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Note 10-Intangible Assets

 

During fiscal 2003, we recorded additions of $306 million in intangible assets, primarily related to the acquisition of Navision a/s and Rare, Ltd., with $19 million allocated to marketing related assets, $97 million to technology-based assets, $162 million to contract based assets, and $28 million to customer-related assets. Acquired intangibles are amortized over weighted average periods of five years for contract-based assets, four years for technology-based assets, four years for marketing-related assets, and nine years for customer-related assets. No significant residual value is estimated for these assets. Through the fiscal year 2003 acquisitions, $17 million was assigned to research and development assets that were written off in accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 4 (FIN 4), Applicability of FASB Statement No. 2 to Business Combinations Accounted for by the Purchase Method. Those write-offs are included in Research and Development expenses. During fiscal 2002, changes in intangible assets primarily related to our acquisition of $25 million in contracts and $27 million in technology, which will be amortized over approximately three years. No significant residual value is estimated for these intangible assets. Intangible assets amortization expense was $194 million for fiscal 2002 and $161 million for fiscal 2003. The components of intangible assets were as follows:

 

(In millions)

Gross Carrying
Amount

  

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Gross

Carrying
Amount

  

Accumulated
Amortization

June 30

2002

 

                    2003

 

Contract-based

$        421

  

$      (290)

 

$         584

  

$          (376)

Technology-based

172

  

(71)

 

261

  

(137)

Marketing-related

15

  

(4)

 

34

  

(9)

Customer-related

-

  

-

 

28

  

(1)

Total Intangible Assets

$        608

  

$      (365)

 

$         907

  

$          (523)

 

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