1. DESCRIPTION OF PLAN (continued) participant contribution accounts. Vesting in Company matching contribution accounts is dependent upon specific criteria as described in the Plan document. Forfeitures of Company contributions by participants who withdrew from the Plan before vesting amounted to $23,921 during the year ended December 31, 2006. The Plan uses forfeitures to pay certain administrative expenses and to reduce future Company contributions. All reasonable and necessary Plan administrative expenses are paid out of the Master Trust or paid by the Company. Generally, fees and expenses related to investment management of each investment option are paid out of the respective funds. As a result, the returns on those investments are net of the fees and expenses of the managers of those investment options and certain other brokerage commissions, fees and expenses incurred in connection with those investment options. Class action lawsuits, filed in 2004 and 2003 seeking recovery of investment losses from the Plan sponsor and an investment manager, were settled during 2006. The Plan’s share of the settlement proceeds amounted to $4,000. 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Method of Accounting. The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of accounting in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts. Actual results may differ in some cases from the estimates. New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Staff Position FSP AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, “Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans” (the “FSP”). Under the FSP, fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held by a defined contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, for that portion of the assets available for benefits of a defined contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute, as contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the plan. As required by the FSP, the statement of assets available for benefits presents the Plan’s investment in the Master Trust at fair value, along with the amount necessary to adjust the Plan’s interest in fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held by the Master Trust from fair value to contract value. The December 31, 2005 statement of assets available for benefits has been reclassified to conform with this presentation. The statement of changes in assets available for benefits is prepared on a contract value basis. |