Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Fair Value Measurements

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Fair Value Measurements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]  
Fair Value Measurements
4.  Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from selling an asset or the amount that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Company applies accounting standards, which establish a framework for measuring fair value and a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used in valuation techniques. Accounting standards describe a fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value which are the following:
 
Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of assets and liabilities, therefore requiring in entity to develop its own assumptions.
 
The following tables set forth the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were classified as follows (in thousands):

 
 
Fair Value Measurements at March 31, 2014 Using
   
 
 
 
 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
   
Significant Other Observable Inputs
   
Significant Unobservable Inputs
   
 
 
 
 
(Level 1)
   
(Level 2)
   
(Level 3)
   
Total
 
Assets:
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Money market funds (1)
 
$
63,561
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
63,561
 
U.S. treasury securities
   
19,996
     
-
     
-
     
19,996
 
Foreign exchange options
   
-
     
239
     
-
     
239
 
Total
 
$
83,557
   
$
239
   
$
-
   
$
83,796
 
 
                               
Liabilities:
                               
Contingent warrant liabilities
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
47,342
   
$
47,342
 
 
 
 
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2013 Using
   
 
 
 
 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
   
Significant Other Observable Inputs
   
Significant Unobservable Inputs
   
 
 
 
 
(Level 1)
   
(Level 2)
   
(Level 3)
   
Total
 
Assets:
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Money market funds (1)
 
$
82,759
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
82,759
 
U.S. treasury securities
   
19,990
     
-
     
-
     
19,990
 
Foreign exchange options
   
-
     
361
     
-
     
361
 
Total
 
$
102,749
   
$
361
   
$
-
   
$
103,110
 
 
                               
Liabilities:
                               
Contingent warrant liabilities
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
69,869
   
$
69,869
 

(1)
Included in cash and cash equivalents
 
The fair value of the foreign exchange options at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was determined using readily observable market inputs from actively quoted markets obtained from various third-party data providers. These inputs, such as spot rate, forward rate and volatility have been derived from readily observable market data, meeting the criteria for Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

The fair value of the contingent warrant liabilities at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was determined using the Black-Scholes Model, which requires unobservable inputs such as the expected term of the warrants, volatility and risk-free interest rate. These inputs are subjective and generally require significant analysis and judgment to derive.
 
The fair value of the contingent warrant liabilities was estimated using the following range of assumptions at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:

 
 
March 31,
2014
   
December 31,
2013
 
Expected volatility
   
74.2% - 88.4
%
   
66.1% - 86.6
%
Risk-free interest rate
   
0.1% - 0.9
%
   
0.1% - 0.8
%
Expected term
 
0.7 - 2.9 years
   
0.9 - 3.2 years
 
 
The following table provides a summary of changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2014 (in thousands):

Contingent warrant liabilities
 
March 31,
2014
 
Balance at December 31, 2013
 
$
69,869
 
Reclassification of contingent warrant liability to equity upon exercise of warrants
   
(2,525
)
Net increase in fair value of contingent warrant liabilities upon revaluation
   
(20,002
)
Balance at March 31, 2014
 
$
47,342
 

The net decrease of $20.0 million in the estimated fair value of the contingent warrant liabilities was recognized as a gain in the revaluation of contingent warrant liabilities line of the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company recognized a net increase of $12.8 million in the estimated fair value of the contingent warrant liabilities as a loss in the revaluation of contingent warrant liabilities line of the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss.