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Fair Value (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 28, 2015
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Summary of Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below:
| March 28, 2015
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
| (in thousands)
Cash equivalents | $ | — |  |  | $ | 103 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 103 |
Marketable securities | 4,666 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4,666 |
Life insurance policies | — |  |  | 20,827 |  |  | — |  |  | 20,827 |
Total assets measured at fair value | $ | 4,666 |  |  | $ | 20,930 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 25,596 |
Redeemable noncontrolling interest | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 29,453 |  |  | $ | 29,453 |
Contingent consideration | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,786 |  |  | 2,786 |
Total liabilities measured at fair value | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 32,239 |  |  | $ | 32,239 |
| December 27, 2014
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
| (in thousands)
Cash equivalents | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,934 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,934 |
Life insurance policies | — |  |  | 20,520 |  |  | — |  |  | 20,520 |
Total assets measured at fair value | $ | — |  |  | $ | 22,454 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 22,454 |
Redeemable noncontrolling interest | — |  |  | — |  |  | 28,419 |  |  | 28,419 |
Contingent consideration | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,828 |  |  | 2,828 |
Total liabilities measured at fair value | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 31,247 |  |  | $ | 31,247 |
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation | The following table provides a rollforward of the fair value of the Company’s redeemable noncontrolling interest:
| Three Months Ended
| March 28, 2015 |  | March 29, 2014
| (in thousands)
Beginning balance | $ | 28,419 |  |  | $ | 20,581 |
Additions | — |  |  | — |
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized): |  |  |
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest | (130 | ) |  | 1 |
Foreign currency translation | 78 |  |  | (476 | )
Change in fair value, included in additional paid-in capital | 1,086 |  |  | 1,473 |
Ending balance | $ | 29,453 |  |  | $ | 21,579 |
Fair Value, Contingent Consideration | The following table provides a rollforward of the contingent consideration related to the acquisitions of Argenta, BioFocus, VivoPath and ChanTest. See Note 2, “Business Acquisitions.”
| Three Months Ended
| March 28, 2015
| (in thousands)
Beginning balance | $ | 2,828 |
Additions | 675 |
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized): |
Reversal of previously recorded contingent liability and change in fair value | (717 | )
Ending balance | $ | 2,786 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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