Fair value measurements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Note 6 - Fair Value Measurements

The Company uses a three-tier fair value hierarchy to prioritize the inputs used in the fair value measurements. All of the Company's cash and cash equivalents are classified within Level 1 as they are valued using quoted market prices or alternative pricing sources. The Public Warrants are classified as Level 1 due to the use of an observable market quote in an active market. The senior secured term loan is classified within Level 2 as they are valued using market-based risk measurements that are indirectly observable, such as credit risk. Private Warrants are classified within Level 3.

The following tables present information about the Company’s liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicate the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques that the Company utilized to determine such fair value.


	Carrying Amount		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
December 31, 2021			(in thousands)
Liabilities
Senior secured term loan	$	39,995	$	41,242	$	—	$	41,242	$	—
Public warrants	16,036		16,036		16,036		—		—
Private warrants	11,036		11,036		—		—		11,036
Total	$	67,067	$	68,314	$	16,036	$	41,242	$	11,036

March 31, 2022
Liabilities
Senior secured term loan	$	35,996	$	37,118	$	—	$	37,118	$	—
Public warrants	7,328		7,328		7,328		—		—
Private warrants	5,043		5,043		—		—		5,043
Total	$	48,367	$	49,489	$	7,328	$	37,118	$	5,043

Level 2 valuation - senior secured term loan

The Company measures the fair value of the senior secured term loan using discounted cash flows and market-based expectations for credit risk and market risk.

Level 3 valuation - Private Warrants

As of March 31, 2022, the Company has Private Warrants defined and discussed in Note 10 - Warrants. The warrants are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The Binomial Lattice Model's primary unobservable input utilized in determining the fair value of the Private Warrants is the expected volatility of the common stock. The expected volatility as of the Closing was derived from observable Public Warrants pricing. The expected volatility as of subsequent valuation dates was implied from the Company’s own Public Warrants pricing. Accordingly, the Private Warrants are classified as Level 3 financial instruments. The following table provides quantitative information regarding Level 3 Private Warrants fair value measurements inputs at their measurement dates:


	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Expected dividend yield	—	%	—	%
Risk-free interest rate	2.4	%	1.2	%
Expected volatility	242.0	%	132.5	%
Expected term (in years)	4.4		4.5

The Private Warrants were valued as of March 31, 2022 using the estimated fair value price of $0.85 per Private Warrant. The changes in the fair value of the Private Warrants, Public Warrants and Legacy Volta preferred stock warrants were as follows:


	(in thousands)
December 31, 2020	$	698
Increase (decrease) in fair value of warrants	(88)
March 31, 2021	$	610



December 31, 2021	$	27,072
Increase (decrease) in fair value of Private and Public Warrants	(14,700)
March 31, 2022	$	12,372

There were no transfers of financial instruments between levels of the hierarchy for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.

- 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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