FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2019

The accounting standard for fair value measurements defines fair value and establishes a market-based framework or hierarchy for measuring fair value. The standard is applicable whenever assets and liabilities are measured at fair value. The fair value hierarchy established prioritizes the inputs used in valuation techniques into three levels as follows:

Level 1 - Observable inputs - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities;

Level 2 - Observable inputs other than the quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities - includes quoted prices for similar instruments, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in inactive markets, and amounts derived from valuation models where all significant inputs are observable in active markets, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument; and

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs - includes amounts derived from valuation models where one or more significant inputs are unobservable and require us to develop relevant assumptions.

The following table summarizes the financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and the level they fall within the fair value hierarchy:

Amounts Recorded at Fair Value

Financial Statement Classification

Fair Value Hierarchy

December 29,
2019

December 30,
2018

Contingent consideration, net

Contingent consideration, net - current and long-term

Level 3

2,174,378

2,363,512

The changes in the Level 3 fair value measurements from December 30, 2018 to December 29, 2019 relate to $2.2 million attributable to the LJK acquisition, $0.1 million in accretion, $2.7 million in payments on contingent consideration, and an adjustment to covenants not to compete assets. The changes in the Level 3 fair value measurements from December 31, 2017 to December 30, 2018 relate to $0.6 million in accretion, $1.0 million in payments on contingent consideration, and the remaining in gains included in earnings. Key inputs in determining the fair value of the contingent consideration as of December 29, 2019 and December 30, 2018 included discount rates ranging from 7.5% to 9.3% as well as management's estimates of future sales volumes and EBITDA.