Fair Value of Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2019

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

4. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following summarizes the valuation of the Company’s financial instruments (in thousands). The tables do not include either cash on hand or assets and liabilities that are measured at historical cost or any basis other than fair value.

	Fair Value Measurements
	at December 28, 2019 Using
	Quoted Prices in		Significant Other		Significant
	Active Markets for		Observable		Unobservable
	Identical Assets		Inputs		Inputs
Description	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total
Assets:
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	92,379	$	—	$	—	$	92,379
Corporate debt securities		—		1,325		—		1,325
Total cash equivalents	$	92,379	$	1,325	$	—	$	93,704
Short-term investments:
Government debt securities	$	85,189	$	86,682	$	—	$	171,871
Corporate debt securities		—		326,954		—		326,954
Total short-term investments	$	85,189	$	413,636	$	—	$	498,825
Other assets, net:
Auction rate securities	$	—	$	—	$	5,647	$	5,647
Total	$	—	$	—	$	5,647	$	5,647
Total	$	177,568	$	414,961	$	5,647	$	598,176

4. Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Continued)

	Fair Value Measurements
	at December 29, 2018 Using
	Quoted Prices in		Significant Other		Significant
	Active Markets for		Observable		Unobservable
	Identical Assets		Inputs		Inputs
Description	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Total
Assets:
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	74,990	$	—	$	—	$	74,990
Corporate debt securities		—		18,820		—		18,820
Government debt securities		9,338		—		—		9,338
Total cash equivalents	$	84,328	$	18,820	$	—	$	103,148
Short-term investments:
Government debt securities	$	48,141	$	99,211	$	—	$	147,352
Corporate debt securities		—		269,427		—		269,427
Total short-term investments	$	48,141	$	368,638	$	—	$	416,779
Other assets, net:
Auction rate securities	$	—	$	—	$	5,759	$	5,759
Total	$	—	$	—	$	5,759	$	5,759
Total	$	132,469	$	387,458	$	5,759	$	525,686

Valuation methodology

The Company’s cash equivalents and short-term investments that are classified as Level 2 are valued using non-binding market consensus prices that are corroborated with observable market data; quoted market prices for similar instruments in active markets; or pricing models, such as a discounted cash flow model, with all significant inputs derived from or corroborated with observable market data. Investments classified as Level 3 are valued using a discounted cash flow model. The assumptions used in preparing the discounted cash flow model include estimates for interest rates, amount of cash flows, expected holding periods of the securities and a discount to reflect the Company’s inability to liquidate the securities. The Company’s derivative instruments are valued using discounted cash flow models. The assumptions used in preparing the valuation models include foreign exchange rates, forward and spot prices for currencies, and market observable data of similar instruments.

Available-for-sale investments

The Company's investments are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The following summarizes the contractual underlying maturities of the Company’s available-for-sale investments at December 28, 2019 (in thousands):

			Fair
	Cost		Value
Due in one year or less	$	381,583	$	382,259
Due after one year through ten years		196,702		197,370
Due after ten years		18,900		18,547
	$	597,185	$	598,176

4. Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Continued)

The available-for-sale investments that were in a continuous unrealized loss position, aggregated by length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous loss position, were as follows (in thousands):

	Less Than 12 Months				12 Months or Greater				Total
			Gross				Gross				Gross
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
As of December 28, 2019	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses
Government debt securities	$	11,947	$	(19)	$	7,183	$	(7)	$	19,130	$	(26)
Corporate debt securities		68,116		(81)		20		—		68,136		(81)
Auction rate securities		—		—		5,647		(353)		5,647		(353)
	$	80,063	$	(100)	$	12,850	$	(360)	$	92,913	$	(460)

	Less Than 12 Months				12 Months or Greater				Total
			Gross				Gross				Gross
	Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized		Fair		Unrealized
As of December 29, 2018	Value		Losses		Value		Losses		Value		Losses
Government debt securities	$	13,278	$	(10)	$	88,696	$	(583)	$	101,974	$	(593)
Corporate debt securities		112,699		(273)		76,310		(448)		189,009		(721)
Auction rate securities		—		—		5,759		(241)		5,759		(241)
	$	125,977	$	(283)	$	170,765	$	(1,272)	$	296,742	$	(1,555)

The gross unrealized losses as of December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018 were due primarily to changes in market interest rates and the illiquidity of the Company’s auction-rate securities. The Company’s auction-rate securities have been illiquid since 2008 when auctions for the securities failed because sell orders exceeded buy orders. These securities have a contractual maturity date of 2046. The Company is unable to predict if these funds will become available before their maturity date.

The Company considers the declines in market value of its marketable securities investment portfolio to be temporary in nature. When evaluating an investment for other-than-temporary impairment, the Company reviews factors such as the severity and duration of the impairment, changes in underlying credit ratings, forecasted recovery, the Company’s intent to sell or the likelihood that it would be required to sell the investment before its anticipated recovery in market value and the probability that the scheduled cash payments will continue to be made. As of December 28, 2019, the Company has determined that no other-than-temporary impairment losses existed.

At December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018, there were no material unrealized gains associated with the Company's available-for-sale investments.

Level 3 fair value measurements

The following summarizes quantitative information about Level 3 fair value measurements.

Auction rate securities

Fair Value at
December 28, 2019				Weighted
(000s)		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Average
$	5,647	Discounted cash flow	Estimated yield	3.49	%
			Expected holding period	10 years
			Estimated discount rate	3.03	%

4. Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Continued)

The Company has followed an established internal control procedure used in valuing auction rate securities. The procedure involves the analysis of valuation techniques and evaluation of unobservable inputs commonly used by market participants to price similar instruments, and which have been demonstrated to provide reasonable estimates of prices obtained in actual market transactions. Outputs from the valuation process are assessed against various market sources when they are available, including marketplace quotes, recent trades of similar illiquid securities, benchmark indices and independent pricing services. The technique and unobservable input parameters may be recalibrated periodically to achieve an appropriate estimation of the fair value of the securities.

Significant changes in any of the unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of auction rate securities in isolation could result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement. An increase in expected yield would result in a higher fair value measurement, whereas an increase in expected holding period or estimated discount rate would result in a lower fair value measurement. Generally, a change in the assumptions used for expected holding period is accompanied by a directionally similar change in the assumptions used for estimated yield and discount rate.

The following summarizes the activity in Level 3 financial instruments for the years ended December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018 (in thousands):

Assets

	Year Ended
	December 28,		December 29,
Auction Rate Securities	2019		2018
Beginning balance	$	5,759	$	5,681
Gain (loss) included in other comprehensive income (loss)		(112)		78
Ending balance	$	5,647	$	5,759

Fair values of other financial instruments

The Company’s debt is recorded at cost, but is measured at fair value for disclosure purposes. The fair value of the Company’s convertible senior notes is determined using observable market prices. The notes are traded in less active markets and are therefore classified as a Level 2 fair value measurement. As of December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018, the fair value of the convertible senior notes was $524.0 million and $419.0 million, respectively.

The Company's other financial instruments, including cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable, are recorded at amounts that approximate their fair values due to their short maturities.