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Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 30, 2013
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments  
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments

3. Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments

 

The Company’s cash equivalents and short-term investments as of March 30, 2013 consisted of variable-rate demand notes, corporate bonds, municipal bonds, money market funds, U.S. Treasury bills, asset-backed securities, U.S. government bonds and international government bonds. The Company’s long-term investments consisted of auction-rate securities. Early in fiscal 2008, auctions for many of the Company’s auction-rate securities failed because sell orders exceeded buy orders. As of March 30, 2013, the Company held $12.5 million par value auction-rate securities, all of which have experienced failed auctions. The underlying assets of the securities consisted of student loans and municipal bonds, of which $10.5 million were guaranteed by the U.S. government and the remaining $2.0 million were privately insured. As of March 30, 2013, $4.5 million of the auction-rate securities had credit ratings of AAA, $6.0 million had credit ratings of AA and $2.0 million had a credit rating of A. These securities have contractual maturity dates ranging from 2033 to 2046 at March 30, 2013. The Company is receiving the underlying cash flows on all of its auction-rate securities. The principal amounts associated with failed auctions are not expected to be accessible until a successful auction occurs, the issuer redeems the securities, a buyer is found outside of the auction process or the underlying securities mature. The Company is unable to predict if these funds will become available before their maturity dates.

 

The Company does not expect to need access to the capital represented by any of its auction-rate securities prior to their maturities. The Company does not intend to sell, and believes it is not more likely than not that it will be required to sell, its auction-rate securities before their anticipated recovery in market value or final settlement at the underlying par value. The Company believes that the credit ratings and credit support of the security issuers indicate that they have the ability to settle the securities at par value. As such, the Company has determined that no other-than-temporary impairment losses existed as of March 30, 2013.

 

The Company’s cash, cash equivalents and investments consist of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 30, 2013

 

 

 

Cost

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

Gross
Unrealized
Gains

 

Fair Value

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash on hand

 

$

32,034

 

$

 

$

 

$

32,034

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money market funds

 

44,590

 

 

 

44,590

 

Municipal bonds

 

2,314

 

 

 

2,314

 

U.S. Treasury bills

 

325

 

 

 

325

 

Total available-for-sale securities

 

47,229

 

 

 

47,229

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cash and cash equivalents

 

$

79,263

 

$

 

$

 

$

79,263

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable-rate demand notes

 

$

64,185

 

$

 

$

 

$

64,185

 

Corporate bonds

 

61,607

 

(7

)

253

 

61,853

 

Municipal bonds

 

52,978

 

(10

)

65

 

53,033

 

U.S. Treasury bills

 

20,322

 

 

1

 

20,323

 

Asset-backed securities

 

15,751

 

(2

)

8

 

15,757

 

U.S. government bonds

 

12,633

 

 

25

 

12,658

 

International government bonds

 

1,983

 

 

16

 

1,999

 

Total short-term investments

 

$

229,459

 

$

(19

)

$

368

 

$

229,808

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auction rate securities

 

$

12,450

 

$

(1,261

)

$

 

$

11,189

 

Total long-term investments

 

$

12,450

 

$

(1,261

)

$

 

$

11,189

 

 

 

 

December 29, 2012

 

 

 

Cost

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

Gross
Unrealized
Gains

 

Fair Value

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash on hand

 

$

56,690

 

$

 

$

 

$

56,690

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury bills

 

25,049

 

 

1

 

25,050

 

Money market funds

 

22,685

 

 

1

 

22,686

 

Municipal bonds

 

1,000

 

 

 

1,000

 

Total available-for-sale securities

 

48,734

 

 

2

 

48,736

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cash and cash equivalents

 

$

105,424

 

$

 

$

2

 

$

105,426

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate bonds

 

$

59,089

 

$

(5

)

$

267

 

$

59,351

 

Municipal bonds

 

45,646

 

(7

)

50

 

45,689

 

Variable-rate demand notes

 

41,785

 

 

 

41,785

 

Asset-backed securities

 

15,058

 

 

11

 

15,069

 

U.S. government bonds

 

12,638

 

 

25

 

12,663

 

International government bonds

 

1,991

 

 

17

 

2,008

 

Total short-term investments

 

$

176,207

 

$

(12

)

$

370

 

$

176,565

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auction rate securities

 

$

12,525

 

$

(1,156

)

$

 

$

11,369

 

Total long-term investments

 

$

12,525

 

$

(1,156

)

$

 

$

11,369

 

 

The available-for-sale investments that were in a continuous unrealized loss position, aggregated by length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous loss position, were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Less Than 12 Months

 

12 Months or Greater

 

Total

 

As of March 30, 2013

 

Fair
Value

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

Fair
Value

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

Fair
Value

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

Municipal bonds

 

$

13,196

 

$

(10

)

$

 

$

 

$

13,196

 

$

(10

)

Auction rate securities

 

 

 

11,189

 

(1,261

)

11,189

 

(1,261

)

Corporate bonds

 

6,989

 

(7

)

 

 

6,989

 

(7

)

Asset-backed securities

 

5,322

 

(2

)

 

 

5,322

 

(2

)

 

 

$

25,507

 

$

(19

)

$

11,189

 

$

(1,261

)

$

36,696

 

$

(1,280

)

 

 

 

Less Than 12 Months

 

12 Months or Greater

 

Total

 

As of December 29, 2012

 

Fair
Value

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

Fair
Value

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

Fair
Value

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

Municipal bonds

 

$

17,152

 

$

(7

)

$

 

$

 

$

17,152

 

$

(7

)

Auction rate securities

 

 

 

11,369

 

(1,156

)

11,369

 

(1,156

)

Corporate bonds

 

9,543

 

(5

)

 

 

9,543

 

(5

)

 

 

$

26,695

 

$

(12

)

$

11,369

 

$

(1,156

)

$

38,064

 

$

(1,168

)

 

The gross unrealized losses as of March 30, 2013 and December 29, 2012 were due primarily to the illiquidity of the Company’s auction-rate securities and, to a lesser extent, to changes in market interest rates.

 

The following summarizes the contractual underlying maturities of the Company’s available-for-sale investments at March 30, 2013 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Cost

 

Fair
Value

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

121,784

 

$

121,854

 

Due after one year through ten years

 

99,419

 

99,698

 

Due after ten years

 

67,935

 

66,674

 

 

 

$

289,138

 

$

288,226