Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

 

Effective January 29, 2017, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-09, Stock Compensation.  The new standard is intended to simplify several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment award transactions.  In connection with the adoption of this standard, the Company made a policy election to record the expense associated with forfeitures under its share-based payment plans when they occur (rather than estimating forfeitures and recording over the vesting term of the award).  The Company made this election to reduce the complexity of accounting for its awards.  The Company used a modified retrospective approach to recording this change and recorded a $500 increase to both additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit at the time of the adoption to eliminate the forfeiture estimates previously recorded for awards outstanding as of January 29, 2017.