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, 2020
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Changes in Amount of Goodwill
Changes in the amount of goodwill for the twelve months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, are as follows:  
U.S.
Information
Solutions		 International Workforce Solutions Global Consumer Solutions Total
(In millions)
Balance, December 31, 2018 $ 1,128.9  $ 1,844.7  $ 970.2  $ 185.9  $ 4,129.7 
Acquisitions 153.7  2.1  40.1  —  195.9 
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation (1.9) 3.1  0.1  —  1.3 
Foreign currency translation —  (20.7) —  2.1  (18.6)
Balance, December 31, 2019 1,280.7  1,829.2  1,010.4  188.0  4,308.3 
Acquisitions 6.0  52.3  —  —  58.3 
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation —  —  0.3  —  0.3 
Foreign currency translation —  126.4  —  2.5  128.9 
Balance, December 31, 2020 $ 1,286.7  $ 2,007.9  $ 1,010.7  $ 190.5  $ 4,495.8 
Schedule of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets Our 2020 annual impairment test completed during the third quarter of 2020 resulted in no impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets.
  Amount
  (In millions)
Balance, December 31, 2018 $ 94.8 
Foreign currency translation 0.1 
Balance, December 31, 2019 $ 94.9 
Foreign currency translation — 
Balance, December 31, 2020 $ 94.9 
Purchased Intangible Assets Purchased intangible assets, net, recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2020 and 2019, are as follows:
  December 31, 2020 December 31, 2019
Gross Accumulated
Amortization		 Net Gross Accumulated
Amortization		 Net
Definite-lived intangible assets: (In millions)
Purchased data files $ 913.7  $ (399.2) $ 514.5  $ 904.0  $ (351.8) $ 552.2 
Acquired software and technology 115.3  (106.6) 8.7  110.1  (84.0) 26.1 
Customer relationships 680.1  (331.4) 348.7  673.0  (305.1) 367.9 
Reacquired rights —  —  —  —  —  — 
Proprietary database 148.6  (30.7) 117.9  108.3  (20.9) 87.4 
Non-compete agreements 6.5  (3.5) 3.0  7.8  (3.5) 4.3 
Trade names and other intangible assets 14.4  (9.4) 5.0  17.3  (10.6) 6.7 
Total definite-lived intangible assets $ 1,878.6  $ (880.8) $ 997.8  $ 1,820.5  $ (775.9) $ 1,044.6 
Estimated Future Amortization Expense
Estimated future amortization expense related to definite-lived purchased intangible assets at December 31, 2020 is as follows:
Years ending December 31, Amount
  (In millions)
2021 $ 130.9 
2022 124.8 
2023 123.2 
2024 114.6 
2025 114.1 
Thereafter 390.2 
  $ 997.8