Recent Accounting Pronouncements

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Jun. 25, 2011

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

21. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an Accounting Standards Update ("ASU"), which provides amendments on the presentation of comprehensive income. The amendments require that all nonowner changes in stockholders' equity be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In the two-statement approach, the first statement should present total net income and its components followed consecutively by a second statement that should present total other comprehensive income, the components of other comprehensive income, and the total of comprehensive income. The amendments do not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income. The amendments do not change the option for an entity to present components of other comprehensive income either net of related tax effects or before related tax effects, with one amount shown for the aggregate income tax expense or benefit related to the total of other comprehensive income items. In both cases, the tax effect for each component must be disclosed in the notes to the financial statements or presented in the statement in which other comprehensive income is presented. The amendments do not affect how earnings per share is calculated or presented. The amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011 and should be applied retrospectively. For the Company the amendment is effective for fiscal 2013. The effect of adoption will have minimum impact on the Company as the Company's current presentation of comprehensive income follows the two-statement approach.

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an ASU to Topic 820 on fair value measurement. The ASU provides amendments to achieve common fair value measurements and disclosure requirements in United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("U.S. GAAP") and International Financial Reporting Standards. The amendments change the wording used to describe many of the requirements in U.S. GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. For many of the requirements, the amendments do not result in a change in the application of the requirements for fair value measurements. The amendments (i) clarify the Board's intent that the highest and best use concept for fair value measurement are only relevant in measuring the fair value of nonfinancial assets and are not relevant when measuring the fair value of financial assets and liabilities, (ii) include requirements for the measurement of fair value for instruments classified in shareholders' equity, and (iii) clarifies that an entity should disclose quantitative information about unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement that is categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The amendments also contain (i) provisions that permit fair value measurement on a net asset or liability position as opposed to on a gross basis if the reporting entity manages its financial instruments on a net exposure basis, (ii) clarifies that the application of a premium or discount in fair value measurements is related to the unit of account for the asset or liability being measured at fair value, and (iii) provides additional disclosure requirements for fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The amendments are to be applied prospectively and are effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011, which is fiscal 2012 for the Company. Early application is not permitted for the Company. The Company is currently evaluating the effect, if any, that the adoption of this amended guidance may have on its financial statements, however, the Company does not expect it to have a material effect on its fair value measurements or disclosures.

In December 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an ASU for business combinations related to the disclosure of supplementary pro forma information. Accounting guidance for business combinations requires a public entity to disclose pro forma revenue and earnings for the combined entity as though the combination occurred at the beginning of the reporting period. This update clarifies that if a public entity presents comparative financial statements, the pro forma information for all business combinations occurring during the current year should be reported as though the combination occurred at the beginning of the prior annual reporting period. This update also expands the disclosure requirement to include the nature and amount of pro forma adjustments made to arrive at the disclosed pro forma revenue and earnings. This update is effective for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2010, which is fiscal 2012 for the Company. The effect of adoption will depend primarily on the Company's acquisitions occurring after such date, if any.