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Recently Issued Accounting Standards
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
New Accounting Pronouncements And Changes In Accounting Principles [Abstract]  
Description of New Accounting Pronouncements Not yet Adopted [Text Block]

Note 2Recently Issued Accounting Standards

The Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued an accounting standard update in March 2017, to improve the presentation of net periodic pension and postretirement benefit cost. Defined benefit pension and postretirement benefit costs “(net benefit cost”) comprise several components that reflect different aspects of an employer’s financial arrangements as well as the cost of benefits provided to employees. This accounting standard update requires that an employer disaggregate the service cost component from the other components of net benefit cost, provides explicit guidance on how to present the service cost component and the other components of net benefit cost in the income statement and allows only the service cost component of net benefit cost to be eligible for capitalization. The guidance within this accounting standard update should be applied retrospectively for the presentation of the service cost component and the other components of net periodic benefit cost in the income statement and prospectively for the capitalization of the service cost component of net periodic benefit in assets. This accounting standard update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual period for which financial statements (interim or annual) have not been issued or made available for issuance. The Company’s non-service cost components of net periodic benefit cost during the three months ended March 31, 2016 were $0.6 million. During the first quarter of 2017, the Company elected to early adopt the guidance within this accounting standard update which resulted in a reclassification to the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2016, as previously reported cost of goods sold (“COGS”) were reduced by $0.1 million and selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) were reduced by $0.5 million, with a corresponding $0.6 million reduction to other income. The Company utilized a practical expedient included in the accounting standard update which allowed the Company to use amounts previously disclosed in its pension and other postretirement benefits note for the prior period as the estimation basis for applying the required retrospective presentation requirements. In addition, these required retrospective reclassifications resulted in an immaterial adjustment to previously reported direct operating earnings within the Company’s reportable operating segment disclosures for the three months ended March 31, 2016. See Note 3, Note 6 and Note 7 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

The FASB issued an accounting standard update in January 2017, simplifying the test for goodwill impairment by eliminating the Step 2 computation. The accounting standard update modifies the concept of impairment from the condition that exists when the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value to the condition that exists when the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value. The guidance removes the requirement to determine a goodwill impairment by calculating the implied fair value of goodwill by assigning the fair value of a reporting unit to all of its assets and liabilities as if that reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination. The guidance within this accounting standard update should be applied on a prospective basis, and is effective for annual or interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company is still evaluating the guidance but currently anticipates early adoption of the accounting standard update for its next annual goodwill impairment test during 2017, and does not expect a material impact to its financial statements.

The FASB issued an accounting standard update in January 2017 to clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist companies with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. The amendments in this accounting standard update provide a more robust framework to use in determining when a set of assets and activities is a business. The guidance within this accounting standard update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted in limited circumstances, and the amendments in this accounting standard update should be applied prospectively, with no disclosures required at transition. The Company does not currently meet the criteria for early application of the amendments and therefore has not early adopted the guidance. The Company will evaluate the potential impact of this guidance on future transactions, as applicable.

The FASB issued an accounting standard update in November 2016 requiring that the statement of cash flows explain both the change in the total cash and cash equivalents, and, also, the amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. This will require amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning and ending amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The guidance within this accounting standard update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted and the guidance requires application using a retrospective transition method to each period presented when adopted. While permitted, the Company has not early adopted the guidance and is currently evaluating the appropriate implementation strategy. Adoption of the guidance will not have an impact on the Company’s earnings or balance sheet but will result in changes to certain disclosures within the statement of cash flows, notably cash flows from investing activities.

The FASB issued an accounting standard update in August 2016 to standardize how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. Specific transactions covered by the accounting standard update include debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs, settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments, contingent consideration payments made after a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims, proceeds from the settlement of corporate and bank owned life insurance policies, distributions received from equity method investments and beneficial interest in securitization transactions. The guidance within this accounting standard update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted, provided that all of the amendments are adopted in the same period. The guidance requires application using a retrospective transition method. While permitted, the Company has not early adopted the guidance and is currently evaluating the appropriate implementation strategy. Adoption of the guidance will not have an impact on the Company’s earnings or balance sheet but may result in certain reclassifications on the statement of cash flows, including reclassifications between cash flows from operating activities, investing activities and financing activities, respectively.

