The following table is a reconciliation of the asset retirement obligation liability since adoption:

The following table shows the pro forma effect of the implementation on the Company's income available to common shareholders before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle had SFAS No. 143 been adopted by the Company on January 1, 2002.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

On December 16, 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), "Share-Based Payment" ("SFAS No. 123(R)"). SFAS No. 123(R) will require companies to measure all employee stock-based compensation awards using a fair value method and record such expense in their consolidated financial statements. In addition, the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) requires additional accounting and disclosure related to the income tax and cash flow effects resulting from share-based payment arrangements. SFAS No. 123(R) is effective beginning as of the first interim or annual reporting period beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company believes it is likely that the impact of the requirements of SFAS No. 123(R) will significantly impact the Company's future results of operations and continues to evaluate it to determine the degree of significance.

In December 2004, SFAS No. 153, "Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets - an Amendment of APB Opinion No. 29" is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. This statement addresses the measurement of exchange of nonmonetary assets and eliminates the exception from fair value measurement for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets in paragraph 21(b) of APB Opinion No. 29, "Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions" and replaces it with an exception for exchanges that do not have

 
 

 

 

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