Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Short-term Investments

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Short-term Investments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Investments Debt And Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Short-term Investments

4. Short-term Investments

The Company classifies its short-term investments as available for sale. Short-term investments comprise highly liquid investments with minimum “A-” rated securities and as at period-end consist of corporate entity commercial paper with maturities of more than three months at the date of purchase. Short-term investments as of September 30, 2021 have an average maturity of 0.75 years. The investments are reported at fair value with unrealized gains or losses recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Any differences between the cost and fair value of investments are represented by unrealized gains or losses. The fair value of short-term investments is represented by Level 1 fair value measurements – quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.

The following table represents the Company’s available for sale short-term investments by major security type as of September 30, 2021:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maturity by period

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Less than 1

 

 

1 to 5

 

Available for sale

 

Total

 

 

gains

 

 

(losses)

 

 

Total

 

 

year

 

 

years

 

Commercial paper

 

$

33,097

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

(364

)

 

 

32,749

 

 

 

31,712

 

 

 

1,037

 

U.S. Treasury Bills

 

 

16,985

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

16,980

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,980

 

Total

 

$

50,082

 

 

$

21

 

 

$

(374

)

 

$

49,729

 

 

$

31,712

 

 

$

18,017

 

The Company did not hold any short-term investments as of December 31, 2020.