New Accounting Pronouncements

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Sep. 30, 2020

New Accounting Pronouncements

New Accounting Pronouncements

Note 2—New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”), which introduced an approach to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables, based on expected losses, and modified the impairment model for available-for-sale debt securities. ASU 2016-13, which is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019, required companies to make a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of January 1, 2020. The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 effective January 1, 2020, which resulted in the Company recording a cumulative adjustment that reduced beginning retained earnings by $3.8, arising from the estimated credit losses associated with the Company’s accounts receivable balance as of the date of adoption. The adoption of ASU 2016-13 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position and its consolidated financial statements. Prior periods presented herein remain in accordance with then effective accounting standards.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-13”), which added, amended and removed certain disclosure requirements related to fair value measurements. Among other changes, this standard required certain additional disclosure surrounding Level 3 assets, including changes in unrealized gains or losses in other comprehensive income and certain inputs in those measurements. ASU 2018-13 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Certain amended or eliminated disclosures in this standard may be adopted early, while certain additional disclosure requirements in this standard may be adopted on its effective date. In addition, certain changes in the standard require retrospective adoption, while other changes must be adopted prospectively. The Company adopted ASU 2018-13 effective January 1, 2020, which did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”), which simplifies income tax accounting in various areas including, but not limited to, the accounting for hybrid tax regimes, tax implications related to business combinations, and interim period accounting

for enacted changes in tax law, along with some codification improvements. ASU 2019-12 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. Certain changes in the standard require retrospective or modified retrospective adoption, while other changes must be adopted prospectively. The Company has evaluated ASU 2019-12, which is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), announced in July 2017 its intent to phase out the use of LIBOR by the end of 2021. The U.S. Federal Reserve, in conjunction with the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, identified the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (the “SOFR”) as its preferred benchmark alternative to U.S. dollar LIBOR. The SOFR represents a measure of the cost of borrowing cash overnight, collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities, and is calculated based on directly observable U.S. Treasury-backed repurchase transactions. In March 2020, in response to this transition, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financing Reporting (“ASU 2020-04”), which provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying U.S. GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued by reference rate reform, and addresses operational issues likely to arise in modifying contracts to replace discontinued reference rates with new rates. ASU 2020-04 is effective as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. The Company is evaluating the potential impact of the replacement of LIBOR, which ultimately may or may not be the SOFR, from both a risk management and financial reporting perspective, as well as the guidance under ASU 2020-04. Our current portfolio of debt and financial instruments currently tied to LIBOR consists primarily of our Commercial Paper Programs and Revolving Credit Facility, both of which are discussed in more detail in Note 4 herein. We do not currently believe that this transition will have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In May 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a final rule regarding the financial statement requirements for acquisitions and dispositions of a business, which included, among other things, amending (i) certain criteria in the significance tests for acquired or to-be-acquired businesses, (ii) related pro forma financial information requirements, including its form and content, and (iii) related disclosure requirements, including the number of acquiree financial statement periods required to be presented in SEC filings. The final rule is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2020, with early application permitted. The Company has evaluated this SEC final rule, and its impact on any future SEC filings will be dependent on the size of future business combinations.

In August 2020, the SEC issued a final rule that modernizes the disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K, Item 101 “Description of Business”, Item 103 “Legal Proceedings” and Item 105 “Risk Factors”. The intent of this final rule was to improve the readability of disclosures, reduce repetition, and eliminate immaterial information, thereby simplifying compliance for registrants and making disclosures more meaningful for investors. While most of the changes involved reducing or eliminating previously required disclosures, the final rule expanded the disclosure requirements related to human capital and more specifically, any human capital measures or objectives that management focuses on in managing the business. The final rule will be effective thirty days after its date of publication in the Federal Register. The Company has evaluated this SEC final rule, and we do not expect it will have a material impact on our SEC filings.