NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2019

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]

The following is a summary of new accounting pronouncements that apply or may apply to our business.

ASC Topic 842

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an amendment to existing guidance, Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 842, that requires lessees to recognize assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by leases. Under the amendment, additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures are required to allow users of financial statements to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. Effective January 1, 2019, we adopted ASC 842 using the modified retrospective transition approach. The modified retrospective transition approach recognizes any

changes as of the beginning of the year of initial application (i.e., as of January 1, 2019) through retained earnings, with no restatement of comparative periods.

The new standard provides a number of optional practical expedients upon transition. We elected the “package of practical expedients,” which allowed us to maintain our prior conclusions regarding lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. We did not elect the practical expedients for the use-of-hindsight or land easements; the latter not being applicable to us.

The impact of the initial adoption of the standard on our condensed consolidated balance sheet is summarized below, with the most significant impact being the recognition of right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities for operating leases. Our accounting for finance leases remains substantially unchanged.



	December 31, 2018		Impact of Adoption of ASC 842		January 1, 2019
Assets
Other assets	$	657.7	$	27.7	$	685.4

Liabilities
Accrued expenses	183.7		7.9		191.6
Other long-term liabilities	817.3		19.8		837.1

The adoption of ASC 842 had no impact on our retained deficit and no significant impact on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 28, 2019 and condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 28, 2019.

See Note 5 for further discussion of the post adoption impact of ASC 842.

Other Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued a new standard on revenue recognition (“ASC 606”) that outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The only significant change in revenue recognition as a result of the adoption of ASC 606 related to our power transformer business. Under ASC 606, revenues for our power transformer business are being recognized over time, while under previous revenue recognition guidance (ASC 605), revenues for power transformers were recognized at a point in time. We adopted the standard as of January 1, 2018 under the modified retrospective transition approach, which resulted in a decrease of our retained deficit of $4.0.

In June 2016 the FASB issued an amendment on the measurement of credit losses. The FASB’s new guidance changes how entities will measure credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments that are not measured at fair value through net income, including trade receivables, based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. This amendment is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019. We are currently evaluating the impact this amendment may have on our consolidated financial statements.

In October 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-16, which removes the prohibition in ASC 740 against the immediate recognition of the current and deferred income tax effects of intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory. ASU 2016-16 became effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those annual reporting periods. The requirements of ASU 2016-16 were to be applied on a modified retrospective basis, which entailed recognizing the initial effect of adoption in retained earnings. We adopted ASU 2016-16 as of January 1, 2018, which resulted in an increase of our retained deficit of $0.2.

In January 2017, the FASB issued an amendment to simplify the subsequent measurement of goodwill by removing the second step of the two-step impairment test. The amendment requires that an entity recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value. This amendment is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2019, including interim periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted. The impact of this amendment on our consolidated financial statements will depend on the results of future goodwill impairment tests.

In August 2017, the FASB issued significant amendments to hedge accounting. The FASB’s new guidance will make more financial and nonfinancial hedging strategies eligible for hedge accounting. It also amends the presentation and disclosure requirements and changes how companies assess effectiveness. It is intended to more closely align hedge accounting with companies’ risk management strategies, simplify the application of hedge accounting, and increase transparency as to the scope and results of hedging programs. We adopted this guidance during the first quarter of 2019, with such adoption having no material impact to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In February 2018, the FASB amended its guidance for reporting comprehensive income to reflect the potential impacts of the reduction in the corporate tax rate resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”). The amendment gives the option of reclassifying the stranded tax effects within accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) to retained earnings during the fiscal year or quarter in which the effect of the lower tax rate is recorded. We adopted this guidance as of January 1, 2018, which resulted in an increase of our retained deficit of $4.8.