Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Intangible Assets

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Intangible Assets
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]
Intangible Assets:
The Company has recorded intangible assets, such as trademark, developed technology, non-compete agreements, backlog, and customer relationships, and accounts for these in accordance with ASC 350.
Intangible assets include finite-lived customer relationships, trade names, developed technology and other intangibles. Intangible assets with determinable lives are amortized over the estimated useful lives of the assets. These intangible assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Determination of recoverability is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future undiscounted cash flows, an impairment loss is recorded for the excess of the asset’s carrying amount over its fair value. Intangible asset impairment charges are presented in intangible amortization on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
There was no intangible asset impairment during fiscal year 2018, for the IBW, ISMS and CNS reporting units.
In fiscal year 2017, as a result of the Company reorganizing its reporting structure in the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, the Company reassigned assets and liabilities to reporting units. During each quarter of fiscal year 2017, the Company experienced triggering events that resulted in the Company testing its intangible assets for impairment.  In evaluating whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the Company's reporting units were less than their carrying value, the Company assessed all relevant events and circumstances and determined that, due to the overall financial performance of the Company and recent change in reporting structure, indicators of impairment were present.
The Company performed an evaluation to test IBW, ISMS and CNS intangible assets for recoverability and concluded there was no impairment during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, for the IBW and ISMS the reporting units. During the third quarter of fiscal year 2017, CNS revenue declined more than previously forecasted. As a result, the CNS reporting unit did not pass the recoverability test; therefore, the Company completed the second step of the evaluation, which compares the implied fair value of the intangible assets as determined using the multiple-period excess earnings method and the distributor model, with the carrying value to determine the amount of the impairment loss. As a result of that impairment evaluation, the Company concluded that the customer list acquired from the previous ANTONE acquisition for its TMA products was impaired and recorded an impairment charge of $31,000 during the quarter ended December 31, 2016, to reduce the value of the asset to $0.1 million, which will be amortized over the then remaining useful life of 1.5 years. The impairment loss is presented on the Statement of Operations as Intangible amortization.
The following table presents details of the Company’s intangibles from historical acquisitions:
 
 
March 31, 2018
 
March 31, 2017
(in thousands)
 
Gross Carrying Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization and Impairment
 
Net Carrying Amount
 
Gross Carrying Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization and Impairment
 
Net Carrying Amount
Backlog
 
$
1,530

 
$
(1,530
)
 
$

 
$
1,530

 
$
(1,530
)
 
$

Customer relationships
 
23,260

 
(14,320
)
 
8,940

 
24,867

 
(13,547
)
 
11,320

Product technology
 
45,195

 
(43,034
)
 
2,161

 
45,234

 
(41,431
)
 
3,803

Non-compete
 
510

 
(510
)
 

 
510

 
(510
)
 

Trade name and trademark
 
1,473

 
(1,139
)
 
334

 
1,848

 
(1,347
)
 
501

Total finite-lived intangible assets, net
 
$
71,968

 
$
(60,533
)
 
$
11,435

 
$
73,989

 
$
(58,365
)
 
$
15,624


The finite-lived intangibles are being amortized over periods of two to ten years using either a straight line method or the consumption period based on expected cash flows from the underlying intangible asset. Finite-lived intangible amortization expense from continuing operations was $4.2 million and $4.8 million in fiscal years 2018 and 2017. The following is the expected future amortization by fiscal year:
(in thousands)
2019
 
2020
 
2021
 
2022
 
2023
 
Thereafter
Intangible amortization expense
$
3,434

 
$
2,548

 
$
2,201

 
$
1,866

 
$
1,386

 
$