Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments

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Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
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Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments

9.Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments

 

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

December 31, 

 

 

 

2016

    

2015

 

Cash

 

$

3,714

 

$

2,118

 

Money market funds

 

 

11,182

 

 

26,291

 

U. S. treasury bills

 

 

8,307

 

 

9,048

 

Government-sponsored enterprise securities

 

 

16,825

 

 

48,613

 

Corporate bonds and commercial paper

 

 

45,227

 

 

40,206

 

 

 

$

85,255

 

$

126,276

 

Reported as:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

25,950

 

$

43,456

 

Short-term investments

 

 

59,305

 

 

82,820

 

 

 

$

85,255

 

$

126,276

 

 

Cash equivalents and short-term investments include the following securities with gross unrealized gains and losses (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

Gross

    

Gross

    

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Unrealized

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

Cost

 

Gains

 

Losses

 

Fair Value

 

U. S. treasury bills

 

$

8,301

 

$

6

 

$

 —

 

$

8,307

 

Government-sponsored enterprise securities

 

 

16,814

 

 

11

 

 

 —

 

 

16,825

 

Corporate bonds and commercial paper

 

 

45,235

 

 

2

 

 

(10)

 

 

45,227

 

Total

 

$

70,350

 

$

19

 

$

(10)

 

$

70,359

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

Gross

    

Gross

    

 

 

 

 

 

Amortized

 

Unrealized

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

Cost

 

Gains

 

Losses

 

Fair Value

 

U. S. treasury bills

 

$

9,061

 

$

 —

 

$

(13)

 

$

9,048

 

Government-sponsored enterprise securities

 

 

48,643

 

 

1

 

 

(31)

 

 

48,613

 

Corporate bonds and commercial paper

 

 

40,207

 

 

11

 

 

(12)

 

 

40,206

 

Total

 

$

97,911

 

$

12

 

$

(56)

 

$

97,867

 

 

As of September 30, 2016, our cash equivalents and short-term investments, which have contractual maturities within one year, had a weighted-average time to maturity of approximately 84 days. We view our short-term investments portfolio as available for use in current operations. Accordingly, we have classified our investments as short-term investments. We have the ability to hold all investments as of September 30, 2016 through their respective maturity dates. At September 30, 2016, we had no investments that had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for more than 12 months.  As of September 30, 2016, a total of 16 individual securities had been in an unrealized loss position for 12 months or less, and the losses were determined to be temporary. The gross unrealized losses above were caused by interest rate increases. No significant facts or circumstances have arisen to indicate that there has been any deterioration in the creditworthiness of the issuers of the securities held by us. Based on our review of these securities, including the assessment of the duration and severity of the unrealized losses and our ability and intent to hold the investments until maturity, there were no other-than-temporary impairments for these securities at September 30, 2016.

 

The following table shows the fair value and gross unrealized losses of our investments in individual securities that are in an unrealized loss position, aggregated by investment category (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2016

    

Fair Value

    

Unrealized Losses

 

Corporate bonds and commercial paper

 

$

20,723

 

$

(10)