18. Fair Value of Financial Instruments and Non-Financial Assets and Liabilities

Financial Instruments

UNIFI may use derivative financial instruments such as foreign currency forward contracts or interest rate swaps to reduce its ongoing business exposures to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or interest rates. UNIFI does not enter into derivative contracts for speculative purposes.

Foreign Currency Forward Contracts

UNIFI may enter into foreign currency forward contracts as economic hedges for exposures related to certain sales, inventory purchases and equipment purchases which are denominated in currencies that are not its functional currency. Foreign currency forward contracts are not designated as hedges by UNIFI and are marked to market each period and offset by the foreign exchange (gains) losses included in other operating expense (income), net resulting from the underlying exposures of the foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities. As of June 24, 2018 and June 25, 2017, there were no outstanding foreign currency forward contracts. However, UNIFI utilized a foreign currency forward contract during fiscal 2017, for which the impact to the consolidated financial statements was insignificant.

Interest Rate Swaps

UNIFI’s primary debt obligations utilize variable-rate LIBOR, exposing the Company to variability in interest payments due to changes in interest rates. Management enters into LIBOR-based interest rate swap agreements to manage fluctuations in cash flows resulting from changes in the benchmark LIBOR. Under the terms of the interest rate swaps, UNIFI effectively receives LIBOR-based variable interest rate payments and makes fixed interest rate payments, thereby fixing the variable rate cash flows on the notional amount of debt obligations.

On January 5, 2017, February 24, 2017 and June 1, 2017, UNIFI entered into Swap A, Swap B and Swap C. The combined designated hedges fix LIBOR at approximately 1.9% for $75,000 of variable rate borrowings through May 24, 2022. In accordance with hedge accounting, each swap is reflected on the balance sheet at fair value with a corresponding balance in accumulated other comprehensive loss, and impacts earnings commensurate with the forecasted transaction.

On May 18, 2012, UNIFI entered into a five-year, $50,000 interest rate swap (“Swap D”) with Wells Fargo to provide a hedge against the variability of cash flows related to LIBOR-based variable rate borrowings under the ABL Facility. On November 26, 2012, UNIFI de-designated Swap D as a cash flow hedge. Swap D allowed UNIFI to fix LIBOR at 1.06% and terminated on May 24, 2017. See Note 19, “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss,” for detail regarding the reclassifications of amounts from accumulated other comprehensive loss related to Swap D.

Contingent Consideration

In December 2013, UNIFI acquired certain draw-winding assets in a business combination and recorded a $2,500 contingent consideration liability (Level 3 classification in the fair value hierarchy). There has been no material fair value activity relevant to the contingent consideration since its establishment, and the balance at June 24, 2018 is primarily a result of the life-to-date payments made.

UNIFI’s financial assets and liabilities accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis and the level within the fair value hierarchy used to measure these items are as follows:

As of June 24, 2018	Notional Amount			Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value Hierarchy	Fair Value
Swap A	USD	$	20,000	Other non-current assets	Level 2	$	584
Swap B	USD	$	30,000	Other non-current assets	Level 2	$	877
Swap C	USD	$	25,000	Other non-current assets	Level 2	$	798
Contingent consideration			—	Accrued expenses	Level 3	$	529

As of June 25, 2017	Notional Amount			Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value Hierarchy	Fair Value
Swap A	USD	$	20,000	Other long-term liabilities	Level 2	$	243
Swap B	USD	$	30,000	Other long-term liabilities	Level 2	$	364
Swap C	USD	$	25,000	Other long-term liabilities	Level 2	$	201
Contingent consideration			—	Accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities	Level 3	$	925

Estimates for the fair value of UNIFI’s derivative contracts are obtained from month-end market quotes for contracts with similar terms.

Swaps A, B and C, designated hedges, impacted interest expense for fiscal 2018 and 2017 by $319 and $42, respectively. Swap D, a de-designated hedge, impacted interest expense for fiscal 2017 and 2016 by $178 and $375, respectively.

By entering into derivative contracts, UNIFI exposes itself to counterparty credit risk. UNIFI attempts to minimize this risk by selecting counterparties with investment grade credit ratings and regularly monitoring those ratings. UNIFI’s derivative instruments do not contain any credit-risk-related contingent features.

UNIFI believes that there have been no significant changes to its credit risk profile or the interest rates available to UNIFI for debt issuances with similar terms and average maturities, and UNIFI estimates that the fair values of its debt obligations approximate the carrying amounts. Other financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, receivables, accounts payable and accrued expenses. The financial statement carrying amounts of these items approximate the fair values due to their short-term nature.

There were no transfers into or out of the levels of the fair value hierarchy for fiscal 2018, 2017 and 2016.

Non-Financial Assets and Liabilities

UNIFI did not have any non-financial assets or liabilities that were required to be measured at fair value on a recurring or non-recurring basis.