RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCMENTS

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

NOTE 2-RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

FASB ASU 2010-06.  In January 2010, the FASB issued FASB Accounting Standards Update, or ASU 2010-06, which amends the disclosure requirements relating to recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements.  New disclosures are required about transfers into and out of level 1 and 2 fair value hierarchy, and about disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements relating to Level 3

measurements.  This ASU also requires an entity to present information about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements for significant unobservable inputs on a gross basis.  This ASU was effective for us with the reporting period beginning January 1, 2010, except for disclosures for Level 3 fair value measurements, which became effective for us with the reporting period beginning October 1, 2011.  The adoption of this ASU had no impact on our financial position or results of operations.

FASB ASU 2010-28.  In December 2010, the FASB issued FASB ASU 2010-28, which affects entities evaluating goodwill for impairment under FASB ASC 350-20.  ASU 2010-28, among other things, requires entities with a zero or negative carrying value to assess, considering qualitative factors, whether it is more likely than not that goodwill impairment exists.  If an entity concludes that it is more likely than not that goodwill impairment exists, the entity must perform step 2 of the goodwill impairment test.  ASU 2010-28 is effective for impairment tests performed during an entity's fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2010, with early adoption not permitted.  We adopted this ASU effective October 1, 2011.  The initial adoption of this ASU had no impact on our financial position or results of operations.

FASB ASU 2010-29.  In December 2010, the FASB issued FASB ASU 2010-29, which requires an entity to disclose revenue and earnings of a combined entity as though a business combination that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual period.  It also requires pro forma disclosures to include a description of the nature and amount of the material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings.  This ASU became effective for us October 1, 2011, and is applied to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the effective date.  The initial adoption of this ASU had no impact on our financial position or results of operations.

FASB ASU 2011-04.  In May 2011, the FASB issued FASB ASU 2011-04, which clarifies some existing concepts, eliminates wording differences between US GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS, and changes some of the principles and disclosures of fair value measurement to achieve convergence between US GAAP and IFRS.  ASU 2011-04 also expands the disclosures for fair value measurements that are estimated using significant unobservable (Level 3) inputs.  We adopted this ASU effective January 1, 2012.  The initial adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

FASB ASU 2011-08.  In September 2011, the FASB issued FASB ASU 2011-08, which allows entities testing for impairment of goodwill the option of performing a qualitative assessment before calculating the fair value of a reporting unit in step 1 of the goodwill impairment test.  If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, an entity determines it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is more than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. However, if an entity concludes otherwise, then it is required to perform the first step of the two-step impairment test.  We will adopt this ASU effective October 1, 2012.  We do not believe the adoption of this ASU will have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

FASB ASU 2011-11.In December 2011, the FASB issued FASB ASU 2011-11, which requires entities to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on an entity's financial position. The amendments require enhanced disclosures about financial instruments and derivative instruments that are either (i) offset in accordance with current literature or (ii) subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement, irrespective of whether they are offset in accordance with current literature. ASU 2011-11 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after January 1, 2013. This standard will become effective for us beginning October 2013. The disclosures required by ASU 2011-11 will be applied retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. We are currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2011-11.