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Derivative Financial Instruments
 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Derivative Financial Instruments [Abstract]  
Derivative Financial Instruments

4. Derivative Financial Instruments

Cash Flow Hedges


     At March 31, 2011, the Company had forward contracts outstanding to hedge cash flow exposure at the Company's wholly-owned Austrian subsidiary, AMSC Windtec GmbH ("AMSC Austria"), with aggregate U.S. dollar equivalent notional amounts of $40.9 million. These contracts expired at various dates through March 2012. At March 31, 2011, the Company determined, that these forward foreign exchange contracts outstanding were no longer effective hedges based on the Company's determination that the original forecasted transactions were not probable of occurring by the end of the originally specified time period. As a result, the Company reclassified accumulated gains of $1.6 million from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to other income (expense), net, in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. At March 31, 2012, the Company had no forward foreign exchange contracts outstanding.

     The fair value amounts of asset derivatives included in prepaid expenses and other current assets and liability derivatives included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheets related to forward foreign exchange contracts as of March 31, 2011 were as follows (in thousands):

  Asset derivatives   Liability derivatives  
  March 31,   March 31,  
  2011   2011  
Forward foreign exchange contract derivatives not designated as          
cash flow hedges $ 2,008 $ —

 

     The Company recognized the following pre-tax gains in other comprehensive income related to forward foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges (in thousands):

    For the years ended  
    March 31,  
    2011  
 
Gains recognized in other comprehensive income $ 1,560  
Gains reclassified from other comprehensive income to other   (1,560 )
income (expense), net due to ineffective hedges      
Total $ —  

 

     The Company recognized the following pre-tax gains (losses) related to forward foreign exchange contracts in the consolidated statements of income (in thousands):

    For the years ended
    March 31,
    2011
Gains recognized in other income (expense), net $ 3,206
Gains recognized in cost of revenues   1,514
Gains reclassified from other comprehensive income to other income    
(expense) on discontinued cash flow hedges   1,560
Total $ 6,280

 

Balance Sheet Hedges

     At March 31, 2011, the Company had forward contracts outstanding with aggregate U.S. dollar equivalent notional amounts of $125.5 million. At March 31, 2012, the Company did not have any forward contracts outstanding.

     The fair value amounts of asset derivatives included in prepaid expenses and other current assets and liability derivatives included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheets related to forward foreign exchange contracts related to non-functional currency receivable balances as of March 31, 2011 were as follows (in thousands):

Asset derivatives Liability derivatives
March 31, March 31,
2011 2011
Forward foreign exchange contracts related to non-        
functional currency receivable balances $ 1,079 $ —

 

 

 

     The Company recognized the following pre-tax gains (losses) related to forward foreign exchange contracts related to nonfunctional currency receivable balances in the consolidated statements of income (in thousands):

        For the years ended March 31,      
  2012   2011   2010  
Gains (losses) recognized in other income (expense), net $ 1,734 $ 6,666 $ (3,345 )