Fair Value of Financial Instruments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

The Company’s cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments are carried at their fair values with any differences from their amortized cost recorded in equity as unrealized gains (losses) on marketable securities. As a basis for determining the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company established a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows: (Level 1) observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets; (Level 2) inputs other than the quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly or indirectly; and (Level 3) unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data which requires the Company to develop its own assumptions. This hierarchy requires the Company to use observable market data, when available, and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs when determining fair value. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, there have been no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 fair value instruments and no transfers in or out of Level 3.

The Company's money market funds are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices. The fair value of the Company's Level 2 fixed income securities are obtained from independent pricing services, which may use quoted market prices for identical or comparable instruments or model-driven valuations using observable market data or other inputs corroborated by observable market data. The Company does not have any financial instruments which are valued using Level 3 inputs.

The Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis, by level, within the fair value hierarchy as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, are summarized as follows (in thousands):



	September 30, 2014						December 31, 2013
	Level 1		Level 2		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Total
Assets
Money market funds	$	6,775	$	—	$	6,775	$	22,991	$	—	$	22,991
Commercial paper	—		1,599		1,599		—		900		900
U.S. government agency securities	—		8,505		8,505		—		11,279		11,279
U.S. Treasury securities	—		3,554		3,554		—		5,235		5,235
Municipal debt securities	—		3,948		3,948		—		4,765		4,765
Corporate debt securities	—		83,041		83,041		—		67,055		67,055
Total assets measured at fair value	$	6,775	$	100,647	$	107,422	$	22,991	$	89,234	$	112,225

The Company had no liabilities as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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