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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company, from time-to-time, enters into forward exchange and interest rate swap contracts as a hedge against foreign currency asset and liability commitments, changes in interest rates and anticipated transaction exposures, including intercompany purchases. All derivatives are recognized as assets or liabilities and measured at fair value. Derivatives that are not determined to be effective hedges are adjusted to fair value with a corresponding adjustment to earnings. The Company does not use financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

Interest Rate Contracts:

The Company had $563.0 million of variable rate loans outstanding at October 31, 2017, which approximated fair value. The Company had $884.0 million of variable rate loans outstanding at October 31, 2016, which approximated fair value. As of October 31, 2017 and 2016 and April 30, 2017, the interest rate swap agreements maintained by the Company were designated as cash flow hedges as defined under Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 815 "Derivatives and Hedging". As a result, there was no impact on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps as they were fully offset by changes in the interest expense on the underlying variable rate debt instruments. Under ASC 815, derivative instruments that are designated as cash flow hedges have changes in their fair value recorded initially within Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. As interest expense is recognized based on the variable rate loan agreements, the corresponding deferred gain or loss on the interest rate swaps is reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss to Interest Expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. It is management's intention that the notional amount of interest rate swaps be less than the variable rate loans outstanding during the life of the derivatives.

On April 4, 2016, the Company entered into a forward starting interest rate swap agreement which fixed a portion of the variable interest due on a variable rate debt renewal on May 16, 2016. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company pays a fixed rate of 0.92% and receives a variable rate of interest based on one-month LIBOR from the counterparty which is reset every month for a three-year period ending May 15, 2019. As of October 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016, the notional amount of the interest rate swap was $350.0 million.

The Company records the fair value of its interest rate swaps on a recurring basis using Level 2 inputs of quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets. The fair value of the interest rate swaps as of October 31, 2017 and 2016 and April 30, 2017 was a deferred gain of $3.9 million, a deferred loss of $0.2 million, and a deferred gain of $3.9 million, respectively. Based on the maturity dates of the contracts, the entire deferred gain and loss as of October 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, were recorded within Other Long-Term Assets, Other Accrued Liabilities and Other Long-Term Liabilities, respectively. The pre-tax gains (losses) that were reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss into Interest Expense for the three months ended October 31, 2017 and 2016 were $0.3 million and $0.4 million, respectively. The pre-tax losses that were reclassified from Accumulated Other Compensation Loss into Interest Expense for the six months ended October 31, 2017 and 2016 were $0.4 million and $0.9 million, respectively.

Foreign Currency Contracts:

The Company may enter into forward exchange contracts to manage the Company's exposure on certain foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities. The forward exchange contracts are marked to market through Foreign Exchange Transaction Gains (Losses) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, and carried at their fair value in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. Foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities are remeasured at spot rates in effect on the balance sheet date, with the effects of changes in spot rates reported in Foreign Exchange Transaction Gains (Losses).

As of October 31, 2017 and April 30, 2017, the Company did not maintain any open forward contracts. As of October 31, 2016, the Company maintained one open forward contract with notional amount of 274 million pounds sterling. During the first three months of fiscal years 2018 and 2017, the Company did not designate any forward contracts as hedges under current accounting standards as the benefits of doing so were not material due to the short-term nature of the contracts. The fair value changes in the forward exchange contracts substantially mitigated the changes in the value of the applicable foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities. As of October 31, 2016, the fair value of the open forward exchange contracts was a gain of approximately $66.0 million and recorded within Prepaid and Other Current Assets in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. The fair value was measured on a recurring basis using Level 2 inputs. For the three and six months ended October 31, 2016, the gain recognized on the forward contracts were $25.4 million and $64.7 million, respectively.