DERIVATIVES

The Company utilizes a variety of derivative instruments to economically hedge a portion of its exposure to market risks, primarily interest rate risk. The principal instruments used to hedge these risks are interest rate swaps and Eurodollar futures. The objective of the Company's risk management strategy is to protect the Company's earnings from rising interest rates and to mitigate declines in book value resulting from fluctuations in the fair value of the Company's assets from changing interest rates. The Company seeks to limit its exposure to changes in interest rates but does not seek to eliminate this risk. Please refer to Note 1 for information related to the Company's accounting policy for its derivative instruments.

The table below summarizes information about the Company’s derivative instruments on its consolidated balance sheet as of the dates indicated:



			March 31, 2014					December 31, 2013
Type of Derivative Instrument	Accounting Designation	Balance Sheet Location:	Fair Value			Aggregate Notional Amount		Fair Value			Aggregate Notional Amount
Interest rate swaps	Non-hedging	Derivative assets	$	12,064		$	525,000	$	18,488		$	575,000

Interest rate swaps	Non-hedging		$	(1,378	)	$	325,000	$	(1,336	)	$	215,000
Eurodollar futures	Non-hedging		(9,759		)	9,000,000		(5,345		)	9,000,000
		Derivative liabilities	$	(11,137	)	$	9,325,000	$	(6,681	)	$	9,215,000

The following table summarizes activity related to derivative instruments for the periods indicated:



(amounts in thousands)	Interest Rate Swaps			Eurodollar Futures
Notional amount as of December 31, 2013	$	790,000		$	9,000,000
Additions	75,000			—
Settlements, terminations, or expirations	(15,000		)	—
Notional amount as of March 31, 2014⁽¹⁾	$	850,000		$	9,000,000


(1)	The Eurodollar futures notional amount as of March 31, 2014 represents the total notional of the 3-month contracts with expiration dates from 2016 to 2020. The maximum notional outstanding for any future 3-month period does not exceed $1,175,000.

The following table summarizes the contractual maturities remaining for the Company’s outstanding interest rate swap agreements as of March 31, 2014:



Remaining Maturity	Notional Amount		Weighted-Average Fixed Rate Swapped
37-48 months	185,000		0.92	%
49-60 months	350,000		1.62	%
61-72 months	35,000		1.24	%
73-84 months	100,000		2.08	%
85-108 months	—		—	%
109-127 months	180,000		2.13	%
	$	850,000	1.61	%

The tables below summarize the effect of the Company's interest rate derivatives reported in "loss on derivative instruments, net" within the Company's net income for the periods indicated:



	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
Type of Derivative Instrument	2014			2013
Interest rate swaps	$	(9,008	)	$	(17	)
Eurodollar futures	(4,414		)	—
Loss on derivative instruments, net	$	(13,422	)	$	(17	)

Effective June 30, 2013, the Company de-designated certain interest rate swap agreements as cash flow hedges under ASC Topic 815. The net unrealized loss in AOCI of $7,077 remaining on the Company's consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2014 is related to these interest rate swap agreements. The amount remaining in AOCI will be recognized in the Company's net income as a portion of "interest expense" over the remaining contractual life of the agreements. All forecasted transactions associated with interest rate swap agreements previously designated as cash flow hedges are expected to occur. No amounts have been reclassified to net income in any period in connection with forecasted transactions that are no longer considered probable of occurring. The Company estimates the portion of existing net unrealized loss on discontinued cash flow hedges expected to be reclassified to net income within the next 12 months is $5,525. The Company reclassified $2,288 from AOCI to net income for the three months ended March 31, 2014 related to amortization of the net unrealized loss remaining in AOCI at the time the Company discontinued its cash flow hedge accounting. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company reclassified $4,103 from AOCI to net income related to recognition of interest expense from cash flow hedging transactions.

Many of the Company's interest rate swaps were entered into under bilateral agreements which contain various covenants related to the Company’s credit risk. Specifically, if the Company defaults on any of its indebtedness, including those circumstances whereby repayment of the indebtedness has not yet been accelerated by the lender, or is declared in default of any of its covenants with any counterparty, then the Company could also be declared in default under the bilateral agreement. Additionally, these agreements allow those counterparties to require settlement of its outstanding derivative transactions if the Company fails to earn GAAP net income excluding derivative gains and losses greater than one dollar as measured on a rolling two quarter basis. These interest rate agreements also contain provisions whereby, if the Company fails to maintain a minimum net amount of shareholders’ equity, then the Company may be declared in default on its derivative obligations. The Company was in compliance with all covenants under bilateral agreements on March 31, 2014.