Acquisitions Schedule Of Purchase Price Allocation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Animal Hospital [Member]

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the aggregate consideration for our independent animal hospitals acquired during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively and the allocation of the acquisition price (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Consideration:
Cash	$	6,756	$	8,988
Holdbacks	160		225
Earnout contingent consideration	53		—
Fair value of total consideration transferred	$	6,969	$	9,213
Allocation of the Purchase Price:
Tangible assets	$	491	$	308
Identifiable intangible assets	1,506		1,616
Goodwill (1)	4,972		7,289
Total	$	6,969	$	9,213

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⁽¹⁾     We expect that $4.1 million and $3.4 million of the goodwill recorded for these acquisitions, as of March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012, respectively will be deductible for income tax purposes.

AVC Acquisition [Member]

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the total investment and the final allocation of the investment in AVC (in thousands):

Consideration:
Cash	$	48,819
Cash paid to debt holders	25,915
Fair value of total consideration transferred	$	74,734
Allocation of the Purchase Price:
Tangible assets	$	11,694
Identifiable intangible assets (1)	25,170
Goodwill (2)	79,707
Other liabilities assumed	(21,826		)
	94,745
Noncontrolling interest	(8,161		)
Fair value of pre-existing investment in AVC	(11,850		)
Total	$	74,734

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⁽¹⁾     Identifiable intangible assets include customer relationships, trademark and covenants-not-to-compete. The weighted-average amortization period for the total identifiable intangible assets is approximately six years. The customer-related intangible assets weighted-average amortization period is approximately five years. The trademark weighted-average amortization period is approximately ten years. The covenants-not-to-compete weighted-average amortization period is approximately three years.

⁽²⁾     As of March 31, 2013, we expect that approximately $362,000 of the goodwill recorded for this acquisition will be deductible for income tax purposes.

ThinkPetsAcquisition [Member]

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the total purchase price and the final allocation of the investment in ThinkPets (in thousands):

Consideration:
Cash	$	7,468
Issuance of common stock for acquisitions	10,500
Holdback	1,050
Fair value of total consideration transferred	$	19,018
Allocation of the Purchase Price:
Tangible assets	$	2,093
Identifiable intangible assets (1)	7,221
Goodwill (2)	12,155
Other liabilities assumed	(2,451		)
Total	$	19,018

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⁽¹⁾     Identifiable intangible assets include customer relationships, contracts and trademarks. The weighted average

amortization period for the total identifiable intangible assets is approximately eight years, for the customer-related

intangible assets approximately nine years, for the technology approximately four years, and for the trademarks

approximately two years.