Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Income Statement Expense Disaggregation Disclosures

The Financial Account Standards Board (the "FASB") has issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses ("ASU 2024-03"). ASU 2024-03 aims to enhance the transparency and presentation of income statement expenses in response to increasing demand from investors and other stakeholders for greater clarity and comparability surrounding the nature and composition of an entity's expenses. The amendments of ASU 2024-03 require tabular disclosure of certain cost and expense information, such as employee compensation, in the footnotes to the financial statements. ASU 2024-03 is effective for Piedmont beginning with the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2027, and subsequent interim periods beginning in calendar-year 2028. Piedmont is currently evaluating the potential impact of adoption; however, Piedmont does not anticipate any material impact to its consolidated financial statements as a result of adoption of ASU 2024-03.

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About New Standards Disclosures

New accounting standards disclosures describe recently adopted pronouncements and those not yet effective, along with management's assessment of their expected impact. This section provides an early warning system for upcoming changes to how a company reports its financial results, often years before the new rules take effect.

Key signals: when management describes a not-yet-adopted standard's impact as "material" or "still being evaluated," it signals potential significant changes to reported metrics upon adoption. Watch for standards that affect a company's core operations — for example, revenue recognition changes for software companies or lease accounting changes for retailers with large store footprints. The transition method chosen (full retrospective versus modified retrospective) affects comparability with prior periods. Companies that delay adoption to the latest permitted date may be struggling with implementation complexity. Compare the disclosed impact assessments against peers in the same industry to gauge whether management's expectations are reasonable.