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Other Intangible Assets

Other Intangible Assets

6 Months Ended

Mar. 25, 2017

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

The following table summarizes the components of gross and net acquired intangible assets:



	Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Accumulated Impairment			Net Carrying Value
						(in millions)
March 25, 2017
Marketing-related intangible assets – amortizable	$	14.9	$	(11.7	)	$	—		$	3.2
Marketing-related intangible assets – nonamortizable	62.7		—			(26.0		)	36.7
Total	77.6		(11.7		)	(26.0		)	39.9
Customer-related intangible assets – amortizable	64.3		(28.0		)	—			36.3
Other acquired intangible assets – amortizable	20.8		(12.2		)	—			8.6
Other acquired intangible assets – nonamortizable	7.8		—			(1.2		)	6.6
Total	28.6		(12.2		)	(1.2		)	15.2
Total other intangible assets	$	170.5	$	(51.9	)	$	(27.2	)	$	91.4
	Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Accumulated Impairment			Net Carrying Value
						(in millions)
March 26, 2016
Marketing-related intangible assets – amortizable	$	14.1	$	(10.8	)	$	—		$	3.3
Marketing-related intangible assets – nonamortizable	63.6		—			(24.2		)	39.4
Total	77.7		(10.8		)	(24.2		)	42.7
Customer-related intangible assets – amortizable	48.3		(23.6		)	—			24.7
Other acquired intangible assets – amortizable	20.0		(11.0		)	—			9.0
Other acquired intangible assets – nonamortizable	7.8		—			(1.2		)	6.6
Total	27.8		(11.0		)	(1.2		)	15.6
Total other intangible assets	$	153.8	$	(45.4	)	$	(25.4	)	$	83.0
	Gross		Accumulated Amortization			Accumulated Impairment			Net Carrying Value
						(in millions)
September 24, 2016
Marketing-related intangible assets – amortizable	$	14.9	$	(11.3	)	$	—		$	3.6
Marketing-related intangible assets – nonamortizable	63.0		—			(26.0		)	37.0
Total	77.9		(11.3		)	(26.0		)	40.6
Customer-related intangible assets – amortizable	65.6		(26.1		)	—			39.5
Other acquired intangible assets – amortizable	20.8		(11.6		)	—			9.2
Other acquired intangible assets – nonamortizable	7.8		—			(1.2		)	6.6
Total	28.6		(11.6		)	(1.2		)	15.8
Total other intangible assets	$	172.1	$	(49.0	)	$	(27.2	)	$	95.9

Other acquired intangible assets include contract-based and technology-based intangible assets.

The Company evaluates long-lived assets, including amortizable and indefinite-lived intangible assets, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. The Company evaluates indefinite-lived intangible assets on an annual basis. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company recognized a non-cash $1.8 million impairment charge to certain indefinite-lived intangible assets as a result of increased competition in the marketplace and declining volume of sales. Other factors indicating the carrying value of the Company’s amortizable intangible assets may not be recoverable were not present in fiscal 2016 or during the six months ended March 25, 2017, and accordingly, no impairment testing was performed on these assets.

The Company amortizes its acquired intangible assets with definite lives over periods ranging from four years to 25 years; over weighted average remaining lives of six years for marketing-related intangibles, 11 years for customer-related intangibles and 13 years for other acquired intangibles. Amortization expense for intangibles subject to amortization was approximately $1.4 million and $1.2 million for the three months ended March 25, 2017 and March 26, 2016, respectively, and $2.9 million and $2.2 million for the six months ended March 25, 2017 and March 26, 2016, respectively, and is classified within operating expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Estimated annual amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets in each of the succeeding five years is estimated to be approximately $5 million per year from fiscal 2017 through fiscal 2021.