Derivative Financial Instruments

The company’s risk management objective is to ensure that business exposures to risks that have been identified and measured and are capable of being controlled, are minimized using the most effective and efficient methods to eliminate, reduce, or transfer such exposures. Operating decisions consider these associated risks and structure transactions to avoid these risks whenever possible.

Use of derivative instruments is consistent with the overall business and risk management objectives of the company. Derivative instruments may be used to manage business risk within limits specified by the company’s risk policy and manage exposures that have been identified through the risk identification and measurement process, provided that they clearly qualify as “hedging” activities as defined in the risk policy. Use of derivative instruments is not automatic, nor is it necessarily the only response to managing pertinent business risk. Use is permitted only after the risks that have been identified are determined to exceed defined tolerance levels and are considered to be unavoidable.

The primary risks managed by the company by using derivative instruments are interest rate risk, commodity price risk and foreign currency exchange risk. Interest rate swap or cap instruments are entered into to help manage interest rate or fair value risk. Swap contracts on various commodities are entered into to help manage the price risk associated with forecasted purchases of materials used in the company’s manufacturing process. The company also enters into various foreign currency derivative instruments to help manage foreign currency risk associated with the company’s projected purchases and sales and foreign currency denominated receivable and payable balances.

ASC Topic 815-10 requires companies to recognize all derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities at fair value in the statement of financial position. In accordance with ASC Topic 815-10, the company designates commodity swaps, foreign currency exchange contracts, and float-to-fixed interest rate derivative contracts as cash flow hedges of forecasted purchases of commodities and currencies, and variable rate interest payments. Also in accordance with ASC Topic 815-10, the company designates fixed-to-float interest rate swaps as fair market value hedges of fixed rate debt, which synthetically swaps the company’s fixed rate debt to floating rate debt.

For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative is reported as a component of Other comprehensive income and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Gains and losses on the derivative instruments representing either hedge ineffectiveness or hedge components excluded from the assessment of effectiveness, are recognized in current earnings. In the next twelve months the company estimates $6.2 million of unrealized losses, net of tax, related to interest rate, commodity price and currency rate hedging will be reclassified from Other comprehensive income into earnings. Foreign currency and commodity hedging is generally completed prospectively on a rolling basis for twelve and twenty-four months, respectively, depending on the type of risk being hedged.

The risk management objective for the company’s fair market value interest rate hedges is to effectively change the amount of the underlying debt equal to the notional value of the hedges from a fixed to a floating interest rate based on the one-month LIBOR rate. These swaps include an embedded call feature to match the terms of the call schedule embedded in the Senior Notes. Changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap are expected to offset changes in the fair value of the debt due to changes in the one-month LIBOR rate.

As of December 31, 2014, the company had the following outstanding commodity and currency forward contracts that were entered into as hedge forecasted transactions:



Commodity	Units Hedged		Type
Aluminum	1,657	MT	Cash Flow
Copper	820	MT	Cash Flow
Natural Gas	347,608	MMBtu	Cash Flow
Steel	14,665	Short Tons	Cash Flow



Currency	Units Hedged	Type
Canadian Dollar	7,984,824	Cash Flow
European Euro	89,006,695	Cash Flow
South Korean Won	1,964,906,996	Cash Flow
Singapore Dollar	3,900,000	Cash Flow
United States Dollar	29,228,731	Cash Flow
Mexican Peso	52,674,387	Cash Flow

As of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the company had outstanding $0.0 million and $100.0 million, respectively, notional amount of 3.00% LIBOR caps related to the term loan portion of the Senior Credit Facility which effectively capped the company’s interest rate exposure for the notional value of its variable term debt at a one-month LIBOR rate of 3.00%. The company paid various bank partners $0.7 million in option premium to purchase the protection on Term Loans A and B and amortized the premium to interest expense over the life of the cap protection. The caps expired in 2014.

As of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the company had outstanding $175.0 million and $0.0 million, respectively, notional amount of float-to-fixed interest rate swaps outstanding related to Term Loan A under the Senior Credit Facility that were designated as cash flow hedges. As a result, $175.0 million of Term Loan A was hedged at an interest rate of 1.635%, plus the applicable spread based on the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of the company as defined under the Senior Credit Facility.

