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Note 2 - Investments and Fair Value Measurement
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Investments and Fair Value Measurement Disclosure [Text Block]
2.
Investments and Fair Value Measurement
 
Investments
 
 
The Company classifies its marketable securities as available-for-sale and records its investments at fair value. Available-for-sale securities are carried at estimated fair value based on quoted market prices or observable market inputs of almost identical assets, with the unrealized holding gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income. Marketable securities which have maturities beyond
one
year as of the end of the reporting period are classified as non-current.
 
The table below summarizes the Company’s cash, cash equivalents and investments (in thousands):
 
 
   
As of
June 30
, 201
9
 
   
Amortized Cost
   
Gross Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair
Value
 
Cash and cash equivalents:
                               
Cash
  $
3,018
    $
    $
    $
3,018
 
Money market funds
   
286
     
     
     
286
 
Commercial paper
   
61,767
     
     
     
61,767
 
Total cash and cash equivalents
   
65,071
     
     
     
65,071
 
                                 
Short-term investments:
                               
Commercial paper
  $
26,475
    $
    $
    $
26,475
 
Total cash, cash equivalents and investments
  $
91,546
    $
    $
    $
91,546
 
 
 
   
As of
December 31
, 201
8
 
   
Amortized Cost
   
Gross Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair
Value
 
Cash and cash equivalents:
                               
Cash
  $
2,037
    $
    $
    $
2,037
 
Money market funds
   
1,436
     
     
     
1,436
 
U.S. government agency securities
   
10,181
     
     
     
10,181
 
Commercial paper
   
74,321
     
     
     
74,321
 
Total cash and cash equivalents
   
87,975
     
     
     
87,975
 
                                 
Short-term investments:
                               
U.S. government agency securities
  $
1,497
    $
    $
    $
1,497
 
Commercial paper
   
16,243
     
     
     
16,243
 
Total marketable securities and commercial paper
   
17,740
     
     
     
17,740
 
                                 
Total cash, cash equivalents and investments
  $
105,715
    $
    $
    $
105,715
 
 
As of
June 30, 2019
and
December 
31,
2018,
none
of the available-for-sale securities held by the Company had material unrealized losses. There were
no
other-than-temporary impairments for these securities at
June 30, 2019
or
December 
31,
2018.
No
gross realized gains or losses were recognized on the available-for-sale securities and, accordingly, there were
no
amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income to earnings during the
three
and
six
months ended
June 30, 2019
and
June 30, 2018.
 
As of
June 30, 2019
and
December 
31,
2018,
the contractual maturity of all investments held was less than
one
year.
 
Fair Value Measurement
 
 
The Company’s financial instruments consist of Level I and II assets and Level III liabilities. Money market funds are highly liquid investments and are actively traded. The pricing information on these investment instruments are readily available and can be independently validated as of the measurement date. This approach results in the classification of these securities as Level
1
of the fair value hierarchy. For Level II instruments, the Company estimates fair value by utilizing
third
party pricing services in developing fair value measurements where fair value is based on valuation methodologies such as models using observable market inputs, including benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, bids, offers and other reference data. Such Level II instruments typically include U.S. treasury, U.S. government agency securities and commercial paper. As of
June 30, 2019,
the Company held, in addition to Level II assets, a contingent put option liability associated with the Loan and Security Agreement, or the Loan Agreement, with Oxford Finance LLC, or Oxford. Similarly, as of
December 31, 2018,
the Company held a contingent put option liability associated with the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, or the Amended Loan Agreement, or Prior Agreement, with Hercules Capital Funding Trust
2014
-
1
and Hercules Technology II, L.P., together, Hercules. See Note
6
“Long-Term Debt” for further description. The Company’s estimate of fair value of each of the contingent put option liabilities was determined by using a risk-neutral valuation model, wherein the fair value of the underlying debt facility is estimated both with and without the presence of the default provisions, holding all other assumptions constant. The resulting difference between the
two
estimated fair values is the estimated fair value of the default provisions, or the contingent put option. Changes to the estimated fair value of these liabilities are recorded in interest income and other income, net in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss. The fair value of the underlying debt facility is estimated by calculating the expected cash flows in consideration of an estimated probability of default and expected recovery rate in default and discounting such cash flows back to the reporting date using a risk-free rate.
 
The following table sets forth the fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities by level within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands):
 
   
As of
June 30
, 2019
 
   
Fair Value
   
Level I
   
Level II
   
Level III
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
  $
286
    $
286
    $
    $
 
Commercial paper
   
88,242
     
     
88,242
     
 
                                 
Total assets measured at fair value
  $
88,528
    $
286
    $
88,242
    $
 
                                 
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contingent put option liability
  $
657
    $
    $
    $
657
 
                                 
Total liabilities measured at fair value
  $
657
    $
    $
    $
657
 
 
   
As of
December 31
, 201
8
 
   
Fair Value
   
Level I
   
Level II
   
Level III
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
  $
1,436
    $
1,436
    $
    $
 
U.S. government agency securities
   
11,678
     
     
11,678
     
 
Commercial paper
   
90,564
     
     
90,564
     
 
                                 
Total assets measured at fair value
  $
103,678
    $
1,436
    $
102,242
    $
 
                                 
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contingent put option liability
  $
121
    $
    $
    $
121
 
                                 
Total liabilities measured at fair value
  $
121
    $
    $
    $
121
 
 
 
The following tables set forth a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level III financial liabilities for the
three
and
six
months ended
June 30, 2019
and
June 30, 2018 (
in thousands):
 
   
Three Months
Ended
June 30,
201
9
   
Six Months
Ended
June 30,
201
9
 
Fair value—beginning of period
  $
98
    $
121
 
Fair value of contingent put option associated with the Loan Agreement
   
657
     
657
 
Change in fair value of contingent put option associated with the Prior Agreement
   
(98
)    
(121
)
Fair value—end of period
  $
657
    $
657
 
 
 
   
Three Months
Ended
June 30,
201
8
   
Six Months
Ended
June 30,
201
8
 
Fair value—beginning of period
  $
186
    $
207
 
Change in fair value of contingent put option associated with the Prior Agreement
   
(20
)    
(41
)
Fair value—end of period
  $
166
    $
166