Amortization and Impairment Testing of Identifiable Intangible Assets During the year ended July 30, 2016, Cisco Systems,...

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Amortization and Impairment Testing of IdentifiableIntangible Assets

During the year ended July 30, 2016, Cisco Systems, Inc.acquired the following identifiable intangible assets through itspurchase of two companies (in thousands):

Limited LivesIndefinite Lives
TechnologyCustomer RelationshipsIPR&D

Acquired Company

(in thousands)

Useful life
(in years)
AmountUseful life
(in years)
AmountAmount
Lancope, Inc5$79,0006$29,000$121,000
Jasper Technologies, Inc6240,000775,00023,000


Cisco acquired Lancope, Inc. in December 2015, and JasperTechnologies, Inc. in March 2016. Cisco separately testsidentifiable intangibles acquired from each company for impairment,and collects the following information to conduct impairment testsat the end of fiscal 2016 (in thousands):

TechnologyCustomer RelationshipsIPR&D

Acquired Company

(in thousands)

Sum of
expected
undiscounted
cash flows
Sum of
expected
discounted
cash flows
Sum of
expected
undiscounted
cash flows
Sum of
expected
discounted
cash flows
Sum of
expected
undiscounted
cash flows
Sum of
expected
discounted
cash flows
Lancope, Inc$70,000$65,000$25,000$20,000$130,000$105,000
Jasper Technologies, Inc200,000150,00080,00065,00030,00026,000

Required

a. Calculate amortization expense for the above identifiableintangibles for fiscal 2016. Intangibles are amortized on astraight-line basis starting in the month followingacquisition.

  • Round answers to the nearest whole number.
  • Enter answers in thousands.
Acquired CompanyTechnologyCustomer
Relationships
Lancope, Inc.$Answer$Answer
Jasper Technologies, Inc.AnswerAnswer

b. Calculate impairment losses for fiscal 2016.

  • Round answers to the nearest whole number.
  • Enter answers in thousands.
Acquired CompanyTechnologyCustomer
Relationships
IPR&D
Lancope, Inc.$Answer$Answer$Answer
Jasper Technologies, Inc.AnswerAnswerAnswer

c. Determine the amounts reported on Cisco’s fiscal 2016 balancesheet for technology, customer relationships, and in-processR&D.

  • Round answers to the nearest whole number.
  • Enter answers in thousands.
Amounts reported on Cisco's fiscal 2016 balancesheet
Technology$Answer
Customer RelationshipsAnswer
IPR&DAnswer

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