Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Intangible Assets

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Intangible Assets
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Intangible Assets  
Intangible Assets

 

5. Intangible Assets

        Intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

March 31, 2015

 

 

 

Weighted
Average
Amortization
Period

 

Intangible
Assets,
Gross

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Intangible
Assets,
Net

 

Manufacturing license

 

17 years

 

$

3,700 

 

$

3,585 

 

$

115 

 

Technology

 

10 years

 

 

2,240 

 

 

1,157 

 

 

1,083 

 

Parts and service customer relationships

 

5 years

 

 

1,080 

 

 

1,080 

 

 

 

TA100 customer relationships

 

2 years

 

 

617 

 

 

617 

 

 

 

Backlog

 

Various

 

 

490 

 

 

351 

 

 

139 

 

Trade name

 

1.2 years

 

 

69 

 

 

69 

 

 

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total

 

 

 

$

8,196 

 

$

6,859 

 

$

1,337 

 

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​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

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 

 

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​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

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        Amortization expense for the intangible assets was $0.5 million for each of the years ended March 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

        Expected future amortization expense of intangible assets as of March 31, 2015 is as follows (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

Year Ending March 31,

 

Amortization
Expense

 

2016

 

$

332 

 

2017

 

 

352 

 

2018

 

 

242 

 

2019

 

 

224 

 

2020

 

 

187 

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

​  

​  

Total expected future amortization

 

$

1,337 

 

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​  

​  

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        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 $71,100, $83,000, and $76,700 were earned by Solar for the years ended March 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Earned royalties of approximately $19,300 and $20,700 were unpaid as of March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and are included in accrued expenses in the accompanying balance sheets.