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I: . . I. I. . I. i. . . . . . . . I: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BERMELLO, AJAMIL & PARTNERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005 NOTE J. SUMiWARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) Recent Accounting Pronouncements In May 2005, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, a replacement of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 20 and SF AS No.3. SF AS No. 154 requires that a voluntary change in accounting principle be applied retrospectively with all prior period financial statements presented on the new accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to do so. SF AS No. 154 also provides that (1) a change in method of depreciating or amortizing a long-lived nonfinancial asset be accounted for as a change in estimate (prospectively) that was effected by a change in accounting principle, and (2) correction of errors in previously issued financial statements should be tenned a "restatement." The new standard is effective for accounting changes and correction of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15,2005. The adoption of SF AS No. 154 did not have a significant effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements. In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. This Statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This Statement applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or penn it fair value measurements, the Board having previously concluded in those accounting pronouncements that fair value is the relevant measurement attribute. Accordingly, this Statement does not require any new fair value measurements. However, for some entities, the application of this Statement will change current practice. The Statement shall be effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Management believes the adoption of this Statement will not have a significant impact in the Company's consolidated financial statements. In February 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fai,. Value Optionfor Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. The fair value option established by this Statement pennits all entities to choose to measure eligible items at fair value at specified election dates. A business entity shall report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings (or another perfonnance indicator if the business entity does not report earnings) at each subsequent reporting date. -11-