Fair Value Measurements | 6. Fair Value Measurements Fair value measurements enable the reader of the financial statements to assess the inputs used to develop those measurements by establishing a hierarchy for ranking the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values. The Company classifies and discloses assets and liabilities carried at fair value in one of the following three categories: Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2: Observable market-based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data. Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data. Fair Value of Cash Equivalents and Investments The fair values of the Company’s cash equivalents and investments in marketable securities are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. The fair value of the Company’s Level 3 investment is not readily determinable. The fair value represents its cost with adjustments for observable changes in prices resulting from orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer or impairments. The following tables summarize the carrying amounts and fair values of certain assets at March 28, 2021 and January 3, 2021: At March 28, 2021 Fair Value Estimated Using Carrying Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Cash equivalents $ 194,325 $ 194,325 $ — $ — Restricted cash equivalents 104,232 104,232 — — Investments in marketable securities 13,384 13,384 — — Advertising fund cash equivalents, restricted 113,384 113,384 — — Investments 82,500 — — 82,500 At January 3, 2021 Fair Value Estimated Using Carrying Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Cash equivalents $ 151,502 $ 151,502 $ — $ — Restricted cash equivalents 126,595 126,595 — — Investments in marketable securities 13,251 13,251 — — Advertising fund cash equivalents, restricted 104,197 104,197 — — Investments 40,000 — — 40,000 During the second quarter of 2020, a subsidiary of the Company acquired a non-controlling in-substance In the first quarter of 2021, the Company invested an additional $40.0 million in Dash Brands based on Dash Brands’ achievement of certain preestablished performance conditions. additional investment. This amount was recorded in other income in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of income. The following table summarizes the reconciliation of the carrying amount of the Company’s investment in Dash Brands from the opening balance at January 3, 2021 to the closing balance at March 28, 2021. First Quarter of 2021 Carrying Carrying January 3, Purchases Unrealized March 28, Investments $ 40,000 $ 40,000 $ 2,500 $ 82,500 Fair Value of Debt The estimated fair values of the Company’s fixed and floating rate notes are classified as Level 2 measurements, as the Company estimates the fair value amount by using available market information. The Company obtained quotes from two separate brokerage firms that are knowledgeable about the Company’s fixed and floating rate notes and, at times, trade these notes. The Company also performed its own internal analysis based on the information gathered from public markets, including information on notes that are similar to those of the Company. However, considerable judgment is required to interpret market data to estimate fair value. Accordingly, the fair value estimates presented are not necessarily indicative of the amount that the Company or the debtholders could realize in a current market exchange. The use of different assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair values stated above. Management estimated the approximate fair values of the 2015 fixed rate notes, the 2017 fixed and floating rate notes, the 2018 fixed rate notes and the 2019 fixed rate notes as follows: March 28, 2021 January 3, 2021 Principal Amount Fair Value Principal Amount Fair Value 2015 Ten-Year $ 766,000 $ 808,896 $ 766,000 $ 809,662 2017 Five-Year Fixed Rate Notes 582,000 583,164 582,000 582,582 2017 Ten-Year 970,000 1,034,020 970,000 1,035,960 2017 Five-Year Floating Rate Notes 291,000 291,291 291,000 291,000 2018 7.5-Year 415,438 436,625 415,438 437,456 2018 9.25-Year 391,000 422,671 391,000 422,280 2019 Ten-Year 668,250 703,667 668,250 712,355 The Company’s variable funding notes are a variable rate loan, and the fair value of this loan approximates book value based on the borrowing rates currently available for variable rate loans obtained from third party lending institutions. This fair value represents a Level 2 measurement. The Company did not have any outstanding borrowings under its variable funding notes at March 28, 2021 or January 3, 2021. |