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The accompanying condensed
consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2011 has been
derived from our audited financial statements, contained in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2011 (the “2011 10-K”), which we filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March
31, 2011. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements, consisting of a balance sheet as of September 30, 2012,
statements of operations and statements of comprehensive earnings
(loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and
2011 and statements of cash flows for the nine months ended
September 30, 2012 and 2011, have been prepared in accordance with
accounting principles and SEC rules applicable to interim financial
information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the
information and footnotes required by accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America for complete
financial statements. In the opinion of management, the unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report
contain all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring
adjustments and accruals) necessary for a fair presentation of the
Company’s consolidated financial position as of
September 30, 2012 and its consolidated results of its
operations and cash flows for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2012 and 2011. The accounting policies followed
by the Company are set forth in Note A to the Company’s
audited financial statements included in the 2011 10-K. The
unaudited interim consolidated financial statements included in
this report, and the notes that follow, should be read in
conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and
related notes included in our 2011 10-K. |
The preparation
of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP
requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
amounts reported and disclosed in the financial statements and the
accompanying notes. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates,
including those related to the accounts receivable and sales
allowances, and useful lives of property and equipment, fair values
of stock-based awards, income taxes, warranty liability, and other
contingent liabilities, among others. We base our estimates on
historical experience and on various assumptions that are believed
to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making
judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities.
However, such estimates and the assumptions on which they were
based may later prove to have been incorrect due to unforeseen
changes in market or economic conditions or the occurrence of
unexpected events. As a result, the carrying values of our assets
and our results of operations could differ in the future from the
carrying values and the results of operations that were based on
our earlier estimates and assumptions. See
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations – Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates” in Item 2 of Part I of this
report.
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