The company has been party to various fixed-to-float interest rate swaps designated as fair market value hedges of its 2018, 2020, and 2022 Notes. In the third quarter of 2012, the company monetized the derivative asset related to its fixed-to-float interest rate swaps related to its 2018 and 2020 Notes and received $14.8 million in the quarter. The gain was treated as an increase to the debt balances for the 2018 and 2020 notes and is being amortized against interest expense over the life of the original swap. Subsequently, the company entered into new interest rate swaps due in 2020 and 2022, designating them as fair market value hedges of the 2020 and 2022 Notes, respectively.

As of both December 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, the company had $75.0 million and $125.0 million total notional amount of fixed-to-float interest rate swaps outstanding related to the 2020 and 2022 Notes, respectively, that were designated as fair market value hedges and swapped to floating rate interest. Including the floating rate swaps, the 2020 and 2022 Notes have an all-in interest rate of 8.31% and 5.19%, respectively.

For derivative instruments that are not designated as hedging instruments under ASC Topic 815-10, the gains or losses on the derivatives are recognized in current earnings within Other (expense) income, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. As of December 31, 2014, the company had the following outstanding currency forward contracts that were not designated as hedging instruments:



Currency	Units Hedged	Recognized Location	Purpose
European Euro	73,302,332	Other (expense) income, net	Accounts payable and receivable settlement
United States Dollar	18,244,912	Other (expense) income, net	Accounts payable and receivable settlement
Australian Dollar	2,482,430	Other (expense) income, net	Accounts payable and receivable settlement
Mexican Peso	3,151,000	Other (expense) income, net	Accounts payable and receivable settlement
Canadian Dollar	2,516	Other (expense) income, net	Accounts payable and receivable settlement

The fair value of outstanding derivative contracts recorded as assets in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2014 was as follows:



	ASSET DERIVATIVES
(in millions)	Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Interest rate swap contracts: Float-to-fixed	Other non-current assets	$	0.8
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments		$	0.8



	ASSET DERIVATIVES
(in millions)	Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value
Derivatives NOT designated as hedging instruments
Foreign exchange contracts	Other current assets	$	2.1
Total derivatives NOT designated as hedging instruments		$	2.1

Total asset derivatives		$	2.9

The fair value of outstanding derivative contracts recorded as liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2014 was as follows:



	LIABILITY DERIVATIVES
(in millions)	Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Foreign exchange contracts	Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	6.6
Commodity contracts	Accounts payable and accrued expenses	1.0
Interest rate swap contracts: Float-to-fixed	Accounts payable and accrued expenses	2.3
Commodity contracts	Other non-current liabilities	0.4
Interest rate swap contracts: Fixed-to-float	Other non-current liabilities	4.3
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments		$	14.6



	LIABILITY DERIVATIVES
(in millions)	Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value
Derivatives NOT designated as hedging instruments
Foreign exchange contracts	Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	1.3
Total derivatives NOT designated as hedging instruments		$	1.3

Total liability derivatives		$	15.9

The effect of derivative instruments on the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 and gains or losses initially recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) in the Consolidated Balance Sheet was as follows:



Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships (in millions)	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivative (Effective Portion, net of tax)			Location of Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion)	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion)
Foreign exchange contracts	$	(5.3	)	Cost of sales	$	(2.2	)
Commodity contracts	(0.8		)	Cost of sales	(0.1		)
Interest rate swap contracts: Float-to-fixed	(0.9		)	Interest expense	(1.8		)
Total	$	(7.0	)		$	(4.1	)



Derivatives Relationships (in millions)	Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing)	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing)
Commodity contracts	Cost of sales	$	(0.1	)
Total		$	(0.1	)



Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments (in millions)	Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative
Foreign exchange contracts	Other (expense) income, net	$	0.8
Total		$	0.8



Derivatives Designated as Fair Market Value Instruments under ASC 815 (in millions)	Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative
Interest rate swap contracts: Fixed-to-float	Interest expense	$	10.6
Total		$	10.6

As of December 31, 2013, the company had the following outstanding commodity and currency forward contracts that were entered into as hedge forecasted transactions:



