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Recent Accounting Developments
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Recent Accounting Developments  
Recent Accounting Developments

Note 11: Recent Accounting Developments

FASB Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-03 “Reconsideration of Effective Control for Repurchase Agreements” (Topic 860), issued on April 29, 2011, concerns the improvement of accounting for repurchase agreements (repos) and other agreements that both entitle and obligate a transferor to repurchase or redeem financial assets before their maturity by amending the criteria for determining effective control of collateral. The guidance is effective for fiscal quarters and years beginning on or after December 15, 2011 (January 1, 2012 for the Company). Early adoption is not permitted. The adoption of FASB ASU 2011-03 did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

FASB Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-04 “Fair Value Measurement” (Topic 820), issued on May 12, 2011, concerns the establishment of a global standard for applying fair value measurement and clarifies three points in topic 820. First, only non-financial assets should be valued via a determination of their best use. Second, an instrument in shareholder’s equity should be measured from the perspective of an investor or trader who owns that instrument. Third, data will need to be provided and methods disclosed for assets valued in level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The guidance is effective for fiscal quarters and years beginning on or after December 15, 2011 (January 1, 2012 for the Company). Early adoption is not permitted. The adoption of FASB ASU 2011-04 did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

FASB Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-05 “Comprehensive Income” (Topic 220), issued on June 16, 2011, concerns the presentation of comprehensive income in financial statements. An entity has the option to present the total 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 guidance is effective for fiscal quarters and years beginning on or after December 15, 2011 (January 1, 2012 for the Company). Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of FASB ASU 2011-05 did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

FASB Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-08 Intangibles – Goodwill and Other” (Topic 350), issued on September 15, 2011, concerns the cost and complexity of performing the first step of the two step goodwill impairment test. The amendments in this update permit an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test described in the original ASU topic 350. The guidance is effective for fiscal quarters and years beginning on or after December 15, 2011 (January 1, 2012 for the Company). Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of FASB ASU 2011-08 did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

FASB ASU 2011-12, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220), Deferral of the effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassification of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-12, issued in December 2011 is a deferral of only those changes in update 2011-05 that relates to the presentation of reclassification adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income. All other requirements in Update 2011-05 are not affected by this update, including the requirements to report comprehensive income either in a single continuous financial statement or in two separate but consecutive financial statements. Public entities should apply these requirements for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. This standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.