The FASB issued an accounting standard update in March 2016 involving several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, use of a forfeiture rate, and classification on the statement of cash flows. The guidance within this accounting standard update was effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. When adopted, application of the guidance will vary based on each aspect of the update, including adoption under retrospective, modified retrospective or prospective approaches. Early adoption was permitted. During the first quarter of 2017, the Company adopted the guidance within the accounting standard update as required. The impact of adoption for the Company included the elimination of recording the tax effects of deductions in excess of compensation cost (“windfalls”) through equity as the guidance in this accounting standard update requires all tax effects related to share-based payments to now be recorded through the income statement. The tax effects of awards are required to be treated as discrete items in the interim reporting period in which the windfalls occur. In addition, when applying the treasury stock method for computing diluted earnings per share, there are no longer assumed proceeds from windfall tax benefits and as a result, there are fewer shares considered to be repurchased in the calculation. This results in an assumption of more incremental shares being issued upon the exercise of share-based payment awards, therefore, equity awards will have a more dilutive effect on earnings per share. As required, the Company has applied these changes in the guidance prospectively, beginning in the first quarter of 2017. The result of these changes was an immaterial tax benefit recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and an immaterial number of dilutive shares added to the Company’s earnings per share calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2017. In addition, all tax-related cash flows resulting from share-based payments are now required to be reported as operating activities in the statement of cash flows under this new guidance. Either prospective or retrospective transition of this provision was permitted, and the Company has elected to apply the cash flow classification guidance on a prospective basis, consistent with the prospective transition for the treatment of excess tax benefits in the income statement. Lastly, the accounting standard update permitted Company’s to make an accounting policy election to account for forfeitures as they occur for service condition aspects of certain share-based awards, rather than estimating forfeitures each period. While permitted, the Company has not elected to make this accounting policy decision, and instead has elected to continue utilizing a forfeiture rate assumption. Based on historical experience, the Company has assumed a forfeiture rate of 13% on certain of its nonvested stock awards. See Note 5, Note 8 and Note 9 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

The FASB issued an accounting standard update in February 2016 regarding the accounting and disclosure for leases. Specifically, the update will require entities that lease assets to recognize the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases on the balance sheet, in most instances. The guidance within this accounting standard update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and should be applied on a modified retrospective basis for the reporting periods presented. Early adoption is permitted. The Company has not early adopted and is currently evaluating the potential impact of this guidance and an appropriate implementation strategy. The Company has begun its impact assessment, including taking an inventory of its outstanding leases globally. While the Company’s evaluation of this guidance is in the early stages, the Company currently expects adoption of this guidance to have an impact on its balance sheet.

The FASB issued an accounting standard update in May 2014 regarding the accounting for and disclosure of revenue recognition. Specifically, the update outlined a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers, which will be common to both U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). The guidance was effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and allowed for full retrospective adoption of prior period data or a modified retrospective adoption. Early adoption was not permitted. In August 2015, the FASB issued an accounting standard update to delay the effective date of the new revenue standard by one year, or, in other words, to be effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Entities will be permitted to adopt the new revenue standard early but not before the original effective date. During 2016, the FASB issued a series of accounting standard updates to clarify and expand on the implementation guidance, including principal versus agent considerations, identification of performance obligations, licensing, other technical corrections and adding certain practical expedients. The amendments in these 2016 updates do not change the core principle of the previously issued guidance in May 2014.

During 2016, the Company reviewed its historical accounting policies and practices to identify potential differences with the requirements of the new revenue standard, as it relates to the Company’s contracts and sales arrangements. As of March 31, 2017, the Company has progressed its impact assessment for the implementation of the new revenue recognition guidance, including contract reviews and preliminary considerations for the Company’s future financial reporting and disclosure requirements. While the impact assessment continues, the Company has not yet selected a method, and, also, has yet to conclude on the impact of the accounting standard update. The Company currently expects its determination will be near completion during the first half of 2017. The Company is still assessing the materiality and the potential impact on its earnings, cash flows, and balance sheet, however; the Company does expect its adoption to increase the amount and level of disclosures concerning the Company’s net sales.