In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842).” Topic 842 was subsequently amended by ASU 2018-01, Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842; ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases; and ASU 2018-11, Targeted Improvements. The update and related amendments require lessees to recognize on their balance sheet a liability to make payments and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. Leases are to be classified as finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern and classification of expense recognition in the statement of income.

The update’s requirement to recognize the rights and obligations resulting from leases as assets and liabilities by lessees increases transparency and comparability of lease transactions between organizations. New lessee disclosure requirements to provide information about the use of significant assumptions and judgements to identify and measure right-of-use assets and lease liabilities enhance the representation of leasing transactions in financial statement note disclosures.

We elected to adopt ASU 2016-02 and related amendments on its effective date, January 1, 2019, and recognized a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance in retained earnings. Financial information has not been updated and disclosure under the new standard have not been provided to dates and periods before January 1, 2019. We elected the package of practical expedients provided in ASU 2016-02, which permits companies not to reassess under the new standard our prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. We elected the use-of-hindsight to determine whether lease terms include periods covered by the lessee’s option to extend or terminate a lease, whether to purchase the underlying asset at the end of the lease agreement, and in assessing impairment of operating lease right-of-use assets. Finally, we elected not to assess whether existing or expired land easements that were not previously accounted for as leases are or contain a lease. Land easements previously accounted for as leases are not eligible for this practical expedient.

ASU 2016-02 did not have an impact on our consolidated condensed statement of income for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, but had a significant impact on our consolidated condensed balance sheet as of March 31, 2019. Gentherm recognized $17,146 and $16,697 in new operating lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, respectively, on our consolidated condensed balance sheet for the right to use lease assets, a difference of $449. Gentherm recognized $261 of this difference as an adjustment to the 2019 opening balance in retained earnings, net of tax effects totaling $114. The remaining $74 difference between operating lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for leases that existed as of the adoption date was recognized as a reduction to prepaid and other current assets.

ASU 2016-02 provides lessees with practical expedients applicable on an ongoing basis, beyond the period of adoption. First, lessees may elect, by class of underlying asset, to not recognize operating lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities from leases with an original lease term of 12 months or less. For entities that elect this accounting policy for short term leases, lease payments from short term leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term in the Company’s consolidated condensed statement of income. Second, lessees may elect, by class of underlying assets, to not separate nonlease components that are associated with lease components in a lease agreement and instead to account for them together as a single lease component. The Company elected these ongoing practical expedients during the three-month period March 31, 2019 and applied them to all classes of leased assets.

In October 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-16, “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Inclusion of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes.” ASU 2018-16 adds the OIS Rate based on SOFR to the list of eligible benchmark interest rates that can be used for hedge accounting purposes under Topic 815. SOFR is a volume-weighted median interest rate that is calculated daily based on overnight transactions from the prior day’s trading activity in specified segments of the U.S. Treasury repo market. The designation of the OIS rate based on SOFR as a benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes is in response to ongoing concerns about the sustainability of LIBOR and the Federal Reserve’s intent to have a suitable alternative to USD LIBOR that is more firmly based on actual transactions in a robust market. Prior to this update, the only eligible benchmark interest rates were the interest rates on direct Treasury obligations of the U.S. government (UST), the LIBOR swap rate, the OIS Rate based on the Fed Funds Effective Rate and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Municipal Swap Rate.

ASU 2018-16 is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption of the amendments in this update is permitted. The amendments in this update should be adopted on a prospective basis for qualifying new or redesigned hedging relationships entered into on or after the date of adoption. We have adopted ASU 2018-16 and related amendments effective January 1, 2019. Since we did not execute any U.S. benchmark interest rate transactions during the adoption of this update and related amendments, the update and related amendments did not have an impact on the Company’s financial statements for three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract.” ASU 2018-15 provides guidance on when costs incurred to implement a hosting arrangement that is a service contract are and are not capitalized, aligning with the guidance for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. Entities must first determine the project stage of the implementation activity; depending on their nature, costs for implementation activities in the application development stage are capitalized and costs incurred during the preliminary project and post-implementation stages are expensed as the activities are performed. Capitalized implementation costs should be amortized over the term of the hosting arrangement on a straight-line basis and presented in the same line items in the statement of income as the expense for fees for the associated hosting arrangements. Similarly, capitalized implementation costs should be presented in same line item in the balance sheet as prepaid fees for the associated hosting arrangement and cash flows from capitalized implementation costs should be classified in the same manner as cash flows for the fees for the associated hosting arrangement.

ASU 2018-15 is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption of the amendments in this update is permitted, including adoption in any interim period for which financial statements have not yet been issued. ASU 2018-15 permits two methods of adoption: prospectively to costs for activities performed on or after the date the entity first applies the content from the update, or retrospectively to all periods presented. We are currently in the process of determining the impact implementation of ASU 2018-15 will have on the Company’s financial statements and note disclosures.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-14, “Compensation – Retirement Benefits – Defined Benefit Plans – General (Subtopic 715-20): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans.” The amendments in ASU 2018-14 were developed using the concepts incorporated in the FASB’s Concepts Statement, Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting – Chapter 8: Notes to Financial Statements, which were finalized in August 2018. The amendments in this update remove the following disclosure requirements, among others, from Subtopic 715-20:

The amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income expected to be recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost over the next fiscal year.

The amount and timing of plan assets expected to be returned to the employer.

The weighted-average interest crediting rates for cash balance plans and other plans with promised interest crediting rates.

An explanation of the reasons for significant gains and losses related to changes in the benefit obligation for the period.

ASU 2018-14 is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2020. Early adoption of the amendments in this update are permitted. Entities should apply the amendments in this update on a retrospective basis to all periods presented. We are currently in the process of determining the impact implementation of ASU 2018-14 will have on the Company’s financial statement note disclosures.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement.” The amendments in ASU 2018-13 were developed using the concepts incorporated in the FASBs Concepts Statement, Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting – Chapter 8: Notes to Financial Statements, which were finalized in August 2018. The amendments in this update remove the following disclosure requirements from Topic 820:

The amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The policy for timing of transfer between levels.

The valuation processes for Level 3 fair value measurements.

The changes in unrealized gains and losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements held at the end of the reporting period.

The range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements.

ASU 2018-13 is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption of disclosures that are removed is permitted, but adoption is delayed for the new additional disclosures until their effective date. The amendments in ASU 2018-13 that provide for new additional disclosure should be applied on a prospective basis, while all other amendments should be applied retrospectively to all periods presented upon their effective date. We are currently in the process of determining the impact implementation of ASU 2018-13 will have on the Company’s financial statement note disclosures.