Note 12 - Fair Value Measurements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Notes to Financial Statements

Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]

12. Fair Value Measurements

The fair value accounting guidance requires that assets and liabilities carried at fair value be classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

• Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

• Level 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

• Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques that use significant unobservable inputs.

Level 1 assets being measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024, included our short-term investment and short-duration bond mutual fund accounts.

We had no Level 2 assets being measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024.

Several of our acquisition-related assets and liabilities have been measured using Level 3 techniques. During 2019, we recorded contingent liabilities associated with our acquisition of the Anteris biologic patch business. The agreement includes the potential for us to pay up to $7.8 million of additional consideration beyond payments made to date, with $0.3 million contingent upon the delivery of audited financial statements of the acquired business to us; $2.0 million (CE Mark Contingency) contingent on LeMaitre’s success in obtaining CE marks under MDR regulations on the acquired products; $0.5 million contingent upon Anteris’ success in extending the shelf life of the acquired products as specified in the agreement; and another $5.0 million contingent on the achievement of specified levels of revenues in the first 12 and 24 months following the acquisition date. This additional contingent consideration was initially valued in total at $2.3 million and is being re-measured each quarter until the payment requirement ends, with any adjustments reported in income from operations. The contingent payment related to the delivery of audited financial statements of the business was paid in November 2019 upon satisfaction of the deliverable. The contingent payments related to Anteris’ extending the shelf life of the acquired products and achieving the revenue targets during the first 12- and 24-month periods following the acquisition were not met, and the portion of the liabilities related to these items was adjusted through income from operations. The agreement was amended in August 2021 such that the CE Mark Contingency amount may be reduced for certain costs incurred by LeMaitre in achieving the CE marks.

In September 2023 the agreement was amended in order to (i) place a cap on the total amount of costs incurred by LeMaitre in achieving the CE marks under MDR regulations that could be used as a deduction toward the $2.0 million holdback, and (ii) require a prorata payment to Anteris of the CE Mark Contingency, less costs described above, by January 2025 if the CE marks are not obtained by that date.

The following table provides a roll-forward of the fair value of these liabilities, as determined by Level 3 unobservable inputs including management’s forecast of future revenues for the acquired businesses, as well as management’s estimates of the likelihood of achieving the other specified criteria:

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2024		2023
	(in thousands)
Beginning balance	$	1,224	$	1,339
Additions		-		-
Payments		-		-
Change in fair value included in earnings		70		(63	)
Ending balance	$	1,294	$	1,276