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 January 26, 2019, PDC Funding had purchased an interest rate cap from a bank with a notional amount of $525,000 and a maturity date of July 2026. We sold an identical interest rate cap to the same bank. As of January 26, 2019, PDC Funding II had purchased an interest rate cap from a bank with a notional amount of $100,000 and a maturity date of December 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.

In January 2014, we entered into a forward interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $250,000 and accounted for it as a cash flow hedge, in order 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.

In January 2019, we entered into a forward interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $539,400 in order to hedge against interest rate fluctuations that impact the amount of net sales we record related to our customer financing contracts. This interest rate swap does not qualify for hedge accounting treatment and, accordingly, we will 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.

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



Derivative type	Classification	January 26, 2019		April 28, 2018
Assets:
Interest rate contracts	Other non-current assets	$	1,169	$	1,613
Liabilities:
Interest rate contracts	Other accrued liabilities	28		—
Interest rate contracts	Other non-current liabilities	1,425		1,613
Total liability derivatives		$	1,453	$	1,613

The following tables present the pre-tax effect of derivative instruments on the condensed consolidated statements of income:



		Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss into Income (Effective Portion)
		Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships	Income statement location	January 26, 2019			January 27, 2018			January 26, 2019			January 27, 2018
Interest rate contracts	Interest expense	$	(725	)	$	(702	)	$	(2,183	)	$	(2,107	)



		Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative
		Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	Income statement location	January 26, 2019			January 27, 2018		January 26, 2019			January 27, 2018
Interest rate contracts	Other income, net	$	(284	)	$	—	$	(284	)	$	—

There were no gains or losses recognized in OCI on cash flow hedging derivatives during the three and nine months ended January 26, 2019 or January 27, 2018.

We recorded no ineffectiveness during the three and nine month periods ended January 26, 2019 and January 27, 2018. As of January 26, 2019, the estimated pre-tax portion of accumulated other comprehensive loss that is expected to be reclassified into earnings over the next twelve months is $2,900, which will be recorded as an increase to interest expense.