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Financial Derivatives and Hedging Activities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Financial Derivatives and Hedging Activities

22.

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

As part of our overall risk management practices, we enter into financial derivatives primarily designed to either i) hedge foreign currency risks associated with forecasted transactions – “cash flow hedges”; ii) mitigate the impact that changes in currency exchange rates have on intercompany financing transactions and foreign currency denominated receivables and payables – “foreign currency hedges”; or iii) convert variable interest rate debt to fixed rates.

Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments - Cash Flow Hedges  We use currency forward contracts as cash flow hedges to manage our exposure to fluctuations in the currency exchange rates on certain forecasted production costs or capital expenditures expected to be incurred over a maximum of eighteen months. Currency forward contracts involve fixing the EUR-USD exchange rate or USD-CAD for delivery of a specified amount of foreign currency on a specified date.

We designate certain currency forward contracts as cash flow hedges of forecasted raw material purchases, certain production costs or capital expenditures with exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges of foreign exchange risk are deferred as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. With respect to hedges of forecasted raw material purchases or production costs, the amount deferred is subsequently reclassified into costs of products sold in the period that inventory produced using the hedged transaction affects earnings. For hedged capital expenditures, deferred gains or losses are reclassified and included in the historical cost of the capital asset and subsequently affect earnings as depreciation is recognized.

We had the following outstanding derivatives that were used to hedge foreign exchange risks associated with forecasted transactions and designated as hedging instruments:

 

December 31

 

In thousands

 

2020

 

 

 

 

2019

 

Derivative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sell/Buy - sell notional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euro / British Pound

 

18,638

 

 

 

 

17,702

 

Philippine Peso / Euro

 

18,522

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Dollar / Euro

 

1,041

 

 

 

 

5,347

 

Canadian Dollar / U.S. Dollar

 

70

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Dollar / Canadian Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

1,523

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sell/Buy - buy notional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euro / Philippine Peso

 

853,686

 

 

 

 

1,039,432

 

British Pound / Philippine Peso

 

1,081,791

 

 

 

 

1,077,871

 

Euro / U.S. Dollar

 

69,324

 

 

 

 

82,317

 

U.S. Dollar / Canadian Dollar

 

34,847

 

 

 

 

34,094

 

Canadian Dollar / U.S. Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

1,523

 

 

 

These contracts have maturities of eighteen months or less.

In October 2019, we entered into a €180 million notional value floating-to-fixed interest rate swap agreement with certain financial institutions and designated the swap as a hedge of interest expense on our €180 Term loan. Under the terms of the swap, we will pay a fixed interest rate of the applicable margin plus 0.0395% on €180 million of the underlying variable rate term loan. We will receive the greater of 0.00% or EURIBOR.

Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments – Net Investment Hedge  The €220 million Term Loan discussed in Note 20 – “Long-Term Debt” is designated as a net investment hedge of our Euro functional currency foreign subsidiaries. During 2020, we recognized a pre-tax loss of $21.1 million and in 2019 a pre-tax gain of $1.6 million on the remeasurement of the term loan from changes in currency exchange rates. Such amounts are recorded as a component of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss).

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments - Foreign Currency Hedges We also enter into forward foreign exchange contracts to mitigate the impact changes in currency exchange rates have on balance sheet monetary assets and liabilities. None of these contracts are designated as hedges for financial accounting purposes and, accordingly, changes in value of the foreign exchange forward contracts and in the offsetting underlying on-balance-sheet transactions are reflected in the accompanying consolidated statements of income (loss) under the caption “Other, net.”

 

 

December 31

 

In thousands

 

2020

 

 

 

 

2019

 

Derivative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sell/Buy - sell notional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Dollar / British Pound

 

25,250

 

 

 

 

25,500

 

Euro / British Pound

600

 

 

 

 

 

British Pound / Euro

 

1,900

 

 

 

 

3,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sell/Buy - buy notional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euro / U.S. Dollar

 

7,500

 

 

 

 

8,000

 

British Pound / Euro

 

 

 

 

 

7,000

 

 

These contracts have maturities of one month from the date originally entered into.

Fair Value Measurements

The following table summarizes the fair values of derivative instruments as of December 31 for the year indicated and the line items in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets where the instruments are recorded:

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

December 31

 

In thousands

 

2020

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

Prepaid Expenses

and Other

 

 

 

Other Current

 

Balance sheet caption

Current Assets

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Designated as hedging:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

$

577

 

 

 

$

4,314

 

 

 

$

4,342

 

 

 

$

34

 

Interest rate swap

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

136

 

 

 

 

12

 

Not designated as hedging:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

$

456

 

 

 

$

566

 

 

 

$

118

 

 

 

$

205

 

 

 

The amounts set forth in the table above represent the net asset or liability giving effect to rights of offset with each counterparty.

The following table summarizes the amount of income or loss from derivative instruments recognized in our results of operations for the periods indicated and the line items in the accompanying consolidated statements of income (loss) where the results are recorded:

 

 

Year ended December 31

 

 

In thousands

2020

 

 

 

2019

 

 

 

2018

 

 

Designated as hedging:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective portion – cost of products sold

$

5,503

 

 

 

$

6,468

 

 

 

$

(5,020

)

 

Ineffective portion – other – net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

138

 

 

Interest expense

 

83

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not designated as hedging:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other – net

$

1,679

 

 

 

$

300

 

 

 

$

(1,419

)

 

 

GLATFELTER 2020 FORM 10-K

57

 

 

 

The impact of activity not designated as hedging was substantially all offset by the remeasurement of the underlying on-balance sheet item.

The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described in Note 2 – “Accounting Policies.”

The fair values of the foreign exchange forward contracts are considered to be Level 2. These contracts are valued using foreign currency forward and interest rate curves. The fair value of each contract is determined by comparing the contract rate to the forward rate and discounting to present value. Contracts in a gain position are recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets under the caption “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” and the value of contracts in a loss position is recorded under the caption “Other current liabilities.”

A rollforward of fair value amounts recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income is as follows:

 

In thousands

2020

 

 

 

2019

 

Balance at January 1,

$

5,859

 

 

 

$

3,004

 

Deferred (losses) gains on cash flow hedges

 

(3,899

)

 

 

 

9,323

 

Reclassified to earnings

 

(5,420

)

 

 

 

(6,468

)

Balance at December 31,

$

(3,460

)

 

 

$

5,859

 

 

We expect substantially all of the amounts recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income will be realized in results of operations within the next twelve to eighteen months and the amount ultimately recognized will vary depending on actual market rates.

Credit risk related to derivative activity arises in the event a counterparty fails to meet its obligations to us. This exposure is generally limited to the amounts, if any, by which the counterparty’s obligations exceed our obligation to them. Our policy is to enter into contracts only with financial institutions which meet certain minimum credit ratings.