Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Forward Foreign Exchange Contracts

The Company enters into forward foreign exchange contracts to hedge its foreign currency exposures on future production expenses and tax credit receivables denominated in various foreign currencies (i.e., cash flow hedges). The Company also enters into forward foreign exchange contracts that economically hedge certain of its foreign currency risks, even though hedge accounting does not apply or the Company elects not to apply hedge accounting. The Company monitors its positions with, and the credit quality of, the financial institutions that are party to its financial transactions. Changes in the fair value of the foreign exchange contracts that are designated as hedges are reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), and changes in the fair value of foreign exchange contracts that are not designated as hedges and do not qualify for hedge accounting are recorded in direct operating expense. Gains and losses realized upon settlement of the foreign exchange contracts that are designated as hedges are amortized to direct operating expense on the same basis as the production expenses being hedged.

As of December 31, 2018, the Company had the following outstanding forward foreign exchange contracts (all outstanding contracts have maturities of less than 15 months from December 31, 2018):



December 31, 2018
Foreign Currency	Foreign Currency Amount			US Dollar Amount		Weighted Average Exchange Rate Per $1 USD
	(Amounts in millions)			(Amounts in millions)
British Pound Sterling		£6.8	in exchange for		$9.6	£0.71
Canadian Dollar		C$21.8	in exchange for		$17.1	C$1.27
Australian Dollar		A$4.4	in exchange for		$3.5	A$1.28

Interest Rate Swaps

The Company is exposed to the impact of interest rate changes primarily through its borrowing activities. The Company’s objective is to mitigate the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows. The Company primarily uses pay-fixed interest rate swaps to facilitate its interest rate risk management activities, which the Company designates as cash flow hedges of interest payments on floating-rate borrowings. Pay-fixed swaps effectively convert floating-rate borrowings to fixed-rate borrowings. The unrealized gains or losses from these cash flow hedges are deferred in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and recognized in interest expense as the interest payments occur.

As of December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2018, the total notional amount of the Company’s pay-fixed interest rate swaps was $1.7 billion and nil, respectively.

The major terms of the Company's interest rate swap agreements as of December 31, 2018 are as follows (all related to the Company's LIBOR-based debt, see Note 6):



Effective Date	Notional Amount (in millions)	Fixed Rate Paid	Maturity Date
May 23, 2018	$1,000.0	2.915%	March 24, 2025
June 25, 2018	$200.0	2.723%	March 23, 2025
July 31, 2018	$300.0	2.885%	March 23, 2025
December 24, 2018	$50.0	2.744%	March 23, 2025
December 24, 2018	$100.0	2.808%	March 23, 2025
December 24, 2018	$50.0	2.728%	March 23, 2025

The following table presents the effect of the Company's derivatives on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	December 31,						December 31,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
	(Amounts in millions)
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges:
Forward exchange contracts
Gain (loss) recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	$	0.8		$	(0.3	)	$	1.2		$	(0.5	)
Loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into direct operating expense	$	(0.4	)	$	—		$	(0.2	)	$	—

Interest rate swap agreements
Loss recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	$	(40.5	)	$	—		$	(35.1	)	$	—
Loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into interest expense	(2.3		)	—			(6.1		)	—

Derivatives not designated as cash flow hedges:
Forward exchange contracts
Gain (loss) recognized in direct operating expense	$	0.1		$	(0.2	)	$	0.1		$	—

Total direct operating expense on consolidated statements of operations	$	502.0		$	650.1		$	1,495.2		$	1,726.6
Total interest expense on consolidated statements of operations⁽¹⁾	$	42.7		$	31.9		$	116.9		$	105.7

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(1)Represents interest expense before interest on dissenting shareholders' liability.

The Company classifies its forward foreign exchange contracts and interest rate contracts within Level 2 as the valuation inputs are based on quoted prices and market observable data of similar instruments (see Note 8). As of December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2018, the Company had the following amounts recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets related to the Company's use of derivatives:



	December 31, 2018
	Other Current Assets		Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities		Other Non-Current Liabilities
	(Amounts in millions)
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges:
Forward exchange contracts	$	2.3	$	0.9	$	—
Interest rate swap agreements	—		—		35.1
Fair value of derivatives	$	2.3	$	0.9	$	35.1



	March 31, 2018
	Other Current Assets			Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities
	(Amounts in millions)
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges:
Forward exchange contracts	$	0.3		$	0.6
Fair value of derivatives	$	0.3	⁽¹⁾	$	0.6	⁽¹⁾

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(1)	Includes an immaterial amount of forward foreign exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments as of March 31, 2018.

As of December 31, 2018, based on the current release schedule, the Company estimates approximately $0.4 million of losses associated with forward foreign exchange contract cash flow hedges in accumulated other comprehensive loss to be reclassified into earnings during the one-year period ending December 31, 2019.

As of December 31, 2018, the Company estimates approximately $4.0 million of losses recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss associated with interest rate swap agreement cash flow hedges will be reclassified into interest expense during the one-year period ending December 31, 2019.