Marketable Securities and Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Marketable Securities and Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

3. Marketable Securities and Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

Marketable securities by security type consisted of the following (in thousands):

September 30, 2019

Amortized

Cost

Gross

Unrealized

Gains

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

Fair

Value

U.S. Treasury bills (due within one year)

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	December 31, 2018
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
U.S. Treasury bills and notes (due within one year)	$	22,935	$	—	$	(12	)	$	22,923
	$	22,935	$	—	$	(12	)	$	22,923

The following tables present information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):

	Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2019 Using:
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	—	$	484	$	—	$	484
Marketable securities:
U.S. Treasury bills		—		—		—	$	—
	$	—	$	484	$	—	$	484

	Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2018 Using:
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	—	$	52,100	$	—	$	52,100
Marketable securities:
U.S. Treasury bills and notes		22,923		—		—		22,923
	$	22,923	$	52,100	$	—	$	75,023

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, there were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3.

- 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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