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Derivative Financial Instruments (Text Block) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
General Discussion of Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities [Abstract] |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Text Block] | Derivative Financial Instruments As part of our risk management strategy, we use derivative instruments to hedge certain foreign currency and interest rate exposures. Refer to Note 1, Note 14, and Note 15 for additional disclosures on our derivative instruments. The fair values of our derivative instruments are determined using the income approach and significant other observable inputs (also known as “Level 2”). We have used observable market inputs based on the type of derivative and the nature of the underlying instrument. The key inputs include interest rate yield curves (swap rates and futures) and foreign exchange spot and forward rates, all of which are available in an active market. We have utilized the mid-market pricing convention for these inputs. We include, as a discount to the derivative asset, the effect of our counterparty credit risk based on current published credit default swap rates when the net fair value of our derivative instruments is in a net asset position. We consider our own nonperformance risk when the net fair value of our derivative instruments is in a net liability position by discounting our derivative liabilities to reflect the potential credit risk to our counterparty through applying a current market indicative credit spread to all cash flows. The fair values of our derivative instruments are as follows:
|  |  |  | Fair Value
|  | Balance Sheet Location |  | December 31, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
|  |  |  | (in thousands)
Asset Derivatives |  |  |  |
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815-20 |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap contracts |  | Other long-term assets |  | $ | 75 |  |  | $ | — |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815-20 |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange forward contracts |  | Other current assets |  | 107 |  |  | 41 |
Total asset derivatives |  |  |  | $ | 182 |  |  | $ | 41 |
Liability Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815-20 |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap contracts |  | Other current liabilities |  | $ | 1,317 |  |  | $ | 1,557 |
Interest rate swap contracts |  | Other long-term obligations |  | — |  |  | 474 |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815-20 |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange forward contracts |  | Other current liabilities |  | 236 |  |  | 145 |
Total liability derivatives |  |  |  | $ | 1,553 |  |  | $ | 2,176 |
OCI during the reporting period for our derivative and nonderivative instruments designated as hedging instruments, net of tax, was as follows:
| 2014 |  | 2013
| (in thousands)
Net unrealized gain (loss) on hedging instruments at January 1, | $ | (15,636 | ) |  | $ | (16,069 | )
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments | (566 | ) |  | 2 |
Realized (gains) losses reclassified into net income (loss) | 1,054 |  |  | 431 |
Net unrealized gain (loss) on hedging instruments at December 31, | $ | (15,148 | ) |  | $ | (15,636 | )
Included in the net unrealized loss on hedging instruments at December 31, 2014 and 2013 is a loss of $14.4 million, net of tax, related to our nonderivative net investment hedge, which terminated in 2011. This loss on our net investment hedge will remain in accumulated OCI until such time when earnings are impacted by a sale or liquidation of the associated foreign operation. A summary of the potential effect of netting arrangements on our financial position related to the offsetting of our recognized derivative assets and liabilities under master netting arrangements or similar agreements is as follows:
Offsetting of Derivative Assets |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  |
| Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  | Derivative Financial Instruments |  | Cash Collateral Received |  | Net Amount
| (in thousands)
December 31, 2014 | $ | 182 |  |  | $ | (182 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
December 31, 2013 | $ | 41 |  |  | $ | (40 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1 |
Offsetting of Derivative Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  |
| Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  | Derivative Financial Instruments |  | Cash Collateral Pledged |  | Net Amount
| (in thousands)
December 31, 2014 | $ | 1,553 |  |  | $ | (182 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,371 |
December 31, 2013 | $ | 2,176 |  |  | $ | (40 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,136 |
Our derivative assets and liabilities consist of foreign exchange forward and interest rate swap contracts with eight counterparties at December 31, 2014 and seven counterparties at December 31, 2013. No derivative asset or liability balance with any of our counterparties was individually significant at December 31, 2014 or 2013. Our derivative contracts with each of these counterparties exist under agreements that provide for the net settlement of all contracts through a single payment in a single currency in the event of default. We have no pledges of cash collateral against our obligations nor have we received pledges of cash collateral from our counterparties under the associated derivative contracts. Cash Flow Hedges As a result of our floating rate debt, we are exposed to variability in our cash flows from changes in the applicable interest rate index. We enter into swaps to achieve a fixed rate of interest on the hedged portion of debt in order to increase our ability to forecast interest expense. The objective of these swaps is to reduce the