Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Intangible Assets

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Intangible Assets
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
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Intangible Assets

5. Intangible Assets

Intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Intangible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization

 

Assets,

 

Accumulated

 

Intangible

 

 

    

Period

    

Gross

    

Amortization

    

Assets, Net

 

Manufacturing license

    

17 years

    

$

3,700

    

$

3,635

    

$

65

 

Technology

 

10 years

 

 

2,240

 

 

1,381

 

 

859

 

Backlog

 

Various

 

 

490

 

 

473

 

 

17

 

Trade name & Parts, service and TA100 customer relationships

 

1.2 to 5 years

 

 

1,766

 

 

1,766

 

 

 —

 

Total

 

 

 

$

8,196

 

$

7,255

 

$

941

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2015

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Intangible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization

 

Assets,

 

Accumulated

 

Intangible

 

 

    

Period

    

Gross

    

Amortization

    

Assets, Net

 

Manufacturing license

    

17 years

    

$

3,700

    

$

3,585

    

$

115

 

Technology

 

10 years

 

 

2,240

 

 

1,157

 

 

1,083

 

Backlog

 

Various

 

 

490

 

 

351

 

 

139

 

Trade name & Parts, service and TA100 customer relationships

 

1.2 to 5 years

 

 

1,766

 

 

1,766

 

 

 —

 

Total

 

 

 

$

8,196

 

$

6,859

 

$

1,337

 

 

Amortization expense for the intangible assets was $0.4 million, $0.5 million and $0.5 million for each of the years ended March 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014. Included in amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2016, is approximately $0.1 million of purchased TA100 backlog that was written off to align with management’s decision to limit the production of TA100 systems on a case-by-case basis for key customers.

Expected future amortization expense of intangible assets as of March 31, 2016 is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization

 

Year Ending March 31,

    

Expense

 

2017

 

$

288

 

2018

 

 

242

 

2019

 

 

224

 

2020

 

 

187

 

2021

 

 

 —

 

Thereafter

 

 

 —

 

Total expected future amortization

 

$

941

 

 

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 $35,000,  $71,100, and $83,000 were earned by Solar for the years ended March 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Earned royalties of approximately $35,000 and $19,300 were unpaid as of March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and are included in accrued expenses in the accompanying balance sheets.