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Recently Issued Accounting Standards
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Recently Issued Accounting Standards

(14) Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

Accounting Standards Adopted

 

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued changes to fair value measurement. This change clarifies the concepts related to highest and best use and valuation premise, blockage factors and other premiums and discounts, the fair value measurement of financial instruments held in a portfolio and of those instruments classified as a component of shareholders’ equity. The guidance includes enhanced disclosure requirements about recurring Level 3 fair value measurements, the use of nonfinancial assets, and the level in the fair value hierarchy of assets and liabilities not recorded at fair value. The provisions are effective prospectively for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011. The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2012 which required changes in presentation only and its adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or liquidity.

 

In June 2011, the FASB issued changes to the presentation of comprehensive income. These changes give an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements; the option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in shareholders’ equity was eliminated. The items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income were not changed. In addition, no changes were made to the calculation and presentation of earnings per share. These changes became effective for the Company on January 1, 2012. The Company has elected to report total comprehensive income using a single-statement approach. Other than the change in presentation, these changes did not have an impact on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or liquidity.

 

In September 2011, the FASB issued changes to the testing of goodwill for impairment. These changes provide an entity the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not (more than 50%) that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. Such qualitative factors may include the following: macroeconomic conditions; industry and market considerations; cost factors; overall financial performance; and other relevant entity-specific events. If an entity elects to perform a qualitative assessment and determines that an impairment is more likely than not, the entity is then required to perform the existing two-step quantitative impairment test, otherwise no further analysis is required. An entity also may elect not to perform the qualitative assessment and, instead, go directly to the two-step quantitative impairment test. These changes become effective for the Company for any goodwill impairment test performed on January 1, 2012 or later. Management performs its annual assessment of the Company’s goodwill in the fourth quarter of each calendar year or more frequently if indicators of impairment are present. The adoption of these provisions will not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or liquidity.

 

Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

 

In December 2011, the FASB issued updated guidance to provide enhanced disclosures such that users of the financial statements will be able to better evaluate the effect or potential effect of netting arrangements on the statement of financial position. The guidance requires improved information about financial instruments and derivative instruments that are either offset according to specific guidance or subject to an enforceable master netting agreement or similar arrangement. The disclosures will provide both net and gross information for these assets and liabilities. Although we do not currently elect to offset assets and liabilities within the scope of the guidance, expanded disclosures will be required starting for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, along with retrospective presentation of prior periods.