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FORM 20-F - Check Point

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CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.<br />

AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES<br />

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share amounts)<br />

NOTE 2:- SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)<br />

From time to time the Company reissues treasury shares under the stock purchase plan,<br />

upon exercise of option and upon vesting of restricted stock units. When treasury stock is<br />

reissued, the Company accounts for the re-issuance in accordance with ASC No. 505-30,<br />

“Treasury Stock” and charges the excess of the purchase cost, including related stockbased<br />

compensation expenses, over the re-issuance price to retained earnings. The<br />

purchase cost is calculated based on the specific identification method. In case the<br />

purchase cost is lower than the re-issuance price, the Company credits the difference to<br />

additional paid-in capital.<br />

x. Impact of recently issued accounting standards:<br />

In June <strong>20</strong>09, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued a standard that<br />

established the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and amended the<br />

hierarchy of generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) such that the ASC<br />

became the single source of authoritative U.S. GAAP. Rules and interpretive releases<br />

issued by the SEC under authority of federal securities law are also sources of the<br />

authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. All other literature is considered nonauthoritative.<br />

New accounting standards issued subsequent to June 30, <strong>20</strong>09, are<br />

communicated by the FASB through Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”). The ASC<br />

is effective for the Company from September 1, <strong>20</strong>09. Throughout the notes to the<br />

consolidated financial statements references that were previously made to former<br />

authoritative U.S. GAAP pronouncements have been changed to coincide with the<br />

appropriate section of the ASC.<br />

In December <strong>20</strong>07, the FASB issued authoritative guidance on business combinations. The<br />

guidance significantly changes the accounting for business combinations and establishes<br />

principles and requirements for how an acquirer recognizes and measures in its financial<br />

statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling<br />

interest in the acquiree and recognizes and measures the goodwill acquired in the business<br />

combination or a gain from a bargain purchase. Among the more significant changes,<br />

acquired in-process research and development will be capitalized and upon completion<br />

amortized over its useful life; acquisition costs will be expensed as incurred; restructuring<br />

costs will generally be expensed in periods after the acquisition date; contingent<br />

consideration will be recognized at fair value at the acquisition date with subsequent<br />

changes recognized in earnings, and reductions in deferred tax valuation allowance relating<br />

to a business acquisition will be recognized in earnings. In April <strong>20</strong>09, the FASB issued an<br />

amendment to the revised business combination guidance regarding the accounting for<br />

assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination that arise from<br />

contingencies. This guidance was adopted by the Company for business combinations for<br />

which the acquisition date is on or after January 1, <strong>20</strong>09.<br />

In October <strong>20</strong>09, the FASB issued an update to ASC 985-605, “Software-Revenue<br />

Recognition” (originally issued as EITF 09-3). In accordance with the update to the ASC,<br />

tangible products containing software components and non-software components that<br />

function together to deliver the tangible product’s essential functionality are excluded from<br />

the scope of the software revenue recognition guidance. In addition, hardware components<br />

of a tangible product containing software component are always excluded from the<br />

software revenue guidance. The mandatory adoption is on January 1, <strong>20</strong>11. The Company<br />

may elect to adopt the update prospectively, to new or materially modified arrangements<br />

beginning on the adoption date, or retrospectively, for all periods presented. The Company<br />

is currently evaluating the impact on its consolidated results of operations and financial<br />

condition.<br />

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