In August 2017 and October 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued new accounting guidance, which is intended to improve the financial reporting of hedging relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity's risk management activities in its financial statements. These amendments also make targeted improvements to simplify the application of the hedge accounting. The guidance was effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and was adopted by the Company in the first quarter of 2019. The standard’s adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2016 and July 2018, the FASB issued new lease accounting guidance, requiring lessees to recognize right-of-use lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for those leases previously classified as operating leases, with a term greater than a year. The new guidance also expands the required quantitative and qualitative disclosures surrounding leases. The guidance was effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and allowed companies to apply the requirements retrospectively, either to all prior periods presented or through a cumulative adjustment in the year of adoption. The Company adopted the new standard on January 1, 2019 on a modified retrospective basis and elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance, which eliminates the reassessment of past leases, classification, and initial direct costs. The Company has implemented the appropriate internal controls and tools to monitor and record historical and future lease arrangements and required disclosures.

For all existing operating leases as of December 31, 2018, the Company recorded Right of Use Assets of approximately $55.0 and corresponding lease liabilities of approximately $57.0 with an offset to Deferred and Other Long-term Liabilities of approximately $2.0 to eliminate deferred rent on the consolidated balance sheet.

In addition, based on the transition guidance surrounding failed sale-and-leaseback transactions, the Company re-evaluated the lease for its corporate headquarters in Ewing, New Jersey. This lease was previously considered a failed sale-and-leaseback transaction under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 840 because of continuing involvement. The re-evaluation resulted in a change in classification from a finance transaction to an operating lease. The corporate headquarters building, which had a net book value of approximately $35.0 recorded in Property, Plant and Equipment as of December 31, 2018, was derecognized on January 1, 2019 and a Right of Use Asset of approximately $52.0 was recorded with an offset to Deferred Income Taxes of $4.0 and Retained Earnings of $13.0. The Lease Liability pertaining to this asset of $52.0 remained unchanged.

In total, at the adoption of the new accounting guidance there were Right of Use Assets of approximately $107.0 and a corresponding Lease Liabilities of $109.0. This did not include an existing cease-use liability of approximately $7.0 pertaining to one of the Company’s previous corporate offices that remained unchanged as a result of the transition. Refer to Note 12 for the Company’s lease disclosures.

The effects of the recently adopted lease accounting standard to the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2019 is as follows:

	Balance at		New Lease			Balance at
	December 31,		Standard			January 1,
	2018		Adjustment			2019
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	598.2	$	(35.2	)	$	563.0
Other assets		117.4		107.5			224.9
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		725.1		13.6			738.7
Deferred and other long-term liabilities		180.9		41.3			222.2
Deferred income taxes		576.4		4.4			580.8
Retained earnings		3,832.6		13.0			3,845.6

The adoption of the new lease accounting standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or cash flows.

There have been no accounting pronouncements issued but not yet adopted by the Company which are expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.