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DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2017
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES [Abstract] |
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES | NOTE 12 – DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES ﻿ The Company is exposed to interest rate risk relating to its ongoing business operations. To manage interest rate exposure, the Company enters into hedge transactions (interest rate swaps) using derivative financial instruments. The objective of entering into interest rate swaps is to eliminate the variability of cash flows in the LIBOR interest payments associated with variable-rate loans over the life of the loans. As changes in interest rates impact the future cash flow of interest payments, the hedges provide a synthetic offset to interest rate movements. ﻿ In addition, the Company is exposed to foreign currency and interest rate cash flow exposure related to a non-functional currency long-term debt held by various of its wholly owned subsidiaries. To manage this foreign currency and interest rate cash flow exposure s, the Company’s subsidiar ies enter into cross-currency interest rate swap s that convert its U.S. dollar denominated floating interest payments to functional currency fixed interest payments during the life of the hedging instrument. As changes in foreign exchange and interest rates impact the future cash flow of interest payments, the hedge is intended to offset changes in cash flows attributable to interest rate and foreign exchange movements. ﻿ These derivative instruments (cash flow hedging instruments) are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, with the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative reported as a component of other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction is determined to be ineffective. There were no such amounts recorded for ineffectiveness for the periods reported herein related to the interest rate or cross-currency interest rate swaps of long-term debt. ﻿ The Company is exposed to foreign-currency exchange-rate fluctuations in the normal course of business, including foreign-currency exchange-rate fluctuations on U.S. dollar denominated liabilities within its international subsidiaries whose functional currency is other than the U.S. dollar. The Company manages these fluctuations, in part, through the use of non-deliverable forward foreign-exchange contracts that are intended to offset changes in cash flow attributable to currency exchange movements. These contracts are intended primarily to economically address exposure to U.S. dollar merchandise inventory expenditures made by the Company’s international subsidiaries whose functional currency is other than the U.S. dollar. Currently, these contracts do not qualify for derivative hedge accounting. The Company seeks to mitigate foreign-currency exchange-rate risk with the use of these contracts and does not intend to engage in speculative transactions. These contracts do not contain any credit-risk-related contingent features. ﻿ Cash Flow Hedges ﻿ As of August 31, 2017, all of the Company’s interest rate swap and cross-currency interest rate swap derivative financial instruments are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges. The Company formally documents the hedging relationships for its derivative instruments that qualify for hedge accounting. ﻿ The following table summarizes agreements for which the Company has recorded cash flow hedge accounting transactions during the twelve months ended August 31, 2017: ﻿ ﻿
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﻿Subsidiary |  | Date Entered into |  | Derivative Financial Counter- party |  | Derivative Financial Instruments |  | Initial US$ Notional Amount |  | Bank US$ loan Held with |  | Floating Leg (swap counter-party) |  | Fixed Rate for PSMT Subsidiary |  | Settlement Dates |  | Effective Period of swap
﻿PriceSmart, Inc |  | 7-Nov-16 |  | MUFG Union Bank, N.A. ("Union Bank") |  | Interest rate swap |  | $ | 35,700,000 |  | Union Bank |  | Variable rate 1-month Libor plus 1.7% |  | 3.65 | % |  | 1st day of each month beginning on April 1, 2017 |  | March 1, 2017 - March 1, 2027
﻿Costa Rica |  | 28-Aug-15 |  | Citibank, N.A. ("Citi") |  | Cross currency interest rate swap |  | $ | 7,500,000 |  | Citibank, N.A. |  | Variable rate 3-month Libor plus 2.50% |  | 7.65 | % |  | 28th day of August, November, February, and May beginning on November 30, 2015 |  | August 28, 2015 - August 28, 2020
﻿Honduras |  | 24-Mar-15 |  | Citibank, N.A. ("Citi") |  | Cross currency interest rate swap |  | $ | 8,500,000 |  | Citibank, N.A. |  | Variable rate 3-month Libor plus 3.25% |  | 10.75 | % |  | 24th day of March, June, September, and December beginning on June 24, 2015 |  | March 24,2015 - March 20, 2020
﻿El Salvador |  | 16-Dec-14 |  | Bank of Nova Scotia ("Scotiabank") |  | Interest rate swap |  | $ | 4,000,000 |  | Bank of Nova Scotia |  | Variable rate 30-day Libor plus 3.5% |  | 4.78 | % |  | 29th day of each month beginning on December 29, 2014 |  | December 1, 2014 - August 29, 2019
﻿Colombia |  | 10-Dec-14 |  | Citibank, N.A. ("Citi") |  | Cross currency interest rate swap |  | $ | 15,000,000 |  | Citibank, N.A. |  | Variable rate 3-month Libor plus 2.8% |  | 8.25 | % |  | 4th day of March, June, Sept, Dec. beginning on March 4, 2015 |  | December 4, 2014 - December 3, 2019
