Operations In Foreign Currency

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Operations In Foreign Currency [Abstract]

Note 3 – Operations in Foreign Currency

We have significant assets in Australia and New Zealand. To the extent possible, we conduct our Australian and New Zealand operations (collectively “foreign operations”) on a self-funding basis where we use cash flows generated by our foreign operations to pay for the expense of foreign operations. Our Australian and New Zealand assets and liabilities are translated from their functional currencies of Australian dollar (“AU$”) and New Zealand dollar (“NZ$”), respectively, to the U.S. dollar based on the exchange rate as of September 30, 2016. The carrying value of the assets and liabilities of our foreign operations fluctuates as a result of changes in the exchange rates between the functional currencies of the foreign operations and the U.S. dollar. The translation adjustments are accumulated in the Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Because we intend to conduct business mostly on a self-funding basis (except for funds used to pay an appropriate share of our U.S. corporate overhead), we do not use derivative financial instruments to hedge against the risk of foreign currency exposure.

Presented in the table below are the currency exchange rates for Australia and New Zealand as of and for the period-ended September 30, 2016, December 31, 2015 and September 30, 2015:


	Foreign Currency / USD
	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015	September 30, 2015
	As of and for the quarter ended	As of and for the nine months ended	As of and for the twelve months ended	As of and for the quarter ended	As of and for the nine months ended
Spot Rate
Australian Dollar	0.7667		0.7286	0.7020
New Zealand Dollar	0.7290		0.6842	0.6390
Average Rate
Australian Dollar	0.7583	0.7420	0.7524	0.7254	0.7633
New Zealand Dollar	0.7226	0.6926	0.7004	0.6513	0.7117

- Definition

The entire disclosure for foreign currency transactions and translation. This may include description of foreign currency transactions, foreign currency gains and losses, explanation of change in cumulative translation adjustment, description of effect of subsequent foreign currency exchange rate change, cumulative translation adjustment movement, foreign currency translation adjustment by component movement, translation adjustment for net investment hedge movement, adjustment for long-term intercompany transactions, schedule of long-term intercompany balances and any other foreign currency transactions and translation related items.

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