FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Financial Instruments

The carrying value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and accounts payable approximate fair value due to their short maturities.

The carrying value of the Company’s long-term debt approximates its fair value, as it is variable rate debt and the terms are comparable to market terms as of the balance sheet dates, and are classified as Level 2.

Assets and Liabilities Recorded at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following table represents the assets and liabilities, measured at fair value on a recurring basis and the basis for that measurement (in thousands):



	Fair Value as of September 30, 2016								Fair Value as of December 31, 2015
Liabilities:	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Contingent purchase price payment	$	—	$	—	$	6,000	$	6,000	$	—	$	—	$	11,000	$	11,000

Pursuant to the agreement governing the acquisition of HOLLY HUNT®, the Company may be required to make annual contingent purchase price payments. The payouts are based upon HOLLY HUNT® reaching an annual net sales target, for each year through 2016, and are paid out on or around February 20 of the following calendar year. The Company classifies this as a Level 3 measurement and is required to remeasure this liability at fair value on a recurring basis. The fair value of such contingent purchase price payments, totaling $16.0 million, was determined at the time of acquisition based upon net sales projections for HOLLY HUNT® for 2014, 2015, and 2016. The Company paid $5.0 million of the remaining $11.0 million contingent purchase price in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 as a result of HOLLY HUNT® achieving the 2015 net sales projections. Excluding the initial recognition of the liability for the contingent purchase price payments and payments made to reduce the liability, any further changes in the fair value would be included within selling, general and administrative expenses.

There were no additional assets or liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2016 or December 31, 2015.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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