﻿Panama |  | 9-Dec-14 |  | Bank of Nova Scotia ("Scotiabank") |  | Interest rate swap |  | $ | 10,000,000 |  | Bank of Nova Scotia |  | Variable rate 30-day Libor plus 3.5% |  | 5.16 | % |  | 28th day of each month beginning December 29, 2014 |  | November 28, 2014 - November 29, 2019
﻿Honduras |  | 23-Oct-14 |  | Citibank, N.A. ("Citi") |  | Cross currency interest rate swap |  | $ | 5,000,000 |  | Citibank, N.A. |  | Variable rate 3-month Libor plus 3.5% |  | 11.6 | % |  | 22nd day of January, April, July, and October beginning on January 22, 2015 |  | October 22, 2014 - October 22, 2017
﻿Panama |  | 1-Aug-14 |  | Bank of Nova Scotia ("Scotiabank") |  | Interest rate swap |  | $ | 5,000,000 |  | Bank of Nova Scotia |  | Variable rate 30-day Libor plus 3.5% |  | 4.89 | % |  | 21st day of each month beginning on September 22, 2014 |  | August 21, 2014 - August 21, 2019
﻿Panama |  | 22-May-14 |  | Bank of Nova Scotia ("Scotiabank") |  | Interest rate swap |  | $ | 19,800,000 |  | Bank of Nova Scotia |  | Variable rate 30-day Libor plus 3.5% |  | 4.98 | % |  | 4th day of each month beginning on June 4, 2014 |  | Settled on August 31, 2017
﻿Panama |  | 22-May-14 |  | Bank of Nova Scotia ("Scotiabank") |  | Interest rate swap |  | $ | 3,970,000 |  | Bank of Nova Scotia |  | Variable rate 30-day Libor plus 3.5% |  | 4.98 | % |  | 4th day of each month beginning on June 4, 2014 |  | May 5, 2014 - April 4, 2019
﻿ ﻿ ﻿ For the twelve-month periods ended August 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, the Company included the gain or loss on the hedged items (that is, variable-rate borrowings) in the same line item—interest expense—as the offsetting gain or loss on the related interest rate swaps as follows (in thousands): ﻿ ﻿
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﻿Income Statement Classification |  | Interest expense on borrowings(1) |  | Cost of swaps (2) |  | Total
﻿Interest expense for the year ended August 31, 2017 |  | $ | 3,605 |  | $ | 1,588 |  | $ | 5,193
﻿Interest expense for the year ended August 31, 2016 |  | $ | 3,087 |  | $ | 1,982 |  | $ | 5,069
﻿Interest expense for the year ended August 31, 2015 |  | $ | 2,205 |  | $ | 2,827 |  | $ | 5,032
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| (1) |  | This amount is representative of the interest expense recognized on the underlying hedged transactions.
| (2) |  | This amount is representative of the interest expense recognized on the interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedging instruments.
﻿ The total notional balance of the Company’s pay-fixed/receive-variable interest rate swaps and cross-currency interest rate swaps was as follows (in thousands): ﻿ ﻿
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﻿ Floating Rate Payer (Swap Counterparty) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
﻿Union Bank |  | $ | 35,700 |  |  | —
﻿Citibank N.A. |  |  | 26,088 |  | $ | 30,188
﻿Scotiabank |  |  | 13,724 |  |  | 32,258
﻿Total |  | $ | 75,512 |  | $ | 62,446
﻿ The following table summarizes the fair value of interest rate swap and cross-currency interest rate swap derivative instruments that qualify for derivative hedge accounting (in thousands, except footnote data): ﻿ ﻿
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﻿Derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments |  | Balance Sheet Location |  | Fair Value |  | Net Tax Effect |  | Net OCI |  | Fair Value |  | Net Tax Effect |  | Net OCI
﻿Cross-currency interest rate swaps |  | Other non-current assets |  | $ | 2,547 |  |  | (950) |  |  | 1,597 |  | $ | 3,224 |  |  | (1,248) |  |  | 1,976
﻿Interest rate swaps |  | Other long-term liabilities |  |  | (231) |  |  | 80 |  |  | (151) |  |  | (448) |  |  | 115 |  |  | (333)
﻿Cross-currency interest rate swaps |  | Other long-term liabilities |  |  | (451) |  |  | 135 |  |  | (316) |  |  | (1,066) |  |  | 320 |  |  | (746)
﻿Net fair value of derivatives designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  | $ | 1,865 |  | $ | (735) |  | $ | 1,130 |  | $ | 1,710 |  | $ | (813) |  | $ | 897
﻿ Fair Value Instruments ﻿ The Company has entered into non-deliverable forward foreign-exchange contracts. These contracts are treated for accounting purposes as fair value contracts and do not qualify for derivative hedge accounting. The use of non-deliverable forward foreign-exchange contracts is intended to offset changes in cash flow attributable to currency exchange movements. These contracts are intended primarily to economically hedge exposure to U.S. dollar merchandise inventory expenditures made by the Company’s international subsidiaries whose functional currency is other than the U.S. dollar. ﻿ As of August 31, 2017 the Company did not have any open non-deliverable forward foreign-exchange contracts. ﻿ For the twelve-month periods ended August 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, the Company included in its consolidated statements of income the forward derivative (gain) or loss on the non-deliverable forward foreign-exchange contracts as follows (in thousands): ﻿ ﻿
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﻿ |  | Years Ended August 31
﻿Income Statement Classification |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
﻿Other income (expense), net |  | $ | (387) |  | $ | (166) |  | $ | 6,533
﻿ For derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting, there were no significant related assets or liabilities recorded on the consolidated balance sheet at August 31, 2017 or 2016.

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