Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Schedule of Financial Instruments Carried at Fair Value

The following table presents the Company's financial instruments that are carried at fair value using Level 2 inputs at December 31, 2017 and 2016 (dollars in thousands):



	2017		2016
Financial instruments carried at fair value using Level 2 inputs:
Financial assets carried at fair value:
British pound forward contracts	$	13,657	$	26,359
Cross-currency swap contracts	8,662		680
Total financial assets carried at fair value	$	22,319	$	27,039
Financial liabilities carried at fair value:
Interest rate swap agreements	$	14,382	$	15,158
British pound forward purchase contracts	829		17
Total financial liabilities carried at fair value	$	15,211	$	15,175

The following table presents the Company's financial instrument carried at fair value using Level 3 inputs as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 (amounts in thousands):



	2017		2016
Financial instrument carried at fair value using Level 3 inputs:
Financial liabilities carried at fair value:
Accrued deferred consideration - Freightliner	$	—	$	31,933
Accrued deferred consideration - HOG	$	5,974	$	—

Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the amounts recognized, through other expenses, within the Company's consolidated statements of operations during the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 as a result of the change in the estimated fair value of the deferred consideration (dollars in thousands):



	2017		2016		2015
Freightliner	$	2,405	$	2,278	$	—
HOG	$	298	$	—	$	—

Schedule of Financial Instruments Carried at Historical Cost

The following table presents the carrying value and fair value using Level 2 inputs of the Company's financial instruments carried at historical cost at December 31, 2017 and 2016 (dollars in thousands):



	2017				2016
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Financial liabilities carried at historical cost:
United States term loan	$	1,204,714	$	1,208,657	$	1,415,873	$	1,422,512
U.K. term loan	124,747		126,480		121,149		121,594
Australian Credit Agreement	513,192		528,105		484,703		501,909
Partner Loan Agreement	186,085		184,750		172,154		171,435
Revolving credit facility	225,155		229,483		74,297		81,192
Other debt	2,419		2,426		4,882		4,889
Total	$	2,256,312	$	2,279,901	$	2,273,058	$	2,303,531