FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

9 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2014

The Company records certain of its financial assets and liabilities at fair value, which is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

The current authoritative guidance discusses valuation techniques, such as the market approach (comparable market prices), the income approach (present value of future income or cash flow), and the cost approach (cost to replace the service capacity of an asset or replacement cost). Authoritative guidance utilizes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The following is a brief description of those three levels:


•	Level 1: Use of observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

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Level 2: Use of inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, which are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These include 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, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.


•	Level 3: Use of inputs that are unobservable.

The following table presents, for each of these hierarchy levels, the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of April 30, 2014:



	Fair Value Measurements
	As of
	Apr 30, 2014		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Financial assets carried at fair value
Money market funds	$	3,948	$	3,948	$	—	$	—
Available-for-sale securities:
Equity securities	4,524		4,524		—		—
Debt securities:
Corporate	30,359		—		30,359		—
U.S. Treasury	10,416		—		10,416		—
Federal agency	16,374		—		16,374		—
Mortgage-backed	9,544		—		9,544		—
Trading securities	788		788		—		—
Derivative financial instruments:
Foreign exchange forward contracts	3,555		—		3,555		—
Financial liabilities carried at fair value
Derivative financial instruments:
Foreign exchange forward contracts	689		—		689		—

The following table presents, for each of these hierarchy levels, the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of July 31, 2013:



	Fair Value Measurements
	As of
	Jul 31, 2013		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Financial assets carried at fair value
Money market funds	$	6,404	$	6,404	$	—	$	—
Available-for-sale securities:
Equity securities	176		176		—		—
Debt securities:
Corporate	32,393		—		32,393		—
U.S. Treasury	11,543		—		11,543		—
Federal agency	20,642		—		20,642		—
Mortgage-backed	5,990		—		5,990		—
Trading securities	190		190		—		—
Derivative financial instruments:
Foreign exchange forward contracts	301		—		301		—
Financial liabilities carried at fair value
Derivative financial instruments:
Foreign exchange forward contracts	3,066		—		3,066		—

The Company’s money market funds and equity securities are valued using quoted market prices and, as such, are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

The fair value of the Company’s investments in debt securities are valued utilizing third party pricing services and verified by management. The pricing services use inputs to determine fair value which are derived from observable market sources including reportable trades, benchmark curves, credit spreads, broker/dealer quotes, bids, offers, and other industry and economic events. These investments are included in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The fair values of the Company’s foreign currency forward contracts are valued using pricing models, with all significant inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data such as yield curves, currency spot and forward rates, and currency volatilities. These investments are included in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

- 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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