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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Recent Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]  
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements:
 
In August 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) to eliminate the diversity in practice related to the classification of certain cash receipts and payments in the statement of cash flows, by adding or clarifying guidance on eight specific cash flow issues. This ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is permitted. We have evaluated the standard and determined that there will be no material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
 
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09 which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based payments, including the income tax consequences and classification on the statement of cash flows. This ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is permitted. The Company elected to early adopt ASU 2016-09 in the fourth quarter of 2016 which required us to reflect any adjustments as of January 1, 2016, the beginning of the annual period that includes the interim period of adoption. Prior periods were not adjusted.
 
Under previous guidance, excess tax benefits and certain tax deficiencies from share-based compensation arrangements were recorded in additional paid-in capital when the awards vested or were settled. ASU 2016-09 requires that all excess tax benefits and all tax deficiencies be recognized as income tax expense or benefit in the income statement and adoption is on a prospective basis. Additionally, as permitted by ASU 2016-09, the Company has elected to continue to estimate the number of stock-based awards expected to vest, rather than electing to account for forfeitures as they occur.
 
Excess tax benefits are required to be prospectively excluded from assumed future proceeds in the calculation of diluted shares under the adoption of ASU 2016-09. As a result of the adoption, the Company’s diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding as of March 31, 2016 increased from 31,104,495 to 31,114,894.
 
In addition, under ASU 2016-09, excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation arrangements are classified in cash flows from operations, rather than inflow within financing activities and outflow within operating activities. The Company has applied the cash flow classification guidance prospectively.
 
In February 2016, the FASB issued an ASU which requires lessees to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities arising from operating leases on the balance sheet. This ASU is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 using a modified retrospective approach, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the standard to determine the impact of its adoption on our consolidated financial statements.
 
In November 2015, the FASB issued an ASU that requires all deferred tax liabilities and assets to be classified as noncurrent on the balance sheet. This ASU is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company has adopted the standard retrospectively, which resulted in reclassifications among accounts on the consolidated  balance sheet, but had no other impacts on our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. The effect of the adoption on prior periods was a reclassification from current assets to noncurrent assets of approximately $8 million.
 
In July 2015, the FASB issued an ASU modifying the accounting for inventory. Under this ASU, the measurement principle for inventory changed from lower of cost or market value to lower of cost and net realizable value. The ASU defines net realizable value as the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. The ASU is applicable to inventory that is accounted for under the first-in, first-out method and is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. As of January 1, 2017, we adopted the provisions of this ASU and there was no material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
 
In May 2014, the FASB issued an ASU which superseded the then most current revenue recognition requirements. This new revenue recognition standard requires entities to recognize revenue in a way that depicts the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The new standard also includes enhanced disclosure requirements. This guidance is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted for annual periods after December 31, 2016. We have evaluated the standard and determined that there will be no material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
 
There are no other recent accounting pronouncements issued but not yet adopted that would have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.