Note 2 - Investments and Fair Value Measurement
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
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 (loss). 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 December 31, 2021

 
  

Amortized Cost

  

Gross Unrealized
Gains

  

Gross Unrealized
Losses

  

Fair
Value

 

Cash and cash equivalents:

                

Cash

 $1,443  $—  $—  $1,443 

Money market funds

  2,822   —   —   2,822 

Commercial paper

  8,398   —   —   8,398 

Total cash and cash equivalents

  12,663   —   —   12,663 
                 

Short-term investments:

                

Commercial paper

  29,504   —   —   29,504 

Corporate debt securities

  9,463   —   —   9,463 

Total short-term investments

  38,967   —   —   38,967 

Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

 $51,630  $—  $—  $51,630 

 

  

As of December 31, 2020

 
  

Amortized Cost

  

Gross Unrealized
Gains

  

Gross Unrealized
Losses

  

Fair
Value

 

Cash and cash equivalents:

                

Cash

 $5,181  $—  $—  $5,181 

Money market funds

  3,996   —   —   3,996 

Commercial paper

  18,097   —   —   18,097 

Total cash and cash equivalents

  27,274   —   —   27,274 
                 

Short-term investments:

                

U.S. government agency securities

  5,818   —   —   5,818 

Commercial paper

  9,794   —   —   9,794 

Total short-term investments

  15,612   —   —   15,612 

Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

 $42,886  $—  $—  $42,886 

 

None of the available-for-sale securities held by the Company had material unrealized losses and there were no realized losses for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. There were no other-than-temporary impairments for these securities as of December 31, 2021 or 2020. 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 (loss) to earnings during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

 

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, 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 December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, the Company held, in addition to Level II assets, a contingent put option liability associated with the Loan Agreement with Oxford. See Note 8 “Long-Term Debt” for further description. The Company’s estimate of fair value of the contingent put option liability 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, which is included under other long-term liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Changes to the estimated fair value of this liability is recorded in interest income and other income (expense), net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. 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 December 31, 2021

 
  

Fair Value

  

Level I

  

Level II

  

Level III

 

Assets

                

Money market funds

 $2,822  $2,822  $—  $— 

Commercial paper

  37,902   —   37,902   — 

Corporate debt securities

  9,463   —   9,463   — 

Total assets measured at fair value

 $50,187  $2,822  $47,365  $— 
                 

Liabilities

                

Contingent put option liability

 $81  $—  $—  $81 

Total liabilities measured at fair value

 $81  $—  $—  $81 

 

  

As of December 31, 2020

 
  

Fair Value

  

Level I

  

Level II

  

Level III

 

Assets

                

Money market funds

 $3,996  $3,996  $—  $— 

U.S. government agency securities

  5,818   —   5,818   — 

Commercial paper

  27,891   —   27,891   — 

Total assets measured at fair value

 $37,705  $3,996  $33,709  $— 
                 

Liabilities

                

Contingent put option liability

 $246  $—  $—  $246 

Total liabilities measured at fair value

 $246  $—  $—  $246 

 

The following table sets forth a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level III financial liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

 

  

Year Ended
December 31,
2021

 

Fair value—beginning of period

 $246 

Change in fair value of contingent put option associated with the Loan Agreement

  (165)

Fair value—end of period

 $81 

 

 

  

Year Ended
December 31,
2020

 

Fair value—beginning of period

 $437 

Change in fair value of contingent put option associated with the Loan Agreement

  (191)

Fair value—end of period

 $246