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NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
10. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

In September 2011, the FASB issued an accounting standards update that amends the two-step goodwill impairment test by permitting an entity to first assess qualitative factors in determining whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If the entity determines that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step goodwill impairment test is unnecessary. The amendment is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011 on a prospective basis, an early adoption is permitted. The Company elected to bypass the qualitative assessment aspect of this guidance due to the restructuring circumstances and performed a quantitative analysis in the third quarter. The quantitative analysis resulted in no impairment to the goodwill valuation as currently recorded on the books.