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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Note 5 – Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company’s financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts and notes receivable, cash collateral deposited with insurance carriers, life insurance assets, cost and equity method investments, deferred compensation plan assets and liabilities, accounts payable and other current liabilities, acquisition-related contingent consideration, certain intangible assets and liabilities, including off-market contracts, and debt obligations.
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value guidance establishes a valuation hierarchy, which requires maximizing the use of observable inputs when measuring fair value. The three levels of inputs that may be used are: (i) Level 1 - quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; (ii) Level 2 - observable market based inputs or other observable inputs; and (iii) Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs that cannot be corroborated by observable market data, which are generally determined using valuation models incorporating management estimates of market participant assumptions. In instances in which the inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the fair value measurement classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.  Management’s assessment of the significance of a particular item to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, including the consideration of inputs specific to the asset or liability.
Fair values of financial instruments are estimated using public market prices, quotes from financial institutions and other available information. Due to their short-term maturity, the carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable and other current liabilities approximate their fair values. Management believes the carrying values of notes receivable, cash collateral deposited with insurance carriers, deferred compensation plan assets and liabilities and outstanding balances on its credit facilities approximate their fair values. Cost and equity method investments are initially recorded at their cost basis.
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, financial instruments required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis consisted primarily of acquisition-related contingent consideration liabilities, which represent the estimated fair value of additional future earn-outs payable for acquisitions of businesses that closed after January 1, 2009 (“ASC 805 contingent consideration”), in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The fair value of ASC 805 contingent consideration is based on management estimates and entity-specific assumptions, which are Level 3 inputs, and is evaluated on an ongoing basis. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the fair value of the Company’s ASC 805 contingent consideration totaled $141.5 million and $146.1 million, respectively.
There were no additions to ASC 805 contingent consideration from new business combinations for the three month period ended March 31, 2015. Additions to ASC 805 contingent consideration from new business combinations for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 totaled $8.7 million. There were no ASC 805 contingent consideration payments made for the three month periods ended March 31, 2015 or 2014. Foreign currency translation gains and/or losses associated with ASC 805 contingent consideration are included in other comprehensive income. For the three month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, foreign currency translation gains associated with ASC 805 contingent consideration totaled $4.6 million and $1.4 million, respectively.
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis
Assets and liabilities recognized or disclosed at fair value on a non-recurring basis, for which remeasurement occurs in the event of an impairment or other measurement event, if applicable, include items such as cost and equity method investments, life insurance assets, long-lived assets, goodwill, other intangible assets and liabilities, including off-market contracts and debt. As of both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the carrying amount of the Company’s 4.875% senior notes due 2023 (“the 4.875% Senior Notes”) totaled $400 million. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the estimated fair value of the Company’s 4.875% Senior Notes, based on quoted market prices in active markets, a Level 1 input, totaled $379.0 million and $375.0 million, respectively.
Cost and Equity Method Investments. The aggregate carrying value of the Company’s cost and equity method investment assets, including long-term receivables from investees and contractual joint ventures, totaled approximately $18.0 million and $17.7 million as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. In addition, as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had approximately $1.4 million and $32.4 million of other current liabilities, respectively, relating to an equity method investment, as discussed in Note 3 - Acquisitions. The fair values of the Company’s cost and equity method investments are not readily available. The Company is not aware of events or changes in circumstances that would have a significant adverse effect on the carrying values of its cost and/or equity method investments as of March 31, 2015 or December 31, 2014.