Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Intangible Assets

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Intangible Assets
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Intangible Assets  
Intangible Assets

7.  Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

June 30, 2014

 

 

 

Weighted
Average
Amortization
Period

 

Intangible
Assets,
Gross

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Intangible
Assets, Net

 

Manufacturing license

 

17 years

 

$

3,700

 

$

3,548

 

$

152

 

Technology

 

10 years

 

2,240

 

989

 

1,251

 

Parts and service customer relationships

 

5 years

 

1,080

 

954

 

126

 

TA100 customer relationships

 

2 years

 

617

 

617

 

 

Backlog

 

Various

 

490

 

351

 

139

 

Trade name

 

1.2 years

 

69

 

69

 

 

Total

 

 

 

$

8,196

 

$

6,528

 

$

1,668

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2014

 

 

 

Weighted
Average
Amortization
Period

 

Intangible
Assets,
Gross

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Intangible
Assets, Net

 

Manufacturing license

 

17 years

 

$

3,700

 

$

3,536

 

$

164

 

Technology

 

10 years

 

2,240

 

933

 

1,307

 

Parts and service customer relationships

 

5 years

 

1,080

 

900

 

180

 

TA100 customer relationships

 

2 years

 

617

 

617

 

 

Backlog

 

Various

 

490

 

351

 

139

 

Trade name

 

1.2 years

 

69

 

69

 

 

Total

 

 

 

$

8,196

 

$

6,406

 

$

1,790

 

 

Amortization expense for the intangible assets was $0.1 million during the first quarter of each of Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2014.

 

Expected future amortization expense of intangible assets as of June 30, 2014 is as follows (in thousands):

 

Year Ending March 31,

 

Amortization
Expense

 

2015 (remainder of fiscal year)

 

$

390

 

2016

 

352

 

2017

 

273

 

2018

 

242

 

2019

 

224

 

Thereafter

 

187

 

Total expected future amortization

 

$

1,668

 

 

The manufacturing license provides the Company with the ability to manufacture recuperator cores previously purchased from Solar Turbines Incorporated (“Solar”). The Company is required to pay a per-unit royalty fee over a seventeen-year period for cores manufactured and sold by the Company using the technology. Royalties of approximately $14,700 and $25,200 were earned by Solar for the first quarter of Fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively. Earned royalties of approximately $14,700 and $20,700 were unpaid as of June 30, 2014 and March 31, 2014, respectively, and are included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying balance sheets.