text: **(10) Asset Write Down**
  
  During the third quarter of 2000, the Company reduced the carrying value of certain assets in accordance with SFAS No.121. The asset 
  write-downs totaled $12.0 million, of which $11.2 million related to goodwill and other identifiable intangible assets associated with the 
  C o m p a n y ’s acquisition of Arkansas Systems, Inc. (“Euronet USA”) in December 1998. The remaining $800,000 write-down related to the 
  C o m p a n y ’s ATM hard w a re inventory acquired associated with the Company's acquisition of the SBK ATM network in Germany and the 
  Budapest Bank ATM network in Hungary. 