Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include all of our wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

The information furnished in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements includes normal recurring adjustments and reflects all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations and statements of financial position for the interim periods presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) have been omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. We believe that the disclosures are adequate to prevent the information presented from being misleading when read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (the “2017 Form 10-K”), as filed with the SEC on February 28, 2018. The December 31, 2017 condensed consolidated balance sheet data herein was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.

Our interim operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected in future operating quarters. See Item 1A, Risk Factors, in our 2017 Form 10-K for additional information regarding risk factors that may impact our results.

Note 2 to the audited consolidated financial statements in our 2017 Form 10-K describes the significant accounting policies and estimates used in preparation of the audited consolidated financial statements. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we changed certain of our critical accounting policies and estimates from those previously disclosed in our 2017 Form 10-K, in relation to our revenue recognition and our hedge accounting policies as a result of the adoption of new accounting standards on January 1, 2018. Our revenue recognition accounting policy is described in Note 3, Revenue Recognition, and our hedge accounting policy is described in Note 8, Derivatives and Hedging Activities.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements


Standard		Adoption

ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)		ASC 606 sets forth a new revenue recognition model that requires identifying the contract(s) with a customer, identifying the performance obligations in the contract, determining the transaction price, allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations and recognizing the revenue upon satisfaction of performance obligations. We adopted the provisions of ASU 2014-09 and related subsequently-issued amendments beginning on January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective approach and, as such, recognized a $2.1 million cumulative effect, net of tax, of initially applying the standard as an increase to the opening balance of retained earnings on January 1, 2018. See Note 3, Revenue Recognition, for further information regarding our revenue recognition policies and the revisions to correct certain immaterial misstatements.

ASU 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to accounting for Hedging Activities		ASU 2017-12 better aligns a company’s risk management activities and financial reporting for hedging relationships and makes certain improvements to simplify the application of hedge accounting guidance. For public business entities, this update is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. We elected to early adopt this ASU effective January 1, 2018 and, as such, recognized a $0.1 million adjustment to our opening retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive income as of January 1, 2018 to reclassify the cash flow hedge ineffectiveness previously recorded in net income in the fourth quarter of 2017 to accumulated other comprehensive income.

ASU 2018-05, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118		In March 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU 2018-05, which became effective immediately. ASU 2018-05 adds various SEC paragraphs pursuant to the issuance of the December 2017 SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“SAB 118”). See Note 11, Income Taxes, for additional information regarding the adoption of ASU 2018-05.

ASU 2018-15, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force)		ASU 2018-15 amends the existing accounting standards for capitalizing implementation costs of internal-use software by including service contracts in a cloud computing arrangement. For public business entities, this update is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim periods therein, with early adoption permitted. We elected to early adopt this ASU using the prospective approach effective July 1, 2018 and, as such, have capitalized certain implementation costs associated with service contracts in a cloud computing arrangement. The effects of adoption were not significant.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

We are currently evaluating the impact of certain ASUs on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements or Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, which are described below:


Standard	Description	Effective Date	Effect on the financial statements or other significant matters
ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842)	This pronouncement and related subsequently-issued amendments change the existing accounting standards for lease accounting, including requiring lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheets and making targeted changes to lessor accounting. ASC 842 requires a modified retrospective transition approach for all leases existing at, or entered into after, the date of initial application, with an option to use certain transition relief.	Annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods therein. Early adoption is permitted.	This ASU requires substantially all leases, with the exception of leases with a term of one year or less, to be recorded on the balance sheet as a lease liability measured as the present value of the future lease payments with a corresponding right-of-use asset. This ASU also requires disclosures designed to give financial statement users information on the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows. We anticipate taking advantage of the practical expedient options which allow an entity to not reassess whether any existing or expired contracts contain leases, not reassess lease classifications for existing or expired leases and not reassess initial direct costs for an existing lease. We are also evaluating other optional practical expedients and policy elections. The cumulative effect of adoption will be recorded to retained earnings in the period of adoption. We have completed the design phase of our implementation of this standard and are in the process of implementing changes to our systems and processes in conjunction with a review of existing lease agreements. Based on a preliminary assessment, we expect that substantially all of our operating lease commitments will be subject to the new guidance and recognized as operating lease liabilities and right-of-use assets upon adoption. We will adopt these standards effective January 1, 2019.



ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326)	This pronouncement amends the accounting for credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities and purchased financial assets with credit deterioration. In addition, these amendments require the measurement of all expected credit losses for financial assets, including trade accounts receivable, held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts.	Annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods therein. Early adoption is permitted.	We are currently evaluating whether this ASU will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment	To address concerns over the cost and complexity of the two-step goodwill impairment test, this pronouncement removes the second step of the goodwill impairment test. Going forward, an entity will apply a one-step quantitative test and record the amount of goodwill impairment as the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying amount over its fair value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit.	Annual or interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods therein. Early adoption is permitted.	We are currently evaluating the provisions of this ASU and the impact it will have on our disclosures.

ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820):Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement	This pronouncement amends Topic 820 to eliminate, add and modify certain disclosure requirements for fair value measurements.	Annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods therein. Early adoption is permitted.	We are currently evaluating the provisions of this ASU and the impact it will have on our disclosures.