Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

8.             FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, trade and notes receivables, accounts payable, other short-term liabilities and debt. The carrying amounts of these financial instruments approximate their fair values. The Company has financial instruments related to its defined benefit pension plan and deferred compensation plan detailed in Note 16.

The fair value hierarchy has three levels based on the reliability of the inputs used to determine fair value. Level 1 refers to fair values determined based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. Level 2 refers to fair values estimated using significant other observable inputs, and Level 3 includes fair values estimated using significant non-observable inputs.

At December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, the Company had $35.7 million and $49.1 million of acquisition holdback and earnout liabilities with the former owners of acquired companies. Acquisition earnouts are generally earned by achieving certain levels of revenue growth while maintaining certain profit margins. The earnout liabilities are discounted to reflect the expected probability of payout, and both earnout and holdback liabilities are discounted to their net present value on the Company’s books and are considered Level 3 liabilities.

The table below presents a summary of the changes in fair value for these liabilities.

 

(in thousands)        
Acquisition holdback and earnout liabilities at December 31, 2018   $ 30,926  
New acquisitions     35,704  
Revaluations     (1,703 )
Payouts     (15,969 )
Interest on outstanding contingencies     1,973  
Charge offset, forfeit and other     (1,799 )
Acquisition holdback and earnout liabilities at December 31, 2019     49,132  
New acquisitions     12,594  
Revaluations     (2,305 )
Payouts     (24,011 )
Interest on outstanding contingencies     2,025  
Charge offset, forfeit and other     (1,691 )
Acquisition holdback and earnout liabilities at December 31, 2020   $ 35,744