In the normal course of business, the Company is exposed to foreign currency exchange rate risk and interest rate risk on its variable-rate debt. To manage these risks, the Company utilizes a variety of practices including, where considered appropriate, derivative instruments. The Company has no derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes or any derivatives with credit risk-related contingent features. All derivative instruments used by the Company are either exchange traded or are entered into with major financial institutions in order to reduce credit risk and risk of nonperformance by third parties. The fair values of the Company's derivative instruments are determined using observable inputs and are considered Level 2 assets or liabilities.

The Company utilizes currency forward, swap and, to a lesser extent, option contracts to selectively hedge its exposure to foreign currency risk when it is practical and economical to do so. The use of these contracts minimizes transactional exposure to exchange rate changes. We designate certain of our foreign currency hedges as cash flow hedges. Changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges are reported as a component of Other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings when the forecasted transaction affects earnings. For foreign exchange contracts not designated as cash flow hedges, changes in the contracts' fair value are recorded to net income each period.

The Company selectively hedges its exposure to interest rate increases on variable-rate, long-term debt when it is practical and economical to do so. Changes in the fair value of interest rate contracts considered cash flow hedges are reported as a component of Other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings when the forecasted transaction affects earnings.

The Company also uses cross currency swap contracts to selectively hedge its exposure to foreign currency related changes in its net investments in certain foreign operations. We designate these cross currency swap contracts as net investment hedges. Changes in the fair value of these hedges are deferred within the foreign currency translation component of Accumulated other comprehensive income and reclassified into earnings when the foreign investment is sold or substantially liquidated.

On September 11, 2019, the Company entered into a pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swap with a maturity date of January 31, 2027. The instrument is a hedge on a portion of the Company’s debt facility through the existing credit agreement. Under the terms of the interest rate swap, SWM will pay a fixed amount of interest each period in an amount equal to 1.724% on a notional amount of $185 million and receive interest payments monthly in an amount equal to the One-Month USD-LIBOR rate on the notional amount. The notional amount will reduce throughout the term of the swap as follows:

As with the previous interest rate swap, the terms of the swap mirror the terms of the underlying debt, including timing of the payments and interest rates.

On October 24, 2018, the Company also entered into a three-year cross-currency swap with a major financial institution designated as a hedge of a portion of the Company's net investment in certain Euro-denominated

subsidiaries. The terms of the cross-currency swap provide for an exchange of principal on a notional amount of $75 million swapped to €65.4 million at maturity. The Company will receive from our swap counterparty U.S. dollar interest at a fixed rate of 6.875% per annum and pay to our swap counterparty Euro interest at a fixed rate of 3.6725% per annum. The cross-currency swap will mature on October 1, 2021.

On January 29, 2019, the Company entered into a cross-currency swap with a major financial institution designated as a hedge of a portion of the Company's net investment in certain Euro-denominated subsidiaries. The terms of the cross-currency swap provide for an exchange of principal on a notional amount of $75 million swapped to €66.0 million at maturity. The Company will receive from our swap counterparty U.S. dollar interest at a fixed rate of 6.875% per annum and pay to our swap counterparty Euro interest at a fixed rate of 4.0525% per annum. The cross-currency swap will mature on October 1, 2021.

On September 11, 2019, the Company entered into a cross-currency swap arrangement with a major financial institution designed as a hedge having a maturity date of April 1, 2023. The terms of the cross-currency swap provide for an exchange of principal on a notional amount of $100 million swapped to €90.9 million at maturity. Under the terms of the new cross-currency swap, SWM will pay a fixed amount of Euro-denominated interest at a rate of 5.638% semiannually and receive U.S. dollar denominated payments at a rate of 6.875% semiannually on the notional amount of the swap.

The following table presents the fair value of asset and liability derivatives and the respective balance sheet locations at December 31, 2020 ($ in millions):


	Asset Derivatives			Liability Derivatives
	Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value		Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value
Derivatives Designated as Hedges:
Foreign exchange contracts	Accounts receivable	$	0.9	Accrued expenses	$	11.0
Foreign exchange contracts	Other assets	—		Other liabilities	12.3
Interest rate contracts	Accounts receivable	0.3		Accrued expenses	—
Interest rate contracts	Other assets	—		Other liabilities	7.8
Total derivatives designated as hedges		$	1.2		$	31.1

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges:
Foreign exchange contracts	Accounts receivable	$	—	Accounts payable	$	—
Total derivatives not designated as hedges		—			—
Total derivatives		$	1.2		$	31.1

The following table presents the fair value of asset and liability derivatives and the respective balance sheet locations at December 31, 2019 ($ in millions):


	Asset Derivatives			Liability Derivatives
	Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value		Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value
Derivatives Designated as Hedges:
Foreign exchange contracts	Accounts receivable	$	4.8	Accrued expenses	$	5.6
Foreign exchange contracts	Other assets	6.3		Other liabilities	5.5
Interest rate contracts	Accounts receivable	—		Accrued expenses	0.2
Total derivatives designated as hedges		$	11.1		$	11.3

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges:

Foreign exchange contracts	Accounts receivable	$	0.1	Accounts payable	$	—
Total derivatives not designated as hedges		0.1			—
Total derivatives		$	11.2		$	11.3

The following table provides the gross effect that derivative instruments in cash flow hedging relationships had on accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), or AOCI, and results of operations ($ in millions):


Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedging Relationships	Unrealized Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI on Derivatives, Net of Tax for the Year Ended December 31,						Location of Loss (Gain) Reclassified from AOCI	Loss (Gain) Reclassified from AOCI, Net of Tax
	2020		2019		2018			2020		2019		2018
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedge
Foreign exchange contracts	$	(5.3)	$	(0.7)	$	(1.7)	Net sales	$	(3.4)	$	(1.2)	$	0.8
Foreign exchange contracts	1.4		(2.3)		0.1		Other income, net	1.4		(1.9)		0.1
Interest rate contracts	(7.7)		4.6		4.0		Interest expense	—		7.6		2.8
Derivatives designated as investment hedge
Foreign exchange contracts	(14.2)		—		—		Other income (expense), net	—		—		—
Total	$	(25.8)	$	1.6	$	2.4		$	(2.0)	$	4.5	$	3.7

The Company's designated derivative instruments are highly effective. As such, related to the hedge ineffectiveness or amounts excluded from hedge effectiveness testing, there were no gains or losses recognized immediately in income for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 or 2018, other than those related to the cross-currency swap, noted below.

The Company’s cross currency swaps were designated with terms based on the spot rate of the EUR. Future changes in the components related to the spot change on the notional will be recorded in OCI and remain there until the hedged subsidiaries are substantially liquidated. All coupon payments are recorded in earnings and the initial value of excluded components currently recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss as an unrealized translation adjustment are amortized to interest expense over the remaining term of the swap. For the year ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively, $6.5 million, $1.1 million and $1.9 million was recognized in income as derivative amounts excluded from effectiveness testing as Interest expense.


Derivatives Not Designated as Cash Flow Hedging Instruments	Amount of Gain / (Loss) Recognized in Other Income / Expense
	2020		2019		2018



Foreign exchange contracts	$	0.1	$	1.1	$	(2.5)
Total	$	0.1	$	1.1	$	(2.5)