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Financial Instruments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Financial Instruments, Financial Assets, Balance Sheet Groupings [Abstract]  
Financial Instruments
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The following tables provide a summary of the Company’s significant financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value and measured on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands):
 
 
 
 
Fair Value Measurements at September 30, 2014
 
Carrying Value at September 30, 2014
 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
(Level 1)
 
Significant Other
Observable  Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restricted investment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Rabbi Trust
$
11,044

 

 
$
11,044

 

Fixed income securities
1,994

 

 
1,994

 

       Interest rate cap derivatives
1,161

 

 
$
1,161

 

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swap derivatives
$
7,048

 
$

 
$
7,048

 
$

 
 
 
 
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2013
 
Carrying
Value at
December 31, 2013
 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
(Level 1)
 
Significant Other
Observable  Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restricted investments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Guaranteed Investment Contract
$
5,742

 

 
$
5,742

 

    Rabbi Trust
9,534

 

 
9,534

 

Fixed income securities
1,993

 

 
1,993

 

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swap derivative liabilities
$
390

 
$

 
$
390

 
$


The Company’s Level 2 financial instruments included in the tables above as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 consist of an interest rate swap liability held by the Company's Australian subsidiary, the Company's rabbi trust established for GEO employee and employer contributions to the Company. Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan and an investment in Canadian dollar denominated fixed income securities. At December 31, 2013, the Company's Level 2 financial instruments included a guaranteed investment contract which was a restricted investment related to CSC of Tacoma LLC ("CSC"). During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the balance in the guaranteed investment contract was liquidated as it was no longer required because it relates to a portion of the CSC bonds which matured in October 2014. Refer to Note 9 - Debt.
The Australian subsidiary’s interest rate swap liabilities and interest rate cap assets are valued using a discounted cash flow model based on projected Australian borrowing rates. The Company's restricted investment in the rabbi trust is invested in Company owned life insurance policies which are recorded at their cash surrender values. These investments are valued based on the underlying investments held in the policies' separate account. The underlying assets are equity and fixed income pooled funds that are comprised of Level 1 and Level 2 securities. The Canadian dollar denominated securities, not actively traded, are valued using quoted rates for these and similar securities. The restricted investment in the guaranteed investment contract was valued using quoted rates for these and similar securities.