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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Fair Value of Financial Instruments  
Fair Value of Financial Instruments

6.    Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company applies the following hierarchy to determine the fair value of financial instruments, which prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value into three levels and bases the categorization within the hierarchy upon the lowest level of input that is available and significant to the fair value measurement. The levels in the hierarchy are defined as follows:

Level 1: Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

Level 2: Inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

Level 3: Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The valuation techniques that may be used by the Company to determine the fair value of Level 2 and Level 3 financial instruments are the market approach, the income approach and the cost approach. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts to a single present value based on current market expectations about those future amounts, including present value techniques, option-pricing models and the excess earnings method. The cost approach is based on the amount that would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset (replacement cost).

The following tables set forth the Company's financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and presents them within the fair value hierarchy using the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (dollars in millions):

Quoted Prices

    

Significant

in Active

Other

Significant

Markets

Observable

Unobservable

Available

Inputs

Inputs

June 30, 2019

    

Total

    

(Level 1)

    

(Level 2)

    

(Level 3)

Assets:

Embedded derivatives in purchase and delivery contracts

$

0.3

$

$

0.3

$

Foreign exchange contracts

0.6

0.6

Total assets recorded at fair value

$

0.9

$

$

0.9

$

Liabilities:

Contingent consideration

$

16.2

$

$

$

16.2

Hybrid instrument liability

13.7

13.7

Foreign exchange contracts

0.8

0.8

Embedded derivatives in purchase and delivery contracts

0.7

0.7

Fixed price commodity contracts

0.2

0.2

Total liabilities recorded at fair value

$

31.6

$

$

1.7

$

29.9

Quoted Prices

    

Significant

in Active

Other

Significant

Markets

Observable

Unobservable

Available

Inputs

Inputs

December 31, 2018

    

Total

    

(Level 1)

    

(Level 2)

    

(Level 3)

Assets:

Foreign exchange contracts

$

0.2

$

$

0.2

$

Embedded derivatives in purchase and delivery contracts

0.4

0.4

Total assets recorded at fair value

$

0.6

$

$

0.6

$

Liabilities:

Contingent consideration

$

15.1

$

$

$

15.1

Hybrid instrument liability

12.9

12.9

Foreign exchange contracts

2.8

2.8

Embedded derivatives in purchase and delivery contracts

 

0.9

 

 

0.9

 

Fixed price commodity contracts

0.5

0.5

Total liabilities recorded at fair value

$

32.2

$

$

4.2

$

28.0

The Company's financial instruments consist primarily of restricted cash, derivative instruments consisting of foreign exchange contracts, commodity contracts, derivatives embedded in certain purchase and sale contracts, accounts receivable, borrowings under a revolving credit agreement, accounts payable, contingent consideration, a hybrid instrument liability and long-term debt. The carrying amounts of the Company's cash equivalents, short-term investments and restricted cash, accounts receivable, borrowings under a revolving credit agreement and accounts payable approximate fair value because of their short-term nature. Derivative assets and liabilities are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The Company's long-term debt consists principally of a private placement arrangement entered into in 2012 with various fixed interest rates based on the maturity date. The fair value of the long-term fixed interest rate debt, which has been classified as Level 2, was $213.0 million and $228.8 million at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, based on the outstanding amount at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, market prices and observable sources with similar maturity dates.

The Company measures certain assets and liabilities at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in earnings. Fair value treatment may be elected either upon initial recognition of an eligible asset or liability or, for an existing asset or liability, if an event triggers a new basis of accounting. The Company did not elect to remeasure any of its existing financial assets or liabilities and did not elect the fair value option for any financial assets or liabilities which originated during the three or six months ended June 30, 2019 or 2018.

As part of certain acquisitions, the Company recorded contingent consideration liabilities that have been classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The contingent consideration represents the estimated fair value of future payments to the former shareholders of certain acquired companies based on the applicable acquired company achieving annual revenue and gross margin targets in certain years as specified in the relevant purchase and sale agreement. The Company initially values the contingent considerations by using a Monte Carlo simulation or an income approach method. The Monte Carlo method models future revenue and costs of goods sold projections and discounts the average results to present value. The income approach method involves calculating the earnout payment based on the forecasted cash flows, adjusting the future earnout payment for the risk of reaching the projected financials, and then discounting the future payments to present value by the counterparty risk. The counterparty risk considers the risk of the buyer having the cash to make the earnout payments and is commensurate with a cost of debt over an appropriate term.

The following table sets forth the changes in contingent consideration liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2019 (dollars in millions):

Balance at December 31, 2018

    

$

15.1

Current period additions

 

4.4

Current period adjustments

 

1.9

Current period settlements

 

(5.1)

Foreign currency effect

 

(0.1)

Balance at June 30, 2019

$

16.2

As part of the Mestrelab acquisition, the Company entered into an agreement with the noncontrolling interest holders that provides the Company with the right to purchase, and the noncontrolling interest holders with the right to sell, the remaining 49% of Mestrelab for cash at a contractually defined redemption value. These rights (an embedded derivative) are exercisable beginning in 2022 and can be accelerated, at a discounted redemption value, upon certain events related to post combination services. As the option is tied to continued employment, the Company classified the hybrid instrument (noncontrolling interest with an embedded derivative) as a long-term liability on the consolidated balance sheet. Subsequent to the acquisition, the carrying value of the hybrid instrument is remeasured to fair value with changes recorded to stock-based compensation expense in proportion to the requisite service period vested. The hybrid instrument is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

The following table sets forth the changes in hybrid instrument liability for the six months ended June 30, 2019 (dollars in millions):

Balance at December 31, 2018

    

$

12.9

Current period adjustments

0.8

Balance at June 30, 2019

$

13.7