Fair Value

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Note 17 - Fair Value

Fair value is defined as the price that would be expected to 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). The FASB provides accounting rules that classify the inputs used to measure fair value into the following hierarchy:

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, or unadjusted quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

The following tables present the fair value hierarchy for those financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:


	June 30, 2021
	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	305.5	$	303.5	$	2.0	$	—

Restricted cash	0.8		0.8		—		—
Short-term investments	52.0		—		52.0		—

Foreign currency forward contracts	0.9		—		0.9		—
Total Assets	$	359.2	$	304.3	$	54.9	$	—
Liabilities:
Foreign currency forward contracts	$	3.4	$	—	$	3.4	$	—

Total Liabilities	$	3.4	$	—	$	3.4	$	—


	December 31, 2020
	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	320.3	$	318.6	$	1.7	$	—

Restricted cash	0.8		0.8		—		—
Short-term investments	37.6		—		37.6		—

Foreign currency forward contracts	1.1		—		1.1		—
Total Assets	$	359.8	$	319.4	$	40.4	$	—
Liabilities:
Foreign currency forward contracts	$	8.1	$	—	$	8.1	$	—
Total Liabilities	$	8.1	$	—	$	8.1	$	—

Cash and cash equivalents are highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less when purchased and are valued at the redemption value. Short-term investments are investments with maturities between four months and one year, and generally are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. A portion of the cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments are valued based on net asset value. The Company uses publicly available foreign currency forward and spot rates to measure the fair value of its foreign currency forward contracts.

In addition, the Company remeasures certain assets at fair value, using Level 3 inputs, as a result of the occurrence of triggering events such as purchase accounting for acquisitions. See Note 3 - Acquisitions for further discussion.

No other material assets were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Note 17 - Fair Value (continued)

Financial Instruments:

The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, accounts receivable, trade accounts payable, short-term borrowings and long-term debt. Due to their short-term nature, the carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, accounts receivable, trade accounts payable and short-term borrowings are a reasonable estimate of their fair value. Due to the nature of fair value calculations for variable-rate debt, the carrying value of the Company's long-term variable-rate debt is a reasonable estimate of its fair value. The fair value of the Company’s long-term fixed-rate debt, based on quoted market prices, was $1,204.0 million and $1,220.7 million at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The carrying value of this debt was $1,095.7 million and $1,103.2 million at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The fair value of long-term fixed-rate debt was measured using Level 2 inputs.

The Company does not believe it has significant concentrations of risk associated with the counterparties to its financial instruments.

- 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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