On October 22, 2004, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the “Act”) was signed into law. The Act provides for a special one-time tax deduction of 85% of certain foreign earnings that are repatriated, as defined in the Act. In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 109-2, Accounting and Disclosure Guidance for the Foreign Earnings Repatriation Provision within the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (“FSP FAS 109-2”). FSP FAS 109-2 allows companies additional time to evaluate the effect of the Act as to whether unrepatriated foreign earnings continue to qualify for the SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (“SFAS No. 109”) exception regarding non-recognition of deferred tax liabilities and requires explanatory disclosures from those who need the additional time. As of April 30, 2005, the Company has not provided deferred taxes on the undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries since substantially all such earnings were expected to be permanently invested in foreign operations. The extent to which the Company will ultimately take advantage of this provision depends on a number of factors, including reviewing future Congressional or Treasury Department guidance, before a determination can be made. The range of reasonably possible amounts, based upon the law, that are being considered for repatriation due to the aforementioned provision is between zero and $500,000. The related potential range of income tax is between zero and $26,250.

In December 2004, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 109-1, Application of FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, to the Tax Deduction on Qualified Production Activities Provided by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (“FSP FAS 109-1”). FSP FAS 109-1 clarifies that the qualified production activities deduction should be treated as a special deduction as described in SFAS No. 109. The impact of the deduction will be reported in the period in which the deduction is claimed. Company management is in the process of assessing the effect of FSP FAS 109-1 on its consolidated financial statements.

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29 (“SFAS No. 153”). SFAS No. 153 addresses the measurement of exchanges of nonmonetary assets and redefines the scope of transactions that should be measured based on the fair value of the assets exchanged. SFAS No. 153 is effective for nonmonetary asset exchange transactions in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. Company management does not believe adoption of SFAS No. 153 will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123, Share-Based Payment (“SFAS No. 123(R)”) which supercedes SFAS No. 123 and APB No. 25. SFAS No. 123(R) addresses the accounting for shared-based payment transactions (excluding employee stock-ownership plans) in which a company receives employee services in exchange for either equity instruments of the company or liabilities that are based on the fair value of the company’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of such equity instruments. SFAS No. 123(R) requires the company to recognize the grant-date fair-value of equity-based compensation issued to employees in the income statement. SFAS No. 123(R) eliminates a company’s ability to account for share-based compensation transactions using the intrinsic value method of accounting in APB No. 25, which had been permitted in SFAS No. 123 as originally issued. SFAS No. 123(R) will become effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. Additionally, in March 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission Staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, Share-Based Payment (“SAB No. 107”), which provided additional guidance on certain implementation issues with respect to SFAS No. 123(R). Company management is currently assessing which option pricing model (Binomial Lattice or Black Scholes) it will implement upon adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) as well as the impact of adopting SFAS No. 123(R) on its consolidated financial statements.

In March 2005, the FASB issued Financial Interpretation No. 47, Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations (“FIN No. 47”). FIN No. 47 describes a conditional asset retirement obligation as a legal obligation to perform an asset retirement activity whose timing or method of settlement is conditional on a future event that may or may not be within the control of the entity. The obligation to perform the asset retirement activity is unconditional even though uncertainty exists about the timing or method of settlement. Thus, the timing or method of settlement may be conditional on a future event. Accordingly, an entity is required to recognize a liability for the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation if the fair value of the liability can be reasonably estimated. FIN No. 47 also clarifies when an entity would have sufficient information to reasonably estimate the fair value of an asset retirement obligation. FIN No. 47 is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005. Company management is in the process of assessing the effect of FIN No. 47 on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections (“SFAS No. 154”), which will require entities that voluntary make a change in accounting principle to apply that change retrospectively to prior periods' financial statements, unless this would be impracticable. SFAS No. 154 supersedes Accounting