Changes in Accounting Policies
Effective 1 July 2012, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2011-12, "Comprehensive Income". This ASU effectively defers the changes in ASU No. 2011-05, "Presentation of Comprehensive Income" that relate to the presentation of reclassification adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income. As ASU No. 2011-12 relates only to the presentation of Comprehensive Income, the adoption of this update did not have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
Effective 1 July 2012, the Company adopted ASU No. 2011-05, "Comprehensive Income", which gives an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In both choices, an entity is required to present each component of net income along with total net income, each component of other comprehensive income along with a total for other comprehensive income, and a total amount for comprehensive income. This ASU eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders' equity. The amendments in this ASU 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 adoption of ASU No. 2011-05 did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
Effective 1 July 2012, the Company adopted ASU No. 2011-04, "Fair Value Measurement" to amend the accounting and disclosure requirements on fair value measurements. This ASU limits the highest-and-best-use measure to nonfinancial assets, permits certain financial assets and liabilities with offsetting positions in market or counterparty credit risks to be measured at a net basis, and provides guidance on the applicability of premiums and discounts. Additionally, this update expands the disclosure on Level 3 inputs by requiring quantitative disclosure of the unobservable inputs and assumptions, as well as description of the valuation processes and the sensitivity of the fair value to changes in unobservable inputs. The adoption of this update did not have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.