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Derivative Financial Instruments
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
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The Company's derivative financial instruments primarily consist of LIBOR-based interest rate swap contracts, which were entered into with the objective of managing exposure to variability in interest rates on the Company's debt. All interest rate swap contracts are reported in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value. For interest rate swap contracts not designated as cash flow hedges, unrealized gains and losses are recognized in interest expense, net, in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. For interest rate swap contracts designated as cash flow hedges, unrealized gains and losses are recognized as a component of AOCI in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and are reclassified into interest expense, net, in the same period in which the related interest on debt affects earnings.
For interest rate swap contracts that have been de-designated as cash flow hedges and for which the forecasted cash flows are probable or reasonably possible of occurring, unrealized gains and losses previously recognized as a component of AOCI are reclassified into interest expense, net, in the same period in which the related interest on variable-rate debt affects earnings through the original maturity date of the related interest rate swap contracts. For interest rate swap contracts that have been de-designated as cash flow hedges and for which the forecasted cash flows are probable of not occurring, unrealized gains and losses previously recognized as a component of AOCI are immediately reclassified into interest expense, net.
The cash flows associated with interest rate swap contracts that included an other-than-insignificant financing element at inception are reflected as cash flows from financing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
As of December 31, 2018, the Company had interest rate swap contracts with an aggregate notional amount of $3.5 billion, of which $2.5 billion were designated as cash flow hedges, with maturities through April 2020 and April 2022. During January and February 2019, the Company entered into additional interest rate swap contracts, which were designated as cash flow hedges, with an aggregate notional amount of $725 million and a maturity of April 2022. In October 2019, and in connection with the refinancing of variable-rate debt under the First Lien Credit Agreement in September 2019, the Company terminated interest rate swap contracts with an aggregate notional amount of $3.8 billion, of which $2.8 billion were designated as cash flow hedges, and concurrently entered into new LIBOR-based interest rate swap contracts, which were designated as cash flow hedges, with an aggregate notional amount of $2.8 billion and maturity of September 2026. As a result, the amount of the unfavorable positions recognized as a component of AOCI related to the terminated cash flow hedges are reclassified into interest expense, net, in the same period in which the related interest on variable-rate debt affects earnings through the original maturity date of the cash flow hedges of April 2022, as the forecasted cash flows are probable or reasonably possible of occurring. Additionally, the new interest rate swap terms represented a blend of the current interest rate environment and the
unfavorable positions of the terminated interest rate swap contracts, which resulted in an other-than-insignificant financing element at inception of the new cash flow hedges due to off-market terms.
Beginning in March 2020, the Company's interest rate swap contracts designated as cash flow hedges with an aggregate notional amount of $3.0 billion were no longer highly effective as a result of changes in the interest rate environment. Accordingly, the Company de-designated the cash flow hedges, and the unrealized gains and losses for the period in which these cash flow hedges were no longer highly effective were recognized in interest expense, net. Unrealized losses previously recognized as a component of AOCI prior to de-designation will be reclassified into interest expense, net, in the same period in which the related interest on variable-rate debt affects earnings through the maturity dates of the interest rate swap contracts, as the forecasted cash flows are probable or reasonably possible of occurring.
The impact associated with the interest rate swap contracts de-designated as cash flow hedges and for which the forecasted cash flows are no longer probable of occurring was not material during 2021, 2020, and 2019.
The Company’s interest rate swaps as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 consisted of the following (in thousands):
ExecutionMaturityDesignationNotional Amount
January 2019April 2022Not designated$125,000 
February 2019April 2022Not designated300,000 
October 2019September 2026Not designated2,800,000 
Total notional amount$3,225,000 
The unrealized impact of interest rate swaps recognized in interest expense, net, in the Consolidated Statements of Operations was as follows:
Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)202120202019
Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swaps$157,505 $(60,363)$(8,501)
During 2021 and 2020, the Company paid $56 million and $38 million, respectively, related to settlements on interest rate swap contracts that included an other-than-insignificant financing element at inception, which is reflected in cash flows from financing activities in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. The interest rate swap contracts did not have a material impact to the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows during 2019.
The classification and fair value of interest rate swaps recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows:
December 31,
(in thousands)20212020
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities$50,360 $65,462 
Other liabilities67,976 210,378 
Fair value of interest rate swaps$118,336 $275,840