Judy L. Brown - Perrigo Co. Plc
Management
So specifically, I think – why don't I step back for a second and just give everyone a comment on the impairment overall? Because I am quite certain that many of you are curious as to the fact that we had a large impairment recorded in May and are again going through this same exercise, only six months later. The entire process of calculating impairments starts with run rate indicators on the underlying assets of the business. So as you I'm sure, Sumant, being the careful reader of the 10-Qs and 10-Ks that you are, I'm sure that you noted that we have outlined that the basis of the original assets, the original purchase price accounting, are definite and indefinite-lived assets by product category. Which means, and I remember commenting on this in our May earnings call, that if expectations on those specific categories change over time, it changes the perspective on the long-term indefinite cash flows discounted back to today. What does that mean? At the time we did our evaluation in May, we had certain assertions, country by country, on the future cash flows from our XLS Medical technology, a weight loss product, other products in our lifestyle category, as well as certain other products in cough/cold and our animal health categories in Europe. In the last six months, some of the assertions on those product categories have changed further, both the combination of these four things I outlined in the call: macroeconomic factors and the management team's assertion of how to utilize those assets best on a go-forward basis. So yes, inherent to your question, has the expectation, the run rate of revenues from those categories changed? Yes, and that is the underlying starting point of an indicator of impairment and the reason that the entire process had to be started over again, to rerun cash flows for those product categories, those definite and indefinite-lived assets. And due to the magnitude of the change projected in those particular products and categories, it did also trigger the indicator to run a goodwill impairment analysis; i.e., what are the total cash flows off the total business, even including those assets that are not specifically targeted as the product categories I've commented on already? So stepping back, the underlying expectation on run rate for our business in Europe continues to grow at a rate above market. But the combination of products to get there, the assertion of brand strategies to make that successful, and the contributors of two of those cash flows on a long-term basis have changed, thereby creating the underlying impairment that you see in the books today. John, I don't know if you want to comment further on the future run rates.