New Accounting Pronouncements

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Sep. 30, 2015

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]

New Accounting Pronouncements

New Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2015-16, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments, which requires that an acquirer recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The new standard will be effective for annual periods, including interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. We are evaluating the impact that this new standard will have on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, which requires inventory not measured using either the last in, first out (LIFO) or the retail inventory method to be measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value.  Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable cost of completion, disposal, and transportation.  The new standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years, and will be applied prospectively.  Early adoption is permitted.  We are evaluating the impact that this new standard will have on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-05, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement, which addresses the accounting for fees paid in a cloud computing arrangement and provides guidance for determining whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license. The new standard is effective for annual periods, including interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. We are evaluating the impact, if any, of adopting this new standard on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest, Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs, which requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact this guidance will have on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis, which amends the guidelines for determining whether certain legal entities should be consolidated and reduces the number of consolidation models. The new standard is effective for annual and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact this standard will have on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09. Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which will require an entity to 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. ASU 2014-09 will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in GAAP when it becomes effective. ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, deferred the effective date of ASU 2014-09 to annual and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. Earlier application is permitted only as of annual and interim reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. ASU 2014-09 permits either a retrospective application or a cumulative effect transition method. We have not yet selected the application date or a transition method, and we are currently evaluating the impact the adoption of this standard would have on our Consolidated Financial Statements.