RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) - In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers," as a new FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 606. The core principle of the guidance is that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. The new guidance requires expanded disclosure of qualitative and quantitative information about the Company's revenues from contracts with customers.

The new guidance did not have a material impact on the Company's financial statements since the timing and pattern of revenue recognition predominantly continued to be recognized as the Company’s performance obligation to ship or deliver its products was completed and the transfer of control passes to the customer in accordance with the new standard. The Company adopted the new guidance effective January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method. See Note 3, Significant Accounting Policies, to the Company's unaudited interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report for more information.

Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) - In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, "Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments." This ASU was issued to reduce diversity in practice with respect to how certain cash receipts and cash payments are classified and presented in the statement of cash flows. The Company adopted the new guidance effective January 1, 2018 and retrospectively reported its 2017 results for the following items:

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Off-balance sheet arrangements within the Agricultural Solutions segment, whereby the Company sells trade receivables to third parties without recourse and receives beneficial interests for a portion of these receivables, the proceeds of which were previously reported as “Cash flows from operating activities” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, $27.7 million of beneficial interests from the sale of trade receivables were reclassified as non-cash activity, with cash receipts of approximately $2.4 million reclassified from "Cash flows from investing activities" in the applicable Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.


•	For the six months ended June 30, 2017, cash payments for debt prepayments and debt extinguishment costs of $5.3 million were reclassified from "Cash flows from operating activities" to "Cash flows from financing activities" in the applicable Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Leases (Topic 842) - In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases.” This ASU requires lessees to recognize most leases in their balance sheets, but to record expenses on their income statements in a manner similar to current accounting. For lessors, the guidance modifies the classification criteria and the accounting for sales-type and direct financing leases. As currently issued, the guidance is effective as of January 1, 2019 on either a modified retrospective or cumulative-effect-approach basis. The Company is currently in the process of implementing a system and processes in conjunction with the review of its lease agreements to support the required disclosures upon adoption.

Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) - In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12, “Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities.” This ASU improves the financial reporting of hedge relationships by updating hedging designation and measurement guidance. The update also simplifies the application of existing hedge accounting guidance related to assessing hedge effectiveness. The guidance is effective prospectively as of January 1, 2019, and is applied to contracts in existence at the date of adoption, with its effects required to be reflected as of January 1 of the year of adoption. The Company is evaluating the impact of this ASU.