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| Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets | 7. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Goodwill The following table summarizes the changes in the carrying value of goodwill by reporting unit for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024:
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 As of March 31, 2026, the Company performed its annual goodwill impairment test and concluded that the estimated fair values of the K-12, Higher Education and Global Professional reporting units exceeded their respective carrying values. Accordingly, no goodwill impairment was recognized for these reporting units. However, due to uncertainty in macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions, including rising interest rates, foreign exchange volatility, and economic uncertainties in certain countries within the Middle East region in which the International reporting unit operates, the annual goodwill impairment test indicated that the carrying value of the International reporting unit exceeded its estimated fair value. As a result, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $35,000, representing the amount by which the carrying value of the reporting unit, including goodwill, exceeded its estimated fair value. The Company estimated the fair value of the International reporting unit using a weighted average of the income and market approaches. Under the income approach, fair value is estimated based on the present value of projected future cash flows of the reporting unit. Under the market approach, fair value is estimated using selected market multiples derived from comparable publicly traded companies applied to the reporting unit’s forecasted financial forecasts. These valuation methodologies require significant judgment and the use of significant unobservable inputs, which are classified as Level 3 fair value measurements, including projected revenue growth rates, operating margins, cash flows, terminal growth rates, discount rates, and EBITDA market multiples. The significant assumptions used in the valuation analysis that were impacted by the factors discussed above, resulting in the impairment charge, included the discount rate and projected revenue growth rates. Although the Company does not currently anticipate significant changes in the assumptions used in the impairment analysis, many of the assumptions underlying the estimated fair value of the International reporting unit are inherently uncertain and based on factors outside the control of management. If adverse macroeconomic or geopolitical conditions in the Middle East region continue or worsen, including continued foreign exchange volatility, higher interest rates or further deterioration in regional economic conditions, the Company may be required to record additional goodwill impairment charges in future periods. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 As of March 31, 2025, the Company performed its annual impairment test and concluded that the fair value of its reporting units exceeded their respective carrying values. As such, no impairment charges were recorded for any of its reporting units as of March 31, 2025. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 As of December 31, 2023, the Company considered events and circumstances including, but not limited to, lower revenues as a result of the strategic decision to discontinue certain investments in new titles within its Global Professional reporting unit, and higher costs due to inflation. Based on this assessment, the Company concluded that it was more likely than not that the fair value of its Global Professional reporting unit was less than its carrying amount, including goodwill. Additionally, the Company concluded that it was more likely than not that the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible assets held in its Global Professional reporting unit was less than its carrying amount. As a result, consistent with the requirements of ASC Topic 350, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other, the Company performed an interim quantitative goodwill impairment test for its Global Professional reporting unit to determine whether the carrying value exceeded the fair value of the reporting unit. The fair value was estimated by using a combination of the income and market approach. Under the income approach, the Company used a discounted cash flow analysis which involves estimating the present value of future cash flows of the reporting unit. Under the market approach, the Company estimated fair value by applying market multiples of selected comparable companies to its financial forecasts. The key assumptions used to determine the fair value of the Company’s reporting unit consisted primarily of significant unobservable inputs (level 3 fair value measurement), including projected revenue growth rates, operating margins and cash flows, terminal growth rates, discount rates, and EBITDA market multiples and transaction multiples of similar businesses or guideline companies. Based on the results of the interim quantitative goodwill impairment test as of December 31, 2023, the Company determined that the carrying value of its Global Professional reporting unit did not exceed its fair value and therefore, no impairment charge was recognized. As of March 31, 2024, the Company performed its annual impairment test and concluded that the carrying value of its Global Professional reporting unit exceeded its fair value, which was determined using significant unobservable inputs (level 3 fair value measurement). As a result, a $40,500 was recorded to adjust the carrying value of goodwill for the amount that the carrying amount of the reporting unit, including goodwill, exceeded its fair value. The goodwill impairment resulted primarily from a revision of previously projected revenues given the strategic decision to sunset certain non-core front-list print titles and to re-invest into higher margin digital medical and engineering portfolios. There were no impairment charges recognized relating to the goodwill recorded within the K-12, Higher Education or International reporting units as a result of the Company's annual quantitative impairment test as of March 31, 2024. Other Intangible Assets The following information details the carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of the Company's intangible assets:
The Company's expected aggregate annual amortization expense for existing intangible assets subject to amortization for each of the fiscal years is as follows:
The fair values of the definite-lived acquired intangible assets are amortized over their useful lives, which is consistent with the estimated useful life of considerations used in determining their fair values. Customer and Technology intangibles are amortized on a straight-line basis while Content and definite-lived Trademark intangibles are amortized using the sum-of-the-years' digits method. The weighted-average amortization period is 7.1 years. Amortization expense was $222,932, $238,240 and $253,663 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2026, 2025 and 2024, respectively. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 As of March 31, 2026, the Company performed its annual impairment test of its indefinite-lived intangible assets and concluded that the carrying value of the International indefinite-lived Trademark exceeded its fair value. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $4,000 related to the Trademark for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, and is included within Impairment charge in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company estimated the fair value of the International indefinite-lived Trademark using a relief-from-royalty discounted cash flow analysis based on forward looking revenue projections. The valuation required significant judgment and the use of significant unobservable inputs, which are classified as level 3 fair value measurements, including projected revenue growth rates, royalty rates, discount rates and terminal growth rates. The impairment charge was primarily attributable to uncertainty in macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions, including rising interest rates, foreign exchange volatility, and economic uncertainties in certain countries within the Middle East region in which the International reporting unit operates, which impacted both the discount rate and projected revenue growth rates used in our valuation. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 As of March 31, 2025, the Company performed its annual impairment test and concluded that the fair value of its indefinite-lived intangible assets exceeded their respective carrying values. As such, no impairment charges were recorded for any of its indefinite-lived intangible assets as of March 31, 2025. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 The Company performed an impairment test in accordance with ASC 350 on all of its indefinite-lived assets as of March 31, 2024 and performed an impairment test on its Global Professional indefinite-lived assets as of December 31, 2023. Based on the results of the impairment analysis, the Company determined that the carrying value of its Global Professional indefinite-lived Trademarks exceeded its fair value as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The Company estimated the fair value by preparing a relief-from-royalty discounted cash flow analysis using forward looking revenue projections, which required the Company to estimate unobservable inputs (level 3 fair value measurement) such as a royalty rate and discount rate, and to identify relevant projected revenue and terminal value of its Global Professional indefinite-lived Trademarks. The discount rate is based on the weighted-average cost of capital method at the date of the evaluation. As a result, an of $9,000 ($2,000 recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 and $7,000 recorded in the third quarter of fiscal year 2024) was recorded for our Global Professional indefinite-lived Trademarks for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. The impairment charge resulted primarily from a revision of previously projected revenues given the strategic decision to sunset certain non-core front-list print titles and to re-invest into higher margin digital medical and engineering portfolios.
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