Acquisitions are accounted for using the acquisition method, and the operating results are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. If the initial accounting for a business combination is incomplete by the end of the reporting period in which the combination occurs, the Corporation will report provisional amounts for the items for which the accounting is incomplete. Those provisional amounts are adjusted during the measurement period, and additional assets or liabilities are recognized, to reflect new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed at the acquisition date that, if known, would have affected the amounts recognized at that date.
The measurement period is the period from the date of acquisition to the date the Corporation obtains complete information about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date, up to a maximum of one year.