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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

23. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company's major exposures relate to foreign exchange rate, interest rate and commodity price risks. Risk management activities related to these risks are as follows:

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk:

The Company’s exposure to foreign exchange rate risk includes translation risk as a result of non-U.S. operations having functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar, which is managed by cross-currency interest rate swap agreements and long-term debt designated as net investment hedges. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had several cross-currency interest rate swap agreements that qualify for hedge accounting with a notional value of $131.6 million of U.S. to Swiss Franc and a notional value of $131.6 million of U.S. to Euro to hedge the variability in the movement of foreign currency exchange rates on portions of our Euro and Swiss Franc denominated net asset investments. The before tax gains and losses related to hedges of net asset investments in international operations that were recorded within the cumulative translation adjustment section of other comprehensive income were loss of $89.1 for the year ended December 31, 2024, and gains of $100.9 million, and $58.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022 respectively.

In addition, the Company has foreign currency exposure at a transaction level and this is addressed by forward currency contracts for significant exposures, which have not been designated as accounting hedges.

Interest Rate Risk:

The Company’s exposure to interest rate risk relates primarily to outstanding variable rate debt under the U.S. dollar denominated 2019 Term Loan and adverse movements in the related market rates. This exposure is managed as part of a cross-currency interest rate swap which involves the Company paying-fixed receiving-floating. The objective of this designated cash flow hedge is to offset the variability of cash flows on term loan debt interest payments attributable to changes in SOFR, a contractually specified rate. The difference between the interest rate received and paid under the interest rate and cross-currency swap agreements is recorded in interest and other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.

Commodity Price Risk:

The Company has arrangements with certain customers under which it has a firm commitment to deliver copper-based superconductors at a fixed price. In order to minimize the volatility that fluctuations in the price of copper have on the Company’s sales of these commodities, the Company enters into commodity hedge contracts. As commodity contracts settle, gains (losses) related to changes in fair values are included within revenues.

 

The Company had the following notional amounts outstanding under foreign exchange contracts, cross-currency interest rate swap agreements and long-term debt designated as net investment hedges and the respective fair value of the instruments recorded in the consolidated balance sheets as follows (in millions):

 

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

 

Notional
(in USD)

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Notional
(in USD)

 

 

Fair Value

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate cross-currency swap agreements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other current assets

 

 

 

 

$

10.7

 

 

 

 

 

$

12.0

 

Other assets

 

 

 

 

 

11.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.3

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

(17.2

)

 

 

 

 

 

(26.8

)

 

$

263.3

 

 

$

4.6

 

 

$

378.3

 

 

$

(6.5

)

Long-term debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

 

1,453.0

 

 

 

(8.5

)

 

 

876.0

 

 

 

(85.3

)

Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments

 

$

1,716.3

 

 

$

(3.9

)

 

$

1,254.3

 

 

$

(91.8

)

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward currency contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other current assets

 

$

841.9

 

 

$

6.0

 

 

$

177.8

 

 

$

1.3

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

78.6

 

 

 

(0.5

)

 

 

311.7

 

 

 

(0.6

)

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

 

$

920.5

 

 

$

5.5

 

 

$

489.5

 

 

$

0.7

 

Total derivatives

 

$

2,636.8

 

 

$

1.6

 

 

$

1,743.8

 

 

$

(91.1

)

 

The following is a summary of the gain (loss) included in Interest and other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income related to the derivative instruments described above (in millions):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Derivatives not designated as
   hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward currency contracts

 

$

(1.3

)

 

$

12.4

 

 

$

(3.2

)

Embedded derivatives in purchase and
delivery contracts

 

 

(1.4

)

 

 

1.1

 

 

 

(0.1

)

 

 

(2.7

)

 

 

13.5

 

 

 

(3.3

)

Derivatives designated as cash flow
   hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate cross-currency swap agreements

 

 

10.2

 

 

 

10.4

 

 

 

0.1

 

Derivatives designated as net
   investment hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate cross-currency swap agreements

 

 

5.6

 

 

 

7.9

 

 

 

8.5

 

Total

 

$

13.1

 

 

$

31.8

 

 

$

5.3

 

 

The following is a summary of the gain (loss) included in Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income related to the derivative instruments described above (in millions):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate cross-currency swap agreements

 

$

(3.5

)

 

$

(5.5

)

 

$

21.2

 

Derivatives designated as net investment hedging instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate cross-currency swap agreements

 

 

12.9

 

 

 

(19.5

)

 

 

9.1

 

Long-term debt

 

 

58.8

 

 

 

(52.1

)

 

 

13.9

 

 

 

71.7

 

 

 

(71.6

)

 

 

23.0

 

Total

 

$

68.2

 

 

$

(77.1

)

 

$

44.2