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, 2011
Changes in Amount of Goodwill

Changes in the amount of goodwill for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, are as follows:

 

    U.S. Consumer           TALX     North America     North America        
    Information           Workforce     Personal     Commercial        
(In millions)   Solutions     International     Solutions     Solutions     Solutions     Total  
Balance, December 31, 2009   $ 667.8     $ 335.7     $ 900.6     $ 1.8     $ 37.3     $ 1,943.2  
Acquisitions     41.0       6.5       -       -       -       47.5  
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation     (0.8 )     -       (0.7 )     -       -       (1.5 )
Foreign currency translation     -       4.7       -       -       0.3       5.0  
Businesses sold     (79.5 )     -       -       -       -       (79.5 )
Balance, December 31, 2010     628.5       346.9       899.9       1.8       37.6       1,914.7  
Acquisitions     10.1       30.9       34.6       -       -       75.6  
Adjustments to initial purchase price allocation     (0.2 )     (0.1 )     0.5       -       -       0.2  
Foreign currency translation     -       4.0       -       -       (0.1 )     3.9  
Businesses sold     -       (33.2 )     -       -       -       (33.2 )
Balance, December 31, 2011   $ 638.4     $ 348.5     $ 935.0     $ 1.8     $ 37.5     $ 1,961.2  
Purchased Intangible Assets

Purchased Intangible Assets.   Purchased intangible assets net, recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2011 and 2010, are as follows:

 

    December 31, 2011     December 31, 2010  
          Accumulated                 Accumulated        
    Gross     Amortization     Net     Gross     Amortization     Net  
    (In millions)  
Definite-lived intangible assets:                                                
Purchased data files   $ 316.2     $ (240.5 )   $ 75.7     $ 339.2     $ (240.7 )   $ 98.5  
Acquired software and technology     68.3       (41.1 )     27.2       55.0       (33.3 )     21.7  
Customer relationships     518.2       (130.3 )     387.9       489.2       (97.1 )     392.1  
Proprietary database     125.0       (95.5 )     29.5       125.0       (74.4 )     50.6  
Non-compete agreements     9.0       (3.1 )     5.9       7.2       (1.4 )     5.8  
Trade names and other intangible assets     40.7       (16.7 )     24.0       37.4       (12.2 )     25.2  
Total definite-lived intangible assets   $ 1,077.4     $ (527.2 )   $ 550.2     $ 1,053.0     $ (459.1 )   $ 593.9
Estimated Future Amortization Expense

Estimated future amortization expense related to definite-lived purchased intangible assets at December 31, 2011 is as follows:

 

Years ending December 31,   Amount  
    (In millions)  
2012   $ 85.9  
2013     68.3  
2014     56.0  
2015     51.7  
2016     38.9  
Thereafter     249.4  
    $ 550.2