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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT
12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2013
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT  
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

NOTE 2. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

        "Fair Value Measurement", Topic 820 of the FASB ASC, defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). Topic 820 of the FASB ASC establishes a fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value into three broad levels as follows:

  • Level 1—Unadjusted quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.

    Level 2—Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (i.e., interest rates, yield curves, etc.) and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

    Level 3—Unobservable inputs that reflect assumptions about what market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities based on the best information available.

        "Financial Instruments", Topic 825 of the FASB ASC, provides entities the option to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. Entities that choose the fair value option will recognize unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option was elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. The Company has currently chosen not to elect the fair value option for any items that are not already required to be measured at fair value in accordance with Topic 825 of the FASB ASC.

        The fair value of our marketable securities, which consist of certificates of deposits (maturing greater than 90 days and less than one year) were determined based upon Level 1 inputs, totaled $3.0 million, as of December 29, 2012. The Company had no marketable securities as of December 28, 2013. The Company noted small variances between the book value and fair value due to the remaining unamortized premiums. As a result, no impairment has occurred for the fiscal periods presented herein. Premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted over the life of the related held-to-maturity investments. Interest income is recognized when earned.