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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS  
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

NOTE 7 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The fair value of our financial instruments are determined based upon applicable accounting guidance. 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. The guidance requires disclosure of the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements fall, including measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1), quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active (Level 2), and significant valuation assumptions that are not readily observable in the market (Level 3).

The fair values of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and other liabilities approximated their carrying value because of their short-term nature. The fair value of the loans payable and the secured line of credit approximated their carrying value as they are variable-rate instruments.

On an annual recurring basis, we are required to use fair value measures when measuring plan assets of our pension plans. As we elected to adopt the measurement date provisions of ASC 715, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans,” as of March 4, 2007, we are required to determine the fair value of our pension plan assets as of December 31, 2019. The fair value of pension plan assets was $13.0 million at December 31, 2019. These assets are valued in active liquid markets.