Recent Accounting Pronouncements Adopted

January 1,

201

the Company adopted Accounting Standards Updates ("ASU")

No.

2016

05,

Derivatives and Hedging (Topic

815

) and ASU

2015

16,

Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments.

The adoption of these updates did

not

have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

January 2017,

the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)

No.

2017

04,

Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic

350

): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment

(“ASU

2017

01”

), which simplifies the current

two

-step test to determine the amount, if any, of goodwill impairment. This update removes the

second

step of the quantitative test. An entity will apply a

one

-step quantitative test and record the amount of goodwill impairment as the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying over its fair value,

not

to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. The update will be applied to the Company's goodwill impairment evaluation for the year ended

December 31, 2017.

January 1, 2017,

the Company also adopted ASU

No.

2016

09,

Stock Compensation (Topic

718

)

, which simplifies the presentation of several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions. The areas for simplification include the income tax consequences, accounting for forfeitures, and classification on the statement of cash flows. The impacts of the adoption of ASU

2016

on our consolidated financial statements are as follows:

●

Accounting for Income Taxes

–

the standard requires that all excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies related to employee share-based payments are recognized through income tax expense

on a prospective basis, which resulted in the recognition of

$1.2

million and

$2.2

million in excess tax benefits as a reduction of tax expense related to employee share-based payments during the

three

and

six

months

ended

June 30, 2017,

respectively;

●

Cash Flow Classification

– as a result of the new standard, all excess tax benefits related to employee share based payments which have been historically shown as a financing activity, should now be presented as an operating activity along with other income tax cash flows. Additionally, the standard requires that cash paid by an employer when directly withholding shares for tax-withholding purposes should be classified as a financing activity. The Company elected to apply both changes on a retrospective basis such that the comparative period is presented on a consistent basis as the current presentation; and

●

Forfeitures

– the standard allows for an entity-wide accounting policy election to either estimate the number of awards that are

not

expected to vest because the requisite service period will

not

be rendered, or to account for forfeitures as they occur. Prior to the adoption of

2016

the Company estimated forfeitures for the purpose of accounting for stock-based compensation. Beginning in the quarter ending

March 31, 2017,

the Company utilized the election to account for forfeitures as incurred. In accordance with the provisions of the new standard, the change has been adopted on a modified retrospective basis; however, the cumulative adjustment to opening retained earnings was immaterial.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Not

Yet Adopted

January 2017,

the FASB issued ASU

No.

2017

01,

Business Combinations (Topic

805

): Clarifying the Definition of a Business

("ASU

2017

01"

), which clarified the definition of a business with objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of businesses. The amendment update provides a screen to determine when a series of integrated activities is

not

a business. If the screen is

not

met, it

first

requires that to be considered a business, a set must include, at a minimum, an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create output and

second

removes the evaluation of whether a market participant could replace the missing elements. This ASU is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after

December 15, 2017.

The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU

2017

will have on its consolidated financial statements.

May 2014,

the

FASB issued ASU

No.

2014

09,

Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic

606

) ("ASU

2014

09"

), which is a comprehensive revenue recognition standard that will supersede nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. The new standard provides a single principles-based,

five

-step model to be applied to all contracts with customers, which steps are to (

) identify the contract(s) with the customer, (

) identify the performance obligations in the contracts, (

) determine the transaction price, (

) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contracts and (

) recognize revenue when each performance obligation is satisfied. More specifically, revenue will be recognized when promised goods or services are transferred to the customer in an amount that reflects the consideration expected in exchange for those goods or services. The new standard will be effective for the Company for the interim and annual reporting periods beginning after

December

15,

2017

(

January

2018

for the Company). Companies can transition to the standards either retrospectively or as a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of transition methods. Based on continuing analysis, we do

not

believe adoption of the updated standard will have a material impact as the Company’s mobile services are on month to month contracts with minimal device subsidization and our wholesale and retail domain registration services recognize revenue over the term of the services provided.