Derivative Instruments

3 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2021

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS:

The Company enters into contractual derivative arrangements to manage changes in market conditions related to interest on debt obligations, foreign currency exposures and exposure to fluctuating gasoline and diesel fuel prices. Derivative instruments utilized during the period include interest rate swap agreements, foreign currency forward exchange contracts and gasoline and diesel fuel agreements. All derivative instruments are recognized as either assets or liabilities on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of each quarter. The counterparties to the Company's contractual derivative agreements are all major international financial institutions. The Company is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by these counterparties. The Company continually monitors its positions and the credit ratings of its counterparties and does not anticipate nonperformance by the counterparties. For designated hedging relationships, the Company formally documents the hedging relationship and its risk management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedge, the hedging instrument, the hedged item, the nature of the risk being hedged and how the hedging instrument's effectiveness in offsetting the hedged risk will be assessed prospectively and retrospectively for designated hedges. The Company also formally assesses, both at the hedge's inception and on an ongoing basis, whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting cash flows of hedged items.

Cash Flow Hedges

The Company has approximately $2.6 billion notional amount of outstanding interest rate swap agreements as of January 1, 2021, which fix the rate on a like amount of variable rate borrowings through January of fiscal 2025. During the three months ended January 1, 2021, interest rate swaps with notional amounts of $250.0 million matured.

Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is designated as and meets all the required criteria for a cash flow hedge are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings as the underlying hedged item affects earnings. Amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on the Company’s variable-rate debt. As of January 1, 2021 and October 2, 2020, approximately ($78.5) million and ($87.6) million, respectively, of unrealized net of tax losses related to the interest rate swaps were included in "Accumulated other comprehensive loss."

The following table summarizes the effect of the Company's derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments on Other comprehensive income (loss) (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended
	January 1, 2021		December 27, 2019
Interest rate swap agreements	$	(1,242)	$	6,926

Derivatives not Designated in Hedging Relationships

The Company entered into a series of pay fixed/receive floating gasoline and diesel fuel agreements based on the Department of Energy weekly retail on-highway index in order to limit its exposure to price fluctuations for gasoline and diesel fuel. As of January 1, 2021, the Company has contracts for approximately 9.8 million gallons outstanding through December of fiscal 2022. The Company does not record its gasoline and diesel fuel agreements as hedges for accounting purposes. The impact on earnings related to the change in fair value of these unsettled contracts was a gain of approximately $3.6 million for the three months ended January 1, 2021. The impact on earnings related to the change in fair value of these unsettled contracts was a gain of approximately $3.1 million for the three months ended December 27, 2019. The change in fair value for unsettled contracts is included in "Selling and general corporate expenses" on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income. When the contracts settle, the gain or loss is recorded to "Cost of services provided (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)" on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income.

As of January 1, 2021, the Company had foreign currency forward exchange contracts outstanding with nominal notional amounts to mitigate the risk of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on short-term intercompany loans to certain international subsidiaries. Gains and losses on foreign currency exchange contracts are recognized in earnings as the contracts were not designated as hedging instruments, substantially offsetting currency transaction gains and losses on short-term intercompany loans.

The following table summarizes the location and fair value, using Level 2 inputs (see Note 13 for a description of the fair value levels), of the Company's derivatives designated and not designated as hedging instruments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands):


	Balance Sheet Location	January 1, 2021		October 2, 2020
ASSETS




Not designated as hedging instruments:

Gasoline and diesel fuel agreements	Prepayments and other current assets	$	1,762	$	—


LIABILITIES
Designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	Accounts payable	6,104		1,494
Interest rate swap agreements	Other Noncurrent Liabilities	99,949		116,882
		106,053		118,376

Not designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	Accounts payable	522		121
Gasoline and diesel fuel agreements	Accounts payable	—		1,805
		$	106,575	$	120,302

The following table summarizes the location of the (gain) loss reclassified from "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" into earnings for derivatives designated as hedging instruments and the location of the (gain) loss for the Company's derivatives not designated as hedging instruments in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income (in thousands):


		Three Months Ended
	Income Statement Location	January 1, 2021		December 27, 2019
Designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swap agreements	Interest and Other Financing Costs, net	$	13,565	$	2,200
Not designated as hedging instruments:
Gasoline and diesel fuel agreements	Cost of services provided (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) / Selling and general corporate expenses	(2,141)		(3,798)
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	Interest and Other Financing Costs, net	402		(102)
		(1,739)		(3,900)
		$	11,826	$	(1,700)

At January 1, 2021, the net of tax loss expected to be reclassified from "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" into earnings over the next twelve months based on current market rates is approximately $36.1 million.