	—		$	179,000
Customer relationships	10 years	374,244		(134,817		)	239,427
Developed technology	5 years	9,625		(4,051		)	5,574
Other intangible assets	(c)	4,609		(2,541		)	2,068
		$	567,478	$	(141,409	)	$	426,069


(c)	Consists of non-competition agreements and sales backlog with useful lives ranging from one to three years.

Amortization expense related to identifiable intangible assets was $44,063 ($35,965 net of related taxes or $.36 per share on both a basic and diluted basis), $36,769 ($29,339 net of related taxes or $.29 and $.28 per share on a basic and diluted basis, respectively), and $36,508 ($29,336 net of related taxes or $.27 and $.26 per share on a basic and diluted basis, respectively) for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively. Amortization expense for each of the years 2015 through 2019 is estimated to be approximately $43,501, $41,627, $38,509, $32,892, and $26,462, respectively.

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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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