3. New Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In November 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-16, Determining Whether the Host Contract in a Hybrid Financial Instrument Issued in the Form of a Share Is More Akin to Debt or to Equity, an update to ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging. This amendment provides clarification regarding the “whole instrument approach” in determining the nature of a host contract in a hybrid financial instrument issued in the form of a share. Under this new standard, issuers and investors are required to consider all of a hybrid instrument’s stated and implied substantive terms and features. This update will be effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2016, unless it elects early adoption. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15 (Subtopic 205-40), Presentation of Financial Statements — Going Concern, which requires management to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and provide related footnote disclosures. The guidance is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The standard allows for either a full retrospective or modified retrospective transition method. This update will be effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2017, unless it elects early adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, the adoption of this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), to clarify the principles used to recognize revenue for all entities. Under the new standard, an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In order to do so, an entity would follow the five-step process for in-scope transactions: 1) identify the contract with a customer, 2) identify the separate performance obligations in the contract, 3) determine the transaction price, 4) allocate the transaction price to the separate performance obligations in the contract, and 5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The provisions of the new standard are effective for the Company for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is not permitted. An entity can apply the new revenue standard retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard recognized at the date of initial application in retained earnings. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, the adoption of this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-11, Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists, an update to ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes. This amendment provides clarification regarding the presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit related to a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward. Under this new standard, the liability related to an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion thereof, should be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset if available under the tax law of the applicable jurisdiction to settle any additional income taxes that would result from the disallowance of a tax position. Otherwise, the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented in the financial statements as a separate liability. The assessment is based on the unrecognized tax benefit and deferred tax asset that exist at the reporting date. The provisions of the new standard were effective on a prospective basis beginning in 2014 for annual and interim reporting periods. This update became effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2014. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.