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Future Accounting Matters
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]  
Future Accounting Matters

Note 16 – Future Accounting Matters

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-12 “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718)—Accounting for Share Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period.” This ASU requires that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition. ASU 2014-12 became effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015 and did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01 “Financial Instruments—Overall (Subtopic 825-10)—Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.” This ASU is intended to improve the recognition and measurement of financial instruments by requiring equity investments to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income; requiring public business entities to use the exit price notion when measuring the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes; requiring separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset on the balance sheet or the accompanying notes to the financial statements; eliminating the requirement for public business entities to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured and amortized at cost on the balance sheet; and requiring a reporting organization to present separately in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk when the organization has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments. ASU 2016-01 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The amendments should be applied through a cumulative-effect adjustment to the balance sheet as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The amendments related to equity securities without readily determinable fair values (including disclosure requirements) should be applied prospectively to equity investments that exist as of the date of adoption. The Company will be evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02 “Leases (Topic 842).”This ASU requires lessees and lessors to classify leases as either capital leases or operating leases. The ASU also requires lessees to recognized assets and liabilities for all leases with the exception of short term leases. There are new disclosure requirements for these leases which will provide users of financial statements with information to understand the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. ASU 2016-02 will become effective for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will be evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-05 “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815).” This ASU applies to all reporting entities for which there is a change in the counterparty to a derivative instrument that has been designated as a hedging instrument under Topic 815. The ASU clarifies that a change in the counterparty to a derivative instrument that has been designated as the hedging instrument under Topic 815 does not, in and of itself, require dedesignation of that hedging relationship provided that all other hedge accounting criteria as identified in Topic 815 continue to be met. ASU 2016-05 will become effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will be evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09 “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718)—Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting.” This ASU requires all income tax effects of awards to be recognized in teh income statement when the awards vest or are settled. It also allows an employer to repurchase more of an employee’s shares than it can today for tax withholding purposes without triggering liability accounting and to make a policy election for forfeitures as they occur. ASU 2016-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will be evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU.