Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

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Sep. 30, 2011

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

2. Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2011-04, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs” (“ASU 2011-04”).  This ASU was issued concurrently with International Financial Reporting Standard (“IFRS”) 13, “Fair Value Measurements” (“IFRS 13”), to provide largely identical guidance about fair value measurement and disclosure requirements. The new standards do not extend the use of fair value but, rather, provide guidance about how fair value should be applied where it already is required or permitted under IFRS or U.S. GAAP.  For U.S. GAAP, most of the changes are clarifications of existing guidance or wording changes to align with IFRS 13.  This standard is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and is required to be applied prospectively.  In the period of adoption, a reporting entity will be required to disclose a change, if any, in valuation technique and related inputs that result from applying the ASU and to quantify the total effect, if practicable.  The Company expects that the adoption of ASU 2011-04 in 2012 will not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income” (“ASU 2011-05”).  Under this ASU, an entity will have the option to present the components of net income and comprehensive income in either one or two consecutive financial statements. The ASU eliminates the option in U.S. GAAP to present other comprehensive income in the statement of changes in equity.  This ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011 and is required to be applied retrospectively.  The Company is currently in compliance with this standard.

In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08, “Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Topic 350):  Testing Goodwill for Impairment” (“ASU 2011-08”).  This ASU permits an entity to make a qualitative assessment of whether it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying value before applying the two-step goodwill impairment test.  If an entity concludes it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, it need not perform the two-step impairment test.  ASU 2011-08 is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011.  The Company will comply with this standard upon adoption in 2012.