Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Fair Value Measurements

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Fair Value Measurements
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]  
Fair Value Measurements

NOTE 12 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The accounting guidance establishes a valuation hierarchy for disclosure of the inputs to valuation used to measure fair value. This hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three broad levels as follows:

Level 1 – Observable inputs that reflect unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 – Observable inputs such as quoted prices for similar instruments and quoted prices in markets that are not active, and inputs that are directly observable or can be corroborated by observable market data. The types of assets and liabilities included in Level 2 are typically either comparable to actively traded securities or contracts, such as treasury securities with pricing interpolated from recent trades of similar securities, or priced with models using highly observable inputs, such as commodity options priced using observable forward prices and volatilities.

Level 3 – Significant inputs to pricing that have little or no observability as of the reporting date. The types of assets and liabilities included in Level 3 are those with inputs requiring significant management judgment or estimation, such as the complex and subjective models and forecasts used to determine the fair value of financial instruments.

Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, are summarized below:

 

September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money Market funds

 

$

1,932,299

 

$

—

 

$

—

 

$

1,932,299

 

Subtotal

 

 

1,932,299

 

 

—

 

 

—

 

 

1,932,299

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificates of deposit

 

 

—

 

 

11,166,760

 

 

—

 

 

11,166,760

 

Corporate Notes/Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

731,926

 

 

 

 

 

731,926

 

Municipal Notes/Bonds

 

 

—

 

 

1,000,430

 

 

—

 

 

1,000,430

 

Commercial Paper

 

 

—

 

 

1,640,213

 

 

—

 

 

1,640,213

 

Subtotal

 

 

—

 

 

14,539,329

 

 

—

 

 

14,539,329

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificates of deposit

 

 

—

 

 

899,066

 

 

—

 

 

899,066

 

Corporate Notes/Bonds

 

 

—

 

 

6,164,081

 

 

—

 

 

6,164,081

 

Subtotal

 

 

—

 

 

7,063,147

 

 

—

 

 

7,063,147

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued Consideration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(535,378

)

 

(535,378

)

Subtotal

 

 

—

 

 

—

 

 

(535,378

)

 

(535,378

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

1,932,299

 

$

21,602,476

 

$

(535,378

)

$

22,999,397

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money Market funds

 

$

829,881

 

$

—

 

$

—

 

$

829,881

 

Subtotal

 

 

829,881

 

 

—

 

 

—

 

 

829,881

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificates of deposit

 

 

—

 

 

18,635,601

 

 

—

 

 

18,635,601

 

Subtotal

 

 

—

 

 

18,635,601

 

 

—

 

 

18,635,601

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificates of deposit

 

 

—

 

 

4,883,510

 

 

—

 

 

4,883,510

 

Subtotal

 

 

—

 

 

4,883,510

 

 

—

 

 

4,883,510

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued Consideration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,002,623

)

 

(1,002,623

)

Subtotal

 

 

—

 

 

—

 

 

(1,002,623

)

 

(1,002,623

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

829,881

 

$

23,519,111

 

$

(1,002,623

)

$

23,346,369

 

The estimated fair value of remaining contingent consideration as of September 30, 2012 was $535,378, as noted above. The estimated fair value is considered a level 3 measurement because the probability weighted discounted cash flow methodology used to estimate fair value includes the use of significant unobservable inputs, primarily the contractual contingent consideration gross margin targets and assumed probabilities. The change in the estimated contingent consideration during the nine months was due to $357,879 in payments, $52,278 in foreign currency losses, and $161,644 in gains included in operating income. The gains were the result of a change in future assumptions related to the contingent consideration.

There were no transfers between levels during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.