DERIVATIVES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

The Company uses derivative instruments to manage exposures to currency exchange rates, interest rates and commodity prices arising in the normal course of business. Both at inception and on an ongoing basis, the derivative instruments that qualify for hedge accounting are assessed as to their effectiveness, when applicable. Hedge ineffectiveness was immaterial in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.

The Company is subject to the credit risk of the counterparties to derivative instruments. Counterparties include a number of major banks and financial institutions. None of the concentrations of risk with any individual counterparty was considered significant at March 31, 2020. The Company does not expect any counterparties to fail to meet their obligations.

Cash Flow Hedges

Certain foreign currency forward contracts were qualified and designated as cash flow hedges. The dollar equivalent gross notional amount of these short-term contracts was $76,358 at March 31, 2020 and $59,982 at December 31, 2019.

During March 2020, in anticipation of future debt issuance associated with the Notes, as discussed in Note 12, the Company entered into an interest rate forward starting swap agreement, which was qualified and designated as a cash flow hedge, to hedge the variability of future changes in interest rates. The change in fair value is recorded as part of AOCI, and upon completion of debt issuance and termination of the swap, is amortized to interest expense over the life of the underlying debt. The dollar equivalent gross notional amount of the long-term contract was $50,000 at March 31, 2020 and has a termination date of August 2025.

Fair Value Hedges

From time to time the company will enter into certain interest rate swap agreements that are qualified and designated as fair value hedges. At March 31, 2020, the Company had no interest rate swap agreements outstanding. The Company terminated $50,000 of interest rate swaps in the three months ended March 31, 2020 which resulted in a gain of $6,629 that will be amortized to interest expense over the remaining life of the underlying debt.

Net Investment Hedges

The Company has cross currency swap agreements that are qualified and designated as net investment hedges. The dollar equivalent gross notional amount of these contracts is $50,000 as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

The Company has certain foreign exchange forward contracts that are not designated as hedges. These derivatives are held as economic hedges of certain balance sheet exposures. The dollar equivalent gross notional amount of these contracts was $363,772 and $363,820 at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Fair values of derivative instruments in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets follow:



	March 31, 2020								December 31, 2019
Derivatives by hedge designation	Other Current Assets		Other Current Liabilities		Other Assets		Other Liabilities		Other Current Assets		Other Current Liabilities		Other Assets		Other Liabilities
Designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign exchange contracts	$	1,184	$	5,267	$	—	$	—	$	1,288	$	522	$	—	$	—
Interest rate swap agreements	—		—		—		—		—		—		2,964		—
Forward starting swap agreement	—		—		—		352		—		—		—		—
Cross currency swap agreements	—		—		1,398		—		—		—		—		653
Not designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign exchange contracts	9,284		1,043		—		—		2,397		973		—		—
Total derivatives	$	10,468	$	6,310	$	1,398	$	352	$	3,685	$	1,495	$	2,964	$	653

The effects of undesignated derivative instruments on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income consisted of the following:



		Three Months Ended March 31,
Derivatives by hedge designation	Classification of gain (loss)	2020			2019
Foreign exchange contracts	Selling, general & administrative expenses	$	(22,133	)	$	5,407

The effects of designated hedges on AOCI and the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income consisted of the following:



Total gain (loss) recognized in AOCI, net of tax	March 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
Foreign exchange contracts	$	(3,084	)	$	620
Forward starting swap agreement	(264		)	—
Net investment contracts	2,605			1,006

The Company expects a loss of $3,084 related to existing contracts to be reclassified from AOCI, net of tax, to earnings over the next 12 months as the hedged transactions are realized.



		Three Months Ended March 31,
Derivative type	Gain (loss) recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income:	2020			2019
Foreign exchange contracts	Sales	$	(62	)	$	388
	Cost of goods sold	122			97