Bank of America Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

NOTE 9 – Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill

The table below presents goodwill by business segment at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Effective January 1, 2012, the Corporation changed its basis of presentation from six to five segments. For more information on this realignment, see Note 19 – Business Segment Information. The reporting units utilized for goodwill impairment tests are the operating segments or one level below. For more information, see Note 10 – Goodwill and Intangible Assets to the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Corporation's 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.



Goodwill
(Dollars in millions)	March 31 2012		December 31 2011
Consumer & Business Banking	$	29,986	$	29,986
Global Banking	24,802		24,802
Global Markets	4,450		4,441
Global Wealth & Investment Management	9,928		9,928
All Other	810		810
Total goodwill	$	69,976	$	69,967

There was no goodwill in CRES at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

Intangible Assets

The table below presents the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization related to intangible assets at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011.



Intangible Assets ⁽¹⁾
	March 31, 2012				December 31, 2011
(Dollars in millions)	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization
Purchased credit card relationships	$	6,237	$	4,185	$	6,948	$	4,775
Core deposit intangibles	3,593		2,669		3,903		2,915
Customer relationships	4,081		1,630		4,081		1,532
Affinity relationships	1,569		994		1,569		966
Other intangibles	2,280		586		2,476		768
Total intangible assets	$	17,760	$	10,064	$	18,977	$	10,956

⁽¹⁾Excludes fully amortized intangible assets.

None of the intangible assets were impaired at March 31, 2012 or December 31, 2011. Amortization of intangibles expense was $319 million and $385 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011. The Corporation estimates aggregate amortization expense will be approximately $320 million for each of the remaining quarters of 2012, and $1.1 billion, $950 million, $870 million, $770 million and $670 million for 2013 through 2017, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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