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Derivative instruments
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Derivative instruments

7. Derivative instruments

The tables below disclose the types of derivative instruments the Company owns, the classifications and fair values of these instruments within the balance sheet, and the amount of gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) (“OCI”) or net income (loss).

 

(US$ in thousands)

As of September 30, 2012

    Fair value: favorable
(unfavorable)		      Balance sheet location

Cross-currency swap

    $ 1,778       Other long-term assets

As of December 31, 2011

   

 

       

Cross-currency swap

    $ 1,011       Other long-term assets

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,		     Nine Months Ended
September 30,		  

(US$ in thousands)

    2012      2011     2012      2011  

Cross-currency swap unrealized gain (loss) recorded in other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes

    $ 253       $ (927 )   $ 177       $ 374   

Cross-currency swap

In 2006, the Company entered into a cross-currency swap agreement with Wells Fargo to manage its cash flows related to foreign currency exposure for a portion of the Company’s intercompany receivable of a U.S. dollar functional currency subsidiary that is denominated in Euro. The derivative instrument, a ten-year fully amortizable agreement with an initial notional amount of $63.0 million, was scheduled to expire on December 30, 2016. Upon executing the Company’s Credit Agreement (See Note 6), the Company terminated this cross-currency swap agreement on September 30, 2010. Also on September 30, 2010, the Company entered into a new cross-currency swap agreement (the “replacement swap”) agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (the “counterparties”).Upon the termination of the cross-currency swap agreement with Wells Fargo on September 30, 2010, the amount representing the current fair value of the terminated cross-currency swap was $450,000 (the “cash settlement amount”). The cash settlement amount paid to Wells Fargo was recorded in other long-term assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and is being amortized over the remaining life of the underlying transaction, assuming such payments remain probable.

Under the terms of the replacement swap agreement, the Company pays Euros based on a €33.5 million notional value and a fixed rate of 5.00% and receives U.S. dollars based on a notional value of $45.5 million and a fixed rate of 4.635%. The expiration date is December 30, 2016, the date upon which the underlying intercompany debt, to which the replacement swap agreement applies, matures. The replacement swap agreement is designated as a cash flow hedge and therefore the Company recognized an unrealized gain (loss) on the change in fair value, net of tax, within other comprehensive income (loss).