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Hedging Activities and Derivative Instruments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Hedging Activities and Derivative Instruments Hedging Activities and Derivative Instruments
Hedging Activities
The Company is exposed to certain market risks during the normal course of its business arising from adverse changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. The Company selectively uses derivative financial instruments (“derivatives”), including cross-currency interest rate swap and foreign currency forward contracts and interest rate swap and cap contracts, to manage the risks from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates, respectively. The Company does not purchase or hold derivatives for trading or speculative purposes.
The Company’s exposure to interest rate risk results primarily from its variable-rate borrowings. The Company manages its debt centrally, considering tax consequences and its overall financing strategies. The Company manages its exposure to interest rate risk by using interest rate derivatives as cash flow hedges of variable rate debt in order to adjust the relative fixed and variable proportions.
A substantial portion of the Company’s operations is conducted by its subsidiaries outside of the United States in currencies other than the USD. Almost all of the Company’s non-U.S. subsidiaries conduct their business primarily in their local currencies, which are also their functional currencies. The USD, the EUR, GBP, Chinese Renminbi and Indian rupee are the principal currencies in which the Company and its subsidiaries enter into transactions. The Company is exposed to the impacts of changes in foreign
currency exchange rates on the translation of its non-U.S. subsidiaries’ assets, liabilities and earnings into USD. The Company manages this exposure by having certain U.S. subsidiaries borrow in currencies other than the USD or utilizing cross-currency interest rate swaps as net investment hedges.
The Company and its subsidiaries are also subject to the risk that arises when they, from time to time, enter into transactions in currencies other than their functional currency. To mitigate this risk, the Company and its subsidiaries typically settle intercompany trading balances at least quarterly. The Company also selectively uses forward currency contracts to manage this risk. These contracts for the sale or purchase of European and other currencies generally mature within one year.
Derivative Instruments
The following table summarizes the notional amounts, fair values and classification of the Company’s outstanding derivatives by risk category and instrument type within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
March 31, 2024
Derivative Classification
Notional Amount(1)
Fair Value(1) Other Current Assets
Fair Value(1) Other Assets
Fair Value(1) Accrued Liabilities
Fair Value(1) Other Liabilities
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
Interest rate swap contractsCash flow$528.5 $9.5 $1.4 $— $— 
Cross-currency interest rate swap contractsNet investment1,054.2 16.7 — — 39.7 
December 31, 2023
Derivative Classification
Notional Amount(1)
Fair Value(1) Other Current Assets
Fair Value(1) Other Assets
Fair Value(1) Accrued Liabilities
Fair Value(1) Other Liabilities
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
Interest rate swap contractsCash Flow$528.5 $8.2 $1.2 $— $— 
Cross-currency interest rate swap contractsNet investment1,054.2 15.7 — — 63.1 
(1)Notional amounts represent the gross contract amounts of the outstanding derivatives excluding the total notional amount of positions that have been effectively closed through offsetting positions. The net gains and net losses associated with positions that have been effectively closed through offsetting positions but not yet settled are included in the asset and liability derivatives fair value columns, respectively.
All cash flows related to derivatives for the periods presented are classified as operating cash flows in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
There were no off-balance sheet derivative instruments as of March 31, 2024 or December 31, 2023.
Interest Rate Swap and Cap Contracts Designated as Cash Flow Hedges
As of March 31, 2024, the Company was the fixed rate payor on two interest rate swap contracts that effectively fix the SOFR-based index used to determine the interest rates charged on a total of $528.5 million of the Company’s SOFR-based variable rate borrowings. These contracts carry a fixed rate of 3.2% and expire in June 2025. These swap agreements qualify as hedging instruments and have been designated as cash flow hedges of forecasted SOFR-based interest payments. Based on SOFR-based swap yield curves as of March 31, 2024, the Company expects to reclassify gains of $9.6 million out of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) into earnings during the next 12 months.
The Company was previously a party to interest rate cap contracts that effectively limited the SOFR-based interest rates charged on a portion of the Company’s variable rate borrowings to 4.0%. The Company and its counterparties terminated these contracts in August 2023. Prior to their termination, these cap contracts qualified as hedging instruments and were designated as cash flow hedges of forecasted interest payments. These forecasted interest payments are still expected to occur as specified in the Company’s hedge designations; therefore, the unrecognized gain at the time of termination will be reclassified into earnings over the remaining period of original term of the contracts, ending in June 2025. The unrecognized gain remaining in AOCI as of March 31, 2024 was $4.8 million, of which $4.2 million is expected to be reclassified into earnings during the next 12 months.
Gains (losses) on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three month periods ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 are as presented in the table below.
For the Three Month Period Ended March 31,
20242023
Gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivatives$4.6 $(5.1)
Gain reclassified from AOCI into income (effective portion)(1)
4.7 2.0 
(1)Gains on derivatives reclassified from AOCI into income were included within “Interest expense” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Cross-Currency Interest Rate Swap Contracts Designated as Net Investment Hedges
As of March 31, 2024, the Company was the fixed rate payor on two cross-currency interest rate swap contracts that replace a fixed rate of 3.2% on a total of $528.5 million with a fixed rate of 1.6% on a total of €500.0 million. These contracts expire in June 2025. These contracts have been designated as net investment hedges of our Euro denominated subsidiaries and require an exchange of the notional amounts at maturity.
As of March 31, 2024, the Company entered into three cross-currency interest rate swap contracts where we receive SOFR on a total of $525.7 million and pay EURIBOR on a total of €500.0 million. These contracts expire in June 2025. These contracts have been designated as net investment hedges of our Euro denominated subsidiaries and require an exchange of the notional amounts at maturity.
Gains (losses) on derivatives designated as net investment hedges included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three month periods ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 are as presented in the table below.
For the Three Month Period Ended March 31,
20242023
Gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivatives$28.6 $(5.5)
Gain reclassified from AOCI into income (effective portion)(1)
4.2 5.4 
(1)Gains on derivatives reclassified from AOCI into income were included within “Interest expense” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Foreign Currency Forwards Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
The Company had no foreign currency forward contracts outstanding as of March 31, 2024. These contracts are sometimes used to hedge the change in fair value of recognized foreign currency denominated assets or liabilities caused by changes in currency exchange rates. The changes in the fair value of these contracts generally offset the changes in the fair value of a corresponding amount of the hedged items, both of which are included within “Other operating expense, net” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company’s foreign currency forward contracts are subject to master netting arrangements or agreements between the Company and each counterparty for the net settlement of all contracts through a single payment in a single currency in the event of default on or termination of any one contract with that certain counterparty. It is the Company’s practice to recognize the gross amounts in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The Company’s gains on derivative instruments not designated as accounting hedges and total net foreign currency gains (losses) for the three month periods ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 were as follows.
For the Three Month Period Ended March 31,
20242023
Foreign currency forward contracts gains$— $0.2 
Total foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net0.7 (1.0)