Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Fair Value Measurements

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Fair Value Measurements
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]  
Fair Value Measurements

NOTE 13 – 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.

As discussed in Note 5, we tested our goodwill for impairment as of April 1, 2017. As part of this impairment testing, the Company determined the fair value of the net assets of the JDL Technologies reporting unit, based primarily on discounted cash flows and forecasted future operating results, which represent Level 3 inputs. As a result of our analysis, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $1,463,000 to fully impair goodwill. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of goodwill are included in Note 5.

Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, are summarized below:





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

September 30, 2017

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total Fair Value



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money Market funds

$

8,986,000 

 

$

 -

 

$

 -

 

$

8,986,000 

Subtotal

 

8,986,000 

 

 

 -

 

 

 -

 

 

8,986,000 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificates of deposit

 

 -

 

 

725,000 

 

 

 -

 

 

725,000 

Subtotal

 

 -

 

 

725,000 

 

 

 -

 

 

725,000 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

$

8,986,000 

 

$

725,000 

 

$

 -

 

$

9,711,000 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total Fair Value



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money Market funds

$

3,851,000 

 

$

 -

 

$

 -

 

$

3,851,000 

Subtotal

 

3,851,000 

 

 

 -

 

 

 -

 

 

3,851,000 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificates of deposit

 

 -

 

 

4,294,000 

 

 

 -

 

 

4,294,000 

Corporate Notes/Bonds

 

 -

 

 

1,511,000 

 

 

 -

 

 

1,511,000 

Subtotal

 

 -

 

 

5,805,000 

 

 

 -

 

 

5,805,000 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

$

3,851,000 

 

$

5,805,000 

 

$

 -

 

$

9,656,000 



We record transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy, if necessary, at the end of the reporting period. There were no transfers between levels during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.