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Fair Value Measurements
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Fair Value Measurements

Note 13.    Fair Value Measurements

 

Fair value is the price that would 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 Company utilizes a mid-market pricing convention for valuing the majority of its assets and liabilities measured and reported at fair value. The Company utilizes market data or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated or generally unobservable. The Company primarily applies the market approach for recurring fair value measurements and endeavors to utilize the best available information. Accordingly, the Company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The Company is able to classify fair value balances based on the observability of those inputs. The Company gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurement). Financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the valuation of fair value assets and liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy Levels. In 2014, the Company evaluated the fair value hierarchy levels assigned to its assets and liabilities, and concluded that there should be no transfers into or out of Levels 1, 2 and 3.

 

The following table presents the carrying amount and fair values of the Company’s assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis:

 

     December 31,
2014		      December 31,
2013		  

(in millions)

    Carrying
Amount		      Fair
Value		      Carrying
Amount		      Fair
Value		  

Assets

            

Non-derivatives:

            

Cash and cash equivalents

    $ 41.6       $ 41.6       $ 80.2       $ 80.2   

Short-term investments

      4.7         4.7         6.6         6.6   

Derivatives (Level 1 measurement):

            

Other non-current assets:

            

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

      0.0         0.0         1.0         1.0   

Liabilities

            

Non-derivatives:

            

Long-term debt (including current portion)

    $ 139.4       $ 139.4       $ 148.0       $ 148.0   

Derivatives (Level 1 measurement):

            

Other non-current liabilities:

            

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

      1.8         1.8         0.0         0.0   

Non-financial liabilities (Level 3 measurement):

            

Stock equivalent units

      7.2         7.2         12.1         12.1   

Acquisition-related contingent consideration

      95.2         95.2         4.6         4.6   

 

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair values of financial instruments:

 

Cash and cash equivalents, and short-term investments: The carrying amount approximates fair value because of the short-term maturities of such instruments.

 

Long-term debt: Long-term debt principally comprises the revolving credit facility, which was entered into in December 2011 and term loans in our recently acquired Independence business. The carrying amount of long-term debt approximates to the fair value.

 

Acquisition-related contingent consideration: Deferred consideration payable in cash is discounted to its fair value. Where deferred consideration is contingent upon pre-determined financial targets, an estimate of the fair value of the likely consideration payable is made.

 

Derivatives: The fair value of derivatives relating to interest rate swaps, foreign currency forward exchange contracts and commodity swaps are derived from current settlement prices and comparable contracts using current assumptions.

 

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts primarily relate to contracts entered into to hedge future known transactions or hedge balance sheet net cash positions. The movements in the carrying amounts and fair values of these contracts are largely due to changes in exchange rates against the U.S. dollar.

 

Stock equivalent units: The fair values of stock equivalent units are calculated at each balance sheet date using either the Black-Scholes or Monte Carlo method.