NOTE 12. GOODWILL
As described in Note 2, the company adopted SFAS 142 as of January 1, 2002, which eliminates goodwill amortization expense prospectively. The following table reconciles 2001 reported net income and earnings per share amounts to their respective amounts adjusted to exclude goodwill amortization expense. Results for 2003 and 2002 are presented for comparative purposes.

(Millions of dollars, except per share data)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2003
2002
2001
NET INCOME
Reported net income
$585
$409
$430
Add back: goodwill amortization, net of tax
33
Net income excluding goodwill amortization
$585
$409
$463
PER SHARE DATA
Basic earnings per share
Reported net income
$1.79
$1.26
$1.33
Add back: goodwill amortization, net of tax
0.10
Net income excluding goodwill amortization
$1.79
$1.26
$1.43
Diluted earnings per share
Reported net income
$1.77
$1.24
$1.31
Add back: goodwill amortization, net of tax
0.10
Net income excluding goodwill amortization
$1.77
$1.24
$1.41

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, were as follows:

 
North
South
Surface
(Millions of dollars)
America
America
Europe
Asia
Technologies
Total
Balance, December 31, 2001
$712
$253
$48
$35
$88
$1,136
Acquisitions
53
2
3
58
Cumulative effect of an
accounting change (Note 2)
(84)
(18)
(17)
(25)
(144)
Foreign currency translation
(6)
(72)
6
2
5
(65)
Balance, December 31, 2002
759
99
39
20
68
985
Acquisitions
26
17
5
48
Purchase adjustments*
(13)
(2)
(15)
Foreign currency translation
12
27
10
1
7
57
Balance, December 31,2003
$784
$124
$66
$26
$75
$1,075
* Purchase adjustments in North America pertain to the resolution of tax matters for previous years related to deferred income tax allowances on capital loss carryforwards from the 1996 CBI acquisition. The adjustment to goodwill was offset by a corresponding adjustment to deferred income taxes included in deferred credits.