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Derivative financial instruments | 9 Months Ended
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Derivative financial instruments [Abstract] |
Derivative financial instruments | Note 9. - Derivative financial instruments The breakdown of the fair value amount of the derivative financial instruments as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 is as follows:
|  | Balance as of September 30, 2018 |  |  | Balance as of December 31, 2017 |
($ in thousands) |  | Assets |  |  | Liabilities |  |  | Assets |  |  | Liabilities |
Derivatives - cash flow hedge |  |  | 15,350 |  |  |  | 266,884 |  |  |  | 8,230 |  |  |  | 329,731 |
The derivatives are primarily interest rate cash-flow hedges. All are classified as non-current assets or non-current liabilities, as they hedge long-term financing agreements. These are classified as Level 2 (see Note 10). Additionally, the Company owns currency options with leading international financial institutions, which guarantee minimum Euro-U.S. dollar exchange rates. The strategy of the Company is to hedge the exchange rate for the distributions from its Spanish assets after deducting euro-denominated interest payments and euro-denominated general and administrative expenses. Through currency options, the strategy of the Company is to hedge 100% of its euro-denominated net exposure for the next 12 months and 75% of its euro-denominated net exposure for the following 12 months, on a rolling basis. The net amount of the fair value of interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges transferred to the consolidated condensed income statement is a loss of $51,049 thousand for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 (loss of $54,446 thousand in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017). The after-tax results accumulated in equity in connection with derivatives designated as cash flow hedges as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 amount to a profit of $105,959 thousand and a profit of $80,968 thousand respectively.

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