Derivative instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Derivative instruments

Derivative instruments

9.       Derivative instruments

The tables below disclose the types of derivative instruments the Company owns, the classifications and fair values of these instruments within the balance sheet, and the amount of gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) (“OCI”) or net income (loss).

(US$ in thousands)	Fair value: favorable (unfavorable)			Balance sheet location
As of December 31, 2011
Cross-currency swap	$	1,011		Other long-term assets
As of December 31, 2010
Cross-currency swap	$	(262	)	Other long-term liabilities

	For the year ended December 31,
(US$ in thousands)	2011			2010			2009
Interest rate swap gain recognized in net income (loss)	$	—		$	1,254		$	1,852
Cross-currency swap loss recorded in other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes of $256	(437		)	(90		)	(2,702		)

Cross-currency swap

In 2006, the Company entered into a cross-currency swap agreement with Wells Fargo to manage its cash flows related to foreign currency exposure for a portion of the Company’s intercompany receivable of a U.S. dollar functional currency subsidiary that is denominated in Euro. The derivative instrument, a ten-year fully amortizable agreement with an initial notional amount of $63.0 million, was scheduled to expire on December 30, 2016. Upon executing the Company’s Credit Agreement (see Note 8), the Company terminated this cross-currency swap agreement on September 30, 2010. Also on September 30, 2010, the Company entered into a new cross-currency swap agreement (the “replacement swap agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (the “counterparties”).

Upon the termination of the cross-currency swap agreement with Wells Fargo on September 30, 2010, the amount representing the current fair value of the terminated cross-currency swap was $450,000 (the “cash settlement amount”). The cash settlement amount was recorded in other long-term assets on the consolidated balance sheets and is being amortized over the remaining life of the underlying transaction, assuming such payments remain probable.

Under the terms of the replacement swap agreement, the Company pays Euros based on a €33.5 million notional value and a fixed rate of 5.00% and receives U.S. dollars based on a notional value of $45.5 million and a fixed rate of 4.635%. The expiration date is December 30, 2016, the date upon which the underlying intercompany debt, to which the replacement swap agreement applies, matures. The replacement swap agreement is designated as a cash flow hedge and therefore the Company recognized an unrealized gain (loss) on the change in fair value, net of tax, within other comprehensive income.

Interest rate swap

In June 2008, the Company entered into a three-year fully amortizable interest rate swap agreement (the “Swap”) with a notional amount of $150.0 million and an expiration date of June 30, 2011. During the fourth quarter of 2008, as a result of declining interest rates and a LIBOR floor in the Company’s former credit facility, the Swap was no longer deemed highly effective. Special hedge accounting was no longer applied and fair value adjustments were reported in current earnings. On June 29, 2010, the Company settled the Swap with the financial institution holder of the derivative instrument. As part of the terms of the buyout of the Swap, the Company paid $4.8 million to the financial institution holder. As the instrument had a fair value of $6.1 million at December 31, 2009, the transaction resulted in a $1.3 million gain in 2010.