Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Goodwill

Goodwill

During the first quarter of 2016, we recorded goodwill of $2.1 million in our land segment in connection with the 2016 acquisitions, described in Note 2.  In addition, due to adjustments to provisional amounts identified during the measurement period of our 2015 acquisitions,we increased goodwill by $0.1 million, net primarily due to an increase in the land segment. Additionally, as a result of foreign currency translation adjustments of our non-U.S. dollar functional currency subsidiaries, goodwill decreased by $1.8 million in our land segment and increased by $1.0 million and $0.3 million in our aviation and marine segments, respectively.

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

The following accounting standards updates were recently adopted by the Company:

Business Combinations: Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement – Period Adjustments.  In September 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (‘FASB”) issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”), to simplify the accounting for adjustments made to provisional amounts recognized in a business combination; the amendments eliminate the requirement to retrospectively account for those adjustments.  The ASU 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. It also requires the acquirer to record, in the same period’s financial statements, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects, if any, as a result of the change to the provisional amounts, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date.  This update became effective at the beginning of our 2016 fiscal year. The adoption of this ASU did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures. 

Interest—Imputation of Interest: Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs.In April 2015, the FASB issued an ASU 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, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by the amendments in this ASU. This update became effective at the beginning of our 2016 fiscal year.  The adoption of this ASU did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

Consolidation: Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis.  In February 2015, the FASB issued an ASU which is intended to improve targeted areas of consolidation guidance for legal entities such as limited partnerships, limited liability corporations, and securitization structures. This update became effective at the beginning of our 2016 fiscal year.  The adoption of this ASU did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

Income Statement-Extraordinary and Unusual Items: Simplifying Income Statement Presentation by Eliminating the Concept of Extraordinary Items. In January 2015, the FASB issued an ASU which eliminates the concept of extraordinary items. This update became effective at the beginning of our 2016 fiscal year.  The adoption of this ASU did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

Derivatives and Hedging: Determining Whether the Host Contract in a Hybrid Financial Instrument Issued in the Form of a Share Is More Akin to Debt or to Equity. In November 2014, the FASB issued an ASU which clarifies how current generally accepted accounting principles in the United States should be interpreted in evaluating the economic characteristics and risks of a host contract in a hybrid financial instrument that is issued in the form of a share.  This update became effective at the beginning of our 2016 fiscal year.  The adoption of this ASU did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

Compensation - Stock Compensation. Accounting for Share-Based Payments when the Terms of an Award Provide that a Performance Target could be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period. In June 2014, the FASB issued an ASU which includes guidance that requires a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period to be treated as a performance condition. This update became effective at the beginning of our 2016 fiscal year. The adoption of this ASU did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.