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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Fair Value Hierarchy for Financial Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The following table represents the fair value hierarchy for our financial assets (cash equivalents and investments in marketable securities) measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):
 
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
                         
December 31, 2011:
                       
Available for sale securities:
                       
Money market funds(1)
  $ 9,237     $     $     $ 9,237  
                                 
December 31, 2010:
                               
Available for sale securities:
                               
Money market funds(1)
  $ 39,283     $     $     $ 39,283  
 

(1)
Included in “Cash and cash equivalents” in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 in addition to $20.6 million and $20.3 million, respectively, of cash. Unrealized gains and losses on money market funds were nominal due to the short-term nature of the investments.
Summary of Changes in Fair Value of Level 3 Financial Assets, Auction Rate Securities and ARS Rights
The following table provides a summary of changes in fair value of our Level 3 financial assets, auction rate securities and auction rate securities rights (“ARS Rights”), for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2011 (in thousands):
 
   
Auction
Rate
Securities
   
ARS
Rights
 
Balance, December 31, 2009
  $ 6,503     $ 497  
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    497       (4 )
Issuance of ARS Rights
    (7,000 )     (493 )
Balance, December 31, 2010
           
                 
Balance, December 31, 2011
  $     $  
 
Information About Term Loan, Revolving Credit Facility and Other Liabilities
The following table presents information about our term loan, revolving credit facility and other liabilities (in thousands):
 
    December 31,  
    2011     2010  
   
Carrying
Amount
   
Fair
Value
   
Carrying
Amount
   
Fair
Value
 
Term loan
  $ 58,750       58,571     $ 19,750     $ 19,750  
Other liabilities
    501       509       636       653  
    $
59,251
    $ 59,080     $ 20,386     $ 20,403