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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value of Financial Instruments

11. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company provides disclosure of financial assets and financial liabilities that are carried at fair value based on the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair value measurements may be classified based on the amount of subjectivity associated with the inputs to fair valuation of these assets and liabilities using the following three levels:

Level 1—Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2—Inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and 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 (i.e., interest rates, yield curves, etc.) and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means (market corroborated inputs).

Level 3—Unobservable inputs that reflect the Company’s estimates of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The Company develops these inputs based on the best information available, including its own data.

As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company did not hold any assets recorded at fair value.

At December 31, 2014 and 2013, the carrying amounts of cash equivalents, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate fair value because of their short-term nature. The carrying amount of the Company’s bank term loan at December 31, 2013 approximated fair value due to its variable interest rate and other terms. All such measurements are Level 2 measurements in the fair value hierarchy. The carrying amount of the Company’s leased buildings under construction in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the related long term facility lease obligation reflect replacement cost, which approximates fair value. This measurement is a Level 3 fair value measurement. The fair value of the convertible notes, which differs from their carrying value, is influenced by interest rates and stock price and stock price volatility and is determined by prices for the convertible notes observed in market trading. The market for trading of the convertible notes is not considered to be an active market and therefore the estimate of fair value is based on Level 2 inputs. The estimated fair value of the convertible notes, face value of $200 million, was $203.4 million at December 31, 2014.