NOTE 15 – ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING CHANGES:

In the normal course of business, management evaluates all new accounting pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Emerging Issues Task Force, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or any other authoritative accounting bodies to determine the potential impact they may have on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers."  This guidance establishes principles for reporting information about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from a company’s contracts with customers.  The guidance requires companies to apply a five-step model when recognizing revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services.  The guidance also includes a comprehensive set of disclosure requirements regarding revenue recognition.  The guidance allows two methods of adoption: (1) a full retrospective approach where historical financial information is presented in accordance with the new standard and (2) a modified retrospective approach where the guidance is applied to the most current period presented in the financial statements.  In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No 2015-14 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Deferral of the Effective Date," which deferred the effective date of ASU 2014-09 to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with earlier application permitted as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016.  In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-08, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net)," to clarify the implementation guidance on principal versus agent.  In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-10, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing," which clarifies the identifying performance obligations and licensing implementation guidance.  In May 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-12, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606):  Narrow Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients," which clarifies the implementation guidance related to collectability, presentation of sales tax, noncash consideration, contract modifications and completed contracts at transition.  

The Company adopted the revenue recognition standard using the modified retrospective approach on April 1, 2018.  The Company recognized the cumulative effect of initially applying the new standard to all contracts that were not completed on the date of adoption as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings.  The comparative information has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standard in effect during those periods.  The most significant impact of adopting the guidance is the timing of revenue recognition. Revenue on the majority of the Company’s contracts continues to be recognized upon shipment while revenue on its larger contracts is recognized over time as these contracts meet specific criteria established in the new standards.  Consistent with previous guidance, revenue recognized on contracts over time created unbilled revenue (contract assets) and reduced inventory on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Upon adoption of the new standard, progress payments for which the Company has received an unconditional right to payment are recognized as trade accounts receivable with a corresponding contract liability of an equal amount as customer deposits on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets since the related performance obligations have not been satisfied.  Under the previous guidance, progress payments were recognized when payment was received.  In addition, progress payments exceeding unbilled revenue were netted against inventory to the extent the payment was less than or equal to the inventory balance relating to the applicable contract and the excess was presented as customer deposits.

The following table presents the cumulative effect of the changes made to the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of April 1, 2018 for the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard:

The following tables present the impact of adoption of the new revenue recognition standard on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Balance Sheet:

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)," which requires companies to recognize all leases as assets and liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet.  This ASU retains a distinction between finance leases and operating leases, and the classification criteria for distinguishing between finance leases and operating leases are substantially similar to the classification criteria for distinguishing between capital leases and operating leases in the current accounting guidance.  As a result, the effect of leases on the consolidated statement of comprehensive income and the consolidated statement of cash flows is largely unchanged from previous generally accepted accounting principles.  The guidance requires application on a modified retrospective basis based on the earliest period presented in the consolidated financial statements.  In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-11, “Leases (Topic 842) Targeted Improvements,” which provides an additional transition method that allows entities to initially apply the guidance at the adoption date and recognize a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption.  In addition, the guidance provides a practical expedient that allows entities to account for lease components and associated nonlease components as a single component if specific conditions are met.  The amendments in these ASUs are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  Earlier application is permitted. The Company believes the adoption of this ASU may have a material impact on its assets and liabilities due to the addition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities to its Consolidated Balance Sheet, however, it does not expect the guidance to have a material impact on its Consolidated Statements of Operations or Cash Flows.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230)," which clarifies the presentation and classification of eight specific issues on the cash flow statement.  This ASU is effective for public businesses for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years.  The Company adopted the new guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2019.  The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-07, "Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715)," which amended its guidance related to the presentation of net periodic pension cost and net periodic postretirement benefit cost.  The amended guidance requires the service cost component be disaggregated from the other components of net benefit cost.  The service cost component of expense is required to be reported in the Statement of Operations in the same line item as other compensation costs within income from operations.  The other components of net benefit cost are required to be presented separately from the service cost component outside of income from operations.  The amended guidance also allows only the service cost component of net benefit cost to be eligible for capitalization.  This ASU is effective for public businesses for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years.  The Company adopted the amended guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2019.  The amended guidance was applied retrospectively for the presentation of the service cost component and other components of net benefit cost in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Retained Earnings.  In addition, the amended guidance was applied prospectively for the capitalization of the service cost component of net benefit cost.  The amended guidance allows for a practical expedient that permits the use of amounts previously disclosed in the Employee Benefit Plans Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements within prior comparative periods as the estimation basis for applying the retrospective presentation requirements.  The Company elected this practical expedient for the prior period presentation.  The adoption of this amended guidance resulted in the reclassification of net benefit income of $89 and $30 from compensation costs included in Cost of products sold and Selling, general and administrative expense, respectively, to Other income in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Retained Earnings for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and the reclassification of net benefit income of $266 and $92 from compensation costs included in Cost of products sold and Selling, general and administrative expense, respectively, to Other income in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Retained Earnings for the nine months ended December 31, 2017.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-14, "Compensation-Retirement Benefits-Defined Benefit Plans-General (Subtopic 715-20)," which removes disclosures that no longer are considered cost beneficial, clarifies specific disclosure requirements and adds disclosure requirements identified as relevant for defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans.  This amendment is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2020.  Early adoption is permitted. The amendment requires application on a retrospective basis to all periods presented.  The Company believes the adoption of this ASU will not have a material impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

Management does not expect any other recently issued accounting pronouncements, which have not already been adopted, to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.