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Financial Instruments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Financial Instruments  
Financial Instruments

NOTE 9.

Financial Instruments

The following table presents the estimated fair values of our financial instruments as of the balance sheet dates:

 

     June 30, 2011      December 31, 2010  

(Dollars in thousands)

   Carrying
Amount
     Fair
Value
     Carrying
Amount
    Fair
Value
 

Cash, restricted cash and short-term investments (Level 1)

   $ 75,126       $ 75,126       $ 91,183      $ 91,183   

Net derivative asset (liability) related to interest rate swaps (Level 2)

     513         513         (216     (216

Derivative asset (liability) related to lumber hedge (Level 2)

     97         97         (2,876     (2,876

Long-term debt (including fair value adjustments related to fair value hedges) (Level 2)

     364,364         371,592         368,496        369,351   
                                  

FAIR VALUE HEDGES OF INTEREST RATE RISK

As of June 30, 2011, we had eight separate interest rate swap agreements with notional amounts totaling $63.25 million, associated with our $22.5 million debentures and $40.75 million of our medium-term notes. The swaps convert interest payments with fixed rates between 6.95% and 8.89% to variable rates of three-month LIBOR plus spreads between 4.738% and 7.805%. The interest rate swaps terminate at various dates between January 2012 and February 2018.

As of June 30, 2011, we had a derivative asset within non-current other assets of $0.5 million, resulting in a cumulative net increase to the carrying amount of our debt of $0.5 million recorded on our Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets.

For the three months ended June 30, 2011, we recognized a total of $1.2 million of net gains recorded in interest expense due to changes in fair value of the derivatives, which was offset by a cumulative net decrease to the carrying amount of debt of $1.2 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, we recognized a total of $0.7 million of net gains recorded in interest expense due to changes in fair value of the derivatives, which was offset by a cumulative net decrease to the carrying amount of debt of $0.7 million. Consequently, no net unrealized gain or loss was recognized in income for the quarter or six months ended June 30, 2011. For the quarter ended June 30, 2011, we recognized a net gain, resulting in a reduction in interest expense, of $0.3 million, which includes realized net gains and losses from net cash settlements and interest accruals on the derivatives. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, we recognized a net gain, resulting in a reduction in interest expense, of $0.5 million, which includes realized net gains and losses from net cash settlements and interest accruals on the derivatives. We recognized no hedge ineffectiveness during the quarter or six months ended June 30, 2011.

NON-DESIGNATED LUMBER HEDGE

On October 13, 2010, we entered into a commodity swap contract for 33,000 mbf (thousand board feet) of eastern spruce/pine with an effective date of April 1, 2011 and a termination date of September 30, 2011. Under the contract, 5,500 mbf cash settles each month. During the quarter ended June 30, 2011, the three monthly cash settlements resulted in a cash receipt of $0.3 million. Realized gains of $0.3 million were recognized in both the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011. In February 2011, the remaining 7,150 mbf of southern yellow pine from our commodity swap contract entered into on October 18, 2010 cash settled, resulting in a cash payment of $0.2 million. Changes in the fair value of derivatives not designated in hedging relationships are recorded directly in net earnings. As such, unrealized gains of $2.1 million and $2.8 million were recognized in the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.

The following table presents the fair values of derivative instruments as of the balance sheet dates:

 

December 31, December 31, December 31,

(Dollars in thousands)

  

Balance Sheet Location

   June 30,
2011
     December 31,
2010
 

Fair Value of Derivative Assets:

        

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

        

Interest rate contracts

   Other non-current assets    $ 513       $ 62   
                    

Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments

      $ 513       $ 62   
                    

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

        

Lumber contracts

   Other current assets    $ 97       $ —     
                    

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

      $ 97       $ —     
                    

Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities:

        

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

        

Interest rate contracts

   Other long-term obligations    $ —         $ 278   
                    

Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments

      $ —         $ 278   
                    

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

        

Lumber contracts

   Accrued liabilities    $ —         $ 2,876   
                    

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

      $ —         $ 2,876   
                    

 

The following table details the effect of derivatives on the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010: