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Mar. 31, 2017

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]

New Pronouncements

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In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2017-04, "Intangibles - Goodwill: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment." The update requires a single-step quantitative test to measure potential impairment based on the excess of a reporting unit's carrying amount over its fair value. A qualitative assessment can still be completed first for an entity to determine if a quantitative impairment test is necessary. The ASU is effective for fiscal year 2021 and is to be adopted on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company anticipates that the adoption of this standard will have no impact on the Company's consolidated condensed financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02 "Leases (Topic 842)," which requires lessees to record most leases on their balance sheets. Lessees initially recognize a lease liability (measured at the present value of the lease payments over the lease term) and a right-of-use ("ROU") asset (measured at the lease liability amount, adjusted for lease prepayments, lease incentives received and the lessee's initial direct costs). Lessees can make an accounting policy election not to recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for leases with a lease term of 12 months or less as long as the leases do not include options to purchase the underlying assets that the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise. For lessors, the guidance modifies the classification criteria and the accounting for sales-type and direct financing leases. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted for all entities. The ASU is effective for the Company beginning on January 1, 2019 and the standard requires the use of a modified retrospective approach for leases that exist or are entered into after the beginning of the earliest comparative period in the financial statements. Full retrospective application is prohibited. The Company is continuing to evaluate the impact that the adoption of this guidance will have on its financial condition, results of operations and the presentation of its financial statements.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-11 "Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory (Topic 330)," which requires entities to measure inventories at the lower of cost or net realizable value ("NRV"). This simplifies the evaluation from the current method of lower of cost or market, where market is based on one of three measures (i.e. replacement cost, net realizable value, or net realizable value less a normal profit margin). The ASU does not apply to inventories measured under the last-in, first-out method or the retail inventory method, and defines NRV as the "estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation." The ASU was adopted on a prospective basis by the Company on January 1, 2017. The adoption of ASU 2015-11 did not have any impact on the Company's financial condition or results of operations.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” ASU No. 2014-09 provides a single principles-based, five-step model to be applied to all contracts with customers. The five steps are to identify the contract(s) with the customer, to identify the performance obligations in the contract, to determine the transaction price, to allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract and to recognize revenue when each performance obligation is satisfied. Revenue will be recognized when promised goods or services are transferred to the customer in an amount that reflects the consideration expected in exchange for those goods or services. In addition, the standard requires disclosure of the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. During 2016, the FASB issued additional ASU’s which enhanced the originally issued guidance. These ASU’s encompassed narrow scope improvements and practical expedients along with providing further clarification on the accounting for intellectual property licenses, principal versus agent considerations and identifying performance obligations.

The Company has substantially completed the assessment phase for ASU No. 2014-09 and is currently documenting formal policies in anticipation of adopting the standard on January 1, 2018. The Company has identified a subset of contracts with customers where services are provided that are both uniquely beneficial and separately identifiable from product sales and thus are considered separate performance obligations under the new guidance. Each of these individual service activities is being documented in scenario development and processes are being established to recognize revenue for each unique performance obligation in accordance with the guidance, when effective. The Company continues to proactively address all potential areas of impact related to ASU No. 2014-09. To date, the Company has not identified any specific aspect of the new standard that it believes would significantly change the Company’s financial statements beyond adding the expanded disclosure that is required to comply with the ASU.

The guidance permits two methods of adoption: retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented (full retrospective method), or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance recognized at the date of initial application (modified retrospective method). The Company currently anticipates adopting the standard using the modified retrospective method.