Commodity	Units Hedged		Type
Aluminum	1,622	MT	Cash Flow
Copper	382	MT	Cash Flow
Natural Gas	214,277	MMBtu	Cash Flow
Steel	11,503	Short Tons	Cash Flow



Currency	Units Hedged	Type
Canadian Dollar	11,011,092	Cash Flow
European Euro	74,934,975	Cash Flow
South Korean Won	1,258,808,642	Cash Flow
Singapore Dollar	5,280,000	Cash Flow
United States Dollar	42,200,000	Cash Flow

For derivative instruments that are not designated as hedging instruments under ASC Topic 815-10, the gains or losses on the derivatives are recognized in current earnings within Other (expense) income, net. As of December 31, 2013, the company had the following outstanding currency forward contracts that were not designated as hedging instruments:



Currency	Units Hedged	Recognized Location	Purpose
European Euro	31,738,273	Other (expense) income, net	Accounts Payable and Receivable Settlement
United States Dollar	29,091,053	Other (expense) income, net	Accounts Payable and Receivable Settlement
Australian Dollar	1,000,000	Other (expense) income, net	Accounts Payable and Receivable Settlement
Chinese Renminbi	125,000,000	Other (expense) income, net	Accounts Payable and Receivable Settlement

The fair value of outstanding derivative contracts recorded as assets in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2013 was as follows:



	ASSET DERIVATIVES
(in millions)	Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Foreign exchange contracts	Other current assets	$	2.3
Commodity contracts	Other current assets	0.2
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments		$	2.5



	ASSET DERIVATIVES
(in millions)	Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value
Derivatives NOT designated as hedging instruments
Foreign exchange contracts	Other current assets	$	0.6
Total derivatives NOT designated as hedging instruments		$	0.6

Total asset derivatives		$	3.1

The fair value of outstanding derivative contracts recorded as liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2013 was as follows:



	LIABILITIES DERIVATIVES
(in millions)	Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Foreign exchange contracts	Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	0.5
Commodity contracts	Accounts payable and accrued expenses	0.4
Interest rate swap contracts: Fixed-to-float	Other non-current liabilities	14.9
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments		$	15.8



	LIABILITY DERIVATIVES
(in millions)	Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value
Derivatives NOT designated as hedging instruments
Foreign exchange contracts	Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	0.6
Total derivatives NOT designated as hedging instruments		$	0.6

Total liability derivatives		$	16.4

The effect of derivative instruments on the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013 and gains or losses initially recognized in OCI in the Consolidated Balance Sheet was as follows:



Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships (in millions)	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivative (Effective Portion, net of tax)			Location of Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion)	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion)
Foreign exchange contracts	$	(0.3	)	Cost of sales	$	3.0
Commodity contracts	0.4			Cost of sales	(1.6		)
Total	$	0.1			$	1.4



Derivatives Designated as Fair Market Value Instruments under ASC 815 (in millions)	Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative
Interest rate swap contracts: Fixed-to-float	Interest expense	$	(13.7	)
Total		$	(13.7	)

The effect of derivative instruments on the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2012 and gains or losses initially recognized in OCI in the Consolidated Balance Sheet was as follows:



Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships (in millions)	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivative (Effective Portion, net of tax)			Location of Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion)	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion)
Foreign exchange contracts	$	4.2		Cost of sales	$	(7.3	)
Interest rate swap & cap contracts	(0.2		)	Interest expense	0.1
Commodity contracts	1.0			Cost of sales	(2.7		)
Total	$	5.0			$	(9.9	)



Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments (in millions)	Location of Gain or (Loss) recognized in Income on Derivative	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative
Foreign exchange contracts	Other (expense) income, net	$	1.2
Interest rate swap contracts	Other (expense) income, net	$	9.3
Total		$	10.5



Derivatives Designated as Fair Market Value Instruments under ASC 815 (in millions)	Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing)	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing)
Interest rate swap contracts	Interest expense	$	(1.7	)
Total		$	(1.7	)

Derivatives Relationships (in millions)

Location of Gain or (Loss)
Recognized in Income on
Derivative (Ineffective Portion
and Amount Excluded from
Effectiveness Testing)

Amount of Gain or (Loss)
Recognized in Income on
Derivative (Ineffective
Portion and Amount
Excluded from Effectiveness
Testing)

Commodity contracts

Cost of sales