DERIVATIVES

The Company’s operations are exposed to market risks relating to commodity prices that affect the Company’s cost of raw materials, finished product prices and energy costs and the risk of changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates.

The Company makes limited use of derivative instruments to manage cash flow risks related natural gas usage, diesel fuel usage, inventory, forecasted sales and foreign currency exchange rates. The Company does not use derivative instruments for trading purposes. Natural gas swaps and options are entered into with the intent of managing the overall cost of natural gas usage by reducing the potential impact of seasonal weather demands on natural gas that increases natural gas prices. Heating oil swaps and options are entered into with the intent of managing the overall cost of diesel fuel usage by reducing the potential impact of seasonal weather demands on diesel fuel that increases diesel fuel prices. Corn options and future contracts are entered into with the intent of managing forecasted sales of BBP by reducing the impact of changing prices. Foreign currency forward contracts are entered into to mitigate the foreign exchange rate risk for transactions designated in a currency other than the local functional currency. At December 30, 2017, the Company had natural gas swap contracts and corn option contracts outstanding that qualified and were designated for hedge accounting as well as corn options and forward contracts and foreign currency forward contracts that did not qualify and were not designated for hedge accounting.

Entities are required to report all derivative instruments in the statement of financial position at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value (i.e., gains or losses) of a derivative instrument depends on whether it has been designated and qualifies as part of a hedging relationship and, if so, on the reason for holding the instrument. If certain conditions are met, entities may elect to designate a derivative instrument as a hedge of exposures to changes in fair value, cash flows or foreign currencies. If the hedged exposure is a cash flow exposure, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported initially as a component of other comprehensive income (outside of earnings) and is subsequently reclassified into earnings when the forecasted transaction affects earnings. Any amounts excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness as well as the ineffective portion of the gain or loss are reported in earnings immediately. If the derivative instrument is not designated as a hedge, the gain or loss is recognized in earnings in the period of change.

Cash Flow Hedges

In fiscal 2017, the Company entered into natural gas swap contracts that are considered cash flow hedges. Under the terms of the natural gas swap contracts , the Company fixed the expected purchase cost of a portion of its U.S plants' forecasted natural gas usage into the first quarter of fiscal 2018. As of December 30, 2017, some of the contracts have expired and settled according to the contracts while the remaining contract positions and activity are disclosed below.

In fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2017, the Company entered into corn option contracts that are considered cash flow hedges. Under the terms of the corn option contracts the Company hedged a portion of it's forecasted sales of BBP into the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018. As of December 30, 2017, all fiscal 2016 contracts and some of the fiscal 2017 contracts have settled while the remaining contract positions and activity are disclosed below. From time to time, the Company may enter into corn option contracts in the future.

As of December 30, 2017, the Company had the following outstanding forward contract amounts that were entered into to hedge the future payments of intercompany note transactions, foreign currency transactions in currencies other than the functional currency and forecasted transactions in currencies other than the functional currency. All of these transactions are currently not designated for hedge accounting. (in thousands):



Functional Currency		Contract Currency
Type	Amount	Type	Amount
Brazilian real	28,792	Euro	7,457
Brazilian real	67,834	U.S. Dollar	20,590
Euro	65,457	U.S. Dollar	77,795
Euro	9,017	Polish zloty	38,000
Euro	5,030	Japanese yen	673,000
Euro	28,077	Chinese renminbi	222,612
Euro	11,363	Australian dollar	17,800
Euro	2,890	British pound	2,565
Polish zloty	18,062	Euro	4,259
British pound	196	Euro	220
Japanese yen	280,608	U.S. dollar	2,505

The Company estimates the amount that will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive gain at December 30, 2017 into earnings over the next 12 months will be approximately $2.2 million. As of December 30, 2017, no amounts have been reclassified into earnings as a result of the discontinuance of cash flow hedges.

The following table presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments as of December 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (in thousands):



Derivatives Designated	Balance Sheet	Asset Derivatives Fair Value
as Hedges	Location	December 30, 2017		December 31, 2016
Corn options	Other current assets	$	3,418	$	4,235

Total derivatives designated as hedges		$	3,418	$	4,235

Derivatives not Designated as Hedges
Foreign currency contracts	Other current assets	$	332	$	8,939
Corn options and futures	Other current assets	596		151

Total derivatives not designated as hedges		$	928	$	9,090

Total asset derivatives		$	4,346	$	13,325



Derivatives Designated	Balance Sheet	Liability Derivatives Fair Value
as Hedges	Location	December 30, 2017		December 31, 2016
Natural gas swaps	Accrued expenses	$	24	$	—

Total derivatives designated as hedges		$	24	$	—

Derivatives not Designated as Hedges
Foreign currency contracts	Accrued Expenses	$	2,288	$	608
Corn options and futures	Accrued Expenses	14		122

Total derivatives not designated as hedges		$	2,302	$	730

Total liability derivatives		$	2,326	$	730

The effect of the Company's derivative instruments on the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 are as follows (in thousands):



Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges	Gain or (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion) (a)					Gain or (Loss) Reclassified From Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion) (b)					Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income On Derivatives (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing) (c)
	2017			2016		2017			2016		2017			2016

Corn options	$	3,494		$	4,889	$	5,255		$	3,868	$	711		$	331
Natural gas swaps	(65		)	—		(35		)	—		(25		)	—

Total	$	3,429		$	4,889	$	5,220		$	3,868	$	686		$	331


(a)	Amount recognized in accumulated OCI (effective portion) is reported as accumulated other comprehensive gain of approximately $3.4 million and approximately $4.9 million recorded net of taxes of approximately $(1.3) million and approximately $(1.9) million for the year ended December 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.


(b)	Gains and (losses) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective portion) for corn options and natural gas swaps is included in interest expense and cost of sales, respectively, in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.


(c)	Gains and (losses) recognized in income on derivatives (ineffective portion) for corn options and natural gas swaps is included in other income/(expense), net in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

The table below summarizes the effect of derivatives not designated as hedges on the Company's consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 30, 2017, December 31, 2016 and January 2, 2016 (in thousands):



		Loss or (Gain) Recognized in Income on Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges
		For The Year Ended
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments	Location	December 30, 2017			December 31, 2016			January 2, 2016
Foreign exchange	Foreign currency loss/(gain)	$	13,460		$	(1,542	)	$	(27,321	)
Foreign exchange	Selling, general and administrative expense	(2,763		)	(8,543		)	7,508
Corn options and futures	Net sales	212			472			(2		)
Corn options and futures	Cost of sales and operating expenses	(1,659		)	(1,411		)	(2,067		)
Natural gas and heating oil swaps and options	Cost of sales and operating expenses	—			—			132
Heating oil swaps and options	Net sales	492			455			—
Soybean meal	Net sales	(405		)	7			—
Soybean oil	Net sales	45			—			—
Total		$	9,382		$	(10,562	)	$	(21,750	)

At December 30, 2017, the Company had forward purchase agreements in place for purchases of approximately $19.1 million of natural gas and diesel fuel. These forward purchase agreements have no net settlement provisions and the Company intends to take physical delivery. Accordingly, the forward purchase agreements are not subject to the requirements of fair value accounting because they qualify as normal purchases as defined.