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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
6 Months Ended
Jul. 01, 2017
Fair Value of Financial Instruments  
Fair Value of Financial Instruments

8. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

        Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurement), then priority to quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant assumptions are observable in the market (Level 2 measurement), then the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurement).

        The following table shows CRA's financial instruments as of July 1, 2017 and December 31, 2016 that are measured and recorded in the financial statements at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

July 1, 2017

 

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets
for Identical Assets or Liabilities

 

Significant Other
Observable Inputs

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money market funds

 

$

4

 

$

 

$

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total Assets

 

$

4

 

$

 

$

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contingent consideration liability

 

$

 

$

 

$

2,946

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total Liabilities

 

$

 

$

 

$

2,946

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets
for Identical Assets or Liabilities

 

Significant Other
Observable Inputs

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money market funds

 

$

10,024

 

$

 

$

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total Assets

 

$

10,024

 

$

 

$

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contingent consideration liability

 

$

 

$

 

$

549

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total Liabilities

 

$

 

$

 

$

549

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

        The fair values of CRA's money market funds are based on quotes received from third-party banks.

        The contingent consideration liabilities in the tables above are for estimated future contingent consideration payments related to prior acquisitions. The fair value measure of these liabilities are based on significant inputs not observed in the market and thus represent a Level 3 measurement. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurements of these contingent acquisition liabilities are CRA's measures of the estimated payouts based on internally generated financial projections and discount rates. The fair value of the contingent acquisition liabilities are reassessed on a quarterly basis by CRA using additional information as it becomes available and any change in the fair value estimates are recorded in the earnings of that period.

        The following table summarizes the changes in the contingent consideration liabilities over the fiscal year-to-date period ended July 1, 2017 and the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 (in thousands):

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

July 1,
2017

 

December 31,
2016

 

Beginning balance

 

$

549

 

$

773

 

Acquisitions

 

 

2,357

 

 

 

Remeasurement of acquisition-related contingent consideration

 

 

(296

)

 

71

 

Accretion

 

 

589

 

 

 

Payments

 

 

(299

)

 

(292

)

Effects of foreign currency translation

 

 

46

 

 

(3

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

Ending balance

 

$

2,946

 

$

549

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

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