Note 7. Derivatives

Interest Rate Swaps

The Company uses interest rate swaps to hedge variable interest payments due on its syndicated term loans. These swaps allow the Company to incur fixed interest rates on these loans and receive payments based on variable interest rates with the swap counterparty based on the three month LIBOR on the notional amounts over the life of the swaps.

In January 2015, the Company purchased interest rate swaps with a notional amount aggregating $109.1 million. The interest rate swap contracts were executed with four counterparties who were part of the lender group on the Company’s syndicated term loans. In April 2016, the Company purchased an interest rate swap with a notional amount of $13.1 million. The interest rate swap contract was executed with the lender on the Company’s bank term loan which matures in September 2022. As of June 30, 2016, the unrealized fair market value loss on the interest rate swaps was $9.1 million as included in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet.

The interest rate swaps have been designated as cash flow hedges. In the six months ended June 30, 2016, the hedge relationships on the Company’s interest rate swaps have been assessed as highly effective as the critical terms of the interest rate swaps match the critical terms of the underlying forecasted hedged transactions. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of these derivatives are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes. Changes in the fair value of these derivatives are subsequently reclassified into earnings, and are included in interest expense, net in the Company’s statement of operations, in the period that the hedged forecasted transactions affects earnings.

The Company recorded an unrealized gain of $0.2 million and an unrealized loss of $5.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, respectively, net of applicable tax benefit of $3.6 million. The Company recorded an unrealized gain of $2.9 million and $1.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively, net of applicable tax expense of $0.9 million. The Company recognized interest expense on derivatives into earnings of $0.1 million and $0.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, respectively, net of tax benefit of $0.4 million. The Company recognized interest expense on derivatives into earnings of $0.4 million for three and six months ended June 30, 2015, net of tax expense of $0.0 million. During the next twelve months, the Company estimates that an additional $2.0 million will be reclassified as an increase to interest expense. There were no undesignated derivative instruments recorded by the Company as of June 30, 2016.

At June 30, 2016, the Company had the following designated derivative instruments classified as derivative liabilities as reported in other liabilities in the Company’s balance sheet (in thousands, other than quantity and interest rates):

Type

Quantity

Maturity

Dates

Hedge

Interest

Rates

Notional

Amount

Fair

Market

Value

Credit Risk

Adjustment

Adjusted

Fair

Market

Value

Interest rate swaps

10/31/2028

2.17%-2.18%

109,143

9,480

(709

)

8,771

08/31/2022

1.27%

13,094

309

(10

)

299

Warrants

In July 2015, the Company entered into a letter of intent to issue 1,250,764 warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock to the former Series D and E preferred stockholders as an inducement to convert their shares of convertible preferred stock into shares of common stock immediately prior to the closing of the Company’s initial public offering and waive any potential anti-dilution adjustments resulting from the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock in the Company’s initial public offering. The warrants were issued on September 30, 2015. The warrants are exercisable for three years from the date of grant and have an exercise price of $22.50 per share. The warrant derivatives are recorded at fair value as derivative liabilities as reported in other liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The fair market value of the warrants on the commitment date was $1.5 million. The warrants are remeasured at each reporting period with the changes in the fair value presented in other expenses (income), net in the Company’s statement of operations.

At June 30, 2016, the fair market value of the warrants was $0.1 million. At December 31, 2015, the fair market value of the warrants was $0.6 million, resulting in a gain of $0.0 million and $0.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, respectively.