Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 17 - Financial Instruments

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Note 17 - Financial Instruments
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Disclosure Text Block Supplement [Abstract]  
Financial Instruments Disclosure [Text Block]

(17)     Financial Instruments


We determine fair value as the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or paid upon transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and in the principal or most advantageous market for that asset or liability. The fair value should be calculated based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, not on assumptions specific to the Company. In addition, the fair value of liabilities includes consideration of non-performance risk including our own credit risk. Each fair value measurement is reported in one of the three levels, determined by the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. These levels are:


●     Level 1 – inputs are based upon unadjusted quoted prices for identical instruments traded in active markets.


●     Level 2 – inputs are based upon 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 or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.


●     Level 3 – inputs are generally unobservable and typically reflect management’s estimates of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The fair values are therefore determined using model-based techniques that include option pricing models, discounted cash flow models, and similar techniques.


The following section describes the valuation methodologies we use to measure different financial assets and liabilities at fair value.


 Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis


The following table presents our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2012 (in thousands):


   

June 30, 2013

 
   

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Balance

 

Cash equivalents

  $ 88,034     $ -     $ -     $ 88,034  

Available-for-sale securities

    -       15,529       -       15,529  

Total

  $ 88,034     $ 15,529     $ -     $ 103,563  

   

June 30, 2012

 
   

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Balance

 

Cash equivalents

  $ 95,137     $ -     $ -     $ 95,137  

Available-for-sale securities

    -       9,005       -       9,005  

Total

  $ 95,137     $ 9,005     $ -     $ 104,142  

Cash equivalents consist of money market accounts, and mutual funds in U.S. government and agency fixed income securities. We use quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities to determine fair value. There were no transfers between level 1 and level 2 during fiscal years 2013 or 2012. At June 30 of 2013 and 2012, $15.4 million of cash equivalents were restricted and classified as a long-term asset.


At June 30, 2013 available-for-sale securities consist of $14.0 million of U.S. municipal bonds and $1.5 million of corporate bonds, and at June 30, 2012, available for sale securities consisted of $7.5 million in U.S. municipal bonds and $1.5 million of corporate bonds. All securities in both years have maturities of less than two years, and are rated A/A2 or better by S&P/Moody’s respectively. There were no material gross unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities at June 30, 2013 or June 30, 2012.


Additional information on available-for-sale securities balances at June 30 are provided in the following table (in thousands).


   

Amortized

Cost Basis

   

Fair

Value

 

2013

  $ 15,314     $ 15,529  

2012

  $ 8,862     $ 9,005  

The contractual maturities of our available-for-sale investments as of June 30, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in thousands):


June 30, 2013  
   

Cost

   

Estimated

Fair Value

 

Due in one year or less

  $ 13,213     $ 13,067  

Due after one year through five years

  $ 2,463     $ 2,462  

June 30, 2012

 
   

Cost

   

Estimated

Fair Value

 

Due in one year or less

  $ 6,999     $ 6,862  

Due after one year through five years

  $ 2,130     $ 2,143  

Proceeds from sales of investments available for sale were $11.2 million in fiscal 2013 and $7.2 million during fiscal 2012, resulting in no material gain or loss in either period. There were no investments that have been in a continuous loss position for more than one year, and there have been no other-than-temporary impairments recognized.


Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis


We measure certain assets, including our cost and equity method investments, at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. These assets are recognized at fair value when they are deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired. During the year ended June 30, 2013, we did not record any other-than-temporary impairments on those assets required to be measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. See also Note 18, “Restricted Cash and Investments”.