Note 14: GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETSSFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets," requires that goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives not be amortized
but instead be tested for impairment at least annually. SFAS No. 142 also requires that intangible assets with definite useful lives be amortized
over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values.
During 2007, the Company completed the required goodwill and intangible asset impairment tests. No impairment losses were identified as a
result of these tests. Changes in the Company’s carrying amount of goodwill by business segment were as follows:
| (In thousands) |
November 30, 2006 |
Acquisition/Disposition |
Foreign Currency
Translation Adjustments |
November 30, 2007 |
| Continuing Operations: |
|
|
|
|
| |
Fiberglass - Composite
Pipe |
1,440 |
— |
- |
1,440 |
| |
Water Transmission |
390 |
2 |
- |
392 |
| |
Infrastructure
Products |
201 |
— |
- |
201 |
|
| Total |
$ 2,031 |
$ 2 |
— |
$ 2,033 |
|
The Company's intangible assets, other than goodwill, and related accumulated amortization consisted of the following:
| |
|
November 30, 2007 |
November 30, 2006 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
(In thousands) |
Gross Intangible Assets |
Accumulated Amortization |
Gross Intangible Assets |
Accumulated Amortization |
|
| Continuing Operations |
| |
Trademarks |
$ 113 |
$ (101) |
$ 100 |
$ (100) |
| |
Non - Compete Agreements |
299 |
(163) |
252 |
(140) |
| |
Patents |
212 |
(212) |
212 |
(212) |
| |
Leasehold Interests |
— |
— |
1,930 |
(1,930) |
| |
Others |
79 |
(17) |
— |
— |
|
| |
Total |
$ 703 |
$ (493) |
$ 2,494 |
$ (2,382) |
|
All of the Company’s intangible assets, other than goodwill, are subject to amortization. Amortization expense related to intangible assets in
the years ended November 30, 2007, 2006, and 2005 was $41,000, $170,000, and $206,000, respectively. At November 30, 2007, estimated
future amortization expense for each of the years in the five-year period ending November 30, 2012 was as follows: $88,000 for 2008, $41,000
for 2009, $33,000 for 2010, $30,000 for 2011, and $18,000 for 2012.
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