Fair Value Measurements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

Note 3 – Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is 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.

We use valuation techniques that are consistent with the market approach, the income approach and/or the cost approach. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets and liabilities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts, such as cash flows or earnings, to a single present amount on a discounted basis. The cost approach is based on the amount that currently would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset (replacement costs). Valuation techniques should be consistently applied. Inputs to valuation techniques refer to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Inputs may be observable, meaning those that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from independent sources, or unobservable, meaning those that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. These two types of inputs create a three-tier fair value hierarchy that gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The fair value hierarchy is as follows:

Level 1 Inputs - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 Inputs - Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or

liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (for example, interest rates, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3 Inputs - Significant unobservable inputs that reflect an entity’s own assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the assets or liabilities.

As of December 31, 2021, we had short-term and long-term investments. Long-term investments are included with Other long-term assets on the consolidated balance sheet. Trading securities held at December 31, 2021, were purchased on the open market and unrealized gains and losses are included in Other income (expense). The trading securities are valued under the fair value hierarchy using Level 1 Inputs. Short-term investments consist of investments such as time deposits, which are highly liquid with maturity dates greater than three months at the date of purchase. Generally, we can access these short-term investments in a relatively short amount of time but in doing so we generally forfeit a portion of earned and future interest income. Long-term investments consist of certain equity securities acquired as part of the LSC acquisition. Deferred compensation investments consist of the Company’s stock, mutual funds and cash. See Note 13 for additional information related to our deferred compensation program and Note 18 for additional information related to our interest rate swaps and foreign currency hedges. The short-term investments, long-term investments and deferred compensation investments are valued under the fair value hierarchy using Level 1 and Level 2 Inputs.

Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value as of December 31, 2021, are classified in the following table:

Description	Fair Market Value		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total Changes in Fair Values Included in Current Period Earnings
Short-term investments	$	6,542	$	6,542	$	-	$	-	$	-
Long-term investments		47,001		47,001		-		-		28,018
Cross-currency swap liability		1,330		-		1,330		-		-
Deferred compensation investments		15,483		904		14,579		-		1,527

Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value as of December 31, 2020 are classified in the following table:

Description	Fair Market Value		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total Changes in Fair Values Included in Current Period Earnings
Short-term investments	$	6,142	$	6,142	$	-	$	-	$	-
Long-term investments		18,295		18,295		-		-		2,083
Cross-currency swap liability		2,305		-		2,305		-		-
Interest-rate swap liability		1,626		-		1,626		-		-
Deferred compensation investments		12,829		691		12,138		-		3,142

Certain financial assets and financial liabilities are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis; that is, the instruments are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis, but are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances (for example, when there is evidence of impairment). We believe our long-term debt under our revolving credit facility approximates fair value and is valued under the fair value hierarchy using Level 2 Inputs. Financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis were not significant at December 31, 2021 and 2020.

We also are responsible for a pension plan in the U.K. that holds investments carried at fair value. See Note 13 for additional information related to these pension plan investments.