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Fair Value Measurements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Fair Value Measurements  
Fair Value Measurements

10. Fair Value Measurements

 

The Company follows accounting guidance that emphasizes that fair value is a market‑based measurement, not an entity specific measurement. Fair value is defined as “the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.” Fair value measurements are defined on a three level hierarchy:

 

Level 1 inputs:  Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets;

 

Level 2 inputs:  Quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs which are observable, weather directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability;

 

Level 3 inputs:  Unobservable inputs that reflect the Company’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

 

As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the fair values of cash and cash equivalents, other assets, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximated their carrying values because of the short‑term nature of these assets or liabilities. The estimated fair value of the Company’s Term Loan was based on amortized cost which was deemed to approximate fair value. There were no transfers between fair value hierarchy levels during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017.

There were no instruments measured on a recurring fair value basis as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017. In addition, no financial instruments were measured on a non‑recurring basis for any of the periods presented.