FAIR VALUE (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank overdrafts, and outstanding indebtedness. The Company's outstanding indebtedness includes $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2021 and $350 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2024. With the exception of these debt instruments, the carrying values of the Company's financial instruments approximate fair value.

The following table sets forth WESCO's debt instruments that were not carried at fair value as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019:


	As of
	March 31, 2020						December 31, 2019
(In thousands)	Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount
5.375% Senior Notes due 2021	$	458,170	$	500,000	$	502,895	$	500,000
5.375% Senior Notes due 2024	295,358		350,000		363,269		350,000

The Company uses a market approach to determine the fair value of its debt instruments, utilizing quoted prices in active markets, interest rates and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving similar instruments. Therefore, the inputs used to measure the fair value of the Company's debt instruments are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. Changes in the fair value of the Company's debt instruments was effected by the current economic and financial market environment.

- 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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