FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Company carries certain assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis on its consolidated balance sheets. The following table shows the fair values of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2018:



	As of September 30, 2018
	Balance		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Foreign exchange derivative assets	$	114	$	—	$	114	$	—
Total assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis	$	114	$	—	$	114	$	—

Contingent consideration	$	1,500	$	—	$	—	$	1,500
Foreign exchange derivative liabilities	2,806		—		2,806		—
Total liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis	$	4,306	$	—	$	2,806	$	1,500

The Company had no material financial assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2017.

Our Level 2 foreign exchange derivatives are valued using pricing models and discounted cash flow methodologies based on observable foreign exchange data at the measurement date. See Note 5 “Derivative Financial Instruments” for further information regarding the Company’s derivative financial instruments.

As of September 30, 2018, contingent consideration included amounts payable in cash in connection with the acquisition of Continuum (Note 2 “Acquisitions”). The fair value of the contingent consideration is based on the expected future payments to be made to the sellers of the acquired business in accordance with the provisions outlined in the purchase agreement. In determining fair value, the Company considered a variety of factors, including future performance of the acquired businesses using financial projections developed by the Company and market risk assumptions that were derived for revenue growth and earnings before interest and taxes. The Company estimated future payments using the earnout formula and performance targets specified in the purchase agreement and adjusted those estimates to reflect the probability of their achievement. Those future payments were then discounted to present value using a rate based on the weighted-average cost of capital of guideline companies. The Company believes its estimates and assumptions are reasonable; however, there is significant judgment involved. Changes in financial projections, market risk assumptions, discount rates or probability assumptions related to achieving the various earnout criteria would result in a change in the fair value of the recorded contingent liability. Such changes, if any, are recorded within Interest and other income, net in the Company’s consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of acquisition-related contractual contingent liabilities using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 is as follows:



	Amount
Contractual contingent liabilities at December 31, 2017	$	—
Acquisition date fair value of contractual contingent liabilities — Continuum (Note 2)	2,400
Changes in fair value of contractual contingent liabilities included in Interest and other income, net	(900		)
Contractual contingent liabilities at September 30, 2018	$	1,500

Estimates of fair value of financial instruments not carried at fair value on a recurring basis on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets are generally subjective in nature, and are determined as of a specific point in time based on the characteristics of the financial instruments and relevant market information. The Company uses the following methods to estimate the fair values of its financial instruments:


•	for financial instruments that have quoted market prices, those quoted prices are used to estimate fair value;


•	for financial instruments for which no quoted market prices are available, fair value is estimated using information obtained from independent third parties, or by discounting the expected cash flows using an estimated current market interest rate for the financial instrument;


•	for financial instruments for which no quoted market prices are available and that have no defined maturity, have a remaining maturity of 360 days or less, or reprice frequently to a market rate, the Company assumes that the fair value of these instruments approximates their reported value, after taking into consideration any applicable credit risk.

The generally short duration of certain of the Company’s assets and liabilities results in a number of assets and liabilities for which fair value equals or closely approximates the amount recorded on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. These types of assets and liabilities which are reported on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets include:


•	cash and cash equivalents;


•	time deposits and restricted cash;


•	employee loans;


•	borrowings under the Company’s 2017 Credit Facility (Note 6 “Long-Term Debt”).

The fair value of employee housing loans is estimated using information on the rates of return that market participants in Belarus would require when investing in unsecured U.S. dollar-denominated government bonds with similar maturities (a “risk-free rate”), after taking into consideration any applicable credit and liquidity risk.

The following tables present the reported amounts and estimated fair values of the financial assets and liabilities for which disclosure of fair value is required, as they would be categorized within the fair value hierarchy, as of the dates indicated:



					Fair Value Hierarchy
	Balance		Estimated Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
September 30, 2018
Financial Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	685,108	$	685,108	$	685,108	$	—	$	—
Restricted cash	$	1,193	$	1,193	$	1,193	$	—	$	—
Employee loans	$	3,745	$	3,745	$	—	$	—	$	3,745
Financial Liabilities:
Borrowings under the 2017 Credit Facility	$	25,016	$	25,016	$	—	$	25,016	$	—



					Fair Value Hierarchy
	Balance		Estimated Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
December 31, 2017
Financial Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	582,585	$	582,585	$	582,585	$	—	$	—
Time deposits and restricted cash	$	673	$	673	$	—	$	673	$	—
Employee loans	$	4,210	$	4,210	$	—	$	—	$	4,210
Financial Liabilities:
Borrowings under the 2017 Credit Facility	$	25,009	$	25,009	$	—	$	25,009	$	—