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DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES [Abstract] |
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block] | DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES The Company is exposed to certain risks arising from both its business operations and economic conditions. The Company principally manages its exposures to a wide variety of business and operational risks through management of its core business activities. The Company manages economic risk, including interest rate, liquidity and credit risk primarily by managing the amount, sources and duration of its debt funding and, to a limited extent, the use of derivative instruments. Specifically, the Company has entered into derivative instruments to manage exposures that arise from business activities that result in the payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which are determined by interest rates. The Company’s derivative instruments, described below, are used to manage differences in the amount, timing and duration of the Company’s known or expected cash payments principally related to certain of the Company’s borrowings. The Company’s objective in using interest rate derivatives is to change variable interest rates to fixed interest rates by using interest rate swaps. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount. As of March 31, 2019, the Company had six interest rate swaps outstanding, all of which are used to hedge the variable cash flows associated with unsecured loans. All of the Company’s interest rate swaps convert the related loans’ LIBOR rate components to effectively fixed interest rates, and the Company has concluded that each of the hedging relationships is highly effective. The changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges is recorded in Other comprehensive income and is subsequently reclassified into earnings through interest expense as interest payments are made in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. Amounts reported in Other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives will be reclassified to Interest expense as interest payments are made or received on the Company’s variable-rate debt. The Company estimates the swap interest receipts will be $1,981,000 over the next twelve months. These receipts approximate the expected cash interest receipts due from counterparties for the swaps. Since the interest payments and receipts on the swaps in combination with the associated debt have been effectively fixed, this estimate is not in addition to the Company’s total expected combined interest payments or expense for the next twelve months. The Company’s valuation methodology for over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives is to discount cash flows based on Overnight Index Swap (“OIS”) rates. Uncollateralized or partially-collateralized trades are discounted at OIS rates, but include appropriate economic adjustments for funding costs (i.e., a LIBOR-OIS basis adjustment to approximate uncollateralized cost of funds) and credit risk. The Company calculates its derivative valuations using mid-market prices. In July 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority (the authority that regulates LIBOR) announced it intends to stop compelling banks to submit rates for the calculation of LIBOR after 2021. The Alternative Reference Rates Committee (“ARRC”) has proposed that the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) is the rate that represents best practice as the alternative to USD-LIBOR for use in derivatives and other financial contracts that are currently indexed to USD-LIBOR. ARRC has proposed a paced market transition plan to SOFR from USD-LIBOR and organizations are currently working on industry wide and company specific transition plans as it relates to derivatives and cash markets exposed to USD-LIBOR. The Company has material contracts that are indexed to USD-LIBOR and is monitoring this activity and evaluating the related risks. As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had the following outstanding interest rate derivatives that are designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk:
Interest Rate Derivative |  | Notional Amount as of March 31, 2019 |  | Notional Amount as of December 31, 2018
|  | (In thousands)
Interest Rate Swap |  | $75,000 |  | $75,000
Interest Rate Swap |  | $75,000 |  | $75,000
Interest Rate Swap |  | $65,000 |  | $65,000
Interest Rate Swap |  | $60,000 |  | $60,000
Interest Rate Swap |  | $40,000 |  | $40,000
Interest Rate Swap |  | $15,000 |  | $15,000
The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018. See Note 17 for additional information on the fair value of the Company’s interest rate swaps.
| Derivatives As of March 31, 2019 |  | Derivatives As of December 31, 2018
| Balance Sheet Location |  | Fair Value |  | Balance Sheet Location |  | Fair Value
| (In thousands)
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap assets | Other assets |  | $ | 4,497 |  |  | Other assets |  | $ | 6,701 |
Interest rate swap liabilities | Other liabilities |  | 109 |  |  | Other liabilities |  | — |
The table below presents the effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018
| (In thousands)
DERIVATIVES IN CASH FLOW HEDGING RELATIONSHIPS |  |  |
Interest Rate Swaps: |  |  |
Amount of income (loss) recognized in Other comprehensive income on derivatives | $ | (1,644 | ) |  | 3,662 |
Amount of (income) loss reclassified from Accumulated other comprehensive income into Interest expense | (669 | ) |  | (56 | )
See Note 13 for additional information on the Company’s Accumulated other comprehensive income resulting from its interest rate swaps. Derivative financial agreements expose the Company to credit risk in the event of non-performance by the counterparties under the terms of the interest rate hedge agreements. The Company believes it minimizes the credit risk by transacting with financial institutions the Company regards as credit-worthy. The Company has an agreement with its derivative counterparties containing a provision stating that the Company could be declared in default on its derivative obligations if the Company defaults on any of its indebtedness, including default where repayment of the indebtedness has not been accelerated by the lender. As of March 31, 2019, the fair value of derivatives in a net liability position related to these agreements was $109,000.

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