Fair Value Measurements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

10. Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering assumptions, the Company follows a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1: Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets.

Level 2: Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-derived valuations, in which all significant inputs are observable in active markets. The fair value of the Company’s debt reflects a Level 2 measurement and was estimated based on the amount that the Company would pay to enter into the identical liability, since quoted prices for the Company’s debt instruments are not available.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions. Level 3 liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis consist of the Company’s contingent consideration related to the acquisition of Full House.

A summary of the Company’s liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows (in thousands):


	As of December 31, 2017								As of December 31, 2016
	Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Liabilities
Contingent consideration	$	6,580	$	-	$	-	$	6,580	$	6,400	$	-	$	-	$	6,400

The Company is required to pay additional purchase consideration totaling eight percent of gross revenues generated by Motto for each year beginning October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2026 with no limitation as to the maximum payout. The fair value of the contingent purchase consideration represents the discounted cash payments that the Company expects to pay the former owner of Full House with respect to Motto. The Company measures this liability each reporting period and recognizes changes in fair value, if any, in earnings of the Company. Any changes are included in “Selling, operating and administrative expenses” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income. Increases or decreases in the fair value of the contingent purchase consideration can result from changes in discount rates as well as the timing and amount of forecasted cash payments derived from anticipated gross revenues.

The table below presents a reconciliation of all assets and liabilities of the Company measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs for the period from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017 (in thousands):


	Fair Value of Contingent Consideration Liability
Balance at January 1, 2016	$	-
Full House acquisition		6,300
Fair value adjustments		100
Balance at December 31, 2016		6,400
Fair value adjustments		180
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	6,580

The Company assesses categorization of liabilities by level at each measurement date, and transfers between levels are recognized on the actual date of the event or change in circumstances that caused the transfer. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2017.

The following table summarizes the carrying values and estimated fair value of the 2016 Senior Secured Credit Facility as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):


	As of December 31,
	2017				2016
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value Level 2		Carrying Amount		Fair Value Level 2
Senior Secured Credit Facility	$	228,986	$	232,933	$	230,820	$	233,240

- 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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