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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS [Abstract]  
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
4.
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 
The Company enters into non-designated foreign currency derivatives, primarily comprised of foreign currency forward contracts, for which hedge accounting does not apply. The changes in the fair market value of these non-designated derivatives are included in other income/expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. The Company uses non-designated foreign currency derivatives to hedge foreign-currency-denominated intercompany transactions and to partially mitigate the impact of foreign-currency fluctuations. The fair value of the non-designated foreign currency derivatives is based on third-party quotes.
 
The following table summarizes gains (losses) related to derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments during the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (U.S. dollars in thousands):

Derivatives not
designated as
hedging instruments:
  
Location of
Gain (Loss)
Recognized
in Income
 
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   

 
  
2018
  
2017
  
2018
  2017
             
Foreign currency contracts
  
Other income (expense)
  
$
  
$
  
$
 
$
(485
)


The Company designates as cash-flow hedges those foreign currency forward contracts it enters to hedge forecasted intercompany transactions that are subject to foreign currency exposures. Changes in the fair value of these forward contracts designated as cash-flow hedges are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss within shareholders’ equity (deficit), and are recognized in the consolidated statement of income during the period which approximates the time the hedged transaction is settled.

As of September 30, 2018, the Company held no forward contracts designated as foreign currency cash flow hedges compared to notional amounts of 1.4 billion Japanese yen ($12.4 million) as of September 30, 2017, to hedge forecasted foreign-currency-denominated intercompany transactions. The fair value of these hedges were zero and $0.3 million as of September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

The following table summarizes gains (losses) related to derivative instruments recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) during the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (U.S. dollars in thousands):

Derivatives
designated as
hedging instruments:
 
Amount of Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Other Comprehensive Loss
 
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
  
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
2018
  
2017
  
2018
  
2017
 
             
Foreign currency forward contracts  related to intercompany license fee, product sales, and selling expense hedges
 
$
  
$
(27
)
 
$
(160
)
 
$
(207
)

The following table summarizes gains (losses) relating to derivative instruments reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss into income during the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (U.S. dollars in thousands):

Derivatives designated as
hedging instruments:
   
Location of
Gain (Loss)
Reclassified from
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss into Income
 
Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss into Income
 
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
  
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
2018
  
2017
  
2018
  
2017
 
               
Foreign currency forward contracts related to intercompany license fees and product sales hedges
 
Revenue
 
$
  
$
(67
)
 
$
18
  
$
42
 
Foreign currency forward contracts related to intercompany selling expense hedges
 
Selling expenses
 
$
  
$
5
  
$
  
$
233
 

As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, there were zero and $0.1 million, respectively, of unrealized gains/(losses) included in accumulated other comprehensive loss related to foreign currency cash flow hedges. The remaining $82.6 million and $66.4 million as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively, in accumulated other comprehensive loss are related to cumulative translation adjustments.  The Company assesses hedge effectiveness at least quarterly. During the three- and nine- month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, all hedges were determined to be effective.

The Company reports its derivatives at fair value as either other current assets or accrued expenses within its consolidated balance sheet. See Note 12 - Fair Value.