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Derivative Instruments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Derivative Instruments  
Derivative Instruments

Note 8. Derivative Instruments

We use derivative financial instruments in the management of our interest rate exposure. Our strategy is to eliminate the cash flow risk on a portion of the variable rate debt caused by changes in the designated benchmark interest rate, LIBOR. The Company does not enter into or hold derivative financial instruments for speculative trading purposes.

On May 4, 2017, we entered into two identical pay-fixed, receive-variable, interest rate swaps with two different counterparties, to hedge the variability in the LIBOR interest payments on an aggregate notional value of $100.0 million of our Second Amended Term Loan Facility beginning May 31, 2017, through the expiration of the swaps on March 31, 2022. At inception, these interest rate swaps were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk, and as such, the unrealized changes in fair value are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”).

The change in the fair value of the interest rate swap agreements for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, resulted in an unrealized gain of $0.5 million and an unrealized loss of $0.4 million, respectively, and was included in AOCI net of taxes. The change in the fair value of the interest rate swap agreements for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, resulted in an unrealized loss of $1.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively, which were included in AOCI net of taxes. The Company paid $0.4 million and $0.9 million of net interest on the settlement of the interest rate swap agreements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. The Company received $0.1 million and $0.4 million of net interest on the settlement of the interest rate swap agreements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. As of September 30, 2020, the Company estimates that none of the unrealized loss included in AOCI related to these interest rate swap agreements will be realized and reported in operations within the next twelve months. No gain or loss was recorded in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

The aggregate fair value of the interest rate swaps was $2.7 million and $0.8 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, and was recorded in other long-term liabilities on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

By entering into derivative instrument contracts, we are exposed to counterparty credit risk. Counterparty credit risk is the failure of the counterparty to perform under the terms of the derivative contract. When the fair value of a derivative contract is in an asset position, the counterparty has a liability to us, which creates credit risk for us. We attempt to minimize this risk by selecting

counterparties with investment grade credit ratings and regularly monitoring our market position with each counterparty. Our derivative instruments do not contain any credit-risk related contingent features.