Fair Value Measurements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

The Company utilizes fair value measurements for its financial assets, financial liabilities and nonfinancial items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis. Fair value is based upon a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to measurements involving significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

•Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.

•Level 2 inputs are inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.

•Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

The level in the fair value hierarchy within which a fair value measurement in its entirety falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

The following table presents financial assets and financial liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2023:


	Fair Value Hierarchy
(in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Interest rate swaps	$	—	$	14,964	$	—	$	14,964
Cross currency swaps	—		26,154		—		26,154
Forward contracts	—		104		—		104
Total	$	—	$	41,222	$	—	$	41,222
Liabilities:
Cross currency swaps	$	—	$	39	$	—	$	39

Total	$	—	$	39	$	—	$	39

The following table presents financial assets and financial liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2022:


	Fair Value Hierarchy
(in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Interest rate swaps	$	—	$	16,472	$	—	$	16,472
Cross currency swaps	—		22,993		—		22,993
Forward contracts	—		237		—		237
Total	$	—	$	39,702	$	—	$	39,702
Liabilities:
Cross currency swaps	$	—	$	66	$	—	$	66
Forward contracts	—		14		—		14
Total	$	—	$	80	$	—	$	80

Interest rate swaps, cross currency swaps and forward contracts are fair valued using independent pricing services and the Company obtains an understanding of the methods used in pricing. As such, these derivative instruments are classified within Level 2.

As of September 30, 2023, the fair value of the Notes, based on Level 1 inputs, was $509.6 million. The fair value of borrowings under the Company’s Senior Secured Credit Facilities approximate their carrying value as the current rates approximate rates on similar debt and were based on rate notices provided by the Administrative Agent (Level 2 inputs) at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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