Derivative Instruments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Derivative Instruments [Abstract]

Derivative Instruments

NOTE 11 – DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

We use derivative instruments from time to time to manage certain foreign currency and interest rate risk exposures. We do not use derivative instruments for speculative trading purposes.  All derivative instruments are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value.  For derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recorded through other comprehensive income and reclassified to earnings when the derivative instrument is settled.  Any ineffective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is reported in earnings.  None of our derivative contracts contain credit-risk related contingent features that would require us to settle the contract upon the occurrence of such contingency.  However, all of our contracts contain clauses specifying events of default under specified circumstances, including failure to pay, breach of agreement, default under the specific agreement to which the hedge relates, bankruptcy, misrepresentation and the occurrence of certain transactions.  The remedy for default is settlement in entirety or payment of the fair value of the contracts, which was a liability of $7.1 million in the aggregate for all of our contracts as of March 31, 2015 (see table below).  As of March 31, 2015, we were expecting to refinance our Yen-based credit facility with a U.S. dollar facility.  Interest payable under the Yen-based loan was fixed after we entered into a variable-to-fixed interest rate swap in 2009.  Due to our determination at March 31, 2015 that it was more likely than not that the Yen-based loan would be refinanced, the interest rate swap became totally ineffective at March 31, 2015.  As a result, we recorded a $2.8 million charge to derivative loss on our condensed consolidated statement of operations with the offset to other comprehensive loss.  For more information on the refinancing of the Yen-based facility, see Note 20 – Subsequent Event.  The unrealized loss related to our derivative instruments included in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes, was $0.6 million and $3.7 million as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

The notional and fair value amounts of our derivative instruments as of March 31, 2015 were as follows:

(All Amounts in Thousands)			Liability Derivatives
	Current Notional		Balance Sheet	Fair
	Amount		Location	Value
Interest Rate Swaps - L/T	$	36,594	Other Liabilities	$	(2,757)
Foreign Exchange Contracts		1,800	Current Liabilities		(182)
Foreign Exchange Contracts		28,219	Other Liabilities		(4,154)
Total Derivatives designated as hedging instruments	$	66,613		$	(7,093)

The effect of derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges on our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 were as follows:

(All Amounts in Thousands)			Location of	Amount of		Gain (Loss)
	Gain (Loss)		Gain (Loss)	Gain (Loss)		Recognized in
	Recognized		Reclassified from	Reclassified from		Income from
	in OCI*		AOCI** to Income	AOCI to Income		Ineffective Portion
Interest Rate Swaps	$	243	Interest Expense	$	484	$	49
De-Designation of Interest Rate Swaps		2,859			-		(2,859)
Foreign Exchange Contracts		(3)	Other Revenues		99		-
Total	$	3,099		$	583	$	(2,810)

*Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income

**Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Foreign Currency Contracts 

From time to time, we enter into foreign exchange contracts to hedge certain firm foreign currency purchase commitments.  During 2014, we entered into three forward purchase contracts for Mexican Pesos, which expire in December 2015, two for $900,000 U.S. Dollar equivalents at an average exchange rate of 13.6007 and 13.7503, respectively, and another for $600,000 U.S. Dollar equivalents at an exchange rate of 14.1934.  Our Mexican Peso foreign exchange contracts cover approximately 85% of our projected Peso exposure. 

Over the past couple of years, we have entered into and extended several forward foreign exchange contracts in order to limit our exposure to fluctuations in the Yen and to provide us with the option to fully pay off our current Yen Facility at an approximate exchange rate of 102.25 to $1.00.  The contracts that remain in effect and related agreements with the lender provided us with the option to convert the Yen Facility into a USD-based Facility with the lender at this fixed exchange rate, but otherwise on the same terms and with the same collateral.  These particular forward foreign exchange contracts do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment and have thus been accounted for as economic hedges.  Please refer to Note 20 – Subsequent Event for information related to the settlement of these hedging contracts.

The following table summarizes the remaining notional values as of March 31, 2015, of these contracts:

(All Amounts in Thousands)
			Amount Available
Transaction Date	Type of Currency		in Dollars	Effective Date	Expiration Date
May-14	Yen	$	28,219	Jan-15	Dec-15
Sep-14	Peso		675	Jan-15	Dec-15
Oct-14	Peso		675	Jan-15	Dec-15
Dec-14	Peso		450	Jan-15	Dec-15
		$	30,019