New Accounting Pronouncements

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Jan. 25, 2013

New Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]

New Accounting Pronouncements

Note 18.  New Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued a FASB Accounting Standards Update (“FASB ASU”) to the Fair Value Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“FASB ASC”). This update was issued in order to achieve common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). The update clarifies that (i) the highest and best use concept applies only to the fair value measurement of nonfinancial assets, (ii) specific requirements pertain to measuring the fair value of instruments classified in a reporting entity’s shareholders’ equity, and (iii) a reporting entity should disclose quantitative information about unobservable inputs used in a fair value measurement that is categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The update changes requirements with regard to the fair value of financial instruments that are managed within a portfolio and with regard to the application of premiums or discounts in a fair value measurement. In addition, the update increased disclosure requirements regarding Level 3 fair value measurements to include the valuation processes used by the reporting entity and the sensitivity of the fair value measurement to changes in unobservable inputs and the interrelationships between the unobservable inputs, if any. This amendment is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. We adopted this FASB ASU for the quarter ended July 27, 2012. The adoption of this FASB ASU had no impact to our consolidated financial statements of income or financial position other than a presentation impact in the Notes to our consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued a FASB ASU to the Comprehensive Income Topic of the FASB ASC. This update was issued in order to improve the comparability, consistency and transparency of financial statements that include components of other comprehensive income, as well as to facilitate the convergence of U.S. GAAP with IFRS. This FASB ASU requires that comprehensive income be presented either: (i) as a continuous statement including net income and comprehensive income, or (ii) as two separate and consecutive statements. This FASB ASU is to be applied retrospectively and is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. We adopted this FASB ASU for the quarter ended July 27, 2012. The adoption of this FASB ASU had no impact, other than presentation, on our consolidated financial statementsof income or financial position.