NOTE 5: Derivative Financial Instruments

We may use derivative financial instruments to hedge all or a portion of the interest rate risk associated with our borrowings. The principal objective of such arrangements is to minimize the risks and/or costs associated with our operating and financial structure as well as to hedge specific anticipated transactions. While these instruments may impact our periodic cash flows, they benefit us by minimizing the risks and/or costs previously described.

Interest Rate Swaps and Caps

We have entered into an interest rate cap contract and an interest rate swap contract to hedge interest rate exposure on floating rate indebtedness.

On June 24, 2016, we entered into an interest rate swap contract with a notional value of $150,000, a strike rate of 1.145% and a maturity date of June 17, 2021. We designated this interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge at inception and determined that the hedge is highly effective in offsetting interest rate fluctuations associated with the identified indebtedness. We have not recognized any ineffectiveness associated with this cash flow hedge through April 2017. On April 17, 2017, in conjunction with the refinance of our credit facility, we restructured our existing interest rate swap to remove the LIBOR floor. This resulted in a decrease in the strike rate to 1.1325%. The notional value and maturity date remained the same. We designated the restructured interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge at inception and determined that the hedge is highly effective in offsetting interest rate fluctuations associated with the identified indebtedness. However, since the fair value of the swap at inception of the hedging relationship was not zero, we expect some ineffectiveness to be recognized over the life of the instrument. During the three months ended June 30, 2017, we recognized $12 of ineffectiveness based on the hypothetical derivative method. Our interest rate cap is not designated as a cash flow hedge.

The following table summarizes the aggregate notional amount and estimated net fair value of our derivative instruments as of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

	As of June 30, 2017						As of December 31, 2016
	Notional		Fair Value of Assets		Fair Value of Liabilities		Notional		Fair Value of Assets		Fair Value of Liabilities
Cash flow hedges:
Interest rate swap	$	150,000	$	3,619	$	—	$	150,000	$	3,867	$	—
Freestanding derivatives:
Interest rate cap		200,000		—		—		200,000		—		—
Net fair value	$	350,000	$	3,619	$	—	$	350,000	$	3,867	$	—

Effective interest rate swaps and caps are reported in accumulated other comprehensive income, and the fair value of these hedge agreements is included in other assets or other liabilities.

For our interest rate swap that is considered a highly effective hedge, we reclassified realized losses of $51 and $183 to earnings within interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively, and we expect $315 to be reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income to earnings over the next 12 months.