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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-08, "Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) – Testing Goodwill for Impairment" (ASU 2011-08). ASU 2011-08 simplifies goodwill impairment testing by allowing an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. An entity is no longer required to determine the fair amount of a reporting unit unless it is more likely than not that the fair value is less than carrying value. ASU 2011-08 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted. We are evaluating the provisions of ASU 2011-08 and will apply its provisions in our 2012 annual impairment analysis.

In June 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-05, "Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) – Presentation of Comprehensive Income" (ASU 2011-05). ASU 2011-05 requires that all nonowner changes in stockholders' equity be presented either in a single continuous consolidated statement of comprehensive income or in two separate, but consecutive, consolidated statement of net income and statement of comprehensive income. The option to present comprehensive income as part of the consolidated statement of stockholders' equity has been eliminated. ASU 2011-05 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and will be applied retrospectively. Subsequently, in December 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update 2011-12, "Comprehensive Income (Topic 220)—Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05" (ASU 2011-12). ASU 2011-12 defers certain presentation requirements of ASU 2011-05 to allow further deliberation by the FASB. The remaining requirements of ASU 2011-05 will become effective as originally issued. We will modify our financial statements beginning with our March 31, 2012 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to adopt the requirements of ASU 2011-05 and ASU 2011-12.

In May 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-04, "Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820)—Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs" (ASU 2011-04). ASU 2011-04 results in common fair value measurement, as well as disclosure requirements, under U.S. GAAP and IFRS. The amendments clarify guidance on measuring fair value, but do not require any additional fair value measurements. ASU 2011-04 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Early application is not permitted. ASU 2011-04 will not have a significant impact on our financial statements.