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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]  
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

2. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance on disclosures about offsetting and related arrangements for financial instruments and derivatives. This guidance requires disclosure of both gross and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the balance sheet and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting agreement. This guidance is to be applied on a retrospective basis for all annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013 and interim periods within those annual periods. The Company does not anticipate an impact on the consolidated condensed financial statements resulting from the adoption of this guidance, apart from disclosure.

Amendments to Goodwill Impairment Testing

In September 2011, the FASB issued amended guidance to allow the use of a qualitative approach to test goodwill for impairment. There will no longer be a requirement to perform the two step goodwill impairment test if, based on a qualitative assessment, it is determined to be more likely than not (more than 50 percent) that the fair value of goodwill is greater than its carrying amount. This guidance is to be applied on a prospective basis for all annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011. The Company adopted the provisions of this guidance effective January 1, 2012, as required. There was no impact on the consolidated condensed financial statements resulting from the adoption of this guidance.

Amendments to Presentation of Other Comprehensive Income

In June 2011, the FASB issued guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income. This guidance eliminates the option to present components of other comprehensive income (“OCI”) as part of the statement of changes in equity and requires companies to report components of comprehensive income in either (1) a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or (2) two separate but consecutive statements. This guidance is to be applied on a retrospective basis for all annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011. The Company adopted the provisions of this guidance effective January 1, 2012, as required. There was no impact on the consolidated condensed financial statements resulting from the adoption of this guidance, other than presentation.

In December 2011, the FASB issued a revision to this guidance, deferring indefinitely, the effective date for amendments to the presentation of comprehensive income requiring items reclassified from OCI to net income to be disclosed in both net income and OCI.

Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures

In May 2011, the FASB issued guidance on measuring fair value and on disclosing information about fair value measurements. This new guidance provides clarification on the application of certain valuation methods, clarification on measuring the fair value of an instrument classified in an entity’s own equity, new guidance related to measuring the fair value of financial instruments that are managed within a portfolio, and new guidance related to the use of premiums and discounts in a fair value measurement. This guidance also requires additional disclosures to be made for fair value measurements categorized as Level 3. This guidance is to be applied on a prospective basis for all annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company adopted the provisions of this guidance effective January 1, 2012, as required. There was no impact on the consolidated condensed financial statements resulting from the adoption of this guidance, apart from disclosure.

 

TRAVELPORT LIMITED

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)