Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).” ASU 2014-09 includes a five-step process by which entities will recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.  The standard also will require enhanced disclosures to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. ASU 2014-09 is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption prohibited.  ASU 2014-09 permits companies the use of either a full retrospective or a modified retrospective approach to adopt this ASU, and the Company is currently evaluating which transition approach to use.  In April 2015, the FASB proposed deferring the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year and also proposed permitting early adoption of this ASU, but not before the original effective date.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact ASU 2014-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements.