FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

The Company measures and reports its cash equivalents at fair value on a recurring basis. The Company’s cash equivalents are invested in money market funds.

The following table sets forth the fair value of the Company’s financial assets re-measured on a recurring basis, by level within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands):



	September 30, 2016
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial Assets:
Money market funds⁽¹⁾	$	80,990	$	—	$	—	$	80,990



	December 31, 2015
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial Assets:
Money market funds⁽¹⁾	$	90,524	$	—	$	—	$	90,524


(1)	The Company held certain assets that are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis, included in cash equivalents, which are held in money market funds. All such assets as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were recorded based on Level 1 inputs.

There were no transfers of financial instruments between the three levels of the fair value hierarchy during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company did not have any assets or liabilities that were required to be measured at fair value on a nonrecurring 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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