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Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Significant Accounting Policies  
Significant Accounting Policies

1.              Significant Accounting Policies

 

Except as updated below, the significant accounting policies we use for quarterly financial reporting are the same as those disclosed in Note 1 of the “Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements” included in our 2012 10-K Report.

 

Basis of Consolidation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes include the accounts of our wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries and joint ventures where we exercise operational control or have a primary benefit of its profits. All significant intercompany accounts, transactions and profits are eliminated upon consolidation.

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain amounts in prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation.

 

Accounts Receivable Purchase Agreement

 

We have a Receivables Purchase Agreement (“RPA”) to sell up to $125.0 million of certain of our accounts receivable. On our sold receivables, we are charged a discount margin equivalent to a floating market rate plus 2% and certain other fees, as applicable and we retain a beneficial interest in certain of the sold accounts receivable which is included in accounts receivable, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

 

As of March 31, 2013, we had sold accounts receivable of $70.8 million and retained a beneficial interest of $4.8 million.  During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the fees and interest paid under the receivables purchase agreement were not significant.

 

Goodwill

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, based on our ongoing fair value assessment of certain of our 2012 acquisitions, we recorded a $2.0 million reduction in goodwill within our land segment primarily due to a $3.3 million increase in identifiable intangible assets, partially offset by a $0.9 million decrease in other acquired assets and a $0.4 million increase in assumed liabilities.  Additionally, we reclassified $6.5 million in goodwill from our land segment to our aviation segment.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Foreign Currency Matters Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Foreign Subsidiaries.  In March 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an accounting standards update (“ASU”) aimed at resolving the diversity in practice of accounting for the release of the cumulative translation adjustment into net income when a parent either sells a part or all of its investment in a foreign entity or no longer holds a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a nonprofit activity or a business within a foreign entity. In addition, the amendments in this ASU resolve the diversity in practice for the treatment of business combinations achieved in stages (sometimes also referred to as step acquisitions) involving a foreign entity.  This update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013. We are currently evaluating whether the adoption of this new guidance will have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

 

Disclosure Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements.  In February 2013, the FASB issued an ASU clarifying the guidance for the recognition, measurement and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation within the scope of this ASU is fixed at the reporting date, except for obligations addressed within existing guidance in U.S. GAAP.  This update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013.  We are currently evaluating whether the adoption of this new guidance will have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

 

Disclosure Relating to Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.  In February 2013, the FASB issued an ASU amending the information that companies will be required to present relating to reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The amendments require presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the notes, of amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component and by net income line item.  This update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2012.  The adoption of this ASU resulted in additional derivative disclosures included in Note 2 - Derivatives and did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Disclosure About Offsetting Assets and Liabilities.  In December 2011, the FASB issued an ASU which requires companies to disclose information about financial instruments that have been offset and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. Companies will be required to provide both net (offset amounts) and gross information in the notes to the financial statements for relevant assets and liabilities that are offset. In January 2013, the FASB issued an ASU clarifying that the requirement to disclose information about financial instruments that have been offset and related arrangements applies only to derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse purchase agreements, and securities borrowing and lending transactions that are either offset in accordance with specific criteria contained in the FASB Accounting Standards Codification or subject to a master netting arrangement or similar agreement. This update became effective at the beginning of our 2013 fiscal year. The adoption of this ASU did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.