Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Refer to note 1 for the Company’s accounting policies related to fair value accounting. Refer to note 13 for assets held in the Company’s defined pension plans, which are measured at fair value. Assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurement are as follows:



	December 31, 2014						December 31, 2013
			Fair Value Measurements Using						Fair Value Measurements Using
	Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2
Assets
Short-term investments
Certificates of deposit	$	136,653	$	136,653	$	—	$	215,010	$	215,010	$	—
U.S. dollar indexed bond funds	—		—		—		27,978		—		27,978
Assets held in rabbi trusts	9,771		9,771		—		10,377		10,377		—
Foreign exchange forward contracts	2,964		—		2,964		1,382		—		1,382
Total	$	149,388	$	146,424	$	2,964	$	254,747	$	225,387	$	29,360

Liabilities
Deferred compensation	$	9,771	$	9,771	$	—	$	10,377	$	10,377	$	—
Foreign exchange forward contracts	967		—		967		364		—		364
Interest rate swaps	1,212		—		1,212		2,351		—		2,351
Total	$	11,950	$	9,771	$	2,179	$	13,092	$	10,377	$	2,715

During the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, there were no transfers between levels.

The fair value and carrying value of the Company’s debt instruments are summarized as follows:



	December 31, 2014				December 31, 2013
	Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value
Notes payable	$	25,575	$	25,575	$	43,791	$	43,791
Long-term debt	483,621		479,794		489,499		480,242
Total debt instruments	$	509,196	$	505,369	$	533,290	$	524,033

- 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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