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Derivative Financial Instruments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
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As part of our risk management strategy, we occasionally use derivative instruments, including interest rate swaps, forward foreign exchange contracts and non-derivative instruments such as foreign currency denominated debt, to reduce our market risk for changes in interest rates and to manage foreign exchange rate risk. The objective is to offset gains and losses resulting from these exposures with losses and gains on the derivative contracts used to hedge them, thereby reducing volatility of earnings or protecting the fair value of assets and liabilities.
Derivative instruments may be designated as fair value hedges, cash flow hedges or hedges of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation (“net investment hedges”) or they may not be designated as hedging instruments. Derivative instruments are recognized at fair value on a gross basis in the consolidated balance sheets. The change in fair value of the derivative instruments is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations or consolidated statements of comprehensive income depending upon the type of hedge as further discussed below. Cash flows from derivative programs are classified with the activities that correspond to the underlying hedged items in the consolidated statements of cash flows.
Due to the use of derivative instruments, we are exposed to the risk that our counterparties will fail to meet their contractual obligations. To mitigate counterparty credit risk, we have a policy of only entering into derivative contracts with carefully selected major financial institutions based on their credit ratings and other factors, and periodically reassess their creditworthiness. We do not offset derivative assets against liabilities in master netting agreements and there were no receivables or payables recognized on receipt or payment of cash collateral at December 31, 2024 and 2023.
The interest rate swaps effectively convert a portion of our variable rate borrowings under our existing facilities to a fixed rate based upon determined notional amount. The forward foreign exchange contracts fix expected future cash flows in U.S. dollar terms on certain transactions and foreign currency denominated debt is used to partially offsets the effects of foreign currency on our investments in certain foreign subsidiaries. We do not enter into derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
Cash Flow Hedges
In 2022, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $100 million that matures in May 2029. The interest rate swap agreement is designated as a cash flow hedge of interest payments on $100 million of borrowings under our 2024 Credit Agreement. Under the terms of the swap agreement, we will receive monthly variable interest payments based on one month Term SOFR and will pay interest based on a fixed rate of 2.683% per annum.
In October 2024, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement with an initial notional amount of €100 million that matures in March 2030. At December 31, 2024, the notional amount was $103.9 million or €100 million. The interest rate swap agreement is designated as a cash flow hedge of interest payments on euro denominated borrowings under our 2024
Credit Agreement equal to the notional amount of the interest rate swap agreement. The notional amount of the interest rate swap will decrease quarterly starting from June 2025. Under the terms of the swap agreement, we will receive monthly variable interest payments based on one month EURIBOR and will pay interest based on a fixed rate of 2.11% per annum.
The fair value of the interest rate swap agreements as of December 31, 2024 was an asset of $5.4 million and a liability of $0.1 million and an asset of $3.9 million as of December 31, 2023, which has been deferred and recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of income taxes, in our consolidated balance sheet. When the hedged interest payment on the underlying borrowing is recognized in interest expense, the respective deferred gain/loss in accumulated other comprehensive income is reclassified to earnings as interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations. The amount to be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income in the next twelve months is expected to be $1.3 million. We perform quarterly hedge effectiveness assessments and anticipate that the interest rate swap will be highly effective throughout its term. If it becomes probable that the hedged interest payment(s) will not occur, we immediately recognize the related deferred hedging gains/losses in earnings. There were no such reclassifications during the year ended December 31, 2024.
Net Investment Hedge
At December 31, 2024, $202.5 million or €195 million notional amount of euro-denominated debt is designated as a hedge of our net investment in Nissens Automotive's foreign operations whose functional currency is Danish kroner. Provided the net investment hedge is highly effective, gains/losses are recorded as a currency translation adjustment in accumulated other comprehensive income in the consolidated balance sheet. The gains/losses will subsequently be reclassified into earnings when the hedged net investment is either sold or substantially liquidated. We recognized a gain of $9.7 million as a currency translation adjustment in other comprehensive income in 2024. No gains or losses related to the net investment hedge were recognized in earnings in 2024.
Non-Designated Derivatives
In 2024, we realized losses of $2.5 million related to forward foreign exchange contracts that were used to economically hedge forecasted foreign currency transactions primarily related to our acquisition of Nissens Automotive. The losses were recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations. There are no forward foreign exchange contracts outstanding at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.