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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT
3 Months Ended
Apr. 01, 2017
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT  
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

 

NOTE 3 — FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

 

Generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) define fair value as the exchange price that would be received for 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.  GAAP also establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.  The standard describes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

 

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.

 

Level 2: Significant other observable inputs (other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities); quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

 

Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that reflect a company’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

 

The Company used the following methods and significant assumptions to estimate the fair value of items:

 

Investments:  The fair values of investments available-for-sale are determined by obtaining quoted prices on nationally recognized securities exchanges (Level 1 inputs).

 

Derivatives:  Our derivative instruments consist of an interest rate swap, currently reflected as other accrued liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company obtains fair values from financial institutions that utilize internal models with observable market data inputs to estimate the fair value of these instruments (Level 2 inputs).

 

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and trade accounts payable approximated fair value as of April 1, 2017 and December 31, 2016, because of the relatively short maturities of these financial instruments. The carrying amount of current maturities of long-term debt approximated fair value as of April 1, 2017 and December 31, 2016, based upon terms and conditions available to the Company at those dates in comparison to the terms and conditions of its outstanding debt.