NOTE 3 - NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

New Accounting Standards Recently Adopted

In March 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or the FASB, issued Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, 2016-09, Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share Based Payment Accounting, or ASU 2016-09, which contains authoritative guidance intended to simplify various aspects to how share-based payment awards to employees are accounted for and presented in the financial statements. We adopted this guidance as of April 1, 2017, on a prospective basis. The guidance eliminates additional paid-in capital pools and allows entities to record tax benefits within income tax expense in the consolidated statement of operations, classify any excess tax benefits within net cash provided by operating activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows, and account for award forfeitures as they occur. The adoption of this new guidance did not have an impact on our Consolidated Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and disclosures.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, or ASU 2015-11. The new guidance defines net realizable value as the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal and transportation. This definition is consistent with existing authoritative guidance. We adopted this guidance as of April 1, 2017, on a prospective basis. The adoption did not have an impact on our Consolidated Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and disclosures.

Issued Standards Not Yet Adopted

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, the authoritative guidance that changes the criteria for recognizing revenue from a contract with a customer. The new revenue recognition standard replaces existing guidance on revenue recognition, including most industry specific guidance, with a five step model for recognizing and measuring revenue from contracts with customers. The objective of the new standard is to provide a single, comprehensive revenue recognition model for all contracts with customers to improve comparability within industries, across industries and across capital markets.

The underlying principle is that an entity will recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount that the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. Current practice is primarily a risk and rewards based model, while the new standard introduces the concept of inventory control and satisfaction of performance obligations over time. We are currently assessing the impact that the new revenue recognition guidance may have on our Consolidated Financial Statements and disclosures by comparing our current revenue recognition policy with the requirements of the new standard. A review of contracts is underway, and it is possible that our current practices may no longer be viable under the new revenue recognition guidance.

The guidance also requires a number of disclosures regarding the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and the related cash flows. The guidance can be applied retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented (full retrospective method) or retrospectively with a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings for initial application of the guidance at the date of initial adoption (modified retrospective method). The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017. We do not plan to early adopt the standard.

In December 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-20, Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, or ASU 2016-20. The amendments in ASU 2016-20 update and affect narrow aspects of the guidance issued in ASU 2014-09. In May 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-12, Narrow Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients, which provided revised guidance on certain issues relating to revenue from contracts with customers, including clarification of the objective of the collectability criterion. In March 2016, the FASB issued an amendment to clarify the implementation guidance for principal versus agent considerations and in April 2016 issued a final amendment to clarify the guidance related to identifying performance obligations and the accounting for intellectual property licenses. We are currently evaluating the impact these updates may have on our Consolidated Financial Statements and disclosures.

In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory, or ASU 2016-16. The guidance in ASU 2016-16 requires companies to recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory when the transfer occurs. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on our Consolidated Financial Statements and disclosures.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, or ASU 2016-02. Under this amendment, lessees will be required to recognize the following for all leases (with the exception of short-term leases) at the commencement date: 1) a lease liability which is a lessee’s obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis, and 2) a right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early application permitted. Lessees must apply a modified retrospective transition approach for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements. We have not determined the impact ASU 2016-02 will have on our Consolidated Financial Statements and disclosures.

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-09, Compensation —Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting, or ASU 2017-09. ASU 2017-09 provides clarity and reduces both (1) diversity in practice and (2) cost and complexity when applying the guidance in Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, to a change to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award. The amendments in this update provide guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting in Topic 718. ASU 2017-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. We have not determined the impact ASU 2017-09 will have on our Consolidated Financial Statements and disclosures.