DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2019

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

(16) DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company manages interest rate risk, commodity price risk, and foreign currency risk related to foreign currency denominated transactions and investments in foreign subsidiaries. Depending on the circumstances, the Company may manage these risks by utilizing derivative financial instruments. Some derivative financial instruments are marked to market and recorded in the Company's consolidated statements of earnings, while others may be accounted for as fair value, cash flow, or net investment hedges. The Company had open foreign currency forward contracts that are marked to market at December 28, 2019, which are insignificant and thus excluded from the tables below. Derivative financial instruments have credit and market risk. The Company manages these risks of derivative instruments by monitoring limits as to the types and degree of risk that can be taken, and by entering into transactions with counterparties who are recognized, stable multinational banks.

Fair value of derivative instruments at December 28, 2019 and December 29, 2018 are as follows:



Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:	Balance sheet location	December 28, 2019		December 29, 2018
Commodity forward contracts	Prepaid expenses and other assets	$	—	$	(285	)
Foreign currency forward contracts	Prepaid expenses and other assets	2,119		8,357
Cross currency swap contracts	Prepaid expenses and other assets	1,128		1,075
		$	3,247	$	9,147

(16) DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Continued)

Gains (losses) on derivatives recognized in the consolidated statements of earnings for the years ended December 28, 2019, December 29, 2018, and December 30, 2017 are as follows:



Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:	Statements of earnings location	2019			2018			2017
Commodity forward contracts	Product cost of sales	$	(2,130	)	$	1,021		$	—
Foreign currency forward contracts	Loss from divestiture of grinding media business	—			(1,215		)	—
Foreign currency forward contracts	Other income (expense)	950			782			—
Interest rate contracts	Interest expense	(64		)	(423		)	(74		)
Cross currency swap contracts	Interest expense	2,823			828			—
		$	1,579		$	993		$	(74	)

Cash Flow Hedges

In 2019 and 2018, the Company entered into steel hot rolled coil (HRC) forward contracts which qualified as a cash flow hedge of the variability in the cash flows attributable to future steel purchases. In 2019, the forward contracts had a notional amount of $12,128 for the purchase of 3,500 short tons for each month from May 2019 to September 2019. In 2018, the forward contracts entered into had a notional amount of $8,469 for the purchase of 3,500 short tons for each month from July 2018 to September 2018 and a notional amount of $15,563 for the purchase of 6,500 short tons for each month from October 2018 to December 2018. The gain (loss) realized upon settlement is recorded in product cost of sales in the consolidated statements of earnings over average inventory turns.

On June 19, 2018, the Company issued and sold $200,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.00% senior notes due 2044 and $55,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.25% senior notes due 2054. During the second quarter of 2018, the Company executed contracts to hedge the risk of potential fluctuations in the treasury rates on the 2044 Notes and 2054 Notes which would change the amount of net proceeds received from the debt offering. These contracts had a combined notional amount of $175,000. On June 8, 2018, these contracts were settled with the Company paying $2,467 to the counterparties which was recorded in OCI and will be amortized as an increase to interest expense over the term of the debt. Due to the retirement of the 2020 bonds in July 2018, the Company wrote off the remaining $411 unamortized loss on the related cash flow hedge.

Net Investment Hedges

In the second quarter of 2019, all net investment hedges incepted in 2018 were early settled and the Company received proceeds of $11,184, which will remain in OCI until either the sale or substantially complete liquidation of the related subsidiaries.

In the second quarter of 2019, the Company entered into a foreign currency forward contract to mitigate foreign currency risk of the Company's investment in its Australian dollar denominated businesses. The forward contract qualifies as a net investment hedge and has a maturity date of April 2021 and a notional amount to sell Australian dollars to receive $100,000. The Australian dollar forward contract effectiveness was assessed under the spot method with forward points excluded totaling $881, which the Company has elected to amortize in other income (expense) in the consolidated statements of earnings using the straight-line method over the remaining term of the contract.

(16) DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Continued)

In the second quarter of 2019, the Company entered into two fixed-for-fixed cross currency swaps ("CCS"), swapping U.S. dollar principal and interest payments on a portion of its 5.00% senior unsecured notes due 2044 for Danish krone (DKK) and euro denominated payments. The CCS were entered into in order to mitigate foreign currency risk on the Company's euro and DKK investments and to reduce interest expense. Interest is exchanged twice per year on April 1 and October 1.

Key terms of the two CCS are as follows:



Currency	Notional Amount		Termination Date	Swapped Interest Rate	Net Settlement Amount
Danish Krone (DKK)	$	50,000	April 1, 2024	2.68%	DKK 333,625
Euro	$	80,000	April 1, 2024	2.825%	€71,550

The Company designated the full notional amount of the three CCS ($130,000) as a hedge of the net investment in certain Danish and European subsidiaries under the spot method, with all changes in the fair value of the CCS that are included in the assessment of effectiveness (changes due to spot foreign exchange rates) are recorded as cumulative foreign currency translation within OCI, and will remain in OCI until either the sale or substantially complete liquidation of the related subsidiaries. Net interest receipts will be recorded as a reduction of interest expense over the life of the CCS.