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Note 4 - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

4. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company records all derivatives in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 815, Derivatives and Hedging, which requires derivative instruments to be reported on the condensed consolidated balance sheets at fair value and establishes criteria for designation and effectiveness of hedging relationships. The Company is exposed to market risk such as changes in commodity prices, foreign currencies and interest rates. The Company does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes.

The Company periodically utilizes commodity derivatives and foreign currency forward purchase and sales contracts in the normal course of business. Because these contracts do not qualify for hedge accounting, the related gains and losses are recorded in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. These gains and losses are not material to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Interest Rate Swaps

The Company entered into two interest rate swap agreements in October 2013 and one interest rate swap agreement in May 2014, all of which expired in July 2018. In 2017, the Company entered into twenty interest rate swap agreements, all of which are still outstanding as of June 30, 2019. The Company formally documented all relationships between interest rate hedging instruments and the related hedged items, as well as its risk-management objectives and strategies for undertaking various hedge transactions. These interest rate swap agreements qualify as cash flow hedges and therefore, the effective portions of the gains or losses are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss (AOCL) in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The amount of losses, net of tax, recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 were $(7,053) and $(12,177), respectively. The amount of gains, net of tax, recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 were $2,130 and $8,777, respectively. The cash flows of the swaps are recognized as adjustments to interest expense each period. The ineffective portions of the derivatives’ changes in fair value, if any, are immediately recognized in earnings.

Fair Value

The following table presents the fair value of all of the Company’s derivatives:

	June 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
Commodity contracts	$	(65	)	$	(160	)
Foreign currency contracts		72			(117	)
Interest rate swaps		(8,148	)		8,307

The fair value of the commodity contracts is included in other accrued liabilities, the fair value of the foreign currency contracts is included in other assets and the fair value of the interest rate swaps is included in other long-term liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2019. The fair values of the commodity and foreign currency contracts are included in other accrued liabilities, and the fair value of the interest rate swaps is included in other assets in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2018. Excluding the impact of credit risk, the fair value of the derivative contracts as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 is a liability of $8,279 and an asset of $8,220, respectively, which represents the amount the Company would pay/receive upon exit of the agreements on those dates.