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Change in Accounting Method | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Change in Accounting Method |
Change in Accounting Method |
1. Change in Accounting Method Effective January 1, 2012, the Company elected to change the method of valuing U.S. inventories to the average cost method, while in prior years these inventories were valued using the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) method. The Company believes the average cost method is preferable as it conforms the inventory costing methods globally, improves comparability with industry peers and better reflects the current value of inventory on the consolidated balance sheets. All prior periods presented have been adjusted to apply the new method retrospectively. The effect of the change on the condensed consolidated results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 is as follows:
|  | As originally |  |  |  |  |
|  | reported under |  | Effect of |  | As |
|  | LIFO |  | Change |  | Adjusted |
Manufacturing, shipping and delivery expense |  | $ | (1,386 | ) | $ | 10 |  | $ | (1,376 | )
Amounts attributable to the Company: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings from continuing operations |  | 73 |  | 10 |  | 83 |
Basic earnings per share |  | 0.44 |  | 0.06 |  | 0.50 |
Diluted earnings per share |  | 0.44 |  | 0.06 |  | 0.50 |
The effect of the change on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2011 and March 31, 2011 is as follows:
|  | As originally |  |  |  |  |
|  | reported under |  | Effect of |  | As |
December 31, 2011 |  | LIFO |  | Change |  | Adjusted |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Inventories |  | $ | 1,012 |  | $ | 49 |  | $ | 1,061 |
Share owners’ equity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Retained earnings (loss) |  | (428 | ) | 49 |  | (379 | )
March 31, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Inventories |  | $ | 1,054 |  | $ | 49 |  | $ | 1,103 |
Share owners’ equity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Retained earnings |  | 154 |  | 49 |  | 203 |
The effect of the change on the consolidated share owners’ equity as of January 1, 2011 is as follows:
|  | As originally |  |  |  |  |
|  | reported under |  | Effect of |  | As |
|  | LIFO |  | Change |  | Adjusted |
Retained earnings |  | $ | 82 |  | $ | 39 |  | $ | 121 |
The effect of the change on the condensed consolidated cash flows for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 is as follows:
|  | As originally |  |  |  |  |
|  | reported under |  | Effect of |  | As |
|  | LIFO |  | Change |  | Adjusted |
Net earnings |  | $ | 76 |  | $ | 10 |  | $ | 86 |
Change in components of working capital |  | (239 | ) | (10 | ) | (249 | )
Had the Company not made this change in accounting method, manufacturing, shipping and delivery expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 would have been $6 million lower and net earnings attributable to the Company would have been $6 million higher than reported in the condensed consolidated results of operations. In addition, both basic and diluted earnings per share would have been $0.04 higher.

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