GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets:

The following table provides information related to the carrying value of goodwill (in millions):



	December 31,		December 31,
	2017		2016
Balance, January 1	$	7.6	$	9.2
Impairment	—		(0.4		)
Reclassified to discontinued operations due to sale	—		(1.2		)
Balance, December 31	$	7.6	$	7.6

Due to the sale of the SARL businesses in March 2017, the Company has reclassified $1.2 million of goodwill at December 31, 2016, to long-term assets from discontinued operations.

In 2017, in the ETG segment, $1.8 million of trademarks that were considered definite-lived intangibles in the prior year are now considered indefinite lived based upon changes in circumstances. The following table provides information related to the carrying value of indefinite lived intangibles as of December 31, 2017 (in millions):



	December 31,		December 31,
	2017		2016
Balance, January 1	$	0.7	$	0.7
France trademark	1.8		—
Balance, December 31	$	2.5	$	0.7

Definite-lived intangible assets:

The following table summarizes information related to definite-lived intangible assets as of December 31, 2017 (in millions):



	December 31, 2017
	Amortization Period (Years)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value		Weighted avg useful life
Client lists	5-10 yrs	$	2.3	$	0.9	$	1.4	7.0
Leases	3-6 yrs	0.8		0.4		0.4		3.1
Domain name	5 yrs	3.4		0.8		2.6		3.8
Total		$	6.5	$	2.1	$	4.4	4.8

Due to the sale of the SARL businesses, the Company has reclassified net book value of definite-lived intangible assets of approximately $0.4 million to long term assets of discontinued operations. Also, in 2017, $1.8 million of trademarks that were considered definite-lived assets in the prior year is now considered indefinite-lived based upon changes in circumstances.

The following table summarizes information related to definite-lived intangible assets as of December 31, 2016 (in millions):



	December 31, 2016
	Amortization Period (Years)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value		Weighted avg useful life
Client lists	5-10 yrs	$	2.3	$	0.6	$	1.7	8.0
Leases	3-6 yrs	0.8		0.3		0.5		4.1
Domain name	5 yrs	3.4		0.2		3.2		4.8

Total		$	6.5	$	1.1	$	5.4	5.7

The aggregate amortization expense for these intangibles was approximately $1.0 million in 2017. The estimated amortization for future years ending December 31 is as follows (in millions):



2018	$	1.0
2019	1.0
2020	1.1
2021	0.7
2022 and after	$	0.6
Total	$	4.4

- 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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