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ASU 2010-09 was effective upon issuance, and the Company adopted its provisions as of the issuance of the Quarterly Report on the Form 10-Q for the period ended March&amp;#160;31, 2010. The adoption of ASU 2010-09 was for disclosure purposes only and did not have any effect on the Company&amp;#8217;s financial position or results of operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No 2010-06, &lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&amp;#8220;Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements&amp;#8221;&lt;/font&gt; (&amp;#8220;ASU 2010-06&amp;#8221;), which amended FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (&amp;#8220;ASC Topic 820&amp;#8221;), to require a number of additional disclosures regarding fair value measurements, including the amount of transfers between Levels 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the reasons for transfers in or out of Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy and activity for recurring Level 3 measures. ASU 2010-06 also clarifies certain existing disclosure requirements related to the level at which fair value disclosures should be disaggregated and the requirement to provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities classified as Levels 2 or 3. The adoption of the new guidance had no impact on the Company&amp;#8217;s consolidated financial statements and disclosures.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;In October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No.&amp;#160;2009-13, &amp;#8220;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;Revenue Recognition&amp;#8212;Multiple Deliverable Revenue Arrangements&amp;#8221;&lt;/font&gt; (&amp;#8220;&lt;a id="keyword" name="keyword"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ASU 2009-13&amp;#8221;). ASU 2009-13 updated the multiple-element revenue arrangements guidance, which was previously included in FASB ASC 605-25. The revised guidance provides for two significant changes to the existing multiple element revenue arrangements guidance. The first change relates to the determination of when the individual deliverables included in a multiple-element arrangement may be treated as separate units of accounting. The second change modifies the manner in which the transaction consideration is allocated across the separately identified deliverables. The revised guidance also expands the disclosures required for multiple-element revenue arrangements. The revised multiple-element revenue arrangements guidance was effective beginning January&amp;#160;1,&amp;#160;2011. The adoption of ASU &lt;a id="lastkeyword" name="lastkeyword"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;/a&gt;2009-13 had no impact on the Company&amp;#8217;s financial position or results of operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;In January&amp;#160;2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Release No.&amp;#160;33-9002, &lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&amp;#8220;Interactive Data to Improve Financial Reporting.&amp;#8221;&lt;/font&gt; The final rule requires companies to provide their financial statements and financial statement schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission in interactive data format using the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (&amp;#8220;XBRL&amp;#8221;). The rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission to improve the ability of financial statement users to access and analyze financial data. The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a phase-in schedule indicating when registrants must furnish interactive data. Under this schedule, the Company will be required to submit filings with financial statement information using XBRL commencing with our June&amp;#160;30, 2011 quarterly report on Form 10-Q. We began furnishing financial information in XBRL format starting with our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2009. 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