Interest Rate Swaps

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2019

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Interest Rate Swaps:

The Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement which became effective on March 31, 2016, with a maturity date of February 19, 2021. The notional amount of this swap agreement began at $197.5 million (the principal amount of the February 2016 Term Loan borrowings as of March 31, 2016) and will amortize at the same time and in the same amount as the February 2016 Term Loan borrowings as described in Note 4, up to the maturity date of the interest rate swap agreement on February 19, 2021. As of December 28, 2019, the notional amount of the interest rate swap was $145.0 million.

The Company entered into a second interest rate swap agreement which became effective on June 30, 2017, with a maturity date of June 15, 2022. The notional amount of this swap agreement began at $100 million (the principal amount of the June 2017 Term Loan borrowings as of June 30, 2017) and will amortize at the same time and in the same amount as the June 2017 Term Loan borrowings as described in Note 4. As of December 28, 2019, the notional amount of the interest rate swap was $87.5 million.

The Company’s interest rate swap agreements are executed for risk management and are not held for trading purposes. The objective of the interest rate swap agreements is to mitigate interest rate risk associated with future changes in interest rates. To accomplish this objective, the interest rate swap agreements are intended to hedge the variable cash flows associated with the variable rate term loan borrowings under the 2016 Senior Credit Facility. Both interest rate swap agreements entitle the Company to receive, at specified intervals, a variable rate of interest based on LIBOR in exchange for the payment of a fixed rate of interest throughout the life of the agreement, without exchange of the underlying notional amount.

The Company has designated its interest rate swap agreements as cash flow hedges and accounts for the underlying activity in accordance with hedge accounting. The interest rate swaps are presented within the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value. In accordance with hedge accounting, the gains and losses on interest rate swaps that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges are recorded as a component of Other Comprehensive Income (“OCI”), net of related income taxes, and reclassified into earnings in the same income statement line and period during which the hedged transactions affect earnings.

As of December 28, 2019, amounts to be reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“AOCI”) into interest during the next twelve months are not expected to be material. No significant amounts were excluded from the assessment of cash flow hedge effectiveness as of December 28, 2019.

The assets and liabilities measured at fair value related to the Company’s interest rate swaps, excluding accrued interest, were as follows (in thousands):


Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges	Balance Sheet Location	December 28, 2019		December 29, 2018
Interest rate swaps (short-term portion)	Other current assets	$	558	$	2,601
Interest rate swaps (long-term portion)	Other assets	91		3,222
Total derivative assets		$	649	$	5,823

Interest rate swaps (short-term portion)	Other accrued expenses	$	90	$	—
Interest rate swaps (long-term portion)	Other long-term liabilities	292		—
Total derivative liabilities		$	382	$	—

The offset to the interest rate swap asset or liability is recorded as a component of equity, net of deferred taxes, in AOCI, and will be reclassified into earnings over the term of the underlying debt as interest payments are made.

The following table summarizes the changes in AOCI, net of tax, related to the Company’s interest rate swaps (in thousands):


	Fiscal Year
	2019		2018
Beginning fiscal year AOCI balance	$	3,814	$	3,358
Current fiscal year (loss)/gain recognized in OCI	(4,332)		456

Cumulative adjustment as a result of ASU 2017-12 adoption	717		—
Other comprehensive (loss)/gain, net of tax	(3,615)		456
Ending fiscal year AOCI balance	$	199	$	3,814

Cash flows related to the interest rate swaps are included in operating activities on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

The following table summarizes the impact of pre-tax gains and losses derived from the Company’s interest rate swaps (in thousands):


		Fiscal Year
	Financial Statement Location	2019		2018		2017
Amount of (losses)/gains recognized in OCI during the period	Other comprehensive (loss)/income	$	(5,556)	$	612	$	2,240

The following table summarizes the impact of taxes affecting AOCI as a result of the Company’s interest rate swaps (in thousands):


	Fiscal Year
	2019		2018
Income tax (benefit)/expense of interest rate swaps on AOCI	$	(1,224)	$	156

Credit-risk-related contingent features

In accordance with the underlying interest rate swap agreements, the Company could be declared in default on its interest rate swap obligations if repayment of the underlying indebtedness (i.e., the Company’s term loans) is accelerated by the lender due to the Company's default on such indebtedness.

If the Company had breached any of the provisions in the underlying agreements at December 28, 2019, it could have been required to post full collateral or settle its obligations under the Company’s interest rate swap agreements. However, as of December 28, 2019, the Company had not breached any of these provisions or posted any collateral related to the underlying interest rate swap agreements.