variability of cash flows from increases in the LIBOR base borrowing rates on our floating rate credit facility. The swaps do not protect us from changes to the applicable margin under our credit facility. In May 2012, we entered into six forward starting pay-fixed receive one-month LIBOR interest rate swaps. The interest rate swaps convert $200 million of our LIBOR based debt from a floating LIBOR interest rate to a fixed interest rate of 1.00% (excluding the applicable margin on the debt) and are effective July 31, 2013 to August 8, 2016. The cash flow hedges are expected to be highly effective in achieving offsetting cash flows attributable to the hedged risk through the term of the hedge. Consequently, effective changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps are recorded as a component of OCI and will be recognized in earnings when the hedged item affects earnings. The amounts paid or received on the hedges will be recognized as adjustments to interest expense. The amount of net losses expected to be reclassified into earnings in the next 12 months is $1.3 million. At December 31, 2014, our LIBOR-based debt balance was $292.5 million. We will continue to monitor and assess our interest rate risk and may institute additional interest rate swaps or other derivative instruments to manage such risk in the future. The before-tax effect of our cash flow derivative instruments on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31 are as follows:
Derivatives in ASC 815-20 Cash Flow Hedging Relationships |  | Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivative (Effective Portion) |  | Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion) |  | Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative (Ineffective Portion)
Location |  | Amount |  | Location |  | Amount
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  |  |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  |  |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  | (in thousands) |  |  |  | (in thousands) |  |  |  | (in thousands)
Interest rate swap contracts |  | $ | (915 | ) |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | (2,725 | ) |  | Interest expense |  | $ | (1,704 | ) |  | $ | 697 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | Interest expense |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Relationships We are also exposed to foreign exchange risk when we enter into non-functional currency transactions, both intercompany and third-party. At each period-end, non-functional currency monetary assets and liabilities are revalued with the change recorded to other income and expense. We enter into monthly foreign exchange forward contracts (a total of 517 contracts were entered into during the year ended December 31, 2014), which are not designated for hedge accounting, with the intent to reduce earnings volatility associated with currency exposures. The notional amounts of the contracts ranged from $86,000 to $20.7 million, offsetting our exposures from the euro, British pound, Canadian dollar, Australian dollar, Mexican Peso and various other currencies. The effect of our foreign exchange forward derivative instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31 is as follows:
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instrument under ASC 815-20 |  | Gain (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives in Other Income (Expense)
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  | (in thousands)
Foreign exchange forward contracts |  | $ | (5,248 | ) |  | $ | (145 | ) |  | $ | (422 | )

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- Definition The entire disclosure for derivative instruments and hedging activities including, but not limited to, risk management strategies, non-hedging derivative instruments, assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and methodologies and assumptions used in determining the amounts. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35736893&loc=d3e80748-113994 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5618551-113959 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4K -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5708775-113959 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 25 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6886632&loc=d3e76258-113986 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4E -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5624181-113959 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6441202&loc=d3e80720-113993 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4H -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5624258-113959 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4B -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5624163-113959 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(n)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4J -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5708773-113959 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35736893&loc=d3e80784-113994 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4D -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5624177-113959 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=d3e41620-113959 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5579245-113959 Reference 15: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1B -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5580258-113959 Reference 16: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5579240-113959 Reference 17: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=d3e41641-113959 Reference 18: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=d3e41638-113959 Reference 19: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4C -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5624171-113959 + Details
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