NOTE 14. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company operates in several foreign countries, which exposes it to market risk associated with foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. The Company's risk management policy is to enter into cash flow hedges to reduce a portion of the exposure of the Company's foreign subsidiaries' revenues to fluctuations in currency rates using foreign currency forward contracts. The Company also enters into cash flow hedges for a portion of its forecasted inventory purchases to reduce the exposure of its Canadian and Australian subsidiaries' cost of sales to such fluctuations, as well as cash flow hedges for a portion of its subsidiaries' forecasted Swiss franc operating costs. The principal currencies hedged are British pounds, Euros, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars and Swiss francs. The Company does not enter into derivative financial contracts for speculative or trading purposes. The Company's derivative financial instruments are recorded in the consolidated balance sheets at fair value determined using pricing models based on market prices or determined using valuation models that use as their basis readily observable market data that is actively quoted and can be validated through external sources, including independent pricing services, brokers and market transactions. Cash flows from derivative financial instruments are classified as cash flows from operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Foreign currency contracts used to hedge forecasted revenues are designated as cash flow hedges. These contracts are used to hedge forecasted revenues generally over approximately 12 to 24 months. Changes to fair value of the foreign currency contracts are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income within shareholders' equity to the extent such contracts are effective, and are recognized in net sales in the period in which the forecasted transaction affects earnings or the transactions are no longer probable of occurring. Changes to fair value of any contracts deemed to be ineffective would be recognized in earnings immediately. There were no amounts recorded in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014 or in fiscal 2014 relating to foreign currency contracts used to hedge forecasted revenues resulting from hedge ineffectiveness. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had notional amounts of 6.4 million British pounds and 8.7 million Euros under foreign currency contracts that expire between January 31, 2015 and May 31, 2015 to reduce the exposure of our foreign subsidiary revenues to fluctuations in currency rates.

Foreign currency contracts used to hedge forecasted cost of sales or operating costs are designated as cash flow hedges. These contracts are used to hedge the forecasted cost of sales of the Company's Canadian and Australian subsidiaries or operating costs of the Company's Swiss subsidiaries generally over approximately 12 to 24 months. Changes to fair value of the foreign currency contracts are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income within shareholders' equity, to the extent such contracts are effective, and are recognized in cost of sales or selling, general and administrative expenses in the period in which the forecasted transaction affects earnings or the transactions are no longer probable of occurring. Changes to fair value of any contracts deemed to be ineffective would be recognized in earnings immediately. There were no amounts recorded in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014 or in fiscal 2014 relating to foreign currency contracts used to hedge forecasted cost of sales or forecasted operating costs resulting from hedge ineffectiveness. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had notional amounts under foreign currency contracts of (i) 4.7 million Canadian dollars and 4.3 million Australian dollars used to hedge forecasted cost of sales that expire between January 31, 2015 and May 31, 2015, and (ii) 18.3 million Swiss francs used to hedge forecasted operating costs that expire between January 31, 2015 and May 31, 2016.

When appropriate, the Company also enters into and settles foreign currency contracts for Euros, British pounds, Canadian dollars and Australian dollars to reduce exposure of the Company's foreign subsidiaries' balance sheets to fluctuations in foreign currency rates. These contracts are used to hedge balance sheet exposure generally over one month and are settled before the end of the month in which they are entered into. Changes to fair value of the forward contracts are recognized in selling, general and administrative expense in the period in which the contracts expire. For the three and six months ended December 31, 2014, the Company recorded gains of $1.0 million and $2.2 million, respectively in selling, general and administrative expenses related to these contracts. Amounts recorded for the three months ended December 31, 2013, were not material. For the six months ended December 31, 2013, the Company recorded losses of $0.7 in selling, general and administrative expenses related to these contracts. As of December 31, 2014, there were no such foreign currency contracts outstanding. There were no amounts recorded in the three and six months ended December 31, 2014 or in fiscal 2014 relating to foreign currency contracts to hedge subsidiary balance sheets resulting from hedge ineffectiveness.

The following tables illustrate the fair value of outstanding foreign currency contracts and the gains (losses) associated with the settlement of these contracts:


		Fair Value of Derivative
		Instruments Designated as
*(Amounts in thousands)*		Effective Hedges
		December 31,		June 30,
Balance Sheet Location		2014		2014
Other assets	$	1,924	$	--

Other payables	$	518	$	2,522

Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income into (Loss) Income, Net of Tax (Effective Portion)


*(Amounts in thousands)*		Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
		December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
		2014			2013			2014			2013
Currency Contracts - Net Sales ⁽¹⁾	$	545		$	(418	)	$	397		$	(362	)
Currency Contracts - Cost of Sales ⁽²⁾		90			(39	)		21			(32	)
Currency Contracts - Selling, General
and Administrative Expenses ⁽³⁾		(8	)		145			(8	)		182
Total ⁽⁴⁾	$	627		$	(312	)	$	410		$	(212	)

(1) Recorded in net sales on the consolidated statements of operations.

(2) Recorded in cost of sales on the consolidated statements of operations.

(3) Recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations.

(4) Net of tax expense of $103 for the three months ended December 31, 2014, and net of tax benefit of $56 for the three months ended December 31, 2013. Net of tax expense of $83 for the six months ended December 31, 2014, and net of tax benefit of $43 for the six months ended December 31, 2013.

Net (Loss) Gain Recognized in Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income on Derivatives, Net of Tax (Effective Portion)


*(Amounts in thousands)*		Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
		December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
		2014			2013			2014			2013
Currency Contracts - Net Sales	$	(172	)	$	(424	)	$	2,722		$	(2,109	)
Currency Contracts - Cost of Sales		(41	)		390			635			289
Currency Contracts - Selling, general
and administrative expenses		(437	)		(194	)		(462	)		125
Total ⁽¹⁾	$	(650	)	$	(228	)	$	2,895		$	(1,695	)

(1) Net of tax expense of $42 and $181 for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Net of tax expense of $540 for the six months ended December 31, 2014, and net of tax benefit of $21 for the six months ended December 31, 2013.