The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 2008 Annual Report
[Intro]
[Chairman's Message]
[Chief Executive's Review]
[Fiscal 2008 Highlights]
[Multi-National Expansion]
[Multi-Channel Distribution]
[Multi-Brand Leadership]
[Portfolio of Brands]
[Board of Directors]
[Executive Officers]
[Financial Section]
[Stockholder Information]
[Environmental Profile]
[Form 10K]

NOTE 6-GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
During fiscal 2008, the Company acquired Ojon Corporation, which markets and sells Ojon hair care and skin care products primarily through direct response television and specialty stores. In conjunction with this acquisition, the Company purchased, from an unrelated party, the exclusive rights to sell and distribute Ojon products worldwide. In addition, the Company acquired a business engaged in the wholesale distribution and retail sale of Aveda products and recorded goodwill for earn-out payments related to the acquisition of the Bobbi Brown brand. These activities resulted in an increase to goodwill of $51.9 million and other intangible assets of $85.5 million.

During fiscal 2007, the Company purchased the remaining minority equity interest in the Bumble and bumble business, recorded additional goodwill related to payments made in prior years in connection with the acquisition of the Bobbi Brown brand (see Note 3), and acquired businesses engaged in the wholesale distribution and retail sale of the Company's products in the United States and other countries. The combined results of these activities increased goodwill by $20.4 million and other intangible assets by $47.0 million. Also during fiscal 2007, as a result of the Company's annual impairment testing, the Company determined that the carrying values of its goodwill and intangible assets related to the Darphin and Rodan + Fields brands exceeded their respective fair values. As such, the Company reduced its goodwill by $7.3 million and other intangible assets by $4.3 million, which are reported in Selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of earnings.

Goodwill
The Company assigns goodwill of a reporting unit to the product category in which that reporting unit predominantly operates at the time of its acquisition. The change in the carrying amount of goodwill, including the effect of foreign exchange rates is as follows:

Other Intangible Assets
Other intangible assets include trademarks and patents, as well as license agreements and other intangible assets resulting from or related to businesses and assets purchased by the Company. Indefinite lived assets (e.g., trademarks) are not subject to amortization and are evaluated annually for impairment or more frequently if certain events or circumstances indicate a potential impairment. Patents are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the legal term or the useful life of the patent, approximately 20 years. Other intangible assets (e.g., non-compete agreements, customer lists) are amortized on a straight-line basis over their expected period of benefit, approximately 5 years to 14 years. Intangible assets related to license agreements are amortized on a straight-line basis over their useful lives based on the term of the respective agreement, currently approximately 10 years to 16 years, and are subject to impairment testing if certain events or circumstances indicate a potential impairment.

Other intangible assets consist of the following:

The aggregate amortization expense related to amortizable intangible assets for the years ended June 30, 2008, 2007 and 2006 was $14.0 million, $6.3 million and $5.5 million, respectively. The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five fiscal years is as follows: