Fair Value of Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

8. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

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 (exit price). In determining fair value, the Company utilizes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The following is a brief description of those three levels:

Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities accessible to the reporting entity at the measurement date.

Level 2—Inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1 inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3—Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available, thereby allowing for situations in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

The Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are not required to be remeasured at fair value in the Consolidated Balance Sheets are as follows:



	Carrying				Fair Value Measurement at
	Value as of		Fair Value as of		December 31, 2016
	December 31,		December 31,		(Using Fair Value Hierarchy)
	2016		2016		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Liabilities:
First Lien Term Loan	$	312,500	$	290,625	$	—	$	290,625	$	—



	Carrying				Fair Value Measurement at
	Value as of		Fair Value as of		December 31, 2015
	December 31,		December 31,		(Using Fair Value Hierarchy)
	2015		2015		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Liabilities:
First Lien Term Loan	$	312,500	$	309,375	$	—	$	307,375	$	—
Sellers' Note	$	9,000	$	9,000	$	—	$	—	$	9,000

The aggregate fair value of the Company's First Lien Term Loan was based on bank quotes.

The carrying amounts for cash and cash equivalents approximate fair value due to their short maturities.

Nonrecurring fair value measurements include the trademark intangible asset impairment assessment completed as of October 1, 2016 as determined based on unobservable Level 3 inputs. Refer to Note 7, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”.

- 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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