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Marketable Securities
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Marketable Securities [Abstract]  
Marketable Securities

3.      Marketable Securities

 

         The Company’s investments that have original maturities greater than 90 days have been classified as available-for-sale securities in accordance with US GAAP.  Marketable securities are categorized on the consolidated balance sheet as restricted investments and marketable securities, as appropriate.

 

 

         The following table is a summary of available-for-sale securities (in thousands):

 

 

As of March 31, 2012:

Amortized

Cost

Gross Unrealized

Gains

Gross Unrealized

Losses

Estimated Fair Value (Net Carrying Amount)

Corporate securities – U.S.................................................

       48,011

             33

          (19)

               48,025

U.S. Treasury securities......................................................

30,264

        1

    (4)

30,261

Agency discount notes.......................................................

16,789

   8

    (1)

16,796

Commercial paper..............................................................

23,719

5

(15)

23,709

Total securities.................................................................

$   118,783

$         47

$      (39)

$   118,791

 

         The Company’s specifically identified gross unrealized losses of $39 thousand relates to 37 different securities with a total amortized cost of approximately $72.6 million at March 31, 2012.  Because the Company does not intend to sell the investments at a loss and the Company will not be required to sell the investments before recovery of its amortized cost basis, it did not consider the investment in these securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired at March 31, 2012.  Further, the securities with gross unrealized losses had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than 12 months as of March 31, 2012.


 

 

 

 

As of March 26, 2011:

Amortized

Cost

Gross Unrealized

Gains

Gross Unrealized

Losses

Estimated Fair Value (Net Carrying Amount)

Corporate securities – U.S.................................................

    64,228

22       

  (38)

64,212

U.S. Treasury securities......................................................

35,268

  13

  

35,281

Agency discount notes.......................................................

16,588

  5

 (2)

16,591

Commercial paper..............................................................

56,130

23

(7)

56,146

Total securities.................................................................

$   172,214

$        63

$      (47)

$   172,230

 

         The Company’s specifically identified gross unrealized losses of $47 thousand relates to 28 different securities with a total amortized cost of approximately $61.8 million at March 26, 2011.  Because the Company does not intend to sell the investments at a loss and the Company will not be required to sell the investments before recovery of its amortized cost basis, it did not consider the investment in these securities to be other-than-temporarily impaired at March 26, 2011.  Further, the securities with gross unrealized losses had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than 12 months as of March 26, 2011.

 

The cost and estimated fair value of available-for-sale investments by contractual maturity were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2012

March 26, 2011

 

Amortized

Cost

Estimated Fair Value

Amortized

Cost

Estimated Fair Value

Within 1 year.......................................................................

$  115,871

    $  115,876

$  159,516

    $ 159,528

After 1 year.........................................................................

  2,912 

   2,915

  12,698 

   12,702

 

$  118,783

$  118,791

$  172,214

$  172,230