9. Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Developments

In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued additional guidance on Intangibles – Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software and how a customer should account for fees paid in a cloud computing arrangement. Guidance for determining whether an arrangement includes the sale or license of software already existed for cloud service providers. The new guidance requires that if a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license, the customer should account for the software license element in the arrangement consistent with the acquisition of software licenses. If the cloud computing arrangement does not include a software license, the customer should account for the arrangement as a service contract. This new standard does not change the GAAP for a customer’s accounting for service contracts. The effective date of this new standard is for annual periods, including interim within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2015. The Company may elect a retrospective or prospective transition. The Company is currently evaluating its Information Technology (“IT”) arrangements and their applicability to this new guidance.

In May 2014, the FASB issued a comprehensive new standard, which amends revenue recognition principles and provides a single set of criteria for revenue recognition among all industries. The new standard provides a five step framework whereby revenue is recognized when promised goods or services are transferred to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The standard also requires enhanced disclosure relating to revenue recognition in both the interim and annual periods. On April 1, 2015, the FASB proposed to defer the effective date for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and allows for adoption using a full retrospective method, or a modified retrospective method. Early adoption is allowed but not before the original public organization date of December 15, 2016. The Company is currently assessing the method of adoption and the expected impact the new standard has on our financial position and results of operations.

In August 2014, the FASB issued guidance requiring management to perform interim and annual assessments of an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date of issuance of the entity’s financial statements. Entities must provide certain disclosures if “conditions or events raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern.” The disclosure requires identifying the principal conditions and events contributing to the “doubt” to continue as a going concern, as well as management’s evaluations and plans to try to alleviate these uncertainties. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods, within those annual periods ending after December 15, 2016. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard to determine the impact, if any, it may have on its current practices.

In April 2014, the FASB issued guidance on Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity (“ASU 2014-08”), which provides guidance regarding the definition of a discontinued operation and the required disclosures. The new guidance defines a discontinued operation as a component or group of components that is disposed of or is classified as held for sale and represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results. A strategic shift could include a disposal of (1) a major geographical area of operations, (2) a major line of business, (3) a major equity method investment, or (4) other major parts of an entity. In addition, having significant continuing involvement with a component after a disposal or failing to eliminate the operations or cash flows of a disposed component from an entity’s ongoing operations will no longer preclude presentation as a discontinued operation. There will be new disclosures required related to discontinued operations and to disposals of individually significant components that do not qualify as discontinued operations. ASU 2014-08 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014. Early adoption is permitted, but only for disposals (or classifications as held for sale) that have not been reported in financial statements previously issued or available for issuance. ASU 2014-08 applies prospectively to new disposals of components and new classifications as held for sale and is not expected to have a significant impact on the presentation of the Company’s financial statements or disclosures.