Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets  
Schedule of goodwill carrying amount

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows (amounts in millions):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

    

Corporate

    

 

 

 

 

TripAdvisor

 

and Other

 

Total

 

Balance at January 1, 2013

 

$

3,429 

 

 —

 

3,429 

 

Acquisition (1)

 

 

30 

 

 —

 

30 

 

Other (2)

 

 

 

 —

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2013

 

 

3,460 

 

 —

 

3,460 

 

Acquisition (1)

 

 

253 

 

 —

 

253 

 

Other (2)

 

 

(22)

 

 —

 

(22)

 

Balance at December 31, 2014

 

$

3,691 

 

 —

 

3,691 

 

 


(1)

Additions to goodwill relate to TripAdvisor’s acquisitions.  See “Note 4 – TripAdvisor Transactions,” for further information.

(2)

Other changes are primarily due to foreign currency translation on goodwill.

Schedule of intangible assets subject to amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2014

 

December 31, 2013

 

 

    

Weighted

    

 

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Gross

 

 

 

Net

 

Gross

 

 

 

Net

 

 

 

Remaining

 

carrying

 

Accumulated

 

carrying

 

carrying

 

Accumulated

 

carrying

 

 

 

Useful Life

 

amount

 

amortization

 

amount

 

amount

 

amortization

 

amount

 

 

 

(in years)

 

(in millions)

 

Customer relationships

 

 

 

979 

 

(456)

 

523 

 

996 

 

(258)

 

738 

 

Other

 

 

 

415 

 

(107)

 

308 

 

227 

 

(57)

 

170 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

1,394 

 

(563)

 

831 

 

1,223 

 

(315)

 

908 

 

 

Schedule of future amortization expense

The estimated future amortization expense for the next five years related to intangible assets with definite lives as of December 31, 2014, assuming no subsequent impairment of the underlying assets, is as follows (amounts in millions):

 

 

 

 

 

 

2015

 

$

233 

 

2016

 

$

185 

 

2017

 

$

167 

 

2018

 

$

102 

 

2019

 

$

99