Derivative Financial Instruments

Our earnings and cash flows are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Our most significant foreign currency exposures relate to Western European countries, Japan, China and Canada. Our foreign currency risk management strategy is principally designed to mitigate the future potential financial impact of changes in the U.S. Dollar value of anticipated transactions and balances denominated in foreign currency, resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates. We enter into derivative transactions, specifically foreign currency forward contracts, to manage the exposures to foreign currency exchange risk to reduce earnings volatility. We do not enter into derivatives transactions for trading or speculative purposes.

Non-Designated Hedges

We hedge our net foreign currency monetary assets and liabilities primarily resulting from foreign currency denominated receivables and payables with foreign exchange forward contracts to reduce the risk that our earnings and cash flows will be adversely affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. These contracts have maturities of up to approximately three months. Generally, we do not designate these foreign currency forward contracts as hedges for accounting purposes and changes in the fair value of these instruments are recognized immediately in earnings. Because we enter into forward contracts only as an economic hedge, any gain or loss on the underlying foreign-denominated balance would be offset by the loss or gain on the forward contract. Gains and losses on forward contracts and foreign denominated receivables and payables are included in interest income and other expense, net.

As of July 1, 2017 and September 30, 2016, we had outstanding forward contracts with notional amounts equivalent to the following:



Currency Hedged	July 1, 2017		September 30, 2016
	(in thousands)
Canadian / U.S. Dollar	$	8,488	$	14,685
Swiss Franc / Euro	7,374		730
Chinese Yuan offshore / Euro	10,303		—
Euro / U.S. Dollar	227,898		174,120
Japanese Yen / Euro	11,025		32,782
Israeli Shekel / U.S. Dollar	8,116		7,271
Japanese Yen / U.S. Dollar	2,718		6,716
Swedish Krona / U.S. Dollar	6,410		3,852
Danish Krona / U.S. Dollar	5,279		1,183
All other	7,018		8,195
Total	$	294,629	$	249,534

The following table shows the effect of our non-designated hedges in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended July 1, 2017 and July 2, 2016:



Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income	Net realized and unrealized gain or (loss) (excluding the underlying foreign currency exposure being hedged)
		Three months ended					Nine months ended
		July 1, 2017		July 2, 2016			July 1, 2017			July 2, 2016
		(in thousands)
Forward Contracts	Interest income and other expense, net	$	6,669	$	(1,059	)	$	(1,422	)	$	(1,645	)

In the three and nine months ended July 1, 2017, foreign currency losses, net were 0.7 million and 3.2 million, respectively. In the three and nine months ended July 2, 2016, foreign currency losses, net were 0.3 million and 1.3 million, respectively.

Cash Flow Hedges

Our foreign exchange risk management program objective is to identify foreign exchange exposures and implement appropriate hedging strategies to minimize earnings fluctuations resulting from foreign exchange rate movements. We designate certain foreign exchange forward contracts as cash flow hedges of Euro, Yen and SEK denominated intercompany forecasted revenue transactions (supported by third party sales). All foreign exchange forward contracts are carried at fair value on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and the maximum duration of foreign exchange forward contracts is 15 months.

Cash flow hedge relationships are designated at inception, and effectiveness is assessed prospectively and retrospectively using regression analysis on a monthly basis. As the forward contracts are highly effective in offsetting changes to future cash flows on the hedged transactions, we record the effective portion of changes in these cash flow hedges in accumulated other comprehensive income and subsequently reclassify it into earnings in the period during which the hedged transactions are recognized in earnings. Changes in the fair value of foreign exchange forward contracts due to changes in time value are included in the assessment of effectiveness. Our derivatives are not subject to any credit contingent features. We manage credit risk with counterparties by trading among several counterparties and we review our counterparties’ credit at least quarterly.

As of July 1, 2017 and September 30, 2016, we had outstanding forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges with notional amounts equivalent to the following:



Currency Hedged	July 1, 2017		September 30, 2016
	(in thousands)
Euro / U.S. Dollar	$	109,702	$	26,181
Japanese Yen / U.S. Dollar	16,273		8,800
SEK / U.S. Dollar	3,672		4,078
Total	$	129,647	$	39,059

The following table shows the effect of our derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended July 1, 2017 and July 2, 2016 (in thousands):



Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments	Gain or (Loss) Recognized in OCI-Effective Portion						Location of Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from OCI into Income-Effective Portion	Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from OCI into Income-Effective Portion						Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized-Ineffective Portion	Gain or (Loss) Recognized-Ineffective Portion
	Three months ended							Three months ended							Three months ended
	July 1, 2017			July 2, 2016				July 1, 2017			July 2, 2016				July 1, 2017			July 2, 2016
Forward Contracts	$	(2,627	)	$	361		Subscription, support and license revenue	$	(86	)	$	(1,560	)	Interest income and other expense, net	$	(29	)	$	9

	Nine months ended							Nine months ended							Nine months ended
	July 1, 2017			July 2, 2016				July 1, 2017			July 2, 2016				July 1, 2017			July 2, 2016
Forward Contracts	$	256		$	(3,633	)	Subscription, support and license revenue	$	888		$	(727	)	Interest income and other expense, net	$	(23	)	$	(28	)

As of July 1, 2017, we estimated that all amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reclassified to income within the next twelve months.

In the event that an underlying forecast transaction does not occur, or it becomes probable that it will not occur, the related hedge gains and losses on the cash flow hedge would be immediately reclassified to interest income and other expense, net on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. For the three and nine months ended July 1, 2017 and July 2, 2016, there were no such gains or losses.

The following table shows our derivative instruments measured at gross fair value as reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:



	Fair Value of Derivatives Designated As Hedging Instruments				Fair Value of Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments
	July 1, 2017		September 30, 2016		July 1, 2017		September 30, 2016
	(in thousands)				(in thousands)
Derivative assets (1):
Forward Contracts	$	226	$	44	$	4,576	$	216
Derivative liabilities (2):
Forward Contracts	$	2,310	$	1,477	$	2,215	$	1,693
(1) As of July 1, 2017 and September 30, 2016, all derivative assets were recorded in other current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
(2) As of July 1, 2017, $4,394 thousand current derivative liabilities are recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities, and $131 thousand long term derivative liabilities are recorded in other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2016, all derivative liabilities were recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Offsetting Derivative Assets and Liabilities

We have entered into master netting arrangements that allow net settlements under certain conditions. Although netting is permitted, it is currently our policy and practice to record all derivative assets and liabilities on a gross basis in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following table sets forth the offsetting of derivative assets as of July 1, 2017:



	Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets						Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of July 1, 2017	Gross Amount of Recognized Assets		Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets		Net Amounts of Assets Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets		Financial Instruments			Cash Collateral Received		Net Amount
	(in thousands)
Forward Contracts	$	4,802	$	—	$	4,802	$	(4,525	)	$	—	$	277

The following table sets forth the offsetting of derivative liabilities as of July 1, 2017:



	Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets						Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of July 1, 2017	Gross Amount of Recognized Liabilities		Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets		Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets		Financial Instruments			Cash Collateral Pledged		Net Amount
	(in thousands)
Forward Contracts	$	4,525	$	—	$	4,525	$	(4,525	)	$	—	$	—