1.0.0.3 false Fair Value of Certain Financial Assets and Liabilities false 1 $ false false USD Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 USDEPS Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 2 Fair Value of Certain Financial Assets and Liabilities [Abstract] 0 bhi_FairValueOfCertainFinancialAssetsAndLiabilitiesAbstract bhi false na duration string Fair Value of Certain Financial Assets and Liabilities. false false false false false true false false false 1 false false 0 0 false false Fair Value of Certain Financial Assets and Liabilities. false 3 FAIR VALUE OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 1 us-gaap_FairValueDisclosuresTextBlock us-gaap true na duration string No definition available. false false false false false false false false false 1 false false 0 0   <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>NOTE 9. FAIR VALUE OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value are based on a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques into three broad levels, which are described below: </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Level 1 inputs are quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (these are observable market inputs).</td> </tr> </table> </div>   </div>  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt"> </div> <div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"> <b> </b> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability (includes quoted market prices for similar assets or identical or similar assets in markets in which there are few transactions, prices that are not current or vary substantially).</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs that reflect the entity’s own assumptions in pricing the asset or liability (used when little or no market data is available).</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     The table below details the financial assets and liabilities included in our financial statements and measured at fair value as of September 30, 2009 classified based on the valuation technique level. </div> <div align="center"> <table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">  <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="52%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="14" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>September 30, 2009</b></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>Description</b></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"><b>Total</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"><b>Level 1</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"><b>Level 2</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right" colspan="2"><b>Level 3</b></td> <td> </td> </tr>   <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Assets: </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Auction rate securities </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">15</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">15</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Non-qualified defined contribution plan assets </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">137</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">137</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Total assets at fair value </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">152</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">137</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">15</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Liabilities: </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Non-qualified defined contribution plan liabilities </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">137</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">137</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> </tr>  </table> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     The following is a reconciliation of activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 for assets measured at fair value based on Level 3 inputs which consist of our auction rate securities. The fair values of these securities at September 30, 2009 did not change from the beginning of the quarterly period. </div> <div align="center"> <table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">  <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="88%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="3%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="3%"> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3"><b>Nine Months Ended</b></td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3"><b>September 30, 2009</b></td> </tr>   <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Balance as of December 31, 2008 </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="right">$</td> <td align="right">11</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Total gains or (losses) realized: </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Included in earnings (or changes to net assets) </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Included in other comprehensive income </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">4</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Balance as of September 30, 2009 </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="right">$</td> <td align="right">15</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> </tr>  </table> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>Auction Rate Securities</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     The Company owns auction rate securities (“ARS”) that were purchased in 2007 at an original cost of $36 million and have a fair value of $15 million at September 30, 2009. These ARS represent interests in three variable rate debt securities, which are credit linked notes that generally combine low risk assets and credit default swaps (“CDS”) to create a security that pays interest from the assets’ coupon payments and the periodic sale proceeds of the CDS. As of September 30, 2009, the three notes carried split ratings, ranging from B to BBB-, as provided by Standard & Poor’s and Fitch rating agencies. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     We estimate the fair value of our ARS investments using Level 3 inputs. These inputs are based on the underlying structure of each security and their collateral values, including assessments of the credit quality, the default risk, the expected cash flows, the discount rates and the overall capital market liquidity. The valuation of our ARS investments is subject to uncertainties that are difficult to predict and require significant judgment. Based on our ability and intent to hold such investments for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in the fair value, we have classified all of our auction rate securities as noncurrent investments. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>Non-qualified Defined Contribution Plan Assets and Liabilities</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     We have a non-qualified defined contribution plan that provides basically the same benefit as our Thrift Plan for certain non-U.S. employees who are not eligible to participate in the Thrift Plan. In addition, we provide a non-qualified supplemental retirement plan for certain officers and employees whose benefits under the Thrift Plan and/or U.S. defined benefit pension plan are limited by federal tax law. The assets of both plans consist primarily of mutual funds and to a lesser extent equity securities. We hold the assets of these plans under a grantor trust and have recorded the assets along with the related deferred compensation liability at fair value. The assets and liabilities were valued using Level 2 inputs at the reporting date and were based on quoted market prices from various major stock exchanges. </div>   </div>  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"> <b> </b> </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged Note false false No definition available. No authoritative reference available. false false 1 2 false UnKnown UnKnown UnKnown false true