Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159 - FASB

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159 The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 NO. 289-A FEBRUARY 2007 Financial Accounting Series Financial Accounting Standards Board of the Financial Accounting Foundation For additional copies of this Statement and information on applicable prices and discount rates contact: Order Department Financial Accounting Standards Board 401 Merritt 7 PO Box 5116 Norwalk, Connecticut 06856-5116 Please ask for our Product Code No. S159. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING SERIES (ISSN 0885-9051) is published monthly by the Financial Accounting Foundation. Periodicals—postage paid at Norwalk, CT and at additional mailing offices. The full subscription rate is $205 per year. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Financial Accounting Standards Board, 401

Merritt 7, PO Box 5116, Norwalk, CT 06856-5116. Summary Why Is the FASB Issuing This Statement? This Statement permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. This Statement is expected to expand the use of fair value measurement, which is consistent with the Board’s long-term measurement objectives for accounting for financial instruments. What Is the Scope of This Statement—Which Entities Does It Apply to and What Does It Affect? This Statement applies to all entities, including not-for-profit organizations. Most of the provisions of this Statement apply only to entities that elect the fair value option. However, the amendment to FASB Statement No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, applies to all entities with available-for-sale and trading securities. Some requirements apply differently to entities that do not report net income. The following are eligible items for the measurement option established by this Statement: 1. Recognized financial assets and financial liabilities except: a. An investment in a subsidiary that the entity is required to consolidate b. An interest in a variable interest entity that the entity is required to consolidate c. Employers’ and plans’ obligations (or assets representing net overfunded positions) for pension benefits, other postretirement benefits (including health care and life insurance benefits), postemployment benefits, em- ployee stock option and stock purchase plans, and other forms of deferred compensation arrangements, as defined in FASB Statements No. 35, Accounting and Reporting by Defined Benefit Pension Plans, No. 87, Employers’Accounting for Pensions, No. 106, Employers’Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions, No. 112, Employers’ Accounting for Postemployment Benefits, No. 123 (revised December 2004), Share-Based Payment, No. 43, Accounting for Compensated Absences, No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities, and No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, and APB Opinion No. 12, Omnibus Opinion—1967 d. Financial assets and financial liabilities recognized under leases as defined in FASB Statement No. 13, Accounting for Leases (This exception does not apply to a guarantee of a third-party lease obligation or a contingent obligation arising from a cancelled lease.) e. Deposit liabilities, withdrawable on demand, of banks, savings and loan associations, credit...

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