Derivative Financial Instruments

We are a party to certain offsetting and identical interest rate cap agreements entered into to fulfill certain covenants of the equipment finance contract sale agreements. The interest rate cap agreements also provide a credit enhancement feature for the financing contracts sold by PDC Funding and PDC Funding II to the commercial paper conduit.

The interest rate cap agreements are canceled and new agreements are entered into periodically to maintain consistency with the dollar maximum of the sale agreements and the maturity of the underlying financing contracts. As of April 28, 2018, PDC Funding had purchased an interest rate cap from a bank with a notional amount of $575,000 and a maturity date of July 2025. We sold an identical interest rate cap to the same bank. As of April 28, 2018, PDC Funding II had purchased an interest rate cap from a bank with a notional amount of $100,000 and a maturity date of July 2025. We sold an identical interest rate cap to the same bank.

These interest rate cap agreements do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment and, accordingly, we record the fair value of the agreements as an asset or liability and the change as income or expense during the period in which the change occurs.

In March 2008, we entered into two forward starting interest rate swap agreements, each with notional amounts of $100,000 and accounted for as cash flow hedges, to hedge interest rate fluctuations in anticipation of the issuance of the senior notes due fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2018. Upon issuance of the hedged debt, we settled the forward starting interest rate swap agreements and recorded a $1,000 increase, net of income taxes, to other comprehensive income (loss), which was amortized as a reduction to interest expense over the life of the related debt through the fourth quarter of 2018.

In January 2014, we entered into a forward interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $250,000 and accounted for as a cash flow hedge, to hedge interest rate fluctuations in anticipation of refinancing the 5.17% senior notes due March 25, 2015. These notes were repaid on March 25, 2015 and replaced with new $250,000 3.48% senior notes due March 24, 2025. A cash payment of $29,003 was made in March 2015 to settle the interest rate swap. This amount is recorded in other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, and is recognized as interest expense over the life of the related debt.

The following presents the fair value of derivative instruments included in the consolidated balance sheets:



Derivative type	Classification	April 28, 2018		April 29, 2017
Assets:
Interest rate cap agreements	Other noncurrent assets	$	1,613	$	1,188
Liabilities:
Interest rate cap agreements	Other noncurrent liabilities	$	1,613	$	1,188

The following table presents the pre-tax effect of derivative instruments in cash flow hedging relationships on the consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income ("OCI"):



		Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss into Income (Effective Portion)
		Fiscal Year Ended
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships	Income statement location	April 28, 2018			April 29, 2017			April 30, 2016
Interest rate swap	Interest expense	$	(2,809	)	$	(2,802	)	$	(2,817	)

There were no gains or losses recognized in OCI on cash flow hedging derivatives in fiscal 2018, 2017 or 2016.

We recorded no ineffectiveness during fiscal 2018, 2017 or 2016. As of April 28, 2018, the estimated pre-tax portion of accumulated other comprehensive loss that is expected to be reclassified into earnings over the next twelve months is $2,908, which will be recorded as an increase to